影片追求去戏剧化的创作方向。现代技术让历史影像获得新生，全彩修复丰富视觉层次，画面技术提升观看体验。技术运用保持低调，整体色彩偏向沉静。整体处理注重思想深度。色彩管理十分审慎，声音创作追求质朴自然。WheneverIseeLaPauraIthinkofitasacompanionpiecetoEyesWideShut,ormaybeitistheotherwayaround.Adulterymakesbothfilmstickbutindifferentways.IthinkPhillipFrenchwasrightonthemoneywhenhepointedoutaWizardofOzthinginKubrick'slastwork.LikeDorothy,TomandNicolegothroughfantasiesandnightmaresandattheendDorothy'sreassuringchildishmottothere'snoplacelikehomeisironicallyupdatedtotheadultcircumstantialadagethere'snosexlikemaritalsex.Kubrick'stakeisintellectual,heneverleavestheworldofideastotouchtheground.Hetauntstheaudiencefirstwithaneroticmovieandthenwithathrillerandrefusestodelivereitherofthem.Hewasmarriedtohisthirdwifefor40years,untilhedied.RosselliniwasstillmarriedtoIngridBergmanwhenhedirectedLaPaura;theyhadbeenadulterousloversandtheirinfidelitywidelycriticizedLaPauraisatale,anoirishone.Thenoirintrigueissolvedandthetalehasahappyending.Thecityisnoir;thecountryistale,theterritorywherechildhoodispossible.Thetransitionisoperatedinthemostregularwaybycar,along-heldshottakenfromthefrontofthecarasitridesintotheroad,asifwewereenteringadifferentdimension.Irene(Bergman)startsthemoviewejustseeadarkcitylandscapebuthervoice-overnarrationtellsusofherangstandinformsusthatthestoryisaflashback,hers.Bergman'sbeencheatingonherhusband.Atfirstguiltisjustpsychologicaltorturebutsoonexpandsintoeconomicblackmailandthengrowsintosomethingelse.FrombeginningtoendthemoviefocusesonwhatBergmanfeels,everyothercharacteristheretomakeherfeelsomething.OnlywhenthedirectorgivesawaytheplotbeforethemaincharactercanfindoutdoeshewantustofeelsomethingBergmanstillcan't.Whenshefindsout,wehavealreadyexperiencedthewarpedmechanicsofthesituationandwemayfocusonceagainontheemotionalimpactithasonBergman'sIrene.InLaPauratreasonsarenotimaginedbutreal,nightmaresaredeliberateandthecouple'svenomsuppuratesinbitterways.Needlesstosay,IngridhasanotherofherroughridesinthemoviesbutRossellinidoesn'tdareputherawayashedidinEuropa51,nordoesheabandonhertotheinscrutableimpassivityofnature(Stromboli).HisgiftislesstranscendentandfragilethantheconclusionofViaggioinItalia.Hejustgiveshiswifeasmuchofafairytaleendingasarealwomancanhave,ahumanlandscapewhereshecanfinallyfeelathome.Backtothecountry,ahalflitinteriorscenewhereshadowssuggestthecomfortofsleep.Afterall,it'sthefairygodmotherwhospeaksthelastwordsinthemovie.