“Safe” has been described as a horror movie of the soul, a description that director Todd Haynes relishes. California housewife Carol White seems to have it all in life: a wealthy husband, a beautiful house, servants, beauty, and a lot of friends. The only thing she lacks is a strong personality: Carol seems timid and empty during all of her interactions with the world around her. At the beginning of the film, one would consider her to be more safe in life than just about anyone. That doesn’t turn out to be the case. Starting with headaches and leading to a grandmal seizure, Carol becomes more and more sick, claiming that she’s become sensitive to the common toxins in today’s world: exhaust, fumes, aerosol spray, etc. She pulls back from the sexual advances of her husband and spends her nights alone by the TV or wandering around the outside of her well-protected home like an animal in a cage. Her physician examines her and can find nothing wrong. An allergist finds that she has an allergic reaction to milk but explains that there is no treatment for that sort of allergy. She sees a psychiatrist who does nothing but make her nervous. In the hospital, Carol sees an infomercial for Wrenwood, a new-age retreat for those who are “environmentally ill,” and leaves her husband and stepson to try and find salvation at this retreat: headed by a phony, grandstanding, “sensitive” individual named Peter Dunning.
—David Eschatfische <esch@fische.com>
参考翻译：
《平安》被描述为一部关于灵魂的恐怖电影，导演托德·海恩斯喜欢这样的描述。加州家庭主妇卡罗尔·怀特似乎拥有生活中的一切：富有的丈夫、漂亮的房子、仆人、美女和许多朋友。她唯一缺乏的是强烈的个性：卡罗尔在与周围世界的所有互动中都显得胆怯和空虚。在电影的开头，人们会认为她在生活中比任何人都更安全。事实并非如此。从头痛开始，导致大发作，卡罗尔变得越来越不舒服，声称她对当今世界常见的毒素变得敏感：废气、烟雾、气溶胶喷雾等。她从丈夫的性行为中退缩，晚上独自看电视，或像笼子里的动物一样在保护良好的家外游荡。她的医生对她进行了检查，没有发现任何问题。一位过敏症医生发现她对牛奶有过敏反应，但解释说，这种过敏症没有治疗方法。她看到一位精神科医生什么也不做，只会让她紧张。在医院里，卡罗尔看到了雷恩伍德（Wrenwood）的一则广告，这是一个为那些“环境问题”患者而设的新时代疗养院，她让丈夫和继子在这个疗养院里寻找救赎：由一个名叫彼得·邓宁（Peter Dunning）的虚伪、哗众取宠、敏感的个人领导。-大卫·埃斯卡特费什<esch@fische.com>
重点词汇释义：
has been已经
a lot of很多; 许多
just about勉强; 差一点就不; 差不多; 几乎; 近乎
turn out to be结果是; 原来是; 证明是
more and more越来越
