"The End of the Road" is a feminist film in the form of a road movie. The journey depicted in the film is not so much Louise’s journey of revenge against the patriarchal society, as it is the journey of Selma’s growth. She went from wearing a sexy long skirt, to a denim shirt, and to the end. Under all the female symbols (earrings, necklaces, watches) Louise style jeans, sleeveless T-shirts; everything is her from a mindless housewife, to an ignorant and fearless robber, to a bold The "growth" process of the fugitive, in the second half of the film, she has been encouraging the seemingly strong-minded Louise until she is ruined. This is Selma's journey of freedom, and this is the growth of her self-consciousness. journey of.
The men in the film are placed in a disgraceful and even desperate position. Unreasonable husbands, shameless villains, untrustworthy boyfriends, ruthless gangsters, tiresome tank truck drivers, the only thing to watch The seemingly sympathetic police also appeared more helpless and helpless. All this was dangerous to Selma and Louise, full of hostility, and caused them to sink deeper and deeper. In this specific environment, only one's own partners can be trusted. The emotion between Selma and Louise is a revolutionary emotion between comrades who depend on each other for life, but it cannot be denied that it contains a certain homosexual element. This is rarely seen in previous highway movies. In traditional road movies, most of the couples who go together are a man and a woman, or else they are two brothers who share the same smell, because only the love between men and women and the friendship between men are allowed to appear in this masculine one. , In a film with adventure as the theme and male audience as the main target. However, the appearance of the film affirmed the possibility of "alternative" travel partners in the film.
