"Mother! Mother!": a dialectical modern biblical fable from multiple angles, and also a cult B-movie.

Monica 2022-10-24 07:57:21

Last week, the prelude finally watched the new work "Mother! Mother!".
There are no characters, only symbols; no actions, only symbols; no plot, only messages. Truly the best summary of the movie.

Due to the angle of view of the lens and the shooting technique, the viewing process was extremely manic-depressive and uncomfortable.
The camera follows the subtle expressions of the heroine throughout the whole process, and the language of the camera is very skillful and superb, which makes the audience extremely fall into the insecurities in the plot and the magnified emotional changes of the heroine.

If you don't see a lot of metaphorical symbols, the main story of the film revolves around a couple's relationship problems and increasingly absurd and dangerous daily life.
The image of the male protagonist is taken from the earliest male image "God-Yahweh", and the female protagonist is taken from the earliest human female image "Mother Earth".

Next, the arrival of the "uninvited guests" Adam and Eve, the event of the Great Flood, and the death of God's own Son Jesus to believers.
The core meaning of the plot's constant questioning, forgiveness, forgiveness, sharing and other values.

The whole film is fiercely dialectical from the perspective of politics/social phenomena/masculinity/femininity/religious mysticism/reincarnation theory.
The screen schedule collapses and the visuals lose logic in the later stage, but when you watch it, you will clearly feel that the director has a lot of hidden metaphors to express behind the gradually disintegrating plot.
Seeing this, I think this film achieves a very important modern film value - "a genre film that has never appeared before".

You are right when you say that it is an environmental issue film, it is a philosophical art film that analyzes the absurdity of conformity and interpersonal relationships in modern society, and it is also right that it is a revealing film that buries occult symbols, a naked discussion The relationship is right, and you don't even watch the plot: it's also a bloody cult cult film.

At the end of the film, the hero asks the heroine: Do you want to continue?
The heroine nodded, the hero dug out her heart, and the whole film went back to the title and reincarnation started again.
Is it a metaphor: as long as we have thoughts about this world, we will reincarnate into this universe again, even if the process seems dark, but the reason is always love.

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Extended Reading

Mother! quotes

  • Mother: [to Him] Make them go!

  • HIM: [to Mother] Your love. Is still there, isn't it?