I think understanding people with borderline personality is the key to this film.
What is a borderline personality like? They can't find their way, don't know the meaning of their existence, and often lose themselves. They are afraid of being abandoned and lonely, so they are very dependent on others, but because of this, they will always jump from one extreme to the other when dealing with others, or if the other party is perfect and a little dissatisfied, they will suddenly feel that the other party is worthless. It is difficult to control their emotions, and it is no exaggeration for Daxi Dabei to describe them. They may be unloved as children, or raised in abusive environments, leading to masochistic or suicidal tendencies, as well as sex-addicted behaviors.
So we can understand Susanna's series of behaviors, why she committed suicide for no reason, why she went to bed with her mother's friend's husband, why her mood changed so much, why she used vicious language to abuse the nurse, mocking her for being just a fake black man who went to night school care.
The core of borderline personality patients is that they know their flaws, but it is still difficult to control their emotions, and several friends of the heroine in the film also have more or less similar problems. Lisa doesn't care about other people's feelings, she will only tell the truth, as long as she is happy inside, of course she hopes to find the meaning of her existence and make others value her and love her; the scarred woman can't accept her appearance, so she always Live in a world of her own innocence; there is also a girl who has always been deceiving people, because she has obtained deceitful fun, and has been reluctant to give up this happiness. Therefore, as said at the end, they are all too emotional people, unwilling to do any compromise and control, unwilling to take into account the feelings of others, but just blindly indulge in their own emotions, or sway it at will.
In the 1970s and 1980s, it was an era of frequent mental illness, the hippie movement in the United States, they were unwilling and unwilling to work 9 to 5, just enjoy themselves, sexual freedom, unrestricted, and indulge in alcohol and marijuana every day. If you look at the Cultural Revolution in China, it was an era when most people stood up and vented their emotions. In the name of revolution, they vented their inner dissatisfaction, jealousy, and anger on people who were crowned with ghosts and ghosts, no matter what the fuck the moral order, the legal provisions of bullshit.
So Susanna finally said, maybe all the people outside are liars, maybe the whole world is ignorant, but I would rather be with them, I would rather be in it than mess with you.
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