real america

Aurore 2022-12-09 14:36:31

"The.Virgin.Suicides" (Virgin Suicides) this film shows a different than we imagined America. The average Chinese thinks that it is very open, but this is actually a superficial perception.
As Xu Zidong said, the United States has three cornerstones to ensure its stability. One is a Christian-based force, represented by George W. Bush. They are quite conservative, for example, they are opposed to homosexuality, such as "Milk", which also won an Oscar this time, and they are opposed to abortion and so on. Before the founding of the United States, there were some "infidels" who were oppressed in the United Kingdom. They all had a considerable moral level. They first landed in the United States to communicate with the Indian tribes, and the political power of these people has continued. , you must know that the United States has passed a "prohibition" bill before: it is not allowed to drink in public. One can imagine their degree of conservatism and political power.
The second largest force in the United States is the group of professors from the top of the academic ivory tower. They are the force of progress in the United States. Just look at their Nobel Prizes. But in this movie, the father of the five girls is actually a math professor, which is interesting.
The third major force is the news media represented by CNN. They are not like the Chinese media who only dare to supervise in different places, and they may be imprisoned and dismissed at any time. They are the vane of American public opinion and political correctness, and they also have their own Oscars, the Pulitzer Prizes.
America is a place that advertises freedom and democracy, freedom or death. All five girls finally committed suicide because of their mother's strong intervention.
This movie actually fuses all these things together, and it's so natural, so real, it's really awesome!
Back to the movie itself, starting from the suicide attempt of the youngest daughter. When Cecilia said to the doctor: You have not experienced the youth of a 13-year-old girl (to the effect), and the later psychiatrist's test on Cecilia shows that what the girl needs is actually only a same-age and opposite sex. And the four sisters didn't react too violently to her departure. This is the skill of the director and screenwriter. The five biological sisters who do not have girlfriends actually have a competitive relationship. It can be seen from the fact that the four sisters chose to go home without waiting for Lux. It is not us who are in trouble, but Lux. In fact, people are competing with each other. I heard that girls in the same dormitory, their periods will change, because the instinct of animals is to let genes continue (see "The Selfish Gene"), they will automatically The purpose of adjusting the period to a very close period is to snatch someone else's boyfriend, of course, this has been formed since we were still living in a cave.
The girls in this film are actually boring. I don't know if all the girls in China are like this, but I believe that human nature is all in common. There are also boys who correspond to these five girls, and they are not the kind of men in "American Pie" or "European Sex Travel", they are relatively gentleman. But they'll find ways to peep into girls' bedrooms and peek at their diaries to get to know them better! Yes, it is just understanding, there is no slutty, obscene thoughts, I salute again like the director and editor!
In the end, all this happened in a community, whether boys, girls, schools, or the surrounding Obasan. And this one is fierce! Just as the family is the cell of society, and the countryside is the cornerstone of China, this neighborhood is also the cell of their United States, and the elm tree in the film is a good symbol: an elm tree is sick and dead, and it is invisible on the surface. If it cuts it, all the numbers around it will die. And all the elms on that block will end up being cut down (labeled).
From this to the other, I watched several documentaries "China's Sexual Revolution" and "Hormones in the 1980s" a few days ago. I really thought they were too ridiculous. How can China be so fierce!
In the end, sex is a good thing! Otherwise, why does the yellow net still exist after the anti-vulgarity wind blows? Everyone understands in their hearts why it is necessary to set up an archway!

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The Virgin Suicides quotes

  • Rannie: I baked a pie full of rat poison. I though I could eat it, you know, without being suspicious. My nana, who is 86...

    [starts to break down]

    Rannie: she really likes sweets. She had three pieces.

  • Trip Fontaine: You're a stone fox.