The Taiwanese translation of the film is called "Blue is the Warmest Color". In the Western world, blue is the same color as the ocean and is a symbol of freedom and passion. This is also like Emma with blue curly hair. She has a heart that pursues freedom. The freedom referred to here is not freedom in the narrow sense. Nietzsche believes that a free person must not only have his own opinions and thinking, but also have a strong will, to follow like a "Bacchus", even if he pursues his whole life, there is no result. But in the process of following, what you get is freedom.
Emma, a student of the art department, like most of the art students in the film, advocates avant-garde art. In their eyes, "the art of beauty" is no longer the mainstream of today, while the "art of the ugly" is not the mainstream. It can better show the characteristics of young people. Emma's father is an artist. She inherited the characteristics of her father. Like her father, she has the courage to paint what she wants to paint. Although her parents divorced, her stepfather is no different. With a comfortable temperament, they eat fresh oysters together at home. Just like this fresh seafood, freedom will always be the main theme of Emma and Emma's life.
Compared with Emma, the family that Adele lives in determines another character of Adele. Her family's favorite food is pasta, and when Emma came to visit Adele's house, Adele's parents were not talking about artistic ideals, personal pursuits, but the realities of how to support a family. question. If the Emma family were hopelessly idealists, the Adeles were downright realists.
Different family environments result in different growth environments, and different growth environments result in different ways of thinking, and different ways of thinking determine different behaviors among different people.
Emma, she always seems to be the initiative of life, whether it is in the control of love or the dedication to career. When she first met Adele, her initiative and self-confidence enabled her to gain Adele's heart. After breaking up, Emma also had the same determination and irreversible courage. Although they still have good feelings for each other, Emma, who already has a new girlfriend at this time, already knows everything that is irreversible. Facing Adele's hesitation and temptation, she seems so calm and determined. There is no doubt that the art world is one of the most intensely commercialized fields today, and in France, where the art industry is developed, art industrialization has long been the mainstream of the art market. In the face of such a commercialized market, Emma still goes her own way, insists on the integrity of her works, and refuses to make her same-sex identity a selling point that the broker can manipulate. shadow of man.
And Adele is terrible. She is engaged in the teaching job that Nietzsche hates. Faced with Emma's encouragement to persuade her to write literature, she smiles and uses the most perfunctory excuse that no one sees her work. Blocked the outlet of his own heart. She is timid, cowardly, and has no opinion. Facing one male suitor after another, although she has no feelings, she is afraid of rejection, so she will be the only way to deal with this kind of problem. And this kind of Confucianism just caused the tragedy between her and Emma.
Some people say that this is a love story about same-sex themes, but I don't agree. I think that homosexuality is just a frame that the film takes to construct the story, and the main discussion in the film is about existence and freedom. In my eyes, Emma is close to freedom, while Adele is a sad follower. It is this class-like relationship that determines the role of the two in this relationship. Active and passive .
Therefore, the final outcome of Emma and Adele has long been doomed, because they are people in two different worlds.
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