The film was labeled as feminist, so all the film critics began to discuss around feminism, and began to debate whether the film was enough to meet the standards of feminist films. In my humble opinion, some put the cart before the horse. However, a thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets, and this film review is just a brief introduction to my understanding of "The Endless Flower".
As the classic line in "House of Cards": "Everthing in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power." Rather than talking about women's rights, "The Endless Flower" is more of a movie about power. Needless to say, in real life, due to the biological differences between men and women, men tend to dominate. In this way, men have "power". In the film, Thelma's husband has the power to speak ill of her; the male driver of the fuel tanker has the power to rush through the female driver and speak a yellow accent; the bar's pick-up man has the power to tease and pick on beautiful women, and rape and dance with girls. . However, the advent of the gun, a symbol of power, reversed the situation. Thelma and Louise are also getting used to power, going from the first impulse killing to robbing stores, hijacking police officers and blowing up fuel tankers. They gradually got used to their roles and realized the power they possessed, so they were no longer nervous when they did bad things, and even after blowing up the tanker, they could circle around the male driver and laugh. Interestingly, there is more than one line in the film to complete the comparison. There is also the reversal of the power of the police and the power of the husband.
Police power: There are two contrasts in the police line. The first is before and after the police stopped Louise: before the stop, the police said with great dignity to turn off the engine, and Louise was also trembling in fear of being discovered; after Thelma pointed a gun at the police, the police wept bitterly and said that he had There are old and young, and the look of fear is similar to the previous Louise. The second is when the policeman was trapped in the trunk asking for help. A black man passed by on a road bike. The policeman stretched out his white and tender fingers to indicate that he was a policeman and was puffed by the black rider when he was in the trunk. Here is a comparison with reality.
Husband's power: The husband's power is manifested in the beginning of the film, scolding Thelma and yelling at the lawnman in the yard, and he can even casually watch sports when Thelma calls him in the middle. Interesting contrast All the cops watch TV with relish when many cops are with him in the living room. But the figure of her husband was hidden in a shadowy corner, and he secretly changed back to the sports station. All the police immediately looked at him, but the husband could only wince and say, "I'm sorry, I bumped into it by accident." The power of this matter lies not with the husband, but with the police.
The most interesting is the barrage. The film was made so early, Ridley Scott must not have expected the appearance of the barrage to bring another dimension of irony to the film. When Thelma flirted with barmen and punks, words like slut floated on the barrage from time to time. The social environment inside and outside the movie was unified, and Louise said to Thelma later, "They won't believe us, they all saw you dancing with him on the face." There is a sense of irony. If combined with other films, the plot of the male protagonist encountering a beautiful spring breeze is even more interesting.
Scott didn't say what we should do in reality. Should the weak be treated kindly? Should I use my power wisely? He didn't answer, and even the film didn't give the two heroines a solution, but let them romantically fly off the cliff. So what should be done? No one has an answer, only wishing everyone a gun.
ps: The original title of this film is "Thelma & Louise", which is translated as "Wild Flowers at the End of the Road"
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