First clarify: the views in this article may be biased
When I finished watching the film, I thought it was a feminist film, but when I wrote a review, I felt something was wrong. Housewife Selma and coffee waiter Louis are not limited by their boring life, so they go out together to relax. It should be noted here that their departure is to seek spiritual relaxation rather than to escape the responsibilities of family and love. First of all, they came to the bar. When Selma was almost raped by Harlan, Louis showed up, but at this time, Louis hadn't killed her yet, and when Harlan was verbally abusive to her, this may have evoked her in Texas. He had been raped and shot him in anger. As a result, the two embark on an escape journey. On the way, a handsome cowboy played by Brad Pitt flirts with Selma while taking a ride. After the two have a one-night stand, the cowboy runs away with money. Later, Selma's character changed, and this problem also came. She started robbing stores in the image of a male robber, in exactly the same way the cowboy told her how to rob that night! what is this? Is this a symbol of the liberation of female consciousness? This is clearly a cowboy possession! On the way to escape, a truck driver kept showing sexual harassment to them. Selma and Louis shouted for the first time, and taught the tanker driver who sexually harassed them, and set the tanker on fire. When they got here, everyone had nothing. Did you find that the two were already the image of a thug and a robber?
When the whereabouts of the two were known to the police, the police blocked the border between the United States and Mexico. Did you see that their "freedom" journey was completely surrounded by "males", you can see it this way, the male director Ridlis Kurt portrayed the sisters Kuanghua as two soulful characters, but placed them in a male social context, and what they did was to gain the recognition of the patriarchal society and not exist independently of male individuals.
Why do I say Rai Gong is very contradictory? In the early "Alien" he directed, from the resolute and resolute Ms. Ripley he created to the "Mars Rescue" squadron leader who rescued Matt Damon without fear of risk, all showed that the women under his lens The protagonists are all people who do not depend on men to make a living. Before the game in this film, the two were dressed in heavy makeup, short blond hair, and their clothes were full of coquettishness and temptation. People gradually become mature and capable, and their clothes are changed to simple white and blue tops and jeans. The dull-eyed old man outside the wooden house may indicate the weakening of male power. The old lady with puzzled and disdainful eyes looked at Louis. Louis was in a trance. She subconsciously picked up the lipstick and threw it away. The old lady hinted at the conservative-minded bystander. . These all show that Lei Gong consciously portrays women.
Let's watch the climax of the movie, which is the heroic driving and jumping off the cliff. The good man, Officer Hal, said not to point a gun at them. Hal learned about the past of Louis' rape in Texas during the continuous investigation of the case. Louis said that they refused when they hadn't prosecuted you and were willing to help you, on the grounds that they would go back to jail, but at that time, Louis had not yet decided to die, and the police had blocked the border, so they ended up going back to jail. ! Hal yelled at the police officer who was directing the pursuit: "How many times! How many times have women been bullied." As he waved his hand to the speeding car, it seemed a little ridiculous at this point, and there was reason to think that This is what the director said in order to give them an affirmation of the meaning of their escape from Officer Hal's mouth.
Are there any movies that embody female consciousness? Yes, for example, in the classic "Gone with the Wind", after her first husband died, Scarlett was unwilling to be restrained and suppressed by wearing a black widow uniform all day long, so she frequently attended parties and danced with Reid involuntarily, as well as in her own manor. After the war, in order to rebuild his homeland, he worked in the fields like a hired servant all day long, and bought a sawmill with his own money as collateral, so that his husband would not handle it, and finally defeated his competitors... Compared with "The Endless Flower", the total I feel that their behavior is passive and lack of initiative.
Maybe Lei Gong knows what his problem is. According to the information, the release period of the film is at the stage of the resurgence of male power. Single women in the film and television are not treated in the world, and bills that are unfavorable to women have been released one after another... Because of "Blade Runner" Under the Hollywood system, Lei Gong, who failed at the box office, undoubtedly has to follow the trend and put a male shell on the female body. Therefore, the final death seems more like a concession to the patriarchal society.
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