The soul of "August Osage County" is undoubtedly the nervous old lady violet played by Meryl Streep. She is stubborn, paranoid and self-righteous. The first thing she does after her husband disappears is to find two people together. Safe. The indifference and estrangement of this family were almost established by her selfishness. She despised all the injuries her daughters received, and talked about the division of inheritance at the dinner table, and instantly exposed the illusion of marriage created by her daughter. She seems fearless, so naturally she can't talk about being considerate of others. Although we know that the pain of this character comes from her unfortunate childhood experience, it is not enough for us to forgive her for her harshness, just like every daughter of her.
Woody Allen said: 99% of human decisions are based on emotions-intuition, emotions, fear, conflict, unresolved childhood knots. This became an overwhelming driving element rather than reasoning, reason, or common sense. That's why the world is in such a bad and terrible situation. In "August • Osage County", everyone and every family actually have their own sufferings. Painful emotions and secretiveness are like a malignant tumor tormenting each other in the family. They couldn't get rid of this pain, so they could only escape, so the three daughters chose to leave one after another. At the end of the movie, only the old lady stayed with the maid alone, facing the huge house, feeling lost.
People tend to think that suffering gives people strength. But in most cases, the suffering in childhood often does not have any positive energy. It will only destroy our weakness and make us more cruel people. Aunt Mei, played by Violet, was abused in her childhood, so she was full of grievances and unreservedly released this grievance on her three daughters. Each child became a victim of her negative emotions. She was sad and joyful, but when she was extremely sad, she quickly found melodious and happy music to hide her temperament. Her state in the movie always explodes, but the real heart is hidden and erratic. Her oral cancer brought herself a burning pain, and she also transmitted this pain to the people around her in a mean way. Violet in the movie always teased the Indian maid, but when the conflict was over, all the dust settled, and only this woman was with her. Maybe her husband had thought of this a long time ago, thinking that his death would not be enough to condense his daughter's heart, Violet had to face loneliness in the end.
Violet's three daughters escaped the inner disaster in their own way. Compared with the forbearance of the second daughter and the self-deception of the third daughter, the eldest daughter Barbara is more inclined to the real voilet-full of arrogant anger. After trying to escape from the family for many years, the resentment towards her mother in her heart has not been resolved at all. She is like a fuze of a gasoline can can be ignited at any time. The mother's indifference to her father, her husband's betrayal, and her daughter's openness all became the reasons for her collapse. In the end, Barbara drove away in despair of her mother, and seemed to be released in the desolation of nature. What did she see and what did she understand? Probably it was the grievances that followed the three generations of mother and daughter. The resentment in the movie flows in the hearts of three generations of women like a recycle of blood from a poisonous dragon. Barbara inherits Violet's temper, and her daughter continues to resent herself. Movie audiences now see conflicts, and it is emotions that drive this conflict.
In fact, it is difficult for us to eliminate this emotion. So let it explode one by one, destroying life like a serial cannon, shattering the hope of others.
Almost all nominations for "August Osage County" at this year's awards ceremony focused on female roles, which is also an inevitable result of the script creation. Men become the background rather than the driving force that drives the outbreak of all conflicts. The suicidal father, the merciful fiancé, and the cousin whose blood relationship is a mystery, the existence of male characters provides a channel for all emotions to vent, and their existence also means countless secrets hidden in the family. Everyone will lead to an unknown story, no one is absolutely good, no one is evil, no one becomes an absolute guide, and no one can stay out of it.
At the beginning of the movie, the old father told the maid that the book gave him shelter in the painful days. What is he suffering? Probably it was suffering from this family's riddled interpersonal relationship. The essence of "August • Osage County" is to show the conflict, and several big emotional outbursts can clearly show that there are traces of theatrical adaptation. In frequent conflicts, any intimate relationship can be destroyed, and any tenacious emotions can be torn apart. Zhang Ailing said that life is a gorgeous robe with lice crawling on it. The family in "August Osage County" is like a cabinet recommended by a mother to her daughter. The surface is exquisite and beautiful, and the inside is full of fragments.
When I first watched "August Osage County", I thought it would be a movie that was a return of family affection triggered by the disappearance of my father, and gradually moved from indifference to warmth; or at least it was as superficial as "Rachel's Wedding" Peace allows the audience to experience the life wounds left by the film creators. But the restaurant conflict after the suicide father's funeral quickly broke this possibility of maintaining the warmth of the mask. Violet played by Aunt May scuffled with her daughter Barbara played by Julia Roberts to snatch the precious pills in her hand-the victor Barbara finally poured the pills from the pill bottle into the toilet one by one , Those particles fell into the endless darkness and could never look back.
The soul figure of "August Osage County" is undoubtedly the nervous old lady violet played by Meryl Streep. She is stubborn and self-righteous. The first thing she does after her husband disappears is to find the two together. Safe. The indifference and estrangement of this family were almost established by her selfishness. She despised all the injuries her daughters received, and talked about the division of inheritance at the dinner table, and instantly exposed the illusion of marriage created by her daughter. She seems fearless, so naturally she can't talk about being considerate of others. Although we know that the pain of this character comes from her unfortunate childhood experience, it is not enough for us to forgive her for her harshness, just like every daughter of her.
Woody Allen said: 99% of human decisions are based on emotions-intuition, emotions, fear, conflict, unresolved childhood knots. This became an overwhelming driving element rather than reasoning, reason, or common sense. That's why the world is in such a bad and terrible situation. In "August • Osage County", everyone and every family actually have their own sufferings. Painful emotions and secretiveness are like a malignant tumor tormenting each other in the family. They couldn't get rid of this pain, so they could only escape, so the three daughters chose to leave one after another. At the end of the movie, only the old lady stayed with the maid, facing the huge house, feeling lost.
People tend to think that suffering gives people strength. But in most cases, suffering in childhood often does not have any positive energy. It will only destroy our weakness and make us more cruel people. Aunt Mei, played by Violet, was abused in her childhood, so she was full of grievances and unreservedly released this grievance on her three daughters. Each child became a victim of her negative emotions. She was sad and joyful, but when she was extremely sad, she quickly found melodious and happy music to hide her temperament. Her state in the movie always explodes, but the real heart is hidden and erratic. Her oral cancer brought herself a burning pain, and she also transmitted this pain to the people around her in a mean way. Violet in the movie always teased the Indian maid, but when the conflict was over, all the dust settled, and only this woman was with her. Perhaps her husband had thought of this a long time ago, thinking that his death would not be enough to condense his daughter's heart, Violet had to face loneliness in the end.
Violet's three daughters escaped the inner disaster in their own way. Compared with the forbearance of the second daughter and the self-deception of the third daughter, the eldest daughter Barbara is more inclined to the real voilet-full of arrogant anger. After many years of trying to escape from the family, the resentment in her heart towards her mother has not disappeared at all. She is like a fuze of a gasoline can can be ignited at any time. The mother's indifference to her father, her husband's betrayal, and her daughter's openness all became the reasons for her collapse. In the end, Barbara drove away in despair of her mother, and seemed to be released in the desolation of nature. What did she see and what did she understand? Probably it was the grievances that followed the three generations of mother and daughter. The resentment in the movie flows in the hearts of three generations of women like a recycle of blood from a poisonous dragon. Barbara inherits Violet's temper, and her daughter continues to resent herself. Movie audiences now see conflicts, and it is emotions that drive this conflict.
In fact, it is difficult for us to eliminate this emotion. So let it explode one by one, destroying life like a serial cannon, shattering the hope of others.
Almost all nominations for "August Osage County" at this year's awards ceremony focused on female roles, which is also an inevitable result of the script creation. Men become the background rather than the driving force that drives the outbreak of all conflicts. The suicidal father, the merciful fiancé, and the cousin whose blood relationship is a mystery, the existence of male characters provides a channel for all emotions to vent, and their existence also means countless secrets hidden in the family. Everyone will lead to an unknown story. No one is absolutely good and no one does evil. No one becomes an absolute guide and no one can stay out of it.
At the beginning of the movie, the old father told the maid that the book gave him shelter in the painful days. What is he suffering? Probably it was suffering from this family's riddled interpersonal relationship. The essence of "August • Osage County" is to show the conflict, and several big emotional outbursts can clearly show that there are traces of theatrical adaptation. In frequent conflicts, any intimate relationship can be destroyed, and any tenacious emotions can be torn apart. Zhang Ailing said that life is a gorgeous robe with lice crawling on it. The family in "August Osage County" is like a cabinet recommended by a mother to her daughter. The surface is exquisite and beautiful, and the inside is full of fragments.
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