Flowers and Shackles

Nyasia 2022-10-27 15:23:52

The two-hour movie was indeed a bit of a torment for a glass-hearted vindicator like me. I sat in a chair and twisted, scratched my hair and rubbed my eyes, and picked up and put down the water bottle until I saw the closing subtitles. I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I have always been afraid of seeing beautiful things destroyed. For example, after seeing Gu Manzhen being insulted in my life, I refused to watch it any longer. At the same time, I am familiar with those directors who are very willing to make everything perfect first, and then knock you out with one stick after another. Lu Xun once said that the so-called tragedy is to smash beautiful things in front of you. So I became nervous when I saw Frida and her husband showing their love in the market and bar when they were newly married, especially since I already knew from the synopsis that it was a difficult time to use "ill-fated" A woman who describes her life. In my impression, Xiao Hong in the golden age also had a similar experience, miscarriage and betrayal of love, they all suffered long physical and mental pain in their short lives. However, it seems that pain is also the best stimulus for artists. They draw nutrients from pain and express their life and spirit with a stronger desire than ordinary people. However, in addition to family or accidents, suffering also comes from oneself and one's own character. There also seem to be quite a few people who regard character and mental flaws as some sort of sign of an artist. Is it easy for ordinary people's sensitivity to create a painter's talent? Or do alcohol and drugs fuel the spirit of rock and roll? Injuring others and themselves, maybe those artists are finally getting more touch with the essence of art in the process of constant death? When Frida had a retaliatory relationship with Diego's best friend, and then asked Diego, "Have you finally understood the heartache?" Can this kind of stabbing injury be masked by his outstanding talent? Or is it just an immature psychology interfering with it? Having seen a lot of people around me, I may understand that some talented people have a bit of "character" and would like to support them as much as I can. But am I hoping for impossible change, or do I really have the kind of understanding, understanding, and support that Jane Carter did to Johnny Cash?

As we get older, it seems that I can also feel that my thinking is becoming rigid. Of course, it can also be better called maturity. Indeed, when we rely on the beliefs or ideas that are gradually strengthened in our hearts to overcome the mediocrity and boredom of life, perhaps you also become the person you want to fight against at that time. I consider myself to be well-behaved and extremely rigid. Therefore, while yearning for love, marriage, and family, they also have a great sense of responsibility, and often use this to measure and restrain others. Seeing Frida and Diego's marriage, it is inevitable to sigh. But I also know that neither love, marriage nor family can become a person's shackles. There is some kind of contradiction in this that is often puzzling. Perhaps reason, ethics, sense of responsibility, and the worst of all, the law, these layers of protection maintain the relationship between people. In addition to the wisdom of life, I think it is equally important to understand and be aware of the ugliest side of human nature. Frida and Diego's supposedly good relationship was wiped out after her sister's unintentional meddling, and her life seemed to be in turmoil. Without a doubt, Diego and her sister were at fault. But as she said to her sister when she was letting go, "it's my fault, I shouldn't let you stay in the same room". It is a good thing to give full trust to others, but as Lu Xun said, "I am never afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice." And this malicious speculation, I think, is better than crying after the tragedy and asking God why all this happened.

Recently, I often watch Japanese dramas and manga, and one of the reasons is because I am attracted by the tranquil and warm atmosphere in some Japanese dramas and manga, and the harmonious relationship with the world. But if you only look at what you want to see and love, and only accept what you are willing to accept, it will be like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. When I was having dinner with my classmates, I told my classmates that I was going to see Frida in the evening. I had watched it all the time before, and my classmates said that it was really literary. Watch these literary films. I smiled bitterly and said, I am not literary, and I don’t like watching literary films, but this is like going to a school for a class, like going to a hospital for an injection, it is good for you, even if it is uncomfortable, you must do it.

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Frida quotes

  • Diego Rivera: It was just a fuck. I've given more affection in a handshake.

  • Diego Rivera: I'm physiologically incapable of fidelity.

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