This is the opening scene of Julie Taimer's film Frida. The first female director of a Broadway musical to be recognized with a Tony Award in history, with her delicate and unique female perspective and skilled film language, tells us about the legendary life of Mexican female painter Frida Kahlo. The scenes of the film are gorgeous and beautiful, the music is exciting, and the performances of the actors complement each other. It perfectly presents the ups and downs of the female painter's life experience. It was not only released as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival, but also won 6 Oscar nominations.
1. A life burning like a flame
Frida Kahlo, a female painter who is called "the most popular person on the Atlantic coast" by the Americans; a bisexual who believes in communism, takes drugs and alcohol, and has too many sexual affairs A woman who spends most of her life in pain, but still writes her autobiography with her own brush... It can be said that Frida's life is a burning flame of passion, as gorgeous and dazzling as a flame, but also as hot and painful as a flame .
At the age of 18, Frida's bus collided with a tram. The fragile body was smashed apart, a blue robin broke free from the owner's palm, the beautiful blue wings flew across the entire scene, the blue-red oranges fell to the ground, and the transparent glass shattered. And Frida lay almost half-naked on the broken car deck, blood-stained on her body, a metal handrail pierced into her abdomen, pierced through her vagina, shimmering gold powder fell from the air, bright colors Filled the whole picture, gorgeous and poignant, just like Frida's paintings. The car crash left Frida with almost fatal injuries. Her spine was broken into three segments, her collarbone and ribs were broken, her right leg was broken in 11 places, and one foot was completely crushed. To this end, Frida has undergone 32 surgeries in his life, replaced 28 orthopedic bras, and suffered tremendous pain. After the car accident, Frida was forced to lie in bed for a year, and her boyfriend left her at this time. Frida did not get depressed, but painted butterflies on her plaster corset. . Those colorful butterflies flutter on the rough plaster, just like Frida's desire for freedom and the pursuit of art.
Although Frida tried her best to sway her life, the suffering was always with her. When she was nearing the end of her life, Frida's condition relapsed and she was forced to amputate her right leg, paralyzed in bed, and even had to rely on morphine for pain relief. Unbearable Frida proposed the idea of cremation to her husband, hoping to burn her body with a vigorous flame. At the end of the film, Frida burns in a splendid flame in the illusory portrait. Under the light of the fire, the originally bleak face gradually becomes bright, lively and even showing a smile. When the last piece of fire solidifies into a gorgeous vine, Frida The smile on Da's face is deep in her heart, she can finally leave this world that brings her pain all the time, so she said, "I hope it is a blessing to leave, I hope I will never come back." She is the ultimate life, It is destined to only burn in the fire and obtain eternal life in the red flame.
two. "Elephant and Dove" love
Diego Rivera, a Mexican national treasure, one of the most famous muralists of the 20th century, and Frida's husband. Their acquaintance was just like what Rivera said at the Frida exhibition. She called him to see her paintings, and he went down. From then on, he saw her for the rest of his life. However, a romantic acquaintance does not mean a happy ending, and not all stories have a happy ending.
Rivera was 42 years old at the time, weighing 136 kilograms, married twice and had countless romantic affairs, while Frida was only 22 years old, petite and frail, so Frida's mother was very fond of them. Their marriage is quite critical, thinking that "it's like an elephant and a dove marrying." They have the same temperament and congeniality, and they are perfect friends, but not perfect partners. Rivera was romantic by nature, never stopped flirting with other women even after marriage, and even had an affair with Frida's sister, which brought great pain to Frida. "There were two big accidents in my life, Diego, one was a car accident, one was you, you were the worst."
After finding out that Rivera was having an affair with his sister, Frida was completely devastated, She cut off one of Rivera's favorite long hair, and began to drink and play freely and hang out with other people. The uncontrolled life made Frida's already weak body even more overwhelmed, and her condition became so severe that she had to amputate her right toe and put on a brace again. A year after the divorce, Rivera proposed to Frida again, and she said, "I don't need pity." He said, "I do." So they remarried. The marriage with Rivera was the most painful and happiest experience for Frida, and the love for Rivera was rooted in his heart the moment he walked down the stairs and walked towards her. To this day, this marriage has long been unclear about right and wrong, but one thing is certain, they have always loved each other sincerely, and for us, this is enough.
three. The spark of life
Picasso once said to Rivera: "You and I can't paint a self-portrait as good as her." One-third of Frida's paintings are self-portraits, and she herself once said: "I Instead of painting dreams, I paint my own reality." And she did. She paints her wedding to Rivera, she wears a bright green dress with a bright red shawl, tilts her head like a child and holds Rivera's hands; she paints her miscarriage, her loss the child; she painted her pain, the long hair she had cut; she painted herself in pain, the broken body pinned down... As Rivera said, "Her paintings are sharp and gentle. , as hard as steel, as soft as butterfly wings, as pleasing as a smile, and cruel as the pain of life." The film combines painting with plot, surreal and montage, and the effect achieved is amazing.
As for Frida, the protagonist of the self-portrait, she may not be a beauty in the traditional sense. She has dark earth-colored skin, thick eyebrows like bird wings, and a little fluff on her lips. However, such Frida has Her unique charm. Her petite frame is filled with enormous energy, her clear eyes are full of the purest emotion, she is like a brightly colored cactus growing in the scorching sun of Mexico, although her body is full of stinging needles Mang, but still raised her proud head high, looking at your eyes frankly and sincerely. You have to fall in love with such a woman, even if a moth flutters into the fire, you can't help but fall into her arms.
Salma Hayek, known as the "Mexican Sexy Goddess", performed the passionate Frida vividly and attractively. In addition to Hayek's affectionate interpretation, the joining of many big-name stars also added a lot to the film. The former "Masked Zorro" Antonio Bandera and "Hulk" Edward Norton all appeared in the film, willing to be green leaves. Geoffrey Rush, the "Captain Barbossa", who has won the title of Oscar-winning actor and is also an enemy and a friend in "Pirates of the Caribbean", is the incarnation of the Russian revolutionary Trotsky, and has a long-term love with Frida.
At the end of the film, in the singing of the ending song "Burn It Blue", which director Julie Taimer participated in the lyrics, Frida disappeared in the fire, but the paintings she left behind were like the fireworks of Frida's warm life. Still flickering in the world, infecting and shocking every viewer.
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