Mona Lisa's smile

Janick 2022-04-21 09:02:12

Mona Lisa's Smile is good at using the plot to make hints and comparisons, which reduces the difficulty of the audience's understanding of the film. The two factions in the film have completely different results at the end of the film: the opposition is influenced by the teacher and resolutely follows its own path. The centrists instead retreated to the "marriage and childbirth" route. This kind of role arrangement and comparison is a common technique in many films. "Mona Lisa's Smile" reflects the theme of new things challenging old traditions. But at the beginning of the film, in order to show the characteristics of the era in 1953. From sets to props, from wallpaper to headwear, from weddings to balls, from the TV series "I Love Lucy" to the camel cigarette commercials, these all reveal a strong nostalgic atmosphere, which also makes the film's external form consistent with The themes presented do not match.

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Mona Lisa Smile quotes

  • [referring to a childlike drawing of a cow]

    Katherine Watson: 25 years ago, someone thought this was brilliant.

    Connie Baker: I can see that.

    Betty Warren: Who?

    Katherine Watson: My mother. I painted it for her birthday. Next slide. This is my mom. Is it art?

    Susan Delacorte: It's a snapshot.

    Katherine Watson: If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?

    Betty Warren: Art isn't art until someone says it is.

    Katherine Watson: It's art!

    Betty Warren: The right people.

    Katherine Watson: And who are they?

    Giselle Levy: Betty Warren! We're so lucky we have one of them right here.

  • Connie Baker: [reading from an advertisement] "When your courses are set and a dreamboat you've met, have a real cigarette! Have a Camel!" I've got my courses, I've got my Camel cigarette. Where the hell is my dreamboat?