mommy, as warm as the name

Kamryn 2022-04-23 07:03:13

It is natural to compare this film with "I Killed My Mother". The latter focuses on the son, showing the normality of love and hate towards the mother, while the former focuses on the mother. We are more Seeing the inseparable love between mother and son, that love is more powerful in the struggles of life.
The characters in "Mummy" are of course more full and mature. Diane and Kayla are both the original cast members in "I". In contrast, they are both female characters that are strongly portrayed in the film, and they are expressed in depth with the development of the plot, rather than just appearing in fragments. The scene performance is also richer.
There are many familiar techniques in form and style. The use of slow motion here is more to render happy emotions and free moods, such as three people dancing to music, Steve sliding his skateboard and opening his arms, there is still a lot of precious warmth in the normal state of pain; dancing in many places But there is no obvious jump, just reminding me that I cut a knife here, I feel the director's naughty; a lot of telephoto, zoom lenses, close-ups, emphasize the emotional changes, this magnification effect is more conducive to highlight the out of control or collapse. Pain and anger. In addition, the use of music is still so amazing, and it is integrated with every picture to hit people's hearts again and again. And the most unique and novel, the one-to-one format, pulled away with Steve's hands and then retracted back on the news of the upsetting, a stroke of genius that is only tied to the film's content structure.
The plot changes with the frame, and the whole is divided into three parts. First of all, the one-to-one picture tells the story of the troubled child Steve being brought home for training by a somewhat unruly mother. The mother and son seem to be tightly connected by a thorny chain of love. However, they will hurt each other because of the fierce collision, and because of this, they will love each other more deeply. It's all in an unbalanced state until Kayla shows up. So the second part unfolds, with Wonderwall's rhythmic strumming, Steve stepping on his skateboard and opening his arms seems to welcome his new life, a peaceful freedom. He opened the frame with both hands, indicating that everything has returned to balance, everything is full of hope, so natural and beautiful. But with the appearance of the unbalanced letter, the frame shrank back to a one-to-one ratio in Diane's uneasy hiding, and the third part began. Diane was faced with the most troubling choice. She seemed to be used to life making jokes from time to time, taking away short-lived hopes and joys, as shown by the second opening of the picture, laughter, beauty, and the future. The frame is reduced and lost. In the end, she chose to give herself that last bit of hope, as she said.
After watching it, I feel that this is a film that appeals to me in terms of form, content and performance. This is a film that tells women's stories earnestly, moved by the director's concern and love for women in life, and also deeply moved by the pain in the struggle and the warmth in the pain.

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Extended Reading

Mommy quotes

  • Kyla: Loving people doesn't save them

  • Steve Després: Remember what dad used to say: "Grab the future by the balls. Fuck the past in the ass".

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