Growing up is not easy, and the relationship between people is even more difficult.

Newell 2022-04-20 09:02:10

I always like these kinds of movies. Feminism, the rebellion of adolescence, these are just appearances. Perhaps, hidden beneath the surface is everyone's search for self-definition. Growing up is not easy, and adulthood is not the transformation of that segment of adolescence. Some people, for a lifetime, try to test the boundaries of their own world, to find their own characteristics that distinguish them from others. Inevitably, it will be out of tune with the settings and conventions of this world. It's just that sometimes, if you use too much force, you will end up with injuries all over the body, just like Abbie. Maybe after a lifetime, you find that you are not someone, just a nobody (that's for sure), but what does it matter? Life is all about experience, what we seek is not the so-called meaning, but the "search" is the meaning itself. Growing up is not easy, and every relationship between people is even more difficult, even the most stable mother-child relationship of all relationships. There are far more commonalities between people than those characteristics, but there is an invisible boundary between people. Exploring that little bit of one's own characteristics is exhausting, let alone exploring others. Going out of your way to find others, even at the risk of hurting each other at times, may be because we are inherently lonely, so we cherish and strive to build each relationship. Although, we are doomed to be alone. Growing up is not easy, and the fate and relationship between people is even more difficult.

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Extended Reading
  • Shyanne 2022-01-07 15:53:32

    The torrent of change blasted over you, and your shadow shook slightly. The future will be better because the times have progressed and because you are old.

  • Rosario 2022-01-07 15:53:32

    Even though she has seen big winds and waves, she does not have the answers to everything in the world, she just accepts the reality that many things have no answers; she does not want to admit that she is unhappy, she does not want to admit that she is alone, because happiness and company are good, but there is no If so, it's okay. The dialogues in a few scenes were not well written, and most of them were great. Like the classic opening special effects of A24 in the film, there is a special sense of alienation.

20th Century Women quotes

  • Dorothea: That was my husband's Ford Galaxy. We drove Jamie home from the hospital in that car.

    Jamie: My mom was forty when she had me. Everyone told her she was too old to be a mother.

    Dorothea: I put my hand through the little window, and he'd squeeze my finger, and I'd tell him life was very big... and unknown.

    Jamie: And she told me that there were animals, and sky, and cities...

    Dorothea: ...music, movies. He'd fall in love, have his own children, have passions, have meaning, have his mom and dad.

    Jamie: When they got divorced, my father moved back east and left the car with us. He calls on birthdays and Christmas. Last time I felt close to him was on my birthday in 1974. He bought me mirrored sunglasses. I saw the president fall down the stairs and I threw up on the carpet.

    Dorothea: Since then it's just been us.

  • Dorothea: Actually, it was, it was built in 1905, and the same family had it forever, but they lost all their money during the war, and then there was a fire and... You should've been here for that. Anyway, so, it was just a mess. They let it fall apart. Then a bohemian inherited it in the '60s, then a bunch of free spirits moved in, and they lost it to the bank.