Short review Sep 19.2018

Missouri 2022-01-07 15:53:32

The background of the story is set during the second wave of feminist movement in the United States. The narrative style from multiple perspectives shows the life trajectory and personality characteristics of five individuals. Dorothea has experienced the changes of the times. Abbie uses feminism to hide his inner fragility, and Julie is casual. Grow as you want. The confrontation of musical styles, the color duplication expressing the passage of time, the discussion of literary works, and the process of focusing on telling good characters' stories further reflect the grand changing pattern of the times. The mother-child line is relatively large, the rest of the narrative is slightly loose, and the narrative at the end of the film is not so necessary. After all, life is just like that, and there are imperfections and shit everywhere. Many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption, but we also find that possession and consumption cannot satisfy our desire for meaning.

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  • Jamie: I thought that was just the beginning of a new relationship with her, where she'd really tell me stuff. But maybe it was never really like that again. Maybe that was it.

    Dorothea: In March of 1999, I'll start to feel tired and confused. When I finally go to the doctor, he will say that the cancer in my lungs had already travelled to my breast and brain. I'll try to teach Jamie what to do with my stocks, but my instructions will be impossible to understand.

    Julie: Abbie will take me to Planned Parenthood. And I will go on the pill. I will go to NYU and lose touch with Jamie and Dorothea, and I will stop talking to my mom, I will fall in love with Nicholas, we will move to Paris, and choose not to have children.

    Abbie: I will stay in Santa Barbara. In just two years, I'll marry Dave. A month after I get married Carlotta will die. A week later, Max will die too. I will work out of my garage and show in local galleries. Against my doctor's advice, I will get pregnant, and by the time I'm thirty I'll have two boys.

    William: I'll live with Dorothea for another year. Then I'll open a pottery store in Sedona Arizona. I will marry Laurie, a singer-songwriter. We'll get divorced in a year. Then I'll meet Sandy, we will marry, and I will continue to do my pottery.

    Jamie: My mom will meet Jim in 1983, they'll be a couple until she dies. On her birthday each year, he will buy her a trip on a biplane. Years after she's gone I'll finally get married and have a son. I'll try to explain to him what his grandmother was like - but it will be impossible.

  • Jamie: [to his mom] You know, when the firemen come... people don't usually invite them for dinner.