HBO’s MINI drama "Mildred Pierce" is basically a female drama. Although men are the cause of many important events in the drama, they have to bear the consequences and survive. It's a woman. After the dazzling lead actor Kate Winslet chose this drama that has a lot of room for performance after the Oscar was closed, it can be seen that her mind is very calm. This time, her performance is still full of dramatic tension, pinching the role of Mildred Pierce into three points, as if every look and every breath are silently expressing the complex and difficult mood of the character.
Indeed, Mildred is a woman with ups and downs and a complicated heart. The upbringing advocated by the middle class allows her to endure the changes in her life with dignity. Even when her husband who had an affair was driven away, she was after a bland home talk. The calm on the surface is not really quiet. It implies the brewing of a storm. When she finally broke out of her heart and bones, the turbulent emotional entanglement came like a tsunami... It can be said that Kate did it this time. The performance still has a sense of hierarchy and still maintains a high level. Just a few days ago, the Emmy award she won is well-deserved.
The first season of the series uses five episodes to tell a story full of moral dilemma, ethical dilemma and emotional entanglement. The era background of the Great Depression makes the dilemma, embarrassment and entanglement even more embarrassing, embarrassing and confused. The translated name "Floating Life" seems to be much more appropriate than the other translated name "The Demon of the Sea of Desire". At the end of the series, all Mildred's hard work and dedication during this period were like bubbles. Proud of the love of her daughter Veda.
Most of the people who watched the series would accuse Veda of being selfish and cruel. Veda’s later teachers even called her a "venomous snake", and she didn’t hate Veda. She was just a lost paranoid. In the final analysis, she was also a soul with no attachment. Poor man. In order to get rid of her mother’s control, Veda struggled, and what made Veda become famous was not the piano that his mother had been working hard to cultivate, but the flowery soprano that had never been revealed before. When the mother heard it in disbelief and then saw her daughter I believe that Veda has a dark and refreshing feeling.
Undoubtedly, Veda is selfish and narrow. She has always been obsessed with getting rid of her mother’s "vulgar and superficial little businessman", but she cannot do without her mother’s financial support, so Veda has become a contradiction. The reason why she has become a " "Snake" is inseparable from the mother, Mildred, and is also related to the parenting process of excessive love. After the divorce from her husband Bert, Mildred only had two daughters in his heart. When Veda showed contempt for his mother, Mildred failed to put this bad sign out. Instead, it helped. After the tragic death of his little daughter, he grew up The female Veda became all hers, and before she knew it, Mildred had the full authority to arrange Veda's life. Compared to her mother’s love, Veda’s heart is resentful. She hates her mother’s grief and reminds herself that she is not a born nobleman from time to time. She even resents her mother’s absence on the day of her sister’s sudden illness. Years later, she learned that her mother was there. When meeting with her lover, Veda completely lost respect for her mother.
Veda and Mildred are almost mirror images of each other. Veda has Mildred's shadow and dreams. The difference is that Mildred was forced to dull his tentacles during the economic depression and learned to work hard to support his family after shedding tears of self-esteem. Veda was well protected and lived a life like a eldest lady. She followed Mildred's yearning for aristocratic life. The reason why Mildred fell in love with and married his lover Monty was at least because of Monty's innate aristocratic attitude. Fascinated her. The mother and daughter, who are mirror images of each other, will be shocked at some point when they see the truth clearly, and Monty, the nobleman of the flower, contributed to this.
Director Todd Hines, who is good at directing literary and artistic films, presents the play like a literary soap opera, and his "teaching according to his talents" made the play strengthen the performance and weaken the script. The overall production of the play can be called the upper-middle level in the mini-series. In terms of the scene props, costume modeling, and color tone, it looks back to the charm of that era. The soundtrack also gives people a nostalgic feeling of listening to old records. There is a soundtrack in the play called "Mildred's Escape", which gives people the feeling of being left behind. Mildred and Bert's broken mirror are reunited, which is the only comfort after experiencing a bleak life.
Except for the reproduction of the fragments of piano masterpieces and the gorgeous chapters of the classic floral soprano, the song most used in the play is "I Always Chase the Rainbow", which seems to be an interpretation of Mildre's heart and behavior. Veda deliberately sang this song for her mother at the concert: "I always chase the rainbow/some people look for sunshine/and I always look forward to raindrops/some people sometimes only seek a victory/I have never gained anything/trust me /I always chase the rainbow/Waiting to find a little blue robin/Even in vain." Veda understands the dream and pursuit of her mother's life. The phrase "Even in vain" indicates that what her mother is pursuing is just a dream. Veda thinks she is a person who lives in a dream, and her mother can only pursue dreams, and she is a dream.
No matter what, the floating life is like a dream, but there are always people chasing the rainbow, even in vain.
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