According to the well-known Oedipus complex, the son initially attached to the mother and took the mother as the object of desire, or more precisely, the subject-object consciousness has not been established. The father is a great threat and a key part of the son's overcoming the Oedipus complex. However, although the father is very aggressive and sharp, he does not love his mother. Therefore, he cannot constitute a father-mother-son "triangular relationship". Not a father", "She cannot be the object of my desire", "I should be...". On the contrary, the son firmly aligns with the mother and is firmly controlled by the mother.
The father also wants his son to grow into a man who is as aggressive as himself, so he has that bloody tattoo; but because of the mother’s strong desire for control and possessiveness, and because of the lack of a triangular relationship, he lacks the proper way to overcome Oedipus. In the process, the father's strength has formed a threat and oppression to the son, but it cannot allow the son to identify with the father, and cannot allow the son to be motivated to become the same man as the father.
The only opportunity for a son to establish his own subject is to establish his own love, that is, to direct his desires to another woman, thereby getting rid of his attachment to his mother. This process is extremely difficult, full of frustration and resistance. After paying the price of blood and life, the son finally continued the love that was interrupted in his youth and gained freedom.
In addition to the strong psychoanalytic flavor, the religious meaning in the film is also very obvious, and it is also worth exploring. One question is: the image of a mother without arms is the same as the image of a girl with armsless in the religion she believes in. Considering the relationship between the son and the mother, does this mean that religion is the immature stage of people? Is it the stage where emotions need to be relied upon, and the will is controlled and manipulated?
This film is quite heavy, with a carnival style, arrogant and full of flesh and blood... I don't know why, it reminds me of Mo Yan's novels.
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