Man is not always a pen

Shannon 2022-01-19 08:01:49

In such a patriarchal society, pens, especially brushes, are symbolic. It can represent talents and learning, it can represent ideals, it can represent resistance, and it can represent male sexual characteristics. Therefore, if a man is a pen, a woman is paper.

But in the Greenaway movie, Nuozi held the pen in her hand after rebellion and reflection. She was searching along the sentiment of her own soul, found love, and washed away the hatred. This is a resistance of women.

Greenaway seems to like to tell his own story without anyone else. No matter how bizarre or illogical the story, he will always tell it slowly, just like his "Magic Baby", he will express his thoughts very extreme. , And in such a the pillow book, he wanted to talk about the combination of spirit and art.

The following is an English section of the film’s final interaction between black and white and color, Nuozi and Shimizu:
Warm rain falling
From the mountainous clouds
Walking slowly
Dressed in cimson
thinking of Kyoto
Kissed by a lover
in the Matsuo Tiasha garden
Quiet water
and loud water
Love in the afternoon
in imitation of history
Love before and love after
If God approved of his creation
He brought the painted clay-model into life
By signing his own name
Flesh
and the writing table
writing of love
and finding it

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  • Delia 2022-03-16 09:01:07

    Ivan Lu is out. . . . This is the main content haha! !

  • Chaz 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    #Watching Notes# 1373 The 2.5 characters are so ugly that they ruined the good paper of Ivan. But I guess he doesn't care, this time it's cool~. The set is typical of the East in the eyes of the West. The more you show your organs, the less erotic it is, but maybe this is a very feminine look.

The Pillow Book quotes

  • Nagiko: The smell of white paper is like the scent of skin of a new lover who has just paid a surprise visit out of a rainy garden. And the black ink is like lacquered hair. And the quill? Well, the quill is like that instrument of pleasure whose purpose is never in doubt but whose surprising efficiency one always, always forgets.

  • Nagiko: Farewells can be both beautiful and despicable. Saying farewell to one who is loved is very complicated. Why should a person be obligated to stand such sweet pain and such bitter pleasure?