[Venice Film Festival Viewing] The first film I saw at this year's Venice Film Festival. Noah Baumbach Baumbach)'s past works always take away small freshness and fun. Unexpectedly, the script of this new work "Marriage Story" is solid and profound, showing a whole set of divorce procedures in the American marriage system in a humorous but close to reality. The degree of triviality and entanglement is absolutely no less than that of an Iranian-style divorce. After watching Iranian director Farhadi's Oscar-best foreign language film "A Farewell", it is naturally impressive. This American-style divorce not only disrupted the rhythm of the life of both parties, but also caused the couple who usually respect each other to tear their faces and scold each other, and the old love and affection disappeared. In the play, both husband and wife are busy celebrities, so they can only find a lawyer to handle the divorce, so they introduce the clues of the two lawyers fighting, especially the female lawyer played by Laura Dern, the heroine of David Lynch. Brilliant comedy sequence. Fortunately, the escalating tension and mutual hostility in the divorce procedure did not affect the two parties' care and love for their children, which is also the most worthy of admiration and respect in the American marriage system, and the couple eventually dissolved the marriage. The fact that they can still become friends after a relationship is also fully expressed in the script. Perhaps the audience will say that this is just a vulgar divorce story full of humor and bloody plots, but in my opinion, I feel that the director is not completely telling the story of the couple's emotional weakening and the final breakup. In the script, we can vaguely sense the independent consciousness of women taking the initiative to strive for equality with men. Whether at work or in love life, whether it is a single woman before marriage or a housewife after marriage, they all yearn to enjoy their own position, rather than being an appendage of men. At first, the heroine admired the talent of the hero and was willing to get married. After marriage, she took the initiative to move out of Los Angeles, where she lived, and went to New York to live a new life with her husband. However, after that, the husband paid less attention to his wife's career development, and completely focused on his own Broadway career, neglecting his feelings and understanding of his wife. As a wife in a weak position in the marriage, the heroine chooses to continue to tolerate and tolerate her husband's negligence, while on the other hand she resists being restricted by social and family roles. Under these two conflicts, she finally embarks on the road of divorce. , until the final full eruption to vent her complaints against her husband. However, the script not only focuses on the female side, but makes the audience biased towards the female side. In the second half of the film, it turns to the portrayal of the husband. The director has the courage to criticize the unconscious machismo, and the female lawyer's dialogue about the absence of the father and analogy between the Virgin Mary and Jesus is really amazing. In this male-dominated society, it is very difficult for women to fight for their reasonable rights, let alone to achieve her their own dreams. The script thus lays out the views and weaknesses of both men and women, allowing people to judge and think for themselves why this marriage has come to such a state. It's a bit incredible that this thoughtful script is written by a male director, and I believe it will definitely be rewarded at the Oscars early next year. Of course, the best performance should be the performance of the two male and female protagonists. Scarlett Johansson's appearance is a bit like Mrs. Cohen in "Three Billboards", more mature and sonorous. The hero and heroine's opposite scenes are quite exciting, and I believe they will be an indispensable name in the next Oscar awards season.
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