This is clearly a female version of Over the Cuckoo's Nest!
The director's perseverance makes the film less easy to understand, so the rating hovers on the edge of a bad film, which is not the case. Although there are many questions, the answer is in the movie. I have never liked to speculate on the inside of the movie from outside the movie. This is not only biased, but also makes people believe that what they imagine is the movie itself. The extended version I watched was 127 minutes with English subtitles. Let’s
talk in general terms:
List the basic information of the movie first. The following characters all refer to real people:
Babydoll, a female patient, after the death of her mother, on a certain lightning night, in order to protect her sister against her stepfather, she accidentally killed her sister and was taken to the hospital, and then her stepfather bribed the nurse. Blue Jones, who underwent a lobotomy five days later.
Sweet Pea, the female patient, first appeared on a scene arranged by female physician Vera Gorski, about to be simulated. The fantasy is to copy the map.
Amber, the female patient, in fantasy is to steal lighters.
Blondie, the female patient, is a whistleblower in her fantasy.
Rocket, the female patient, is Sweet Pea's sister in fantasy (I don't know in reality, the movie only said so much), and went to get the knife.
Blue Jones, the male carer, is the perfect mirror of reality in fantasy.
Vera Gorski, female doctor, is a personal setting in fantasy.
The nameless old driver is a wise man in fantasy, but Babydoll has never seen him in reality, and finally Sweet Pea gets into his car.
Listed here basically answers the question of who the fantasy is. The fantasy scenes of the whole film only come from Sweet Pea, because Babydoll has never seen the old driver, it is impossible to have a personality mapping in the fantasy, and from Babydoll's stepfather and Blue Jones' dialogue shows that she is indeed not mentally ill. So, in this psychiatric asylum, with such a normal person, is it a reproduction of flying over the lunatic asylum?
To understand the plot, we must first start from the real world. Fantasy is a reflection of reality, a supplement, not an argument. Speculation must be able to return to reality. From the actual statement at the end of the film, the female doctor learned that Babydoll stabbed a nurse (that is, Blue Jones), set fire and assisted one (there is only one, Sweet Pea) patient to escape, no one died, if anyone died If so, all the people involved will have to wait for the treatment, so how can the operation be performed on time?
The incident is pieced together. In reality, Babydoll was admitted to the hospital, but she had the idea of escaping. A total of 5 people participated (if Sweet Pea did not have schizophrenia), or only Babydoll and Sweet Pea participated (if Sweet Pea had schizophrenia), one by one. Collecting props, the temptresses are all Babydoll, and her dancing in the fantasy world into a double fantasy is a reflection of being sexually assaulted in reality (I think in reality, it is estimated that only through sexual seduction can distract a man's attention). In the fantasy, Rocket's death is just an inevitable manifestation of Sweet Pea's death. Of course, the escape plan was also leaked. Corresponding to the above two situations, the candidate is Blondie or Sweet Pea. After the incident, Babydoll will find the opportunity. After stabbing Blue Jones (unfortunately not in the temple), he took the key and executed the escape plan, but still sacrificed his freedom to help Sweet Pea escape.
whose story is this? The question raised at the end of the film, the answer is in the title, Babydoll shot and killed his sister by mistake, and observed several escape props after being admitted to the hospital, which reflects the spirit of resistance and freedom, so this story (the whole film) is Babydoll's, but the description is Sweet Pea. In other words, the movie is in the "past tense", not the "present tense".
Is Rocket really Sweet Pea's sister? Let's talk about Sweet Pea's illness first. When the local female doctor started to simulate the scene in 10 minutes, there was a line like this: Now relax. And just let go. It's like we talk about. You control this world. Let the pain/ hurt/guilt go... It can be seen that she is depressed and has a heart, and what does this come from? From the fantasy, I know that Sweet Pea tried her best to protect the so-called girl Rocket, and when Rocket died, she went crazy, so my guess is that the depression of Sweet Pea comes from the death of the girl in reality. If it is schizophrenia, the personality of the sister is dead and deteriorated. It is not difficult to understand her state. As for whether Babydoll's experience in the title is a reflection of Sweet Pea's experience, I think it is feasible. Two people who have the same experience walk together to resist, or Babydoll is only real, and the others are all based on Sweet Pea's experience. To add, it all makes sense. And
Blondie and the other two patients appeared two times in a real scene, are opening soon, and once three people sitting on a table, watching Babydoll come in, once the perspective Babydoll look at the map and knives, no other information. And I don't think Rocket can be Sweet Pea's sister, otherwise where would she get so many pain/hurt/guilt to heal?
This is a boundless journey called resistance, just like Flying Over the Madhouse, and this time the protagonists are all women, and what a vulnerable group. When "Where is my mind" is sung, the tragic atmosphere makes people cry. Babydoll did not lose her mind from beginning to end, as calm as pure milk. It is not difficult to see from the fantasy world that it was all her dancing (sacrificing her body in reality), and it was her sacrifice that she collected all the props and Sweet Pea finally left. , so the angel mentioned in Sweet Pea's narration undoubtedly refers to Babydoll and that unimaginable spirit of resistance.
In the last scene where Babydoll was subjected to a leukotomy, I don't know if it was Sweet Pea's beautification or Babydoll's own consciousness. If it was Sweet Pea's beautification, she
concentrated the most shining part of human nature in this incident on Babydoll, More prone to schizophrenia, including the opening credits Babydoll's experience is no longer real.
PS: The songs in this movie are very good, of course, it has something to do with the director's narrative style of the camera lens. It is indeed an underrated movie.
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