This is a failed work, but its shortcomings can't hide the aura of Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (The Underwater Hot Mom), the core character of the story, her vitality, and love for her family and family can surpass the fullness of the film. Those Hollywood celebrities who are curious, patriarchal politics, lack thematic focus, and depict without analytical thinking, which finally makes the story move people on an emotional level. Whether Heidi's tragedy came from the materialization of Hollywood, the Nazis destroying Heidi's spiritual affiliation, or the shackles of women in the society at that time, the film does not have any control of its own, let alone a point of view. But this is not a failure.
The failure of the documentary is that it dares not admit that Heidi's story is the opposite of a success story.
Heidi "doesn't know" the value of her invention.
Heidi "doesn't pay attention" to her patent, when it expires, who and when and where it was used, and after discovering the truth, she still "don't care about it". The documentary failed because it skipped Heidi's real choice. Heidi herself took the initiative to choose the opposite of success. Heidi is an inventor full of whimsy and she is full of talent. But talent doesn't determine who we are, our choices do. Heidi's passionate invention, after receiving the official cold shoulder, chose the social label - "movie star, celebrity, producer, not single, always beautiful and young." And also bear the consequences.
To put it bluntly, this is actually a cautionary tale for feminism. Women who have endowed beauty have lived in the label of a patriarchal society, from the cynicism of the movie tycoons "she is a vase" and "third-level movie heroine" labels, to the popular heroine, the former "public" has done everything. Abandonment, to a gorgeous comeback, to a failed career transformation, to plastic surgery, drug use, and dying, from Taylor, to OJ, to MJ, the famous celebrity who is familiar with the traditional curve of flying in the sky and dying.
Heidi's uniqueness lies in the fact that God took special care of her and gave her something other than beauty. Ignoring this talent and passion is the opposite of choosing success. Heidi's swooping into the abyss of life reached the bottom of the abyss of drug use and violence against children. Her image came back from letting her eccentric self stay away from her loved ones and also love her family (this is not described in detail in the documentary). What moved us and sighed when we walked out of the movie theater was precisely the unreserved acceptance of "Who is Heidi" by the mother, the hot mother under the sea, her children and offspring, as well as Diane Kruger and other overseas interviewees.
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