I can't let go

Paris 2021-11-24 08:01:24

When I was young, I always had such dreams. When I grow up I want to meet the world and live a better life; when life is gradually "materialized", the dreams of my youth are packaged in various fashions, and they are intertwined. In between, it seems that this is the life I want.

Until this illusion, finally defeated by life. Until this illusion, in the end it was just a bubble.

Jasmine is not always immersed in hallucinations, but the helplessness of reality makes her more struggling and sad, so that she can't look directly. She tried to do something and learn something, but these were not what she was good at. These seemingly meaningful things did not relieve her from a sense of loss. In the end, when she tried to return to her past life by using her communicative methods again, she was accidentally defeated, and all the illusions were once again vanished in an instant.

What Jasmine has experienced, we usually call it the "gap". The more drastic the change, the more obvious the gap. Most people will gradually adapt to the new life after struggling for a period of time, and there will always be some people who will never be able to fully adapt. Because of this or that, they can't let go of themselves, can't accept the changes they have to endure, and try to continue their previous state in front of different environments, thus appearing incompatible with the people around them.

The transformation of the environment and the transformation of the self are always a pair of intertwined symbiosis, and the definition of self is always a dynamic process of change. When a person is in a certain state for too long, sudden changes in the environment are always caught off guard, especially when dreams are disillusioned and reality must be faced. Inner struggles are usually accompanied by feelings of loss and lingering emotions, as well as in the heart. A slight resentment of unwillingness, and then gradually dissipated with various blows.

The most difficult thing to grasp in this film is the emotions, and Queen Kate portrays the nuanced emotions into three points.

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Blue Jasmine quotes

  • [last lines]

    Jasmine: [talking to herself] It's fraught with peril. They gossip, you know, they talk. I saw Danny. Yes, did I tell you? He's getting married. A weekend in Palm Beach means I can wear... what could I wear? I can wear the Dior dress I bought in Paris. Yes, my black dress. Well, Hal always used to surprise me with jewelry. Extravagant pieces. I think he used to buy them at auction. It's so obvious what you're doing. You think I don't know. French au pair.

    [Blue Moon begins playing]

    Jasmine: This was playing on the Vineyard. Blue Moon. I used to know the words. I knew the words. Now they're all a jumble.

  • Jasmine: Tip big boys, tip big because you get good service and they count on tips.