I saw this one two years ago. I don't feel anything when I see it, I just feel that Xiao K is not fully included in her role. After watching "Yesterday's Pleasure" a few days ago, I almost closed my eyes not long after the beginning. . . It shouldn't be said that Kelly Reichardt is suppressing the narrative (of course I use this verb-object combination vaguely...), in fact, it is completely undriven. It's not about putting characters in the event. It's a random encounter in a character's life. And the director is really good too. One of the effects of this collection is that it will not lead the audience to fall into too many character judgments prematurely. When all is said and done, the audience will be as silent as the image. Because the hand that needs to be pointed doesn't know where to poke, and no one can take up any moral high ground. people's troubles. The director made such subtle communication in her style. However, I am a little puzzled that the director is very generous with the music. . . Although at most it was just to strengthen the immediate mood, I thought I would also choose a plucked song. . .
Back to this one. The embarrassment of man here is the embarrassment of women. A generalization might be summed up as the embarrassment of women in a new identity, "a kind of woman." This new identity is relative to the traditional perception of women. The new identity may be a new independent woman, but it may also be interpreted as the top of the previous male position. This point is not clear, but it can't be sloppy. A truly independent female face. Is it possible to assume such an existence and how to make a way for it in reality.
Four women in the film.
Lawyer played by Laura Dern. One of the more subtle subtleties is the combination of the profession of lawyers and their unique desire/dependence on women. This step, overstepping the head, is sexual harassment. But not over it. To be clear, the video does not make any slight gestures of condemnation. What happened seems to be normal though. We let it go and think about the male clients' distrust of the female lawyers, the police's belief that the female lawyers would be able to calm things down by comforting the male clients who took hostages, and the male clients whose wives ran away would instinctively seek comfort from the female lawyers. It sounds humanly reasonable. The film is not here to put a big question mark. But the audience has to see that being a woman does have such embarrassment/difficulty/trouble/…Is it something you have to endure? Then in turn, I have to ask again, what should women bear? (Women shouldn't be unbearable either.)
Michelle Williams' mother. Subverting the so-called traditional family structure, she is the pillar of the family. Does she face the same situation as men? She has the power to issue orders, but she has lost the intimacy with her daughter; her husband listens to her and gives his own understanding, but it seems that he still has to show his identity when communicating on behalf of the family. In the same way, not to denounce, but to face it. Here is the combination of the pillars of the family and the soft, sensual qualities of women.
Lily plays the ranch worker and Little K plays the lawyer. An interesting loopback is formed here. That is, in the expression of the role of Xiao K, my mother works in the restaurant, my sister works in the laundry room, and I am fortunate enough to be a lawyer without selling shoes. It sounds like hope for a new situation. It was only at the law firm that the director arranged for an occasional appearance of a lawyer played by Laura Dern. Back to the relationship between Lily's character and little K's character. It's not that the ranch male worker and the little K will have any different sparks. The point is how would she feel about the experience in this situation if it was not the male farm worker but the female farm worker.
Say bigger. Rather than telling about the inequality between men and women in life, I feel that the film leads more to a discussion, that is, the possibility of women presenting a new picture in life after breaking through this barrier. Very, very subtle, not necessarily to clarify anything, but to see the speciality presented by the combination of female identity and it.
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