Goodbye Alice, A Warm Sad Singing.
"Goodbye Alice" tells the story of Alice, a widow who travels with her son and decides to start a new life to pursue her dream of becoming a singer that she gave up for marriage. She takes her son to Phoenix, where she works as a resident singer at a small bar, where she meets Ben, an attractive but violent married man. She quickly left the town after discovering she had been deceived and went to work as a waitress at a restaurant in Arizona, where she fell in love with David, a divorced rancher, only to end up being unable to accept David's discipline of her son. Choose to live alone in this small town with her son.
"Goodbye Alice" is not a typical Martin Scorsese movie, it doesn't have gorgeous scenes, rich dialogue and straightforward violence, but it is my personal favorite Martin movie. At first, I was attracted by the title of the movie. When I hear the name "Alice doesn't live here anymore", well...meaningful story, a little sad. In fact, "Alice doesn't live here anymore" was originally the title of another episode, based on a 1933 song of the same name. And "Goodbye Alice" also tells the story of a widow singer.
Martin Scorsese's taste in music fascinates me. When Alice's husband was buried, Alice came home, sat in front of the wood organ, and sang "You'll never know" by Alice Faye quietly. The sun shone on her, and her son listened quietly in the garden outside the window. “You'll never know just how much I miss you/ You'll never know just how much I care/ And if I tried/ I still couldn't hide my love for you/ You went away and my heart went with you… "This song is the most moving part of the whole film for me, it shows how brave and tender a woman can be.
Martin always has a bunch of music storage in mind, and he uses them appropriately. Martin said, "For me, every piece of music has an association about it." In Martin's kidnapper films, he often uses blues and rock music to set off the roughness of men; in romantic situations, Martin makes good use of jazz to Create an ambiguous sensual atmosphere between men and women. What impresses me most is that he often uses magnificent classical music in violent scenes, so subtly creates the beauty and tension of violence. For example, it is reflected in the opening of "Raging Bull" and the end of "Taxi Driver". The skillful use of the soundtrack is also the right-hand man to make Martin's films successful, and this outstanding ability is also closely related to his talent and extensive exposure from a young age.
Goodbye Alice is a story about a mother who still has dreams and a brave heart. But she still needs attention from men, which is why she always gets into trouble. Goodbye Alice is Martin's fourth work. Biographer Christie still thinks "it was a male-dominated film for Martin's autobiography, and it was a complete take-off for Martin." Silk's so-called "independence" was just out of frustration with no other option, and Martin didn't think he made a feminist film. Christie commented that "the film is about self-responsibility and how people make the same mistakes over and over again", and Chicago Sun-Times commentator Ebert said "it's the most Insights, one of the most interesting, and one of the films that accidentally and painfully portrays American women." There are many discussions about whether this film is feminist, and the key lies in the audience's own perspective. I think it still contains some feminist elements. It shows the violence against women from men, and then shows how women deal with the misfortunes that must be endured in their fate, but never give up to pursue happiness and independence. This is not to say that female characters in feminist films have to be independent in order to be happy, but it means that women do not succumb to patriarchy, but always stick to her beliefs and pursue what she aspires to be. In the end, this is the insistence and pursuit of equality in the bones of feminism. Albert used the word "undefeated" to describe Alice, a thirty-five-year-old woman who wanted to be a singer and follow her dreams. When Alice sings in the little bar where she met Ben, the director used a 360-degree surround shot, and at this moment, she was so beautiful, and you could feel that she was the center of her life. Overall, though, the first half of Goodbye Alice is a bit more feminist than the second half. In the first half, we can see a single mother pulling her son to fight the difficulties as best she can, and the story between her and her son is also very interesting and pure. But when she encounters the man, the story seems to be in danger of a soap opera: fall in love, argue, and break up. Maybe it's because most relationships do, or maybe because Martin knows men and women too well.
Martin taught us a lesson about how beautiful a woman is when she has a dream, and that a woman is brave enough to follow her dreams. He also portrays an image of a mother who is extremely responsible to her son, which, to a certain extent, also expresses Martin's gratitude for his mother's love.
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