Inadvertently, I watched two somewhat similar female films this evening, which also told about women who were ignored by the indifferent society and eventually died, but gave people completely different perceptions, even strong contrasts.
The black-and-white "Mushait" is an old film from 1967, about a girl who was despised by others and finally chose to die under the state of being raped, her mother died, and the society was despised.
The colorful "Life of a Disgusted Matsuko" tells the tortuous life of a woman who seems to be disliked, has a very bad fortune, experienced ups and downs, and was beaten to death when she regained hope in life.
The same women who are despised by others have such a different attitude towards life.
Under the lens of Robert Bresson, Mouchette is a poor but unpleasant child. She is bullied, so her heart is full of hatred, even if there is a little bit of goodwill in her eyes, it is ugly, yes Fake sympathy.
According to Tetsuya Nakajima's interpretation, even though she is disliked on the surface, she is still loved by many people. She was beaten again and again, but she mustered up the courage to live and refused to give in.
Two women with misfortunes, singing different songs in the same indifferent world.
As soon as you see the cover of the disc, black and white and color
, you can probably judge the style of the two films. The melancholy and hateful face of the little girl on the cover of "Mouchette" has already set the style of the film as heavy. literally.
The faces of everyone in "Pine Nuts" are either gloomy, gloomy, melancholy, or heavy, as if they can't hide Songzi's smile. The eyes of the biggest portrait are full of hope. Although the title of the film is melancholy, it can't hide the light of comedy.
Looking at the color of the whole film, the contrast of black and white in "Mouchette" portrays a grim society more and more indifferent. Day and night are just the replacement of black and white. What remains unchanged is the cruel nature. It is slightly angry with changes, but during the daytime, it will not obliterate the shadow of death because of the appearance of a little virtue.
The original sad drama in the eyes of the public is gloomy and dull because of the color and music. The bright colors, slightly magical, and relaxed style of the lens make the sad story show the essence of smiling. Society can be cold, but people are not. You can lose hope, and as a human being, you should always have a heart that delights others.
Society and Individuals
"Mouchette" uses a succinct, unadorned lens to describe a society in which the whole people are indifferent. In such a society, people are powerless to change the world and can only adapt to the world. When you are pursued by a man, like the pheasant hunted by Yassen, there is a ray of hope of escape if one helps (a guardian in the case of the pheasant, her mother in the case of Mushait); When the society is attacked, it will be like a hare in the hunt, with no hope of living, and death is the only destination. The whole story seems to have happened in a few days, but it seems to have played a lifetime, because today is just a repetition of yesterday, like Mushait's unchanged patched coat, greasy pigtails, dirty and tired. The wooden shoes, like her hiding under the mound and attacking other girls with mud balls every day, like the ugly boys shouting her name every day and taking off their pants to humiliate her, like the father's daily intoxication and abuse, life is too short like a day. Humans are just the most insignificant part of this society, like a pool of water that carries death, and soon, calm is restored. In Bresson's eyes, what can be seen is a society. The death of a girl is not to shake this society, but to highlight the cruelty, cruelty, and cruelty of this society.
The life of "Pine Nuts" is full of adventures. Although most of these adventures are full of bitterness, they are painful and wonderful. In order to avoid trouble, he unintentionally took on the guilt to eliminate the incident, but in the end he caused more trouble and was involved in a tortuous life. Matsuko has loved all kinds of people, a teacher with shiny teeth, a writer who was reincarnated by Dazai Osamu but failed, a married mediocre writer, a guy who eats soft rice, a most ordinary hairdresser, a person who harmed her Unemployment made her lame and made her lose hope, Matsuko loves each of them sincerely, all her hope is to live with one of them for a lifetime, no matter whether this life will be happy or not, it is just a cruel fate. Even this little hope is not satisfied. She was disappointed again and again, but she never gave up. She tried hard to make the people around her happy, just like she learned that weird expression to make fun of her father. No matter whether she was happy or not, she always wanted the people around her to be happy, as if she was happy because of that. Also had short-lived happiness. Matsuko has been despised in her life, but she has never been abandoned. She seems to complain that her father always repeats the same wish to "find Matsuko" when he is dying, and seems to be jealous of her sister who is looking forward to her even when she dies. When Long Yang, who seemed to have abandoned her, left him just to make her life better, her friend Hui kept inquiring about her, and even the little nephew who had never lived with her was looking for her traces, Love this godlike aunt. In Matsuko's miraculous life, the society is just a foil. So many people come and go just to better show Matsuko's life. The seemingly ruthless society like Long Yang seems to dissolve in Matsuko's optimism.
Suicide and homicide
in "Muchette", after the neighbor's old lady quietly expounded the religious meaning of death, she seemed to look down and see through everything. She stubbornly rubbed the dirty dust on the old lady's carpet, her eyes full of hatred, The vicious words on her lips were her last evaluation of this cruel world. Her suicide was quiet and peaceful. She rolled to the river again and again, but failed twice. First she rolled, and then she was blocked by thatch, as if the escaped rabbit, no matter how dodging it did, was always on the verge of death. It is very strange how a child in his teens would have the courage to face death so peacefully. Perhaps, there is nothing more sad than the death of the heart. Since the pillar of the soul has died, it is better to follow her footsteps.
"Pine Nuts" also thought about death, she jumped downstairs, but she still grabbed the railing at the last moment and survived; she once jumped into a deep pool, maybe she didn't deserve to die, the water was not deep enough for her to drown herself; Pine Nude was in prison When she was here, she set a goal for survival, and the hairdresser was the pillar of her life. However, when her lover had long forgotten her and she had a young child under her knees, she still would not give up her desire for love. When she finally couldn't find a partner, she also gave up on herself and was in the company of trash, but finally found a new love object - a popular idol, fanatical like a girl, crazy book, looking forward to the idol's echo, waiting for the empty time and time again. Miao's mailbox, from Heisei 1 to Heisei thirteen years, how many people can have unrequited love for so long? Love is the belief that supports Matsuko's life. In the end, she was beaten to death by a random stick for persuading the young man to return early, but she held Hui's business card in her hand, because that was her hope for a new life, and in her debilitating life, there was still a strong power of life—— That is hope.
Singing and singing
seems to be the end of this text, the movie is so good, there is too much to say, for example, in "Muchette", the mother silently handed her a game coin, the silent mother's love; the one who finally hugged when she was raped Those hands; for example, in "Pine Nuts", the sister begged her to stay again and again, and she was full of joy when she saw the yellow-faced woman at the lover's house... What I have to say is that the
only singing in "Mouchette" is a girl The song I sang was forced to sing once by the teacher, and the other time I sang it consciously when Yasen seemed warm and caring. The song itself is about a hymn, full of religious undertones, and it's beautiful but not pleasant at all.
"Songzi" is full of singing, because Songzi herself is a person who loves to sing. She shows her perception of life in her singing. It is the same when she is happy and when she is unfortunate. Singing is a spontaneous emotion in her heart, and there is no need for coercion.
People who love to sing must be optimistic, and their character determines their destiny.
Both films are full of the director's own creative preferences. It seems that it is time to visit the lives of Bresson and Tetsuya Nakajima to see if their personalities ultimately affect the style of the work and the fate of the protagonist.
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