Hollywood directors seem to like to cast their shots into the deep space, the distant future, and the grand ancient battlefield; they like to show the bright light, intrigue, and intrigue of the American upper class; they like to show the great American strong material materials and thrilling love; I also like to cast the lens on poor third world countries such as Afghanistan and India. But most of the time, they ignore the humble, poor, and marginalized people in their country who are struggling to make a living. It seems that Hollywood lacks a sense of social responsibility and is blindly immersed in exaggerated commercial profits. This is an inevitable trend of film commercialization. However, on this evolutionary road, American films have also lost the true value of many films. . American realist films have gradually declined and are becoming endangered.
"Bones of Winter" was written by the female director De Bragg Ranik. Speaking of female directors in the United States, Catherine Bigelow, the director of "The Hurt Locker," who made a lot of money last year, is considered a success, but the style of the two But the difference is solitary. Catherine's "The Hurt Locker" is more the main theme, while "The Winter Bones" is about the fringe story of marginal civilians. It is not difficult to see that "The Winter Bones" is a realistic film that celebrates feminism. The film is based on Daniel Woodrell's novel of the same name. It tells the story of how an American girl from a fringe mountainous area can support her family and grow up in the face of family changes. In a society dominated by masculinism, feminism is largely suppressed. In the film, Dolly’s father’s disappearance and mother’s illness make Dolly have to take care of her two younger siblings and her mother. The mother’s burden, and the disappearance of her father’s meager property that was mortgaged after being arrested for drug trafficking is about to be expropriated, Dolly also had to bear the responsibility of tracing the life and death of her father. This time she was not facing young siblings and sisters. The sick mother, but the pressure and obstruction of the whole society, not only did not make her surrender, but made the feminism in Dolly's heart awaken and rise. In the face of conflict and the temptation to unload the burden, Dolly still persists in her self and constant struggle. She did not pursue unrealistic justice and seek to find out who killed her father and enemies. All her efforts and compromises were just to fight for the survival right of her remaining family members, the most basic right, and the reason why she did so was In order to maintain this broken family.
In the film, we did not see the great and fair American justice, did not see the social welfare boasted by the Americans, did not see the emergence of justice forces, only Dolly's humble efforts. What Dolly is fighting for is the humble life of her and her family. The film embodies the shadow of feminism in many places. The characters and actions of different female characters in the film except Dolly illustrate this point. These women in the film have a characteristic: cowardice and fear of men. And Dolly is obviously an outlier in this group of women. She is strong and constantly fights against men and women who are attached to men. The absence of the father in the movie is also a symbolic metaphor, and Dolly's attitude towards his father also illustrates this point, which is a rejection of patriarchy. Dolly’s journey to find her father all the way is her journey to the rise of feminism, and the horrifying saw hand at the end of the film is also very symbolic. First, the hand is a very important part of the human body, and people rely on it to work and work. , And the father’s hand represents a male dominance in social labor, and the final sawing hand in the movie is a symbolic separation, that is, a separation and break between feminism and masculinity. This is not to say that women and men should be separated, but that women can exist independently of men. In a patriarchal society, women are very dependent on men, and the final saw in the movie is a kind of Women's manifesto.
Blurred the concept of justice, the film does not have a clear orientation of good and evil, it is only a realistic record, Dolly did not find out the killing of his father and enemy in the end to seek justice, and the film did not give us the answer, because it is not important. . We don’t need to stick to this micro-justice issue, because there is greater justice to pursue, and this greater justice is an accusation against the entire social system. The large groups in the movie are murderers at some level. This kind of injustice is the injustice of the entire social system to the lower class and marginalized groups, and it is also the injustice of masculinity to feminism.
The style of the whole movie is very distinctive. The whole movie is immersed in an icy atmosphere, full of coldness, and the pictures of the movie are mostly cold colors. The weather is always not cloudy or sunny, and it is also through the bare branches. Can’t capture a few traces of the warm sun, the photography of this film is rough, and this roughness is also in line with the temperament of the film. There is no exquisite lens and no picturesque picture. The filming method of this film is closer to A documentary, rough and realistic, simple and clear. This kind of realism has strengthened the realism of the film. Although this film describes the poor living conditions of the people at the bottom, it does not show any pretentiousness. It is purely a natural record, so real. There are also many masterpieces about the rise of feminism, such as "The End of the Flower", "Piano Lesson", "Dancer in the Dark", etc. Compared with the three feminist films listed here, "The Winter Bones" as a whole The above is relatively plain and realistic, with fewer dramatic conflicts, and the tone of the whole film is a little dull, but it is worthy of careful taste. As an excellent independent film, "Winter Bones" conveys enough connotation to us.
When the lens is accustomed to aiming at the sky, it is even more necessary for someone to turn the lens to our feet.
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