The frivolous diary of ignorant and guilty "Queen Mary"

Eugenia 2022-03-22 09:01:54

First look at the modern Marie Antoinette style of the poster and Kirsten Dunst's unruly eyes;
then look at the punk rock background music in the opening scene of Po and the protagonist eating cake and sighing foot massage.
It's a Sofia Coppola movie.
This is definitely not a typical set of legendary historical films. Viewers with the mentality of watching legendary films such as The Queen will only scold while watching.

I did not pursue the difference between the film and the history. Obviously, he selectively explained the French court etiquette, the relationship between the characters, the people's livelihood at that time, the necklace incident, and the classic Marie Antoinette quote "If you don't have bread, why don't you eat cake?" It was only lightly taken.

What Sofia Coppola is going to shoot is the diary of an ignorant princess growing up in a deep palace. Maybe the director focused on Marie's mental journey, those modern dialogues, the plot was not well explained and other details of the movie, all of which were overly ignored. Is Sofia too selfish? (If you come to see the film I made by Sofia Coppola, you have to know that I am not making history, and you should not be too picky) Maybe this film is too gorgeous, luxurious scenery, luxurious clothes, plus the theme of discussion Not the will of most audiences, the movie was naturally marked as "excessive show-off of luxury and emptiness".

The footage of the movie is really eye-catching. The beautiful girls are flamboyant, wandering in the magnificent Palace of Versailles (not the fancy but tacky clothes of new hotels such as the mainland/Macau), and the wanton handsome men at the masquerade (Sofia's eyes are indeed sharp enough, The Swiss officer is so handsome and beautiful), and playing with the sun in the grass, the sheep that imitates the countryside is so cute and unreal. All this is like a girl's dream, beautiful and pure. Marie Antoinette is ignorant, but how did she know about the suffering of the people? Her ignorance is understandable because she has never been to the so-called slums. Her profligacy is due to her being oppressed. Most of the people who are passionate about freedom cannot submit to the system. Based on her identity, her arrogant behavior is facilitated. It's not that she is reckless, but she absolutely cannot imagine the consequences, because she has never been exposed to these images and stories in her life. It's just that her origin is the curse of power, and there is no freedom above all people. The film expresses that Louis XVI's "decision to help the United States" is the bane, but the nationalist lower Austrian princess Marie is naturally pushed as a hostel enemy.

Just like the style of the whole film, the ending did not bring the climax of history: the scene where Marie and Louis XVI were pushed to the guillotine only explained that Marie said indifferently: "I want to say goodbye." The reflection in the window of the carriage In the last years of Versailles Palace, and then the expression on Marie's face, there was no helplessness, no unwillingness, it was the same as her life's behavior, it didn't matter.

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Extended Reading
  • Florine 2021-12-12 08:01:14

    In fact, I don’t like this lead actor, but it does not prevent me from watching Sofia’s version of Queen Mary. The most beautiful scene in the movie is that after giving birth to the first little princess, she wore a clean white shirt and ran with her daughter in the countryside. This is also the best time for Queen Mary.

  • Celine 2021-12-12 08:01:14

    I went to see it for the clothes... the director really can’t grasp the whole point of the film... but this movie only needs clothes.

Marie Antoinette quotes

  • Marie-Antoinette: [taking tea in the royal chambers] Have you come to take me home?

    Emperor Joseph: [amused] Unfortunately, I can not kidnap the queen of France... Is your hair quite tall enough today?

    [she laughs]

    Emperor Joseph: Maybe you can keep a pet in there or something.

  • Marie-Antoinette: [in the gardens] Welcome to my little village!

    Princesse de Lamballe: I love it!

    Duchesse de Polignac: It's heaven here!