Today, let's talk about a "pseudo" feminist film nominated for the best actress - "Women's Fragments".
Many people are attracted by "Women's Fragments" undoubtedly because of the half-hour-long childbirth scene at the beginning, and the half-hour-long scene is completed in one go, showing us the whole process of a woman's childbirth. Indeed, regardless of its authenticity, it is perfect in terms of actor performance, scene scheduling, and plot arrangement.
The childbirth scene ends with the unexpected death of the newborn. He died a few minutes after his arrival, leaving behind grief and hatred.
After the accident, the heroine Martha continued her previous life, but found that her life had changed. The desk was occupied, the stranger's friend suddenly gave a warm hug, and the husband's almost rape-style sex request made Martha despair for a while. At the same time, Eva, the midwife who was temporarily replaced, was brought to court with a lawsuit.
The plot of the film will not be repeated, and the lens language and symbolic meaning of the film will be discussed later.
The language of this film is very rich. The scene of Martha walking on the street after the childbirth accident is quite like a touch of red in the endless gray of "Schindler's List". The only hope and ultimate redemption.
This shot has metaphorically used Martha's stark contrast with the scene to metaphorize the late Martha's incompatibility with other people, with colleagues, with family members, and with the general situation.
This use of red also occurs twice later. The second time Martha wears this red dress, she discovers apple seeds, and apples are even more symbolic in the film than red, which will be discussed later.
The third use of red is particularly strong. During the trial, Martha chose to go to the darkroom to develop photos, and such a special scene made the whole screen red. This use of color infinitely magnifies Martha as the only trace of kindness and hope in the whole film. Then Martha made one of the most important decisions, choosing not to hold midwife Eva any responsibility.
Let's talk about the symbol of the apple. Many people interpret the last apple seed germination as a symbol of forgiveness, and the heroine Martha did indeed forgive the midwife Eva in the end. But here I want to understand it from a different angle.
As we all know, apples are forbidden fruit. After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, a new life was born, and human beings began to multiply. At the same time, resentment and evil breed in this land.
Martha fell in love with the smell of apples after giving birth because the child once smelled of apples. Here the apple does not represent new life, but death, a smell that exists only in memories and cannot be held in the palm of your hand.
It must be mentioned here that although "Women's Pieces" is a feminist film, it is interesting that the power that Martha is fighting against is precisely another woman - Martha's mother. Martha's mother, Elizabeth, a Holocaust survivor, passed the gate of hell with one leg and was confiscated by death and survived. The past experience made her mother have a strong desire to control Masha, and Masha lived in the struggle against her mother all her life.
The pseudo-feminism in "pseudo" feminism at the beginning of the article is double-quoted, because I don't know if this is actually a feminist movie. Take a closer look at the changes at the end of the film, spring flowers bloom, glaciers melt, fruit seeds sprout, and bridges connect. These changes are an inevitable result of the development of all things, and the natural laws of winter and spring come again.
The mother's power change is because Alzheimer's disease forcibly reversed the situation. The most desperate thing is that the power that Martha has resisted all her life is passed down by her.
At the end of the film, the apple seeds become apple trees. Martha's daughter Lucy climbed the apple tree to pick apples, and Martha came to call her daughter for dinner. The following conversation is very interesting.
Daughter (Lucy): I'm hungry, what's for dinner? Mother (Martha): Your favorite. Daughter: Popsicles? Mother denied. Daughter: Tacos? Mother: No. Daughter: Jelly sandwich? Mother: Absolutely not. Daughter: Popcorn? Mother denied. Daughter: Then I'm not hungry anymore.
It's not hard to see that Martha doesn't know what her daughter's favorite food is, but she has prepared what she thinks her daughter's favorite food, and no matter what her daughter really loves to eat, she doesn't care. I think you love it. That's it. Power, exposed.
Of course, this interpretation of mine may be too pessimistic, and it is also a personal opinion. It is normal for the spectators to have other different feelings.
The hatred has not disappeared, and it continues to be passed down. This result may not be flattering in Hollywood, where zzzq is prevalent today. After all, compared to "The Girl with a Bright Future", which uses violence to control violence, this woman is too embarrassing.
Of course, from the point of view of watching the fun and not being too big a problem, I would prefer that the film that was fixed and withdrawn in China would win more awards.
Finally, let’s talk a little bit about feminism. According to the film and the actual situation, we can draw a point of view: the time period when a woman has the most status is after pregnancy. Sadly, the reason a woman begins to have status is not herself, but the need to rely on another life. In some backward areas today, this life must also be male.
The third feminist movement is underway in the United States, and this wave has also affected us across the ocean. I don't hate any human rights movement, but the so-called "feminist rights" in this country make me angry. The reason for my anger is because I don't know exactly what the so-called feminists in China really want.
The feminism of a certain platform that kills the male group with one stick is a grandstanding joke. A talk show actor said that men are rubbish, which has no practical significance except to provoke conflicts between men and women. Is the purpose of these people's feminism is to eliminate all men? This is not a feminist movement, this is the massacre that Martha's mother went through.
Even children of a few years old know what their favorite food is. At best, these people are just wanton abuse on the Internet under the guise of feminism.
Say something real. Some time ago, my grandfather passed away, and on the day of the funeral, I learned that women were not allowed to come with me. At that time I said, "Why are women not allowed to go? What garbage customs? Where would you be born without a woman?" Later, I said it was a misunderstanding. There were too many people going, and the car could not fit.
Funeral home, overgrown with weeds.
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