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opening of Feminism in "The Moment" , the sound of rushing water washes our souls, the crisp bird song lingers in our ears, the blooming summer is presented in front of us, with a strong rural atmosphere. The beautiful rural scenery is all intoxicating. However, all this did not welcome the slightest favor of Woolf. She hung her head and strode through the garden. She held a pen to write a suicide note. The camera gave a close-up of her trembling hand, and she pulled away with anxiety. When she comes out, she wants to commit suicide. She thinks this is the best way out. Is it simply because of the torture of the disease and not wanting to drag her husband? Obviously not. Such a talented, unique-minded, and keen-minded woman has pain and depression that she can hardly express. Her thinking, what she is looking for, has far exceeded that of ordinary women of that era. She was relieved by suicide. There must be a deeper reason. The film tries to dig out the things behind this. The story is arranged very cleverly. The whole film reveals the confusion and solutions of women through the fate and choices of three women in three different times and spaces. This kind of cross-cutting narrative uses a lot of The method of montage makes the film full of restlessness, sense of change, and the contrast is also very strong. The story is not messy, and the scheduling of the shots is very reasonable. Of course, this is also the compulsive entry arranged by the director. We are good in this design. In the time and space shuttle, the three women are naturally connected, trying to figure out their similarities and differences.
The three heroines of the story gradually surfaced: Virginia Woolf, who was entangled with mental illness in 1941, Laura Brown, who became pregnant in 1951, and Clarissa Wogan, the editor-in-chief in 2001, three people Because the book "Mrs. Dalloway" is linked together, Woolf is writing this book, Mrs. Brown is reading this book, and Clarissa lives a similar life to Mrs. Dalloway. The appearance of the three women are all on the bed and sleeping in the same posture. After waking up, they all looked confused and at a loss. Then they looked in the mirror. This seemed to imply that they were facing a similar problem. They were in different ways. The period is looking for the same channels of expression, or perhaps they will choose different outlets, which implies the development of feminism in the twentieth century.
Woolf, in the Bloomsbury circle at the time, she and her sister Vanessa were the most shining and charming figures in the circle, and they both had multiple lovers. Woolf appears to be more neurotic, sensitive and sharp. She has homosexuals and heterosexuals. Her life is chaotic and crazy. However, the only person she loves most in her life is her sister Vanessa. She has written many love letters. After her sister was married, she was tortured with jealousy and anger. She was married to Leonard, who had always loved her and was willing to take care of her. There is no doubt that Leonard is a good husband. In order to cure Woolf’s mental illness, he infinitely tolerates her and cares for her. However, the plain life in the country is definitely not what Woolf wants. She is eager to return. The turbulent life of London. For a woman like Woolf, the ordinary life is undoubtedly like a cage. She feels deeply trapped in it, and her husband’s care has become a kind of surveillance. Sunlight and flowers can’t comfort her soul. She is destined to be an exile, this exile. It means to have freedom at all times, to be able to live and think according to her own thoughts, although too much fluctuation will make her crazy, but she would rather let the uncontrollable emotions vent out than to endure without ups and downs Life. She has too many unique ideas, and her independent consciousness is also very strong. The life she is looking forward to is without restraints. She is too avant-garde to be understood. After her sister came to visit her, she could no longer hold back. She told her husband that if I were to choose between Lichmond and death, I would choose death. Leonard suppressed her with his illness and denied her thoughts, but she was always like a fighter, following her own inner voice and moving forward, not being swayed by others, and choosing a path of liberation for herself. Woolf’s soul is filled with immense sense of emptiness and loneliness. She does not want to let her life be mediocre, and she does not want to let her life be controlled by disease. She knows that she will face death when she returns to London and is here. Living a meaningless life is more like a surreptitious life. What she yearns for is to collide with the most outstanding people of that era. What she thinks is the value of life, the meaning of existence, and she wants to live for herself. When all this could not be achieved, she chose death as a relief. I like the moment she walks into the lake, her decisive attitude, she still frowns and thinks carefully, even at the moment of embracing death, she seems to be looking back at her own life, examining her own decision, and finally choosing to go to another. A world. When she was immersed in the water, we saw the ring on her ring finger. The ring once tied her life and restricted her movement, but it did not affect her mind and nature in the least. Woolf is selfish to a certain extent and has too much greed for a rich life, but In that era, what we admire more is her sense of autonomy and independent spirit. She is not attached to anyone, and lives a passionate and happy life. This is the life that many women lack and look forward to. The reason for her suicide may be that she found out that she was pregnant. Woolf didn’t want to have a child and didn’t want to be fettered. The arrival of this child caught her off guard. This new life is like latent feminism, experiencing pregnancy and waiting. Complete. In this period, women's independence was not thorough, and they still faced various problems and perplexities.
Mrs. Brown is a typical middle-class housewife. Her husband works outside and lives a prosperous life. Apart from taking care of her children, her life is very boring and monotonous. On her husband’s birthday, she tried hard to do something, but Hua's husband had already bought it. At this time, we thought of the sentence in "Mrs. Dalloway": I want to buy flowers by myself. Self, means an independent individual, a kind of self-consciousness. Brown's husband deprived her of the opportunity to be independent. It seems that everything has been arranged for her, but in fact, she is positioned in the role of the family and thinks that she should not participate in public life. , It is her job to be a husband and a child. Therefore, Mrs. Brown felt great sadness and helplessness, and realized that she was staying at home all day and could not do anything meaningful. Life had become so rigid and boring that she subconsciously began to look forward to escape. Looking at the decoration of Mrs. Brown’s home, warm colors are the mainstay, warm and comfortable, we can see that she has been a good wife and a good mother since she got married. She once selflessly dedicated her youth to the family, but year after year, she was tired. , Boring, depressed finally entangled her, her female consciousness began to awaken. Especially when she read "Mrs. Dalloway", she gradually became aware of the repression of life, her husband's invisibly restricting her, and her long-lost autonomy, so she was eager to do something to prove herself. Get rid of depression. However, she found that she could only prepare a cake for her husband and could do nothing else. At this time, she felt extremely pessimistic. She urgently needed a way to release herself and find herself. She thought of suicide. She decisively left the family. Listening to the children's wailing, we were all deeply touched. However, she drove forward bravely. What force is driving her, is it a strong self-awakening? Or a temporary impulse and loss of reason. The piano sound flowed hurriedly. Mrs. Brown stroked her belly on the bed. The agility of new life was conveyed to her through touch. She suddenly changed her mind and wanted to live and start her new life in another way. She was aware Death is not the only way. It may be better to live the life you want to face your heart. Feminism has developed to this period, just as a fetus that is about to give birth has gradually become full. Mrs. Brown has chosen an independent and separated life. This belongs to cultural feminism. They demand more attention to the inner spiritual needs of women. Women should get rid of the shackles that are not conducive to personal development and lead a free life. Mrs. Brown’s decision to abandon her husband and her son may not be understood by the world and may even be blamed, but she bravely faced her own nature. She lived the long-awaited life. Such an adventure is also worthwhile. No decision
Clarissa, a professional female editor, has a gay female partner, has a daughter, and takes care of an ex-boyfriend who suffers from AIDS. Her life seems to be complicated, but in fact, without the complicated relationship between the characters, her heart is also empty. She is preparing a party like Mrs. Dalloway. The story has developed to the time she was in. She has enough independence and autonomy. She buys flowers by herself, organizes everything by herself, busy making her happy and giving her a mediocre life. Bring a hint of light. The dialogue between her and her daughter revealed some of her thoughts and attitude towards life. She took care of Richard as a kind of sustenance. Richard’s life was once full of dreams and vitality. Only when she was with Richard did she feel that she was indeed living and experiencing life. The joy of life does not have to be bothered by cumbersome details. It is just a simple happy life. She is obsessed with this experience. She envied Richard's free nature as a poet, so she has always been by his side, even if Richard lives. Painful, no longer active and high-spirited. As Richard said, she is mediocre, so she needs a support. Whether it is a party or a busy work, she is creating an illusion for herself, telling herself that I am happy and fulfilling, but these appearances are fragile. It was crushed by Richard's words in an instant. When Richard fell downstairs in front of her, she completely broke down. She might not understand his behavior. She didn't know how depressed Richard lived. He suffered from illness and pain. He had long lost what a poet should enjoy. With a free and passionate lifestyle, in order to repay her for her dedication, he lived so long with difficulty. The long-term isolation, not understood, and the dark and dull lifestyle has driven him to a dead end. The party Clarissa wanted to hold for him made him feel ashamed. He felt that people seemed to be pitying him and did not give affirmation. As Woolf said, poets will commit suicide, and those with dreams will commit suicide. Richard is officially struggling for dreams. His choice of suicide is not only a relief, but also a farewell and protest to the cage-like life. Death is the strongest. Sound, death is the best way of expression. In this story, it was the man who committed suicide, while the woman survived, and Clarissa has complained about life, but in fact she already has many rights. She lives independently, has same-sex female partners, and they get along well with their daughters. The people around her did not discriminate or oppose them. She lived completely according to her own wishes, but she did not realize how happy she was. Feminism has developed to this period and has become plump. Her grown-up daughter is a metaphor.
In the three stories, there are three heroines and same-sex kisses. I can only try to interpret these kisses with my own perceptual thinking. When Woolf and her sister bid farewell, after a polite farewell kiss, Woolf suddenly and impulsively kissed Vanessa. A kiss was able to vent, this kiss exhausted her strength, no doubt she likes such a direct expression, her lips are conveying her emotions and appeals: I want to be with you, I envy your life, I long for Go back to you, I know you can understand me. Woolf himself does have a homosexual tendency, but I think this kiss is not an expression of love, but a secret word to someone who can understand. Even though Leonard loves her deeply and cares for her, their spirit and even The soul cannot communicate. They do have a happy life, but it is her sister who truly understands and cares about Woolf. Sometimes, we all need such a person, whether it is a kiss or a hug, she can understand the deep meaning of the silence and give us a response.
Mrs. Brown’s kiss to her friend Caddy in the kitchen was sweet and short. It was light, gentle, and peaceful. This kiss had a soothing effect, and comfort and sympathy also constituted a big part. Katie’s social circle is very wide, which Mrs. Brown is deeply envious of. However, when she listens to Katie’s recount that she cannot be pregnant, she sees Katie’s fragility and anxiety. She tries her best to comfort Katie, and Katie herself is also deceiving herself. She pretends not to care, but can't hold it, because she desperately wants a child, and her deep feelings are hard to conceal. The kiss between Mrs. Brown and Katie is both Brown's comfort to Katie, but also mutual comfort. Brown envy Katie's freedom, Katie envy Brown's family, their lives are not complete, this kiss has a kind of ingenuity. The sense of integration, they are looking forward to each other's life is both free and warm.
The kiss between Clarissa and her homosexual was intoxicating, charming, and not abrupt, and because of the establishment of their relationship, the kiss seemed ordinary. But this kiss happened after Clarissa met Mrs. Brown, and it became a bit profound. After talking with Mrs. Brown, Clarissa gradually understood the reason Richard chose to die. Like his mother, he couldn't stand the mediocre life. They were all people who had different ideas about life. The waste of time came to them. Saying it means chronic suicide. She also began to realize that her life is actually happy. The support of her daughter and the guardianship of her partner. People around her can understand that she listens to her. So she gave her partner a kiss, expressing her persistence and dedication to this feeling. Persevere, express a cherishment, a kiss is a certainty, a thorough realization.
In the movie, the same-sex tendency of the three heroines is somewhat related to the sisterhood promoted in cultural feminism. Women can truly understand women. The conversation between women touches the essence of the soul. Women’s perceptual, delicate, and complicated thinking cannot be understood and recognized by men. Men feel that women’s concerns are too subtle and delicate. , They do not have the mood and energy to discuss and communicate with women. Therefore, women turn to the same sex more for help. The friendship between the same sex can easily be excessive when the soul is infinitely fit. There is nothing more exciting than the dialogue of the soul or the tacit understanding and understanding between the three heroines. When I met someone I could confide in and communicate with, I used kisses to express my most sincere love. This is a pure and simple love between the same sex. There is no requirement, just a spiritual pleasure. It is very beautiful.
Throughout the film, the soundtrack is appropriate, and the actors’ performances are remarkable. Especially Nicole has shown Woolf’s neuroticism and sensitivity very carefully. Her eyes are endlessly memorable, her lines are very delicate, and the story is smooth, even though she’s right. Most people will be a little bit obscure, but for those who are sensitive and rich in heart, this is undoubtedly a wonderful film.
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