Questioning the Marriage System and Pursuing the Ideal of Free Love

Korey 2022-03-23 09:02:39

The display of this relationship transcends moral judgments, and even transcends the director’s own era, marking an ideal realm that overcomes the narrowness of human nature, and at the same time implies questioning the existing system of relations between men and women. Alternative love is full of the illusion of love and the exploration of the true meaning of love. Although it is not pure and flawless, it is not colorful and attractive, but it has a thick brown texture.

A typical "new wave" film is a film that denies traditional moral values. It tries to overcome a certain kind of imprisonment, sincerely depicts men and women and love, in order to reflect a certain kind of hypocrisy, and it shows the truth in reality. What happens, rather than being constrained by traditional concepts built on "good" and "evil thoughts".

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  • Jules: The most important factor in any relationship is the woman's fidelity. The husband's is secondary. Who was it who wrote, "Woman is natural, therefore abominable?"

    Jim: Baudelaire, but he was describing a certain world.

    Jules: Not at all. He spoke of women in general. What he says about a young girl is magnificent: "Horror, monster, assassin of the arts, little fool, little slut. The greatest idiocy combined with the greatest depravity." Wait. I'm not finished. This is marvelous: "I'm always astonished they allow women inside churches. What could they possibly have to say to God?"

    Catherine: You're both fools.

  • Jim: I understand.

    Catherine: I don't want to be understood. It's almost dawn.