I'm not sure I get it. I think the girl who has sex in the hotel at the beginning of the film should be the protagonist of the story. The main story starts with her watching TV, that is to say, except for the gramophone and the close-up of the girl crying, most of the content of the story is the content of the TV that the girl watched (perhaps it should be the girl's imagination, dreams.). This is explained towards the end of the film. Star Laura Dern fades out of our sights in a kiss with a girl. The girl is then reunited with her husband and children, who you find in the film as Laura's various husbands. So I think that the various roles of Laura in the film are projections of the girl herself, that is, her imagined self, her dream self. In this way, many of the illogical plots in the film become logical, because the whole story is a girl's imagination, a girl's dream.
The seemingly bizarre and disorganized plot has a clear context. From actresses to housewives, Laura's multiple characters in the film face the same problem -- adultery (or extramarital sex, to put it mildly). And that's exactly what the girl does at the beginning of the film. Using this method to express a theme of family ethics is indeed unconventional.
I don't know much about many of the imagery in the film, like the rabbit scene, the man with the lightbulb, the prostitutes, etc. It's not entirely clear, but it doesn't affect my appreciation of the film. Why must it be completely clear? What else can we be completely clear about? The film is only about family ethics, which can be generalized. Unless you are really a wolf-hearted, or heartless, once you do something wrong, how can you escape the painful struggle in your heart, even if you are perfect enough not to be discovered? ? ? Don't tears, insanity, and even death come gradually after the inner struggle? The film is a wake-up call for us.
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