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Watching Notes - "New World"
Roberto 2022-09-21 19:23:52
1. Based on the stories of real people, I didn't expect this before watching the movie. 2. In general, there are both Western complacency and reflection on civilization; Europeans have finally discovered a new world, a promised land, where human equality can be achieved and a new Eden can be built; But in order to achieve all this, they must destroy a civilization that is purer than them. 3. The latter part is somewhat disjointed compared to the former part. There are too many things I want to talk about, about race, love, faith, freedom and civilization, and everything just floats on the screen. 4. The form is beautifully done, and the hand-held photography and stream-of-consciousness-like editing dwindling as life settles down, does indeed bring out the breath of a new Eden.
Extended Reading
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[last lines]
Pocahontas: Mother, now I know where you live.
John Rolfe: [reading letter] "13th of April, 1616. Dear son, I write this so that someday in the future you might understand a circumstance which shall be but a far memory to you. Your dear mother, Rebecca, fell ill in our outward passage at Gravesend. She gently reminded me that all must die. 'Tis enough, she said, that you our child, should live.'"
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Mary: He's left you, Princess. He told you a pack of lies. Forget about him.