Portraits of women in time

Eliza 2022-03-24 09:03:16

Her past, what she lacked, was also the source of her desires.
The unexpected change plunged her into sadness and memories.
Aging, this is the inner demon that each of us, and it is she, is trying to escape and is the most difficult to overcome.
Like the magnificent scenery, although beautiful, it often heralds bad weather.
But the more anxiety and escapism she harbored about the years, the more she became like an emotional child, constantly asking for the other party's emotional devotion and care to her.
The presence of her desires, like a ghost, potentially drives the narrative of the whole film.
The poisonous snake that time buried in a woman's heart. It was this jealous instinct that tempted her to hide her anxiety about the years with prejudiced mockery.
For her, life has to go on after all. A woman's double life in years.
One person's constant demand, constant approach, and constant tossing will always bring another person to the brink of collapse.
It has been too long, and there is no more comfort or poetry to speak of. The more time passes, the more frightened I feel, and my nerves seem to be tense all the time. As for what she has been repressing, is it because she has to accompany a clingy and uncertain boss for a long time, and she has to work hard to coax him, or because she has other unfulfilled expectations in her heart, and it is only herself. Clear.

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Clouds of Sils Maria quotes

  • Maria Enders: Jo-Ann?

    Jo-Ann Ellis: What's up?

    Maria Enders: I wanted to ask you. You know the scene at the beginning of Act 3 when you tell me you want to leave and I get on my knees and I beg you to stay? You're on the phone ordering pepperoncini pizza for your coworkers in accounting. You leave without looking at me. As if I didn't exist. If you could pause for a second. Helena's distress would last longer when she's left alone in her office. Well, the way you're playing it, the audience follows you out but instantly forgets about her. So...

    Jo-Ann Ellis: So? So what?

    Maria Enders: When, when I played Sigrid I held it longer. I thought it was more powerful. Erotically. I mean, it really played well.

    Jo-Ann Ellis: No one gives a fuck about Helena at that point, do they? I'm sorry, it's pretty clear to me that this woman is all washed up. I mean, your character, Maria, not you. And when Sigrid leaves Helena's office, Helena's a wreck, and we get it. You know, it's time to move on. I think they want what comes next.

    Maria Enders: If you just held it a few seconds longer.

    Jo-Ann Ellis: It doesn't really feel right for me, Maria.

    Maria Enders: You're right. Yeah. I - I - I think I'm - I'm lost in my memories. You think you've forgotten your old habits, but their all - they all come back. Have to break them.

    Jo-Ann Ellis: I guess you do!

  • Piers Roaldson: [Piers proposes new movie mutant role for Maria] I'm trying to consider genetics from a more human point of view.

    Maria Enders: When I was reading it, I imagined someone much younger. Maybe me younger, actually, but you were seeing me in movies that were made years ago. I - I've changed.

    Piers Roaldson: She has no age. Or else, she's every age at once. Like all of us.

    Maria Enders: Can I be frank? Maybe it's because I'm working with her, but as I was reading it, I - I kept thinking about Jo-Ann.

    Piers Roaldson: Yeah, well personally, I never think about Jo-Ann Ellis.

    Maria Enders: You're wrong. She's smart. And talented. She's modern, just like your character.

    Piers Roaldson: My character isn't modern. Not in that way, anyway. She's, outside of time.

    Maria Enders: Outside of time. I don't understand. It's too abstract for me. It's all right.

    Piers Roaldson: I - I don't like this era.

    Maria Enders: You're wrong. It's yours!

    Piers Roaldson: Amen! I didn't choose it.

    Maria Enders: [laughs]

    Piers Roaldson: And if my era is Jo-Ann Ellis and viral Internet scandals I think I'm entitled to feel unrelated, aren't I. I mean, it's nothing against her, I guess I just assumed you'd understand.