America's 20th Century Epic

D'angelo 2022-03-25 09:01:14

The 1960s and 1970s were the most intense era of collisions of various ideological trends in the United States. Feminism, punk music, sexual liberation and the "beat generation" have all become the labels of that era. The mother Dorocia in the film is a representative of strong women, independent, strong, and independent of men, while her son Jamie, as a member of the "Beat Generation", has no ambitions and just blindly pursues novelty and excitement. On the other hand, he is deeply in love with his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Julie, but Julie is liberated to be a little "promiscuous", and she still doesn't understand what it means to do so, and even thinks that once she has sex with Jamie It will destroy their relationship. The female tenant, who gets along with Dorocia like a family, is addicted to punk music, while also promoting feminism as a victim of her mother's drug "abuse".

Although this film seems to only tell the story of an ordinary family, it reflects the life style of the entire United States in the 1970s. It uses such a small perspective to move such a large pattern, and uses this "dissecting sparrow" method to show it. The style of the United States is the best part of this film. In this sense, this film can be called the epic of the 20th century in the United States. I really like the stories of small characters in the background of this big era. Several protagonists in the film can be said to be ordinary characters, but everyone in the film flashes the brand of that era, especially in the use of some shots, such as The Hongguang photography used on the road gives people a trance-like feeling, which is very in line with the confused mentality of the Americans at that time. The excellent acting skills of several leading actors in this film also add a lot to the film. The mother played by Annette Bening is calm and natural, without any traces of axe. Elle Fanning, who is a child star, is getting better and better. Also gave a great performance. But the film is so heavily American that it can be tedious and incomprehensible to watch by people with little or no interest in recent American history.
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  • Harry 2022-04-23 07:03:26

    Happy International Women's Day Ladies!!!

  • Zack 2022-03-24 09:02:49

    Continue to be old and fresh.

20th Century Women quotes

  • President Carter: As you know, there is a growing disrespect for government, for schools, the news media and other institutions. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance. But it is the truth and it is a warning. It is a crisis of confidence. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation. Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself involved in a search for freedom. We are at a turning point in our history. The path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom. It is a certain route to failure. Thank you and good night.

    Dorothea's Dinner Guest: Wow. He is so screwed.

    Dorothea's Dinner Guest: No shit.

    Dorothea's Dinner Guest: It's over for him.

    Dorothea: I thought that was beautiful.

  • Jamie: I thought that was just the beginning of a new relationship with her, where she'd really tell me stuff. But maybe it was never really like that again. Maybe that was it.

    Dorothea: In March of 1999, I'll start to feel tired and confused. When I finally go to the doctor, he will say that the cancer in my lungs had already travelled to my breast and brain. I'll try to teach Jamie what to do with my stocks, but my instructions will be impossible to understand.

    Julie: Abbie will take me to Planned Parenthood. And I will go on the pill. I will go to NYU and lose touch with Jamie and Dorothea, and I will stop talking to my mom, I will fall in love with Nicholas, we will move to Paris, and choose not to have children.

    Abbie: I will stay in Santa Barbara. In just two years, I'll marry Dave. A month after I get married Carlotta will die. A week later, Max will die too. I will work out of my garage and show in local galleries. Against my doctor's advice, I will get pregnant, and by the time I'm thirty I'll have two boys.

    William: I'll live with Dorothea for another year. Then I'll open a pottery store in Sedona Arizona. I will marry Laurie, a singer-songwriter. We'll get divorced in a year. Then I'll meet Sandy, we will marry, and I will continue to do my pottery.

    Jamie: My mom will meet Jim in 1983, they'll be a couple until she dies. On her birthday each year, he will buy her a trip on a biplane. Years after she's gone I'll finally get married and have a son. I'll try to explain to him what his grandmother was like - but it will be impossible.