Wandering in absolute freedom, the same destination

Consuelo 2022-03-25 09:01:19

"Freedom, if you choose freedom, you choose loneliness. If you don't stop, you will go to destruction." This is the point of view of a shepherd who studies philosophy, and it happens to be Mona's destination. She chooses absolute freedom and only cares about the road under her feet. She is a person who is truly wandering in body and soul, and the destruction of the body will not prevent the wandering of the soul. The establishment of Mona's interaction with passers-by along the way is based on each other's demands, which is also the basic condition of social relationship. Mona can't stop or retain whether she is active or passive, she does not need this kind of relationship. Looking at Mona's journey from a worldly perspective, it is inevitable that she will feel pity, especially the part of being raped, but maybe she doesn't need any mercy from others, whether it is self-sinking or passive aggression, it will be destroyed in the same way. The film is actually quite trivial. It records while narrating, and often sends Mona out of the camera and stops for a few frames, which makes us have to face the loneliness and blankness in wandering. There are too many meaningless things in this world, of course, doing things is not necessarily for its meaning itself. Her wandering is neither survival nor belief. I am curious about Mona's thoughts when she is dying, but it is only out of the prying psychology in the eyes of ordinary people, and I will never know.

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  • Ona 2022-04-21 09:03:10

    EPD Agnès Varda/20190415 Evening Cinéma des Cinéastes AV Tribute Rewatch, it's the day Notre Dame de Paris fell.

  • Everett 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    At first, he was rebellious and just wanted to stay away from the crowd, and he became desolate and tired step by step. In the end, he was down and out and only wanted to survive. Pursuing oneself one way to the dark can only be helpless and lawless. She gained eternal freedom, but also carried the shackles of eternal loneliness. There is nothing wrong with getting off the bus and surrendering to life, you have to live.

Vagabond quotes

  • la platonologne Mme Landier: Why did you drop out?

    Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi: Champagne on the road's better!

  • les Bergers: She blew in like the wind. No plans, no goals... No wishes, no wants... We suggested things to her. She didn't want to do a thing. Wandering? That's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering.