While studying literary theory, I came across a term, "male gaze". What is male gaze? Generally speaking, it is to look at things and things in this world from a male perspective, with male pleasure as the leading factor. Thousands of years of patriarchal tradition has allowed both men and women to fall into this kind of fixed thinking. The female body is an unprecedented display of desire objects, while men are just the scrutinizing eyes behind the camera, the condescending look. Feel free to judge from the perspective of God.
I watched this film with the expectation of watching the naive palace fight drama. I also know that as a female director, Sofia Coppola has its own limitations and is extremely vulnerable to criticism due to her family aura. But after watching it, I didn’t think it was a movie about the so-called same-sex repulsion. On the contrary, she still talked about the attraction, wrestling, and abandonment between the sexes. It’s just that all the moments are concentrated at the same time and in the same place. Colin Farrell's northern army officer is easily misunderstood as a story of a group of lionesses fighting for food.
The first scene in the film that shocked me was the details of Ms. Martha, played by Nicole Kidman, rubbing the body of a comatose officer. Very few have such experience of watching the male body on the big screen, every hair, every hair. Coppola recorded a piece of muscle faithfully and ambiguously with his own eyes. This is the way women see men, and it is the other side of the world. After that, Ms. Martha also reacted physiologically during skin contact, and wanted to find out, but also wanted to calmly avoid that area of the lower body, can it also be regarded as a "male mystery"? The most interesting thing is that the hostess uses cold water to calm herself down. The body of the officer is also very wet. Men always ask women "Are you wet?" Conversely, can men not get wet? Thank you Colin Farrell for playing such a beautiful and delicious object. You are also our stunner in this era.
But Ms. Martha is still the calm and sophisticated one, and the crisis after that is also handled appropriately. He still educates young girls at the dinner table, if we learn our lessons properly when we are young, we can expect a calm and happy life later when we are faced with the distractions of the world. Edwina is different, it is much more traditional and has a stronger sense of attachment? Edwina is obviously a good target for men. She secretly sent off, but not too proactively to frighten you, but also so caring, to come to mercy fuck when encountering major setbacks. The scene between her and the officer made me wonder, does she really enjoy it? I don’t know. The definition of enjoyment by girls is not as simple as physical insertion. Emotional comfort is another level, and I don’t want to judge, otherwise. Fall into another pseudo-feminist stereotype that "lives for others". It's just that I would never choose this way.
Then there is Alicia, our little playful Fanning, I really like her recently, synonymous with bold and brave. She is the one with a big heart, life is too light to know the bitterness, just wanna have fun, take the initiative to introduce the room, is it indirect responsibility for McBurney's fall? Ms. Martha took care of the overall situation, and lied that it was the officer overlord who insisted on bowing, and he was helpless to defend himself, which made people hate it, haha.
There is also a very precise irony. After losing a leg, McBurney still believes that everything is just because he did not enter the room of the other two women. The male power was weakened and the female executed. McBurney's response once again showed phallicism. It’s ridiculous. In the future, a straight boyfriend has watched this film. You must ask if you really think so. I don’t think this is a male reaction that female creators have imagined out of thin air.
In addition to the plot, I also like the space, light and shadow one by one. I am also a person who is obsessed with the sunset. The relatively backward South of the United States, the confrontation between the North and the South during the Civil War, and the corresponding gender metaphors; the dark light, the woods The Tyndall effect and the setting sun projected on the building constitute a woman’s viewing angle, ambiguous and unique. I cherish such a woman’s vision to make a movie, because there are really few, as if there are more powerful female voices in the history of movies. The history of literature is even less. I wish there were more such vengeful bitches, not to be a good girl, and to be brave enough to make my own voice.
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