1. Sophia Coppola’s new work "Under the Peony", formerly known as "The Beguiled", literally translated as "deceived", this is also my afterthought: I was blinded by the halo behind Coppola's famous door, and was the most popular in Cannes. The gimmick of the Best Director Award was blindfolded.
2. In the film, the girl's feelings and the Electra's complex work together. Coppola projected himself of different ages on the roles played by Kidman, Dunst, and Fanning, and from their perspectives began to have a 93-minute obsession with the mature man Farrell. Especially when Kidman wiped Farrell's body, the camera slowly swept across Farrell's hairy golden-rimmed skin under the light. Although he hadn't practiced in the gym, he was still stronger and more erotic. His body completely exposed Coppola's obsession with mature men.
3. It is said that "Under the Peony" won the Best Director Award which Lynn Ramsey can't hold back because of the feminist ideas shown in the film. But I think from this scene, to the back of a group of women who are jealous for Farrell's fight for the wind, they have nothing to do with feminism, and even too unfeminine. It is purely a girl Coppola's sexual fantasies about mature men. In the end, they poisoned Farrell by scheming, and it was definitely not the awakening of feminist thinking, but the survival instinct when facing life threats and the naive mentality that would be ruined if they didn't get it.
4. What does true feminism look like? Please refer to the outstanding example of the young French film queen Yupel girl. Sophia Coppola, Emma Watsons and others are just speculators doing business with exaltedism.
5. Since her debut, Coppola has revealed in her works the superficiality that does not change with age. Maybe this is her and her last stubbornness. Of course, it is more likely that Coppola came from a famous family and grew up in a greenhouse as a child. There was nothing in his mind except for the feelings of a girl and the complex of Electra, but he did not dare to be like beauty, female, writer, family, Jiang. Fang Zhou said bluntly that he had never experienced vicissitudes, so he had to describe this little girl's careful thought over and over again, and cheated a few prizes by the way.
6. It's true. The authors and directors are used to long-term shooting and only shoot one subject. For example, Hanek’s violence, Hong Sang-soo’s relationship between men and women, Sarkinsef’s biblical and political metaphors, and Abbas’s exploration of the boundary between reality and reality. Coppola always wandered about girlish feelings and Electra's complex, which is nothing wrong, but for so many years, no matter the theme or technique, there is no change, which is very boring. Positive examples: For example, Haneke, different themes and different violence; for example, Hong Sangxiu, the same scenes are different embarrassments.
7. Regardless of awards, comments, ideology, and other external things, "Under the Peony" is still not good. When it comes to a good movie, there are two ways to go, one is empathy and the other is suspense. Either work hard on character creation to give the audience a sense of substitution, so as to whitewash the old or unreasonable bridges; or create unexpected plots that make people want to stop, so as to avoid establishing empathy. Tedious steps. This is only a requirement for "classic films" in the eyes of the general public. For masterpieces, both hands must be grasped and both hands are hard. Obviously, "Under the Peony" has not done it.
8. Of course, "Under the Peony" is by no means useless, photography and performance are remarkable, but it can be said to a large extent that it is based on Coppola's poor director skills.
9. However, what is surprising is that such a film with mediocre director skills, relying on photography and performance to score points, even won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival where the director is supreme. The most surprising thing is that the creators other than Coppola are not prophets. Why are they willing to take this play after reading the script?
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