The biggest controversy in this film lies in the heroine Matsuko. There are two main views on the evaluation of pine nuts, which can be summarized simply and rudely: first, she is pitiful and lovely, and should be pitiful; Second, she is sad, beautiful and sexy. When she can live a better life, she must find a man. She is stupid and self-inflicted. In fact, I think whether I watch a movie or read a book, I am looking at myself. If you are moved, then you must have seen some of your shadows in the movie. The reason why this movie is so touching is that each of us needs to be loved and is eager to be loved. But this kind of love between people is not as pure as we thought, because people create civilization, and the inheritance of civilization is often to erase your love. Rather than saying that pine nuts are forced by the environment, it is better to say that the civilization created by people is antagonistic, and people are dying in the created civilization.
? There are so many things that can be said in this movie, such as color, composition, costumes, Aaron's words, A Sheng's words, the river where pine nuts have been crying in a daze, the Bible that has been appearing at last ..., and what impressed me most are three small details. Although pine nuts were never loved or suffered too much as children, I believe everyone will experience deep or shallow trauma from their families in childhood. Moreover, Matsuko was an adult when he became a teacher, and his childhood experience was very important to Freud. However, adults have been able to take responsibility for their own lives, and it is far-fetched to explain adult events with childhood experiences all the time. The reason why pine nuts are miserable every time is because she doesn't understand social rules, and she is a person with pure emotions, and social civilization often can't tolerate such people, otherwise civilization will become a piece of shit.
The first detail: the tragedy caused by bathing. The events that changed the trajectory of Matsuko's life were so small, so absurd and so "ridiculous". She wouldn't think of admitting the serious consequences of stealing money. Our civilization needs character and must be moral. Matsuko said she was sorry. There was no morality in her world. She just wanted to take a bath. If you think pine nuts are funny, stop laughing now. Before you think pine nuts are confused, think about how hypocritical you should be. Must morality ignore people's need to take a bath? What does bathing symbolize? Washing away filth can make you clean. Pine nuts want to keep their purity, but they can't. From here, she walked step by step to a dirtier world.
The second detail: the tragedy caused by children. Speaking of children, we label them as: purity; Kindness; Simple; Hope and a series of positive and beautiful praise. But in this movie, Matsuko is just a child. First of all, Aaron lied, causing Matsuko to resign, run away from home, wander around and meet the first love rat. Finally, when Matsuko finally got up the courage to make a change, another group of children killed her with a baseball bat. The beginning and end of her tragedy were caused by children. What caused these evil children? Just like hunting, people trust children, because in our culture, children are innocent and pure. Even if they know that the children killed pine nuts, these children will not be punished because our civilization does not allow it. How ridiculous, the world was chaotic, but people just created a series of order. If you fall behind, you will be abandoned.
The third detail: the wrong "little three" self-positioning. After spending some time with his lover, pine nuts ran smartly to find his wife. After seeing his wife, Matsuko firmly believed that he would win. Because in her world, there is only the simplest appearance contrast, there is no ethical concept, and I don't feel how shameful I am as a "mistress". She doesn't understand. Her lover lives strictly according to secular rules, so her lover is jealous and envious of eight women who don't go to work and write freely. His wife is legal in the secular world, but pine nuts are illegal. He will never give up his legal status, because this is a relationship recognized by civilization.
In the movie, only my sister and Zecun Hui brought love and warmth to Matsuko. One is a girl who has never touched the world, and the other is a woman who has been punished by herself. Ironically, people who have nothing to do with our civilization do not despair. Human beings have created a big cage of civilization and lived safely, but it is an unsolved paradox that real people are either terminally ill, exiled by civilization or dying.
When you say you sympathize with pine nuts, you are actually sympathizing with yourself. You feel sorry for pine nuts, but in fact you are sorry for yourself, because people have nowhere to put the most beautiful part of life, even "home".
To those "pine nuts" that are disappearing.