we are all lady butterflies

Jared 2022-12-30 05:29:35

I have such a fantasy about Dongfang. In the depths of her almond eyes, there is still such a woman who is willing to sacrifice everything to love a man. Even if the man's love is worthless, it is better to die vigorously than to survive. In the end, I found him in a prison far away from China, my name is Renee Gallinier, aka Mrs Butterfly.

The beginning of the film seems to set the tone of tragedy for the film, Song scoffs at the story of Madame Butterfly, an Eastern woman who committed suicide for a Western man, Song is weak, beautiful, and submissive, satisfying Rainy, a French man. All the fantasies about the mysterious East, in this relationship that seems to be dominated by Rainey, have always been propelled by Song's will. Her delicate skin, long satin hair, and a low hoarse voice, suddenly. His disappearance and disappearance, unexpected children and ties, all made this western man lose his mind, willingly, his future was ruined, and he was imprisoned.

But from a woman's point of view, it seems to be particularly tangled, whether the two are in love with each other. From the story of the prototype, we have no way of knowing. But in the car, Song took off his clothes that he had not taken off for more than 20 years, and wanted to let Rainey accept the real self, Rainey chose to close his eyes, betrayal and absurdity have brought this deformed relationship to an end.

In the end, Rainey put on a lot of makeup on himself and dressed up as Mrs. Butterfly who they met for the first time. Perhaps this is the best ending for them. One committed suicide for love and the other was sent back to China.

Song is Mrs. Butterfly in Rainey's fantasy, and Rainey ends up being Mrs. Butterfly.

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Extended Reading
  • Fatima 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    At the beginning, there is a faint atmosphere of a shareholder, Zunlong's woman is not bad, enough to fool foreigners. But Irons played the French consul, no matter how you look at it. The model play in the old theater, the echo of the Chinese revolution in Paris in 1968, the red treasure book used to put the soup bowl... Several symbolic things are more interesting than the plot of the movie. If it is just for the pursuit of gossip, then novels are better than movies, and reality is better than fiction.

  • Alejandrin 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    One's love is full of lies, the other's love is full of imagination. I don't see any difference when they both lose their loved ones. And the scary thing is that reality is often crueler than drama.

M. Butterfly quotes

  • Frau Baden: Still playing the missionary are you, Gallimard? Or... are there other positions that interest you as well?

  • Drunk in Paris bar: [Hearing pro-Communist students parading outside] God damn it! Must be those fucking students again! Talk about China? I'll be you if go out that door you'll think you're back in Beijing! Every damn leftist student in Paris has Mao's little red book in his hand, and a red firecracker up his ass!