The whole film is filled with a hint of blue, from the cool tones of the film to Autumn's jeans, Skylar's blue jacket, Autumn's headphone cable, to the blue surgical gown that Autumn puts on in the operating room... A sad story about teenage youth, but also a struggle about women's resistance.
At the beginning of the film, Autumn burns the pin with fire, then compresses her nose with ice, and finally pierces her own nose. This seemingly sterilized scene is the only bloody scene in this story about abortion, because this scene alone has quietly contained all the blood and blood of a young girl after the trauma of ice and fire.
It is undeniable that this film is a feminist film, and the height of this film lies not only in the use of a story about a girl's youth and pain told by two female characters to insinuate the whole social reality, but also in the patriarchal society. The system's resistance to the distorted shaping of women.
The perverted image of Autumn's father in the film is the basis for the criticism of this patriarchal system. He fondly stroked the house bitch and complimented her with "you little slut", even though Autumn's mother told him to stop him and said nonchalantly that she liked it. The coincidence of the "slut" here and the "slut" that a boy yelled at the concert to embarrass Autumn in the opening credits symbolizes the constant inner shaping of women by men in this patriarchal society, and in this way For pleasure, even consider it a "compliment" to women because women like it? Fully express this distortion of male psychology and visualize its distortion of the female image.
In addition, there are a lot of clips about male harassment of women, including harassment from bosses; harassment from customers; harassment from strangers on the subway...women suffer in this society harm. The close-up of Autumn's bra straps in the film is exactly the mark left by this society's harm to women.
A section of the film's description of its views on abortion also depicts how this society shapes women into a symbolic female symbol and obliterates their own mark of existence. The woman doctor at Planned Parenthood in Brooklyn represents a woman who has been assimilated by the patriarchal system. She claimed that she was a mother to emphasize the beauty of children for women, and thus indirectly discouraged Autumn from having an abortion. The "introduction video" she showed Autumn about abortion began with an introduction by a male expert, a male symbol meant to ironically seem like women need men to tell them who they are. And this is how the ubiquitous men in this society shape women in the ideological field. The first sentence of the video is that the video you are about to see uncovers the "terrible truth" and emphasizes that abortion is an act of violence, and the content of the video is nothing more than a negative summary of abortion. Where does this make you decide whether or not to have an abortion, this is clearly telling you that you will never have an abortion! This is also a film's use of Arcedou's ideological analysis. He is everywhere. He shapes you in every link after you are born, so that you don't even realize that you have been shaped, and you are still pure who think they can be "myself".
At the same time, it also shows the lack of sex education for teenagers in contemporary society, including Autumn taking drugs indiscriminately to try to prevent pregnancy, and beating her stomach to try to abort it; but this lack is not only reflected in the lack of education itself, we Knowing that the knowledge of sex education has actually begun to be popularized in the United States, and this lack is more reflected in the lack of "objectivity", which is a kind of objectivity that ignores ideology and faces the status of women.
The film also added a small episode about a religious procession, which is undoubtedly another vilification of abortion from the social and historical background of religion. In this society, abortion contains pressure from too many aspects. And these pressures are always borne by vulnerable women, even these little girls who are not yet adults and who can't even take the subway. The two girls playing happily in the arcade on the first night of the film also wanted to emphasize this point. The protagonists of this story are not adults, they are just children.
The phone call Autumn made to her mother at the bowling alley, even though her mother didn't give her any real help, just hearing her mother's concern for her was full of strength. All she needs is a back to support her, and the one who takes on this role is also an immature girl and a strange consultant.
The film adopts the narrative mode of two female protagonists, which undoubtedly sets a frame of reference from the beginning, and the development of the film will also revolve around the mutual reference and comparison of the two girls. The two girls, Autumn and Skylar, seem at first as if Autumn is more assertive and Skylar is more independent. But in fact, with the development of the plot, we found that Skylar gradually followed Autumn's footsteps. Skylar ended up giving his own kiss in exchange for a return ticket, which some might argue is nothing compared to Autumn's abortion situation. But if you look at all this in the only youth of a girl, how can it be said to be as light as a feather? At this time, Autumn's hand to Skylar is believed to be of great significance to Skylar. She needs a warm back at this time.
Talking about that long shot of "never, rarely, sometimes, always" in the film, Autumn's performance is just perfect. She was able to answer the options from the beginning, then began to feel uncomfortable, and finally was unable to answer. In fact, the answer is no longer important, because the answer is obviously not true. Under the pressure of this patriarchal system, this simple She couldn't be frank with the four words, and the hurt she suffered could not be summed up in these simple four words.
And the film never reveals who the man who impregnated Autumn was, the boy who shouted slut at the beginning, or even her father? It doesn't matter anymore, in this twisted society, all men are behind the scenes.
The three-day, two-night sleepless trip in New York was finally over, and Autumn was finally able to sleep peacefully against the car window. But after the screen blacked out at the end of the film, waiting for her are the inquiries from her parents, the consequences of stealing the store's money...they will continue to fight.
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