The only thing that struck me about the movie was in the winter after Edina died, Daisy told Hoke that she thought Edena was lucky. In the setting of this plot, the director seems to want to show that white and black people are equal in the face of death.
However, after the two turned away, Hoke went to make a fire, leaving Daisy alone in the living room.
The real equality between the two is only when Daisy can't move freely in the end.
The film tries to convey to the audience the idea of equality between whites and blacks, but the reality of the film is that they are strictly segregated from beginning to end. It can be seen that Daisy will discriminate against Hoke unconsciously every time in the scene with identification or the presence of outsiders, but whenever the scene switches to no specific social status, the two is equal again.
The film reduces racial discrimination to the leadership and being led, the need and the need between two elderly people, and it is simplified to the simple feelings between people, which is the director's skill. Compared with the grand narratives in China, such a simple story can capture the hearts of the audience better, and can better express what the director wants to express.
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