new trend

Keegan 2022-03-27 09:01:21

At this year's 90th Academy Awards, "Ordinary Woman", directed by Chilean Sebastian Lelio, beat Sweden's hit film "Liberty Square" to win the Best Foreign Language Film award. The former tells the story of a transgender Marina (Marina), who suddenly died suddenly after spending a spring night with her lover in Orlando. Special time, special identity, the police, and even the family of the deceased more or less put this responsibility on this woman who only deeply loved Orlando, and harassed her physically and mentally.

In fact, the overall plot is not difficult to understand, but why she can stand out from many opponents. I think a big reason for this reason is similar to the effect of "Black Panther" and "Get Out", which is political correctness. The voice of support for LBGT has become stronger and stronger in recent years, and transgender people are the other side of society, and their status should also be valued. The Oscars are like a giant propaganda board, more about spreading the idea to followers, including me, a homophobic person. There is a quote from Nietzsche in the film: What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. This is also a change in the heroine's journey in the center of the film, and it can be regarded as a small clue that runs through the whole film, so I felt a little enlightened when I saw this sentence at the end of the film.

It is worth mentioning that the heroine of the film, Daniela Vega, is also a transgender person. When she was 17, she proposed the idea to her family, who supported her for the first time.

It's as if she said in the interview that there are three factors blocking this problem now: the first is self, the second is family, and the third and most important point is the sense of social identity. Although homosexuality is not a favorable facilitator in terms of the general trend of human development, it is also a manifestation of the diversity of our society and the liberation of human inner freedom.

The director also uses some scenes of the heroine kissing her lover from time to time. The red light focuses on the two of them, and the world around them is indifferent, as if it is a metaphor for the indifference of society towards this kind of group.

But rather than this subject, I prefer to ask about the embarrassing status of the Academy Awards today. It won't be aimed at the more artistic films like Cannes, and the Academy Awards can also fuel a mainstream values ​​machine that is more or less controversial every year (like last year's "Moonlight"). Market, public opinion, and community factors make it no longer an awards ceremony that only focuses on film quality. It follows that the time period of "Oscar bait" appears to be released three months before the new year. Therefore, it is also intriguing that "La La Land" will be released on December 25, 2016. .

In short, under this trend, we may see more LBGT and black movies appear at the Oscars next year, and we can also focus on the best picture tour of next year's Oscars starting in October.

Keywords: LBGT, drama, Chilean film

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Extended Reading
  • Lucie 2022-03-17 09:01:10

    【Chile】Everything is done solidly: the splendid acting debut of the LGBT protagonist + the theme of the time + the full and complete protagonist design, plus the excellent use of lens, color and music, the whole movie does not get full marks But you can give an excellent answer without hesitation. The song by Alicia Keys is well used. What is "fantastic"? It is to constantly sublimate self-awareness in difficult situations, and to always pursue the traces of the beloved in life.

  • Josephine 2022-03-23 09:03:26

    An ordinary woman who is forbearing and strong, resists the howling wind alone, and stubbornly resists secular prejudice. Marina is an admirable character, plump and vivid, inseparable from the delicate interpretation of the actress~

A Fantastic Woman quotes

  • Profesor de Canto: Saint Francis says, Make me an instrument of your love, make me a channel of your peace.

  • Sonia: [to Marina] Sorry if it's crude and blunt of me to say this, but I really think that this is just perversion. Sorry, but... When I look at you, I don't know what I'm seeing. A chimera, that's what I see.

    Marina Vidal: A chimera... yeah.

    Sonia: Sorry.

    Marina Vidal: There's no need to be sorry. You're normal, ma'am. You're fine, ma'am.

    [walks away]