Overreading and Tribute to Rome

Eunice 2022-03-30 09:01:04

Although I give Roma five stars, I personally think it is my favorite movie in 2018, but I still want to write a few details that have been over-interpreted and discussed.

(1) Aircraft

According to the trivia part of imdb, the third article, according to the director, is that the reason for the frequent appearance of planes in the film is that the film needs to be shot in Mexico City (except for the restoration of the current location in the subway station Chilpancingo using a studio), so every five minutes will pass a plane

Alfonso Cuarón decided to shoot on location in Mexico City instead of using a soundstage. This is one reason for the several appearances of airplanes, because according to Cuarón they had a plane passing by every five minutes.

Personally, I think this difficult-to-fix detail confuses some viewers, but the plane reflected in the water at the beginning should be deliberately shot

(2) Rome

A lot of people are saying that Roma also means Amor in Spanish, spelled backwards and even saying that "Rome was not built in a day".

Roma is the name of the district where the director grew up as a child Colonia Roma Norte

(3) The Abortion Revolution

It should be that Lobo had a miscarriage, but it symbolizes something else. In fact, the doctor's delivery process was only filmed once and the real doctor was invited to improvise . See here

(4) Nude martial arts and martial arts training

Personally, I think it's a tribute to Jandolowski's La Montaña Sagrada and I feel that this film has a lot to pay tribute to Jandolowski

The slow-flying planes in the martial arts training should just be indiscriminate scenes, not deliberately arranged

(5) recurring bands

I personally think it's a tribute to Fellini's seaside holiday night where the family was crying next to the family's wedding The scene God pays tribute to the end of the night of Kabylia

Strongly suspect that the scene of the astronaut is similar to the existence of the circus to Fellini to Cuarón

Write it here first and think about it later

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Extended Reading
  • Lysanne 2021-12-02 08:01:26

    So when can Alfonso Cuarón let go of his obsession with taking the best long shot in film history? The core appeal of long shots is to synchronize with time, but Caron's long shots are still intended to show his precise scene scheduling ability, which is putting the cart before the horse. His design intensity of the lens language is not suitable for this kind of subject with high emotional concentration. The most powerful part of the whole film is precisely the few empty shots.

  • Jimmie 2022-03-31 09:01:03

    Cleo's status as a woman and a servant means that she is marginalized in a patriarchal society in a double sense. The man who made her pregnant abandoned her, and it was the same man who made her miscarry and then still give birth. However, such an ironic cycle is not only the misfortune of Cleo as a female individual. At that time, that man was an accomplice hired by the government to suppress the student movement. In fact, there is not much difference between dead babies and dead students, because the murderer is the same "father". Today, when the world keeps tilting to the right, the victory of "Roma" is worth cheering, but I don't know why, and it is precisely what I don't want to see.

Roma quotes

  • Pepe: Why is Cleo crying?

    Sra. Sofía: She has a tummy ache.

    Pepe: [Gently rubbing Cleo's stomach] Pain, pain, go away, I don't want this pain to stay.

  • Benita: [Looking at the dogs' heads mounted on the wall] They're all the dogs that lived here. Look. That there was Pirata. He died in 1911. Do you remember Canela?

    Cleo: Yes, where is she?

    Benita: Look at her. She died last summer. They say she ate a poisoned rat. But I'm sure it was the villagers angry with Don Jose over the land.