The World to Come... but has it come yet?

Jabari 2022-04-20 09:02:48

When I watch it, I rarely think of pictures of burning women, and even the natural landscape has no relevance. The whole process is concentrated in the plot of the movie, and I watch it very deeply.

This idea has always been in my mind: Abigail never got up the courage to take the initiative to visit Taille, and finally it was too late when she went to Taille desperately, A twice stopped the process of developing true love: she couldn't hold back her inner urge to ride a horse When I went to T's house, I was scared off by her husband's behavior with a gun; when I went to T's house as a guest, I was scared off by T's cold attitude. During the period when they did not meet, A was very aware that T's situation was very difficult, but until T was caught off guard and inevitably left, A did not take that crucial step.

I don't mean to condemn A. Imagine that at that time, there were very few free souls like Taille. Abigail had never encountered a similar situation in his short decades of life, not to mention it was love, which was The wonderful feeling that she and her husband have never experienced after losing their beloved daughter - "astonishment and joy" (can't remember the lines) The more people they love, the more they can't face Ta, Abigail is also like this.

The director's casting for male roles also has a certain depth, but I don't want to discuss this aspect, because I can't focus on their lines at all, which woman would have a problem with "pig breeding" or "the image of the good wife in the Bible" Interested, Nobody.

A world is on the way to come, maybe the situation has become better than the old days, but it still is the same, there are still a lot of Abigails and Tailles.

The above is just my personal opinion, comments are welcome.

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Extended Reading
  • Chase 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    One of Dickinson's poems comes to mind: Had I not seen the sun, Could have borne the shade; But light a newer wilderness, My wilderness has made. the desolation of a newer desolation. Abigail,Abigail,Abigail. You are my city of joy. The original lines give its prose and poetic beauty, and the actors give this poem soul and tension?

  • Bert 2022-03-20 09:03:05

    I don't know if it started with "The Burning Girl", the female love-themed movies are keen on this kind of literary text, and create a closed, isolated and cold environment. "Ammonite" and "The Burning Girl" are the same, and this film is also the same. Compared with the former, it seems that the latter did not deliberately hide the existence of men, but independently constructed a cage that belonged only to women, which men could not understand and never set foot in. The nuanced diary narration makes up for the lack of dramatic conflict and Abigail's emotional motivation. In fact, I prefer to understand that Tully is Abigail's imaginary character, filling the fire of her love that will be extinguished in the cold night. In the end, the snow and the cold night passed, and she also fell into the distance.

The World to Come quotes

  • Abigail: "When the day is done, my mind turns to her and I think, why are we to be separated"

  • Abigail: Meeting you has made my day

    Tallie: Oh, how pleasant and uncommon it is to make someone's day