The actress gave a bold performance, and the audience was stunned
In an actress's Hollywood career, it seems like an "inevitable" challenge to play nudity. At past Oscar ceremonies, the host used to tease these actresses who dedicate themselves to their art with a ditty.
Recently, Emma Stone seems to be joining the ranks as well. In her new film, she gave the biggest performance of her career, and this sacrifice has earned her many actress honors during the awards season, including "Poor Thing".
At the Venice Film Festival, the hot discussion of movies never stopped. Emma Stone boldly starred, once again showing her strength and charm in literary films. And the director of this film, Ergus Lanthimos, a Greek director famous for shooting allegorical thrillers, once again brought us a visual feast.
One of his masterpieces, "The Lobster", is even more widely known.
Another controversial film he filmed, "Dog's Teeth", was filled with many large-scale shots, which were unbearable for the audience, and there would be a strong sense of discomfort after it.
Poor Things goes beyond the first two works to show the eerie utopia of Europe after the Industrial Revolution in the context of a fictional story. The main character, Bella, is played by Sister Stone, who is unforgettable with her unique appearance and retarded demeanor.
She stumbles in her speech, walks staggeringly, and always laughs like a fool. But don't think she's really stupid, it's just that her brain is still in its infancy.
Although her father was a well-known surgeon, people avoided him because of his facial deformity. Bella is both his daughter and the "masterpiece" he created.
It turns out that Bella's brain is not born this way.
When the doctor met a woman who committed suicide by falling from a building not long ago, it was surprising that although she was no longer breathing, her body was not completely stiff. What was even more surprising was that the doctor found that the fetus in the woman's womb was still beating heartbeat.
If you leave it alone at this time, the consequences will definitely be two lives, one corpse and two lives. Therefore, doctors must take steps to save this miracle of life as much as possible.
Doctors decided to use a major medical experiment to combine the fetus's brain with a woman's body by changing the brain**. Eventually, a life named Bella was born in this unique experiment.
Bella has been an adult since birth, but her intelligence level is like that of a baby. So, like a father, the doctor patiently taught her to walk, eat, read, and read to help her understand the world.
The doctor's duty is not only to perform surgeries, but also to teach students, so he entrusts Bella's care to his students.
Bella's IQ is only four or five years old, and she has only a superficial understanding of the world, but she is full of curiosity about her own structure, and even stuffs cucumbers into ** during meals for pleasure.
Since birth, she has been at home like a canary in captivity, and although the doctors have given her all the love, her mind has slowly changed as she grows.
She longs to get out of here and explore the unknown, and if she is not satisfied, she will drop things, bite, and yell loudly.
The doctor understands that Bella has begun to wake up. Sex is one of the important factors that drives Bella's awakening.
Originally, the doctor planned to let his student and Bella enter the marriage hall, but a lawyer appeared in the middle of the way. The lawyer is an old pervert who tries to seduce Bella to elope, and soon conquers Bella and begins a passionate bed life with her.
The lawyer's ultimate goal is to get the beautiful Bella, but in the process, he accidentally opens up a new world for Bella. Bella finds herself developing a deeper understanding and fascination with **, while also developing a physical dependence on lawyers.
They decided to take a cruise together and travel the world.
Bella's life was confined to her father and his students, but the variety of characters and perspectives on the cruise ship had a profound impact on her. She seems to be an immature suture monster, although she looks mature, but she handles interpersonal relationships like a child who is not deeply involved in the world, and does not know what to say on what occasions, which makes her disappointed in front of the lawyer.
As the ship passed through a slum, she saw the starvation of the people below, and tears rolled down like pearls of broken thread. However, the rest of the cruise ship was indifferent and even warned Bella not to meddle in her business, which made Bella wonder.
So, she didn't hesitate to take out all her money and wanted to help those people. However, for a girl as innocent as she is, her money is taken away by the greedy crew.
As a result, the lawyer went bankrupt and Bella had to live on the streets of Paris.
Bella takes pleasure in selling her life, believing it to be a way to achieve her own desires and financial independence. She presented herself in a brothel in Paris, and in the face of a wide variety of customers, her values were re-baptized and promoted.
Poor Thing: A Metaphor for Bella's Growth and Awakening The movie "Poor Thing" is actually a work that depicts Bella's upbringing, as she grows and her mind shifts.
The movie uses ** as an introduction to analyze the various stages of Bella's awakening, which is actually depicting the state of modern people's thoughts. Bella's deformity has caused her to lose the attributes of human society, and she is not bound by civilized morality, etiquette, righteousness and shame, so she is on the road to releasing her instincts.
Through Bella's story, the film reflects the state of mind and the complexity of human nature in modern society.
"Lobster" and "Dog's Tooth" use special settings and peculiar plots to present a world that does not follow common sense. In "Poor Thing", we see an individual exploring and struggling in disorder.
The main character, Bella, finds herself through **, and her choices stem from her own needs and are not bound by anything.
After an intense sexual act, she longs for one more time. However, the lawyer was adamantly opposed. Bella was confused by this, and she didn't understand why she couldn't do it again.
She pursues self-feeling above all else, and can even have relationships with ugly, dirty people who will have a lot of memories afterwards. These images may be uncomfortable for the viewer, but this is the message that the director wants to convey.
The director's design is original, and he puts Bella on the opposite side of the audience and ordinary people, because Bella is not a product of this society, but a sharp critique of current social phenomena.
The male characters in the film each show the human weaknesses such as male superiority and inferiority, love of money like life, pursuit of power, small belly, suspicion and suspicion, etc., and it is this vivid character that makes the audience deeply reflect and resonate.
When the lawyer heard that Bella had sold himself to make money, he was immediately furious, not because he felt pity for Bella, but because he could not tolerate his dignity being trampled on. Hilariously, the male characters in the film are constantly trying to "shape" Bella, imposing their own values on her.
However, Bella seems to be immune to all this, directly blocking their influence, this concept of "true self" is not exactly the alternative feminism that the director wants to express?
Vela went through a variety of career experiences and eventually returned to her career as a doctor and became a well-respected upper-class person. She always had a firm grip on her destiny. For those who are emotionally influenced, intrigued, forced to laugh, disguise themselves, and suppress desires, perhaps they are the ones who need sympathy and pity the most, not those who think they are"Normal people"That's Bella's point of view.