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January 1, 2004 in Movie Analysis | Permalink
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Problem here is you want everything spelled out and you don't get it.
Read between the lines.
I might give you a more detailed analysis but I'm too busy right now.
Posted by: Chris | Oct 10, 2005 8:28:43 PM
I look forward to your detailed, enlightening analysis...whenever you're free! :)
Posted by: The Baron | Oct 12, 2005 10:28:41 AM
You're a moron when it comes to analysis. You've missed the theme by looking for answers to be fed to you. You'd be better served if you go watch a sitcom.
And like a stereo typical male found in those venus/mars books, you seek to find the solution for everything, and identify the cut and dried problem. Life is not that clear, and this film captures that.
Posted by: Jeff | Oct 12, 2005 10:29:38 PM
Okay...so now there's two comments that say I misanalyzed the theme, and zero comments that actually provide a 'correct' analysis of the theme.
Does anyone have anything to offer that's more intellectually stimulating to the discussion besides "you're wrong"?
Posted by: The Baron | Oct 13, 2005 2:10:37 PM
... I didn't really understand analysis of the film. Obviously, you didn't understand it and had a bad moment at watching it. But in my opinion, this is not a good reason to state that the film doesn't have any deeper meaning.
We know why those women are feeling sad and I think this is one of the most important points in the movie - if not the most important one. And saying the film is irrelevant is particularly irrelevant (lol) especially if you don't explain why...
Setting those 3 women in 3 different periods is the most relevant way to understand Virginia Woolf and Mrs Dalloway in particular, for a good knowledge of socio-cultural context is necessary to grasp all the meaning of Woolf's work. I found interesting that the film shows Woolf as opening the way to sexual liberation in general (not only women's by the way - I think it is no accident if Richard's character is himself homosexual).
3 women being at the centre of the movie is not a surprising and crazy thing: in this film, we are dealing with feminist and lesbian theory issues...
To do it short, it's really a film that deserves to be analysed, but of course some "background" knowledge is necessary, about Woolf and about socio-cultural contexts.
Posted by: Petey | Mar 29, 2008 11:46:35 AM
