diff --git a/blog/src/kajillionaire.org b/blog/src/kajillionaire.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7fce53b --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/src/kajillionaire.org @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +Kajillionaire è un film che ha diviso molto la critica americana +(leggi: reddit) ma l'opinione dei lezzi è una sola: bel film, many +feels. + +Data la quantità di hipster su cui far colpo mostrando un po' di +critica decence, abbiamo deciso di passare una nottata a ragionare sul +significato del film, per poi svegliarci e capire che tutto sommato +gli abbiamo dato troppa importanza. Ormai lo sforzo è stato fatto +quindi tanto vale scrivere. + +In questo film le parti complesse da capire sono: +- i terremoti +- la cena +- la visione con le stelle: si può fin da subito archiviare capendo + che è solo simbolica +- il mancato threesome nella vasca da bagno: anche questo da + archiviare subito, probabilmente nella visione utilitaristica dei + genitori e` solo un modo per pagare l'inaspettata partecipazione di Melanie +- il rapporto di Melanie con la madre + +Sicuramente una chiave di volta del film e` la scena in cui Old Dolio +spiega che c'e` una terza via riguardo le azioni dei genitori. +Difatti il film si conclude rimarcando l'importanza di questa terza +via. + +LA terza via e`: +non sono dei mostri, ma nonostante la amino non possono cambiare. + + +Il film introduce fin da subito la visione cinica (priva di senso) +della vita di Old Dolio, nello scambio che ha col vecchio. +I terremoti probabilmente servono a: +- porre distanza fra i genitori di Old Dolio e il resto della societa` +- come meccanismo che permette la maturazione di Old DOlio: e` solo + con l'ultima scossa che lei un senso lo vuole trovare + PEr altro e` significativo che nel bagno della stazione ci erano + entrate proprio per mettere in scena la nascita + +Altre scene non chiare: + +La scena della vasca da bagno, che e` preparata per un bel pezzo di +film, e` giustificabile dal fatto che probabilmente il piano dei +genitori era di coinvolgere la portoricana emotivamente, farla sentire +tradita per poi avere accesso alla sua casa con la pretesa di un +perdono e infine derubarla come effettivamente e` avvenuto. Abbiamo la +sensazione che Old Dolio non ne fosse a conoscenza e che questo "con" +fosse una pratica consolidata dai due. Gli altri scam con buoni +risultati erano tutti scam emotivi. + + +I think the colors in that particular scene were enhanced because from +Old Dolio's perspective, she was seeing this false reality as warm and +inviting. You can tell she never got to experience the essence of +having a family. So when they were all pretending in that scene, Dolio +was imagining what it would really be like to live a life like that. + +The themes are unsubtle, but weaved in well enough I didn't mind. Old +Dolio wants a somewhat normal relationship and life but was born to +very unconventional parents who think of everything in terms of cash +value and not in terms of emotional connection. + +Every con they pull seems to remind Old Dolio what she's missing out +on. Going to the baby care class, being treated like a stranger by her +parents while they dote on this new younger woman on a plane, +pretending to be a normal family to lull an old man into death. The +saddest moments are when Dolio gets caught up in the moment and lets +herself believe she has a family just as the parents shatter the +illusion with their focus on the scam. + +I didn't entirely get the notion she was bored by life, but i thought +she was sort of another side of Dolio. She likely had a good, possibly +WASPy upbringing, a mother who does the things a mother does, but that +GRs character doesn't really connect with. It seems like her mother +perhaps kinda just ducked into her life whenever she wanted via +calling then just kinda went on and on about her life for GRs +character to kinda just spectate on. + +Because they’ll never be whole, they’ll always be divided as a family +and never be a real family. + +I think there was a lot of use of the woman's gaze vs. the male gaze +as evidenced in the importance of touch, intimacy, language etc. For +those who felt as though the sapphic element was out of the blue, I +think Old Dolio's discovery of her sexuality was done intentionally +and organically. She is very aware of how the world perceives Melanie. +At first Old Dolio seems a bit resentful at Melanie for inspiring +feelings of lust/attraction. It causes her to feel shame (re: hot tub +scene “making everyone uncomfortable” with her clothes). Very typical +for a lot of budding queer folks that are internalize their shame when +they see the same sex in a desirable way. As the film progresses she +becomes more aware of her own needs/ wants. She gives Melanie the +tooth pick at dinner when she’s ready. This shows she's not just the +object of Melanie's affection, but actively inciating and +demonstrating her desire (in her own way.) Modeled after her mother +telling her that a wooden gift = a symbol for sexual desire. + +I think the movie is a lot of things, mainly a coming of age story of +Evan Woods character. She learns how to become herself instead of +another cog in her parents machine, which seems ironically like the +same thing her parents did with their lives except they escaped from +being a cog under government and normal society. + +For Robert and Theresa, including Old Dolio in their scams is, as July +put it, their “love language.” So they express their affection for +their daughter by putting her through one more scheme, and give her +gifts that they know she will return for her share of the money. When +they finally express affection toward Old Dolio at their dinner, +saying nice things to her, it’s left vague as to whether they really +mean it or if it’s just another ploy.