Five Views on Mona Lisa's Smile (1)
After reading this Julia? Roberts plays the heroine Mona Lisa with a smile, and Catherine in the film? Watson, the new art history teacher of Wesleyan Women's College, located in 1953, Massachusetts, USA, is known as "an Ivy League school without men". She is beautiful, mature and maverick, and strongly advocates the idea of free reform.
Although the status of American women was paid more and more attention in 1950s, feudal thoughts were still very serious in the upper class, and this female teacher was trying to let her female students and the world know that the purpose of abandoning women for higher education was to marry a good husband. This kind of action and thought was out of tune with the ideological tradition at that time. Therefore, in the face of all kinds of unfair comments and evaluations on her, aspiring Catherine faces many obstacles and challenges.
However, the female teacher did not give in. Her young, frank, rich knowledge of art history and humorous and enthusiastic teaching finally won the love and understanding of students.
The film is permeated with a gentle but strong feminine tenderness from beginning to end, and at the end of the film, I strongly repeated a sentence in my mind: "Women, love is very important, and family is also very important, but women are by no means born to please men."
Five Views on Mona Lisa's Smile (2)
Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting Mona Lisa, the Mona Lisa's smile in the portrait gives me a sweet, warm and quiet feeling. I wanted to know what was expressed under Mona Lisa's smile, so I finished watching Mona Lisa's smile with a little psychological exploration.
At the beginning of the film, I thought this should be a teacher with great personality. No matter what occasion, personality and innovation will always attract the attention of others, even if the result will be unsatisfactory. Just like Catherine's first class at Wesleyan Women's College in the film, I can feel Catherine's extreme embarrassment. I can't even say that the students are wrong, because they are really excellent and can understand the content of the textbook thoroughly. As the story goes on, the problems gradually appear. Wesleyan Women's College is a traditional school. Basically, the affairs of the school are clearly defined, so the people trained by the school are the people that the school wants to train you to be, not the people you want to be. This kind of education mode imprisons students' thinking to some extent, which is a kind of stagnation for society. However, Catherine is an avant-garde, thoughtful and individual teacher. Under this educational model, she faces many difficulties, not only the school's warning to her educational model, but also the students' rejection of avant-garde ideas. However, despite the difficulties, Catherine persistently influenced these girls in Wesley, leading them to find themselves, inspiring them to boldly choose their own path, and finally realizing their self-worth.
Mona Lisa's smile is so quiet and refreshing, but what's under it? I believe everyone is the same. Smiling doesn't mean that there are no worries in my life, but because I did what I wanted to do and followed my heart, I showed a natural expression. In the film, Catherine also had confusion. She is angry at this educational model. She thinks that marriage imprisons women's future. She believes that not every relationship should go to the palace of marriage, and life is not planned around marriage. Marriage should not be the only way out for women. In this respect, Betty seems to have more feelings. She got married while she was at school, and according to the school tradition, she stayed at home as a housewife while she was at school. However, the film has an unexpected ending. After an unfortunate marriage, Betty bravely chose a divorce and began to move towards her new life. She chose to study in new york instead of living under the influence of her mother. For her, this should be regarded as a success. She dares to challenge her future, no longer lives in the shadow of others, and will think about her life and be her inner self.
This film not only shows a feminist teacher overcoming the decadent traditional education system, but also affects ignorant students. In fact, she is the same, living in deception. When she came to this school, she felt cheated and her new boyfriend cheated her, so she also needed to learn something from it and grow up slowly. Catherine gives students avant-garde thinking and guides them to pursue their own lives. The classmates also gave her a lot of comfort and drew pictures for her, which showed that this group of students had accepted the teacher ideologically. The most touching thing is that when Catherine left, many students rode bicycles to bid her farewell, with tears and laughter.
Catherine is a different teacher. After she finishes teaching, there will be a group of unusual students. Teacher, preach and teach. A teacher should not only teach students to learn, but also teach people how to be a man. He should have a proper way and atmosphere, have his own characteristics, be innovative to educate people, and have both ability and political integrity.
After watching this movie, I thought of Mona Lisa's smile, and my thoughts inevitably floated again. Maybe we are all showing each other the way, and we all know that life is not perfect, so we spend our whole lives making up for it and trying to make ourselves perfect. Just like Mona Lisa's smile, it is perfect, but it is just a smile, nothing else.
Five Views on Mona Lisa's Smile (3)
If it weren't for this research, I really didn't know anything. There is a wonderful film like Mona Lisa.
The legendary teacher in the film, Julia? Katherine played by Roberts? Watson and her friendship with students deeply touched me. What is education? What should education be? This movie told me a lot and made me think a lot.
This Mona Lisa is also a very beautiful and thoughtful film. Reflecting the background of the times, in the 1950s, people's ideas were still very conservative, and women should take marriage as their sacred mission. At Wesleyan Women's College, the education of students is not to teach them how to acquire the knowledge they are interested in, but to marry a good husband and cultivate these girls into good wives and mothers.
Mona Lisa's Smile is an excellent film that positively describes women's pursuit of self-awareness and self-realization. Through the protagonist's mouth, the viewpoint that women can take care of their families and careers is euphemistically expressed. Catherine played by Julia Roberts? Teacher Watson's first lesson for girls was a huge failure, but she didn't flinch. But bravely adhere to their own teaching ideas and boldly explore new teaching ideas and methods. In the second class, Catherine showed the students several works of art outside the syllabus, and naturally put forward the most important question to be answered in this class, "What is art?" ? What determines the quality of art? Who will decide? "These questions seem simple, but they are difficult to answer, which often makes people fall into deeper thinking. Catherine is not afraid of difficulties, and persistently influences these girls in Wesley, leading them to find themselves, inspiring them to boldly choose their own path, and finally realizing their self-worth.
Many plots in the movie story remind me: 1. Education should give students enough space for diversified development, and teachers should have their own unique style, so that students can think independently. 2. Before judging a thing, fully understand it. Every student should have his own ideas and find reasons to support himself, so that he will not be afraid of being different from others and be proud of his unique self. So should our teaching.
Really excellent educational films are often rich in film art, philosophy of life and educational behavior. A good movie is unforgettable and beneficial for life.
Five Views on Mona Lisa's Smile (4)
I remember what the senior guidance teacher said to the gay theory when giving employment guidance: "Do you understand that you have many advantages? First of all, you are boys. "
In a simple sentence, it proves that the dominant position of the male-dominated society is still unshakable today. Since the end of 19, the wave of women's liberation movement has never subsided. In movies, although the achievements of women's movement are remarkable, many modern feminists still believe that there are still many things that a patriarchal society can't finish, such as Mona Lisa's Smile.
The story happened in 1953, and the second women's liberation movement gradually rose. However, the educational institutions represented by Wisconsin Women's College in the United States are still persistently fulfilling the mission entrusted by the patriarchal society: to cultivate housewives with both ability and political integrity. However, when Catherine, a woman full of freedom and reform ideals, came to teach in this school, her avant-garde feminist thought clashed with the students trained by the school and the patriarchal education. No matter who wants to impose their ideas on others, the story is unfolded in the mutual struggle and influence of various ideas.
Catherine and Giselle are women who resist the traditional patriarchy, and they are always criticized and rejected. The people who criticize them are not only men who are patriarchal rulers, but also women who internalize patriarchal rules and ideas.
Betty is a defender of the tradition of Wesleyan College, and any doubt or vacillation about the tradition of Wesleyan College will be severely criticized by her. Compared with Catherine and Betty, Joan is more rational and mature. It's not that she hasn't thought about Catherine's painstaking efforts, nor that she hasn't thought about compromise with her good friend Betty, but that she is loyal to her inner choice.
In movies, women are usually regarded as sexual objects, and only their beauty and sexual attraction are valuable. Sometimes as a femme fatale to seduce or hinder the protagonist, such as instinct; Sometimes she will become a sexy beauty to help the hero complete his "great mission", and often become the hero's trophy, such as 007, Bourne ultimatum, raiders of the lost ark and so on. Examples of the latter are numerous.
Nevertheless, female movies are still increasing. Thelma and louise explores the intimate friendship between two good friends. However, their weekend leisure was invaded by men and turned into a great adventure in the United States.
Selma and Louise
The film explores the themes of marriage, work, independence, female friendship and male chauvinism. Interestingly, the structure of the film benefits from two traditional male types, buddyfilm and roadpicture.
Compared with traditional feminism, post-modern feminism pursues equality in differences and strives to establish harmony with men. In response to Catherine's strong opposition to letting go of Yale University's opportunity for further study, the poor man said, "I know what I'm doing and I'm not stupid. ..... For you, being a housewife is the same as being a colony. Housewives have no wisdom and no interest. You said that we can do anything we want, and this is exactly what I want to do. "
Joan's answer made Catherine realize that only independent thinking and rational choice of self-life are the happy ends of women. True feminism should not be limited to the form, but should be chosen according to the specific situation and one's own wishes.
If Meng simply shows that teachers who hold high the banner of women's independence overcome the decadent education system and influence ignorant students, then movies will become a cliche. Its uniqueness lies in that it is not any kind of feminist preaching, but conveys an attitude to the audience through the growth path of several heroines in the film:
"The real independent liberation of women lies not in their social status, their maverick attitude and bohemian lifestyle, but in whether they have the potential to choose their lives independently without being driven by external eyes."
Five Views on Mona Lisa's Smile (5)
This movie is no more intense, exciting, imaginative and dazzling than Hollywood blockbusters. My friends are curious. I have watched such a "boring" movie for more than six times. However, it is thoughtful and touching. Personally, I think every girl should watch it once to cultivate her temperament.
I won't elaborate on the plot of the movie, just Google it. Many people are full of doubts when watching this movie. I think it's because they are not familiar with the historical background and Wesley tradition.
This film reflects the United States in the 1950s, just after World War II and the Great Depression. Because men went to the front line during World War II, the government called on women to work on their own. However, after the end of World War II, men returned to China, only to find that their previous job opportunities were taken away by women. Therefore, the government calls on women to return to their families and take care of their husbands and children. This is their innate duty and mission. This leads to the return of former free discourse to dialogue discourse. This discourse change first penetrated into the school education system, and Catherine expected to change this education so that girls could learn to live and learn by themselves.
Wesley Women's College, the most famous women's college in America, is an aristocratic women's school. Among the alumni, the Soong sisters and Mrs. Clinton are familiar to everyone. A friend of mine said that if her daughter enrolled in this school, she would have to learn even if she was selling iron. In 1950s, American universities gradually opened up female students' places, giving them the right to receive higher education. The girls in Wesley all come from wealthy and conservative middle-class families. They expect their daughter to be trained as a decent lady there, find an ideal husband (Harvard, one of the Ivy League schools, is nearby) and form a decent family. So the girls there have to take art, literature, European languages and home economics classes, but they don't study to make their own achievements. Their greatest achievement is to become noble and dignified wives and assist their husbands' career. So Wesley has the tradition of rolling a hoop every year. It is said that the first person who rolls to the finish line can step into the audience first. They spent four years in college just to find a good man and marry themselves.
The four Wesleyan girls in the film have maintained, agreed, doubted and disdained this kind of discourse and school education. In the end, they all changed their original ideas because of their own experiences, and they all learned to look at the essence from the surface, not to be confused by external images, to think independently and to be human.
The biggest controversy in the film is whether women are born to play the leading roles of wives and mothers, and whether they can only be the wives of leaders but not the wives of leaders. Under the historical background and Wesley context at that time, the answer to this discussion is yes.
On this day, women have more choices, but they can't escape the fate of gender. Once you get married, you will face the pressure of childbirth, and it is difficult to balance your career and family. Being a full-time wife is not easy. It's harder to burn a candle at both ends. Although no one stipulates that women must be wives and mothers at birth, many women choose to be infertile without marriage, but no one denies that only women can physically bear the responsibility of social production. If social production is liberalized, many social problems will arise, such as aging and declining birthrate.
This society is still not absolutely fair to gender. Girls have to be like boys since childhood, and they are overwhelmed by thousands of troops. After graduating from higher education and graduate school, they found themselves at an awkward age. Do they want a career or children? There are regrets anyway. With children, you should devote all your energy to yourself, worrying about not paying enough for your children, worrying about neglecting your husband's care, and worrying about the bottleneck of your career. The same is true of social discourse. We need independent new women for a while, and new full-time wives for a while, but the social security system is still stagnant, and no matter what kind of protagonist we play, we don't feel completely safe. Public opinion is even more terrible. Anyway, we have to understand that contradictions will arise at any time, and we will cross the bridge when we come to it.