Frida and Mo Di are biographical films based on true events. Happy people are all similar, unhappy people have their own misfortunes, why should I put the two of them together? Because in them, I see the great strength of women's resilience, as long as the inner world is full, physical pain is nothing to them. The heroines of both films have a very bumpy fate, they have never bowed to fate and conceded defeat, although the two people are in different eras and countries, but they have achieved high achievements in painting.
Frida is one of the most successful female artists in the world, and her work Photo Frame is the first time the Louvre has purchased the work of a Mexican artist of the 20th century. Her self-portraits have provided a steady stream of inspiration to fashion photographers and have appeared in VOGUE magazine, the world's premier magazine.
"Mo Di" is a biographical film based on the true story of Canadian folk artist Mo Di. Life has given her a lot of hardships, but she has painted a lot of healing works with her brush, giving back to countless beautiful and sunny paintings, and her paintings have been called "the world without shadows".
This article is divided into 3 parts, starting from the plot structure of the film, analyzing the similarities in the different painting styles of the two people, as well as the inner healing of painting to them, and finally sharing with you the practical significance and inspiration brought to us by these two films.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 The character plot overview of the two films and the conflict between the characters' inner contradictions</h1>
"Frida" is a film about the Mexican painter Frida. Carlo's real experience:
Polio at the age of 6
At the age of 18, he suffered a crushing fracture of the whole body in a car accident
Underwent 31 surgeries
3 miscarriages
Married at the age of 22
Divorced at the age of 32
Remarried at the age of 33
He died at the age of 47
More than 100 works were left behind
55-width self-portrait
Her life was very bumpy, and she experienced a lot of suffering that very human beings can endure, not only physically tortured, but also mentally. Lying in a hospital bed for 18 months, she spent all day with her paintings, which were filled with incredible energy and passion. At that time, she also really began to think about selling paintings to support herself, she said to her father: "I will be a burden to you, I want to be independent, I want to support myself." ”
She went to one of mexico's most famous muralists of the 20th century: Rivera. She showed the paintings she had painted in recent years to Rivera and said directly: "Painting is not only the white snow of Yangchun, but also the oil and salt of chai rice, and I want to make money by painting." ”
Rivera looked at her painting and said:
"You paint better than I do, I paint my outer world, I paint what I see, and you paint your heart. I like this layer of artistic conception in your painting, your painting speaks to the voice of the world, people are lonely and miserable. ”
He loved her work and was her greatest admirer. He was Frida's teacher, and Frida was his most trusted critic, and they understood each other and soon fell in love and married, even though he had two wives and was 20 years older than Frida.
As Frida puts it, "I've had two misfortunes in my life, one in a car accident and one when I met my husband. ”
Although Rivera's lover was never stopped in their married life, they would not be replaced by anyone else and were inseparable soul mates.
Even with so much fate, Frida never chose to give up on herself, did not give up her persistent pursuit of art, and her life perfectly interpreted "The world kisses me with pain, and I want to repay it with a song." ”
Born in a small town in Canada, Mo Di suffers from congenital arthritis, with sloping feet, hunchback, stiff and deformed fingers, and her ugly appearance. After the death of his parents, his brother inherited the family property and fostered Mo Di in his aunt's house, but his aunt did not like Mo Di, and Mo Di did not want to be a burden for others, so he found a job for himself, hired lewis, a fishing dealer, and cleaned up the housework.
The grumpy and lonely Lewis initially rejected Mo Di, but eventually the two of them warmed up with each other and spent the rest of their lives together, and in their spare time, Mo Di picked up a paintbrush and began to paint in Lewis's hut. This painting is a lifetime, Mo Di's paintings have been recognized by the outside world, US Vice President Nixon has written to buy Mo Di's paintings, and many TELEVISION stations and media have also reported and interviewed Mo Di.
Mo Di's life was bumpy and warm.
You can see that Frida and Mo Di are both strong and independent women at heart, they do not want to be a burden to others, the most touching thing is that although they are physically disabled and incomplete, they still have unlimited love for life.
Although the fate of the two protagonists is very bumpy, the film's performance methods are very restrained, not over-rendering the suffering of life, using a real and stable narrative to promote the development of the storyline, not relying on external dramatic conflicts to meet the audience's sensory stimulation, but through the inner conflict of the characters to give the audience a deeper thinking.
The picture expression of these two films is very delicate, and does not show a strong directing style, but just a sense of storytelling, and puts all the energy into shaping the characters.
The French theater theorist Brendrew said: "There is no drama without conflict." "Both films use a lot of conflict and contrast.
Both of them are physically handicapped and unable to appreciate the life that a normal girl should enjoy, but their disability clashes with the ideal world, which is in stark contrast to the love of life. Despite the disability, it still exudes vigorous vitality, mobilizes the audience's emotions, and brings shock.
Frida's feelings are bumpy, Rivera's lovers are continuous, Frida divorces and remarries him, and the two people love and hate but cannot be separated.
Compared with Frida, Mo Di's feelings should be lucky, although Lewis was cold and rude, at first he wanted to drive Mo Di away, and once said to Mo Di: "In this family, the most important thing is me, then the dog, the chicken, and finally you." But beneath the grim exterior was a warm heart, and two equally lonely and compassionate men came together. Lewis has been silently guarding Mo Di, and he often carries Mo Di in a small cart, and Mo Di shakes her feet like a girl, making the whole film more tense.
Mo Di knew in his heart that Lewis's harsh language was a self-defense mechanism, because the difficult life since childhood made him unable to express his true feelings.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 Mo Di and Frida have completely different painting styles, but painting is the same inner reconstruction and healing for them</h1>
Frida said: "I paint self-portraits because I am often lonely, because I know myself best. ”
Mo Di said, "Everything that floats has been framed into a painting, and it's there." ”
In psychological counseling, there is a painting therapy, painting can express the repressed feelings and conflicts in the subconscious, and get expression and satisfaction in the painting process, and the information conveyed by the picture is richer than the language, and the expression is stronger.
Mo Di and Frida's painting styles are very different, the same is that painting is a kind of spiritual redemption and comfort for both of them, through painting to express inner repression, so that their emotions can be released on the canvas, placing their emotions and the suffering of life.
Two Fridas
For example, her work "Two Fridas" shows the mental pain and self-consciousness split caused by the betrayal of her lover, one is wearing a Tewanner costume symbolizing That Rivera's love for Frida, and the other is wearing a white wedding dress like Victorian, symbolizing That Rivera no longer loves Frida, in which she holds hands with herself, perhaps this time she is only herself.
Her paintings are biographies of painful ordeal lives, but also a woman's ever-changing and intricate construction and cognition of her own identity.
Mo Di's paintings
Mo Di's paintings are full of bright colors, full of small flowers, horses, birds, deer and cats. Although she has limited mobility, Mo Di's paintings are all filled with the brightness of the outdoor scenery, such as the boats swaying on the water, the horses pulling sleighs, the appearance of small animals and the people skating, which are all good memories of her childhood.
When she concentrated on painting, Mo Di forgot the hardships and pains of reality, and Frida expressed her inner depression and pain through the brush.
In the film, a New York woman who wants to buy Mo Di's work asks: The trees are green and red, so what is the season? Mo Di replied: It is a collection of all the beautiful seasons. It is really rare that a person who has been abandoned by society, abandoned by his family, and spurned by the environment can use a paintbrush to express his inner beauty.
This also makes each of us moviegoers, will deeply reflect on themselves, we always ignore the beautiful details of life, sometimes life has given us a lot, but we do not know to cherish.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 The two films bring us realistic thinking and inspiration</h1>
Resilience is the ability of people to self-repair when they encounter hardships, some people will be stagnant when they encounter difficulties and setbacks in life, and some people will transcend suffering and grow, the latter knows that everyone has the ability to recover, resilience is an instinctive reaction of people. It allows us to see the meaning of life in difficulty, not a cry of despair.
Trauma doesn't just have negative consequences, it can turn grief into motivation and make us better.
Frida and Mo Di grew up in trauma, found meaning in life, and found their mission. No one wants to gain the ability to have children through misfortune, but when things happen, don't be afraid, we still have the ability to recover, which can make us strive to live more wonderfully.
Sometimes, we often complain about the injustices of fate, such as family situation and origin, while Mo Di and Frida, God not only did not give them anything, but took away a lot of them. For example, a healthy body, a happy family, they are only left with broken hands and indomitable spirit, with their hands and willpower to conquer the injustice of fate.
Let his life continue in the form of a work of art, and have influenced generations of people, and today we see such stories, still touching and shocking, directly into the depths of people's hearts.
Psychological research has shown that people's hobbies have a great positive impact on people's mental health.
How to build our own spiritual world and hobbies, can be reading, painting, or yoga, etc., when we devote ourselves to our hobbies and focus on doing things, we will reach a state of flow and temporarily forget the troubles and pains in real life.
After Frida was physically and mentally destroyed, she chose to face her own life and rediscover the value of her own existence, and her works give us the strength to face pain. She used painting to face the misfortune of fate, realized her personal value, and left her own chapter in the history of art.
Mo Di's life has not been freed from poverty and illness, but she has changed herself with the paintbrush in her hand, and she has also changed the people who live with her. We see bright colors and childish brushstrokes in her paintings, and we can feel her love and passion for life.
One of the most important inspirations these two films is that suffering is the teacher of life, and people can transcend suffering and grow.
The experience of Frida and Mo Di, two legendary women, tells us that if life is doomed to dog blood, we can still face a difficult life, and she has gained a lot of strength in many tribulations. The two of them are like flowers watered by suffering, forever blooming in people's hearts, and their stories affect more people who are unwilling to bow to fate and admit defeat, and I think this is the power that great works of art bring to people.