Heroine, a woman admired or idealized for her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. The movie Daisies directed by Věra Chytilová in 1966 is filled with copious amounts of symbolism and characteristics of the Czech New Wave film style. While the elements of consumption and destruction are some of the most prominent themes discussed by filmmakers, I believe it is the collaging and fragmentation of the editing in relation to the feminist ideology and thought process that stood out the most in this film.
Following the credits at the start of the movie and the clips of bombs exploding, Daisies opens up with a very pivotal and crucial scene to the movie. When we first see Marie I and II, the two of them are sat side by side, sunbathing …show more content…
As this clip continues, one may notice that the movements of the two girls are quite measured and deliberate. Each movement is punctuated and accompanied by creaking noises on the soundtrack, which makes it seem as though their joints were stiff and requiring maintenance. These gestures, accompanied by the creaking noises on the soundtrack, indeed imply an idea of mechanized action, rigidity, and lack of spontaneity, further adding to the doll-like symbolism. This use of the “doll” is an allegorical device that suggests the the standards that society places on women, by seeing them as objects which could is comparable various allusions of marionettes, and youthful feminine contrivance. This metaphor of dolls can also be viewed as a joke towards the patriarchal expectation that women are comparable to a living dummy: erotically appealing yet at the same time childish and …show more content…
In Daisies, disjointed montage, jump-cuts, abrupt changes in color tint, and the use of sound bridges presents the viewer with incoherent imagery and frame of thought. In its filmic style as well as in the narrative action within the scissors scene, Daisies presents us with fragments that are both eloquent and surprising. The use of surrealist collage and photomontage in this film are linked by their ability to detach elements from their perpetual relations in order to connect them together in new ways. I think that this style of editing relates back to feminism because it is cut in a way that resembles the way women think; we think in a way that is very abstract and scattered, yet it all ends up making coherent sense. Daisies feminist theme is further deepened by these techniques of collage and montage. Surrealist devices presented in the movie also arguable allude to different gender categories.
Through both the physical editing of the film as well as the actions of the Maries, we see the idea of feminism and defiance in many aspects. It may not seem like it after one watch, but under the surface, Daisies as a feminist parable in which the two heroines are captivating for their ability to reveal womanliness as naturalized dissimulation, and defy the patriarchal confines of
Following the credits at the start of the movie and the clips of bombs exploding, Daisies opens up with a very pivotal and crucial scene to the movie. When we first see Marie I and II, the two of them are sat side by side, sunbathing …show more content…
As this clip continues, one may notice that the movements of the two girls are quite measured and deliberate. Each movement is punctuated and accompanied by creaking noises on the soundtrack, which makes it seem as though their joints were stiff and requiring maintenance. These gestures, accompanied by the creaking noises on the soundtrack, indeed imply an idea of mechanized action, rigidity, and lack of spontaneity, further adding to the doll-like symbolism. This use of the “doll” is an allegorical device that suggests the the standards that society places on women, by seeing them as objects which could is comparable various allusions of marionettes, and youthful feminine contrivance. This metaphor of dolls can also be viewed as a joke towards the patriarchal expectation that women are comparable to a living dummy: erotically appealing yet at the same time childish and …show more content…
In Daisies, disjointed montage, jump-cuts, abrupt changes in color tint, and the use of sound bridges presents the viewer with incoherent imagery and frame of thought. In its filmic style as well as in the narrative action within the scissors scene, Daisies presents us with fragments that are both eloquent and surprising. The use of surrealist collage and photomontage in this film are linked by their ability to detach elements from their perpetual relations in order to connect them together in new ways. I think that this style of editing relates back to feminism because it is cut in a way that resembles the way women think; we think in a way that is very abstract and scattered, yet it all ends up making coherent sense. Daisies feminist theme is further deepened by these techniques of collage and montage. Surrealist devices presented in the movie also arguable allude to different gender categories.
Through both the physical editing of the film as well as the actions of the Maries, we see the idea of feminism and defiance in many aspects. It may not seem like it after one watch, but under the surface, Daisies as a feminist parable in which the two heroines are captivating for their ability to reveal womanliness as naturalized dissimulation, and defy the patriarchal confines of