In Mildred Pierce movie Mildred a femme fatale who beat dependent on husband but survive. She went from been jobless to virtues woman who defile the odd to been successful but was not successful in training a daughter call Veda. Veda could not pleased by her mother even though Mildred gave her everything. This was a new kind of film Noir because Mildred survive throughout the movie. Was it a Bad idea to ask the husband to park and leave?
I agree this is a very different type of film noir because Mildred is in many ways the antithesis of a femme fatalle because she was willing to work hard and make her own success rather than manipulate someone else into an easy score. She was driven to be independent no matter what, it's unfortunate that the force fueling her drive was her incessant need to please a child like Veda who would never truly love or appreciate her. I do feel that leaving her first husband Bert was a bad idea because he was the man she really loved. She never loved Monte and even admitted her initial feelings for him were more based off business than true love. Bert had the right idea when he said Veda was becoming a snob and I believe had Mildred allowed him to co-parent and discipline Veda she may have not turned out as rotten of a person as she did.
As we discussed in class about the film I actually think it was very close to the book. Veda was still as much of an undercover but still blatant femme fatale treading over anyone in her way mainly her mother. When it comes to the main character of Mildred it seems as if she really could have been labeled victim instead of anyone else. Although she triumphed barely in the end she was taken advantage of by all of the other characters to some extent.
I couldn’t agree more Deointa! Right off the bat being presented with Vedas character I knew there was more to her than meets the eye. It is obviously apparent she is a spoiled brat who gets everything handed to her. Immediately we (the viewers) want to believe Mildred is to blame, I am not agreeing with the way she raised her daughter, but how can you honestly blame a mother for loving a daughter so much she would do ANYTHING for her? Being walked on was not an issue as long as her daughter was satisfied. She lost her youngest and was on her own, Veda was all she had and she didn’t want to lose that. Although Mildred was an enabler 110% she also was the victim to her own in enabling. Veda was vindictive and it took many scenes for it to be made known, but ultimately I do view her character as the femme fatal more so than Mildred, due to her seductive yet dangerous demeanor.
I absolutley feel like this was a much different typr of noir. Mildred embraced hard work and wanted to see out becoming successful. However in some ways I do question her... I do think she cared deeply about her image. She was ashamed to say she was a waitress even though she was making decent money and became good at what she did. As a mother I think she did a poor job at giving Veda everything she wanted... with that said I do think that she was a victim of Veda as well. Veda seemed to completley embrace the femme fatal role within her character. I also feel like Mildred may of became more of a femme fatal role in that she did embrace her success and she was sort of cocky or put herself on a pedestal.
In Mildred Pierce movie Mildred a femme fatale who beat dependent on husband but survive. She went from been jobless to virtues woman who defile the odd to been successful but was not successful in training a daughter call Veda. Veda could not pleased by her mother even though Mildred gave her everything. This was a new kind of film Noir because Mildred survive throughout the movie. Was it a Bad idea to ask the husband to park and leave?
ReplyDeleteI agree this is a very different type of film noir because Mildred is in many ways the antithesis of a femme fatalle because she was willing to work hard and make her own success rather than manipulate someone else into an easy score. She was driven to be independent no matter what, it's unfortunate that the force fueling her drive was her incessant need to please a child like Veda who would never truly love or appreciate her. I do feel that leaving her first husband Bert was a bad idea because he was the man she really loved. She never loved Monte and even admitted her initial feelings for him were more based off business than true love. Bert had the right idea when he said Veda was becoming a snob and I believe had Mildred allowed him to co-parent and discipline Veda she may have not turned out as rotten of a person as she did.
ReplyDeleteAs we discussed in class about the film I actually think it was very close to the book. Veda was still as much of an undercover but still blatant femme fatale treading over anyone in her way mainly her mother. When it comes to the main character of Mildred it seems as if she really could have been labeled victim instead of anyone else. Although she triumphed barely in the end she was taken advantage of by all of the other characters to some extent.
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t agree more Deointa! Right off the bat being presented with Vedas character I knew there was more to her than meets the eye. It is obviously apparent she is a spoiled brat who gets everything handed to her. Immediately we (the viewers) want to believe Mildred is to blame, I am not agreeing with the way she raised her daughter, but how can you honestly blame a mother for loving a daughter so much she would do ANYTHING for her? Being walked on was not an issue as long as her daughter was satisfied. She lost her youngest and was on her own, Veda was all she had and she didn’t want to lose that. Although Mildred was an enabler 110% she also was the victim to her own in enabling. Veda was vindictive and it took many scenes for it to be made known, but ultimately I do view her character as the femme fatal more so than Mildred, due to her seductive yet dangerous demeanor.
DeleteI absolutley feel like this was a much different typr of noir. Mildred embraced hard work and wanted to see out becoming successful. However in some ways I do question her... I do think she cared deeply about her image. She was ashamed to say she was a waitress even though she was making decent money and became good at what she did. As a mother I think she did a poor job at giving Veda everything she wanted... with that said I do think that she was a victim of Veda as well. Veda seemed to completley embrace the femme fatal role within her character. I also feel like Mildred may of became more of a femme fatal role in that she did embrace her success and she was sort of cocky or put herself on a pedestal.
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