arwa

"Don't you think maybe they're the same thing? Love and attention?" It's a good movie but God I just fucking hate America. It's just so typical for unjust wars waged on the Middle East to be background noise for personal stories about teen angst and about hating-loving your mother. The fucking audacity; to get to live through the trivial normal problems while being a part of taking lives abroad.Without any awareness or sense of responsibility because everyone is so wrapped up in their own personal pathetic little lives. The whole film is a love letter to your hometown; to all things you reject about it because they made a large part of you but you can't help but be attached to, especially when you're away from it. The same way Christine only admitted to it (and reached a hand towards her mother) when she was away. It's just the way it works. I also believe she wouldn't have said all that had her mother actually picked up the phone. It is tragic how they missed each other whenever they wanted to express their affection, her mother going back to the airport, the letters and the phone call, all of them non-physical. That's just how it is with mothers. I get how ppl say that it represents a mother - teen daughter relationship best but it also runs true for adult daughters and their relationship with their mothers; solidarity is just hard to build with other women, especially those in most proximity to you, at least spiritually (later in life) in a patriarchal society. But I believe the film is saying more on that front. I believe a mother's womb is a metaphor for the hometown too. Coming home means coming to your mother. I'll also say that before watching this film I've seen the dressing room scene and it affected me greatly. Had me thinking about the difference between like and love deeply.