Marnie
The entire time I was watching this movie all I could think was “GET AWAY FROM HER” I felt weirdly helpless watching this.
I think the film is great but I wish Mark wasn’t there at all, honestly could’ve been done the exact same way if Mark was a psychiatrist hell bent on helping her rather than craving her sexually😕 love it regardless! A new fav perhaps. I wish the ending was as more about Marnie and her mother finally becoming more physically affectionate but no, Mark just has to involve himself. GO AWAYYYYYY GET AWAY FROM HER.
Also!! My personal interpretation of the film is that it is a commentary on the patriarchy. The fact that a man who was shown to be in no way affected by marnies actions decided to take ownership of her, how her autonomy and her right to decide was taken away from her proved this point in my eyes. Marnie is a story about the horrors of man and how far he can go to attain absolute power even if it means destroying someone else’s personhood. Marnie on her own was doing perfectly fine even if the way she made money wasn’t exactly legal the only person hurt that would be hurt is her. Yet in a strange man’s eyes he viewed her as an animal, an object something to be caught. This is said in the film as well. It just furthers the notion that this film is about how far man can go to attain this control over all the women that get the slightest bit involved in his life.
This did become a favourite of mine just because of my interpretation of the film and I think that makes this film digestible. I’ve rewatched it many times and I feel as long as I take as a film about misogyny, greed, and gluttony. I truly enjoy more than most films I’ve seen.