{"id":118,"date":"2022-01-27T04:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T04:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=118"},"modified":"2022-04-11T00:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T00:08:25","slug":"blog-post-2-wild-films-mother-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/01\/27\/blog-post-2-wild-films-mother-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 2: Wild Films – Mother! (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A film I consider to be \u201cwild\u201d is Mother!<\/em> (2017), directed by Darren Aronofsky, in which Jennifer Lawrence (Mother) and Javier Bardem (Him) star. It follows the story of a pregnant woman and her husband living alone in the countryside. One night, a stranger appears at the door, and the husband allows him to stay. Eventually, the man\u2019s wife and two sons also become guests in the home. The husband is protective over a crystal that the new couple ends up breaking. As the days go by, more people unexpectedly arrive at the house. The baby is due at any moment, and Mother wants everyone to leave, but her husband refuses. Eventually, Mother gives birth, and the people want to see it. She refuses, but her husband gives the baby to the crowd against her wishes. In the process of passing the baby around, the baby is accidentally killed, and the people begin to eat its corpse. Mother is angry at the crowd, and they begin to beat her until Him stops them. Determined to make them pay, she goes to the basement and causes the house to explode. Everyone but Him dies, and he goes to pull a crystal out of Mother, and the story begins again. The themes of this movie are violence, loss of humanity, and destruction. I consider this film \u201cwild\u201d because it showcases total human savagery and loss of inhibition. Throughout the movie, the guests destroy the home and become more uncivilized. Despite Mother\u2019s pleas, the strangers in the house disregard her and cannot be tamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one scene, the police enter the home which sends the mass of people into further disarray. I believe this scene best reflects the movie\u2019s wildness through its sheer intensity. The director creates a sense of wildness and chaos through the quick-paced shots and sounds of screaming people. The scene intentionally overwhelms the viewer to emphasize the barbarity of the guests. This scene is impactful because it begins to show the true nature of the guests that have begun to take over the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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