Greta Gerwig's directorial debut "Lady Bird"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The directorial debut of independent film star Greta Gerwig, the tragicomedy film has created a real sensation in the modern film industry. And the sensation was not just that the debut project was nominated for an Oscar for five points, but also that the indie icon is a representative of the creative environment that the American Film Academy frankly ignores. All viewers are strongly advised to watch "Lady Bird" in good quality, as all author's artistic delights may fade due to broadcast or recording problems.

Autobiographical story

The film "Lady Bird" according to most critics has an autobiographical plot. Gerving is known to the public as an actress-character, a clown in the form of a disaster girl who writes images for herself and plays selected roles. Therefore, it is not surprising that the heroine of her tragicomedy was born, like Greta, in the California town of Sacramento, she studied at a Catholic school. Perhaps Gerving herself could play the main role in her project, but she is already 34, and “Lady Bird” in the film is 17, so she was not embodied on the screenscreenwriter, and Sersha Ronan. The actress began acting in films from the age of less than nine, now by the age of 23 she has become one of the constantly developing Hollywood stars, although she is still quite organic in the form of teenagers.

Storyline

The narrative of the picture takes the viewer to 2002 in the California sun-drenched Sacramento. The main character is a lively young girl with pink hair, Kristin McPherson (Sersha Ronan), studying at a Catholic school, dares to make fun of the nuns, wants to be called nothing more than “Lady Bird”, and falls in love with a reading peer Kyle Scheible (Timothy Chalamet from "Call Me By Your Name"). Since the girl cannot find a common language with her mother-doctor Marion MacPherson (Lori Metcalf from The Big Bang Theory), she dreams of leaving her native “outback” as soon as possible, moving to New York. As a result, she will be able to leave, but first she will pass the test of first love, the stage of the school stage, the first serious disappointment in friendship and insight that she can’t streamline the whole world.

"Non-academic" cinema

Film experts tend to position the tape as a prequel to "Frances Sweet" with "Lady America", for which Gerwig wrote the scripts and in which she played the main roles. In the new project, Greta does not list her autobiographical facts, she demonstrates moods, worldly skills, emotions and thoughts. On top of this, the film reaches the highest level thanks to professional acting, light sadness onfacets with elegy permeating each episode, unique direction that does not let the audience get bored. At the same time, "Lady Bird" cannot be called knocking down. There are no negative characters in the movie, all conflict situations and disputes turn into humor and jokes or condescend to moments of light sadness, for example, the scene of Christine breaking up with Danny or reading letters. The picture is like a warm blanket that warms, gives comfort and peace, despite the bad weather raging outside the window. But such an effect deprives the viewers of the feeling of anxiety for the future of the characters, it immediately becomes clear that everything will be fine with them.

Solid virtues

Among the advantages of the picture "Lady Bird" are the actors selected by Gerwig herself. Sersha Ronan's undeniable talent and boundless charm are considered to be the main trump card of the director. Of course, Laurie Metcalf impresses with her skill, the constellation of young talents is not inferior to two beautiful actresses - from Lucas Hedges to Timothée Chalamet. The entire cast of the film, according to the requirements of the director, had to repeatedly review her school albums, photographs of her youth, get acquainted with the work of Joan Didion and go on a tour of Gerwig's hometown. Greta's efforts have borne fruit, the tape turned out to be saturated with sincere personal sympathy of the film crew and the author for the California outback. The warm, sunny project deserves an IMDb rating of 7.50. However, this is not a film that can radically change the idea of a new generation,adolescents and youth, to show from a different angle the eternal problem of fathers and children, the ups and downs of youthful love and growing up in general. "Lady Bird" is a competent, pretty film, but nothing more. Although the film received recognition from the audience and positive reviews from film critics.