The co-directors discuss their new family drama, child actors and Julianne Moore's singing voice |
So, I watched it yesterday and one theme in the movie I would have missed if I had have watched it when I was looking for it on streaming services a few weeks back was the theme of baby girls in China, not being wanted, or given up for adoption to rich Americans/Westerners.
It was only because I had read Adeline Yen Mah's book 'Watching the Tree' and watching some You Tubes about her life growing up in China that I picked up those themes in the movie version of 'What Maisie Knew' -
Watching the Tree to Catch ... A Butterfly?๐ฒ๐ฆ๐In the 2012 movie a young Asian girl spends the night at Maisie's mother's apartment as a sleepover.
The girl is dropped at the apartment by her white American mother and then picked up by her white American father, so I gather the implication is that the Asian girl has been adopted from China by the white couple, who look a bit old to be parents anyway.
The movie also mainly takes place around New York's Chinatown, where Maisie's stepfather works as a bartender at nights.
Maisie is also fascinated by turtles in this movie and of couse, turtles are associated with the I Ching, as I've written about before on this blog -
Precursor to the I Ching: Cracks in a Turtle Shell?Maisie is also fascinated by turtles in this movie and of couse, turtles are associated with the I Ching, as I've written about before on this blog -
An August 2013 Front Row Podcast |
Which is weird, since the I Ching is a Chinese oracle.
Front Row podcast: Archive 2013 |
The owl is also used a lot in this film with Maisie having an owl on her school bag for a lot of this film, as she is exchanged from one parent/stepparent to another after and before school.
What Does It Mean When You See An OWL? ๐ฆ๐Oh, and I noticed that the movie was released in 2012, which was the Year of the Dragon and that Anna McGahan was born in 1988, the Year of the Dragon (the year I was married) and I am a Dragon -
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