"A Happy Event": Art for life

I think this is "art for life's sake". In the past, this kind of thinking is in opposition to the "art for art's sake" that seems to move a little bit forward, but in fact, the two cannot be completely separated. The former regards artistic creation as a means and reveals life as the goal. The artist's primary pursuit is not novel skills, but strives to show the vastness of life. I believe that "Happy Pregnancy" is a good example. ──In fact, what "Happy Pregnancy" is talking about is the mystery of life. Every life is unique, and every relationship is unique. No manual can tell the full story of life. In all aspects, small and large, only the experience of ourselves, others or even the sages can make us understand one or two. The others are mysteries and need to be experienced.

"Happy Pregnancy" can be divided into two parts. The first half mainly talks about a man and a woman (Nico and Barbara) meeting and falling in love, leading to pregnancy and childbirth; the second half mainly talks about Barbara’s postpartum psychological anxiety and The hard work of joining BB has changed the relationship between Barbara and Nico and his family. Such many twists and turns, ups and downs, taught me to think of François Truffaut from time to time, just as Barbara's teacher was named Jean-François Truffard, which is not accidental. Yes, I think of Dulufu's "Antoine Doinel Adventure"-"Four Hundred Strikes", "Twenty-year-old Love", "Steal a Kiss", "Marriage Life" and "Love "Escape", one is a good art for life (by the way, the part of "Happy Pregnancy" also reminds me of Window Water Baby Moving by American avant-garde film master Stan Brakhage ).

"Happy Pregnancy" deals with the relationship between family and affection, the encounter, acquaintance, love, dislike of lovers, mother and son (Nico and his mother), mother and daughter (Barbara three generations; Barbara and The love and hatred of grandmother, father and daughter (Barbara and her father), everything is condensed life, true emotions, and mortal life, "Happy Pregnancy" presents these in reality. For life, and art.

In the second half of the film, the philosophical Barbara left behind the philosophical giants Kant, Husserl, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, etc. one by one. The concept of philosophy seemed to not help her, and her experience gained her Enlightenment in ideas, instead of being satisfied with philosophical concepts, Barbara turned to literature instead, writing her life experience into novels. ──I think this is not an anti-philosophy, but a return to a more real philosophy. Look at classical Greek philosophy and Plato’s dialogues. Philosophy has always been a product of life experience, conflicting views, and thoughts in a situation. It was not researched in the ivory tower study, but some modern philosophical works, It has improved human speculative rationality and language analysis, but it has also become more and more distant from human life experience.

So, we came to Barbara’s concluding statement: “She forced me into a blind spot and constantly challenged my limits. She made me experience all the most hysterical emotions: love, sacrifice, tenderness, and abandonment. She was upset. All my life has turned me into another person. Why has no one warned me? Why has no one ever told the truth?"

Barbara is indeed exhausted. Finally, back to a snowy day. It snowed the day the little girl was born, and it snowed the day Nico and Barbara met after a dispute. Snow is white, like a new beginning, full of possibilities for shaping.

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