#it just seems so intentional that you’re able to identify with marnie but maybe i’m just too much of an empath

[paulnewman]

i genuinely think what makes so people uncomfortable with marnie is that the film stays with her the whole time and shows misogyny from a woman’s perspective and she’s not just victimized by a man and discarded…. she continues to occupy the center of the film and there’s no formal ending to her story really so the thought of what’s going to happen when the camera leaves is so anxiety provoking to a viewer.

when a movie is from a man’s POV it’s so much easier to feel distanced from misogyny and you can just watch like Oh that was wrong!…but i’ll move on and marnie NEVER gives you that relief or escape. NOTHING is easy in marnie and the way the man is shot so that you can’t tell exactly how you’re supposed to feel about him, whether he’s a genuine love interest or a villain forces you to realize that that’s what marnie feels too! that’s what men are! theyre human beings and you can’t just look at one in real life and go oh easy that’s a villain. that’s another person and you cant immediately tell how much harm they are capable of inflicting on you or where their limit to harming you is, if they end up having one.