He had refused to test screen his movie, an industry practice that would have perhaps softened the blow for when, months later, mother! On one level – the most obvious, most widely acknowledged – it is a film about how we treat Mother Earth. Jennifer Lawrence’s character, commonly accepted to be the titular mother, is based in part on Gaia, the Greek personification of Earth, and Mary, arguably the most popular mother of all. God is played by Javier Bardem’s character, who demands a frankly underserved and unconditional devotion from Lawrence’s character, who wants nothing more than ‘to build a paradise’. We should be able to listen to a line of dialogue and be able to say who wrote it.

Source: Hindustan Times May 13, 2018 03:56 UTC