ideology

• The film is a post-feminist critique of non-traditional motherhood, demonising Eva in process.
• Cinematography during conception and birth in the film is alien, with Eva wearing orange when pregnant, symbolising her as a prisoner.
• Eva is constantly separated in frame from Kevin in the film.
• Graphic matches and body language parallels suggest Kevin Is Eva, that he is a product of her indifference to him, both in nature and nurture.
• Eva's role as the breadwinner is depicted as unnatural and selfish in the film.
• The blood motif in the film is not just Eva's guilt but the film's castigation.
• The countless moments of cold, distance ( and sometimes violent ) mothering in the film are a critique of non-traditional motherhood.
• Ezra Millers' notes suggest that Kevin is the product of lack of love.
• The film glamorizes violence by turning Kevin into a stylish anti-hero and distancing viewers from the reality of his actions.
• The visual fetishization of Kevin includes slow-motion, close-up, topless shots, and edgy fashion choices, as well as the cast of Ezra Miller.
• Kevin is portrayed as an intentional Rebel without a cause, wearing blue jeans, a white shirt, and a red jacket.
• The literary aesthetic of the cross-bows/computer viruses is compared to Kevin as psycho-chic and Kubrick stare.
• Ezra Miller's performance is characterized by casual nihilism and slow deliberate speech, which creates gravitas and charisma.
• The film lacks visual clarity on the violence, distancing the audience from the horror/reality of the situation.