Ai Qing's son, Ai Weiwei, gave up the Beijing Film Academy in the early 1980s and went to New York with his girlfriend. A year later, he became a member of the illegal residency. , painting couples on the street, gambling in Atlantic City, taking scholars around the red light district between tour guides, watching pornographic shows, and later he became a great dissident and the most important contemporary artist in China, only in the mainstream media. No more his name.
Also in New York are Tan Dun, Gu Changwei, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen and others, their eyes are confused and their future is unknown. The scene is similar to the 1920s, when Hemingway spent six years in Paris as a European correspondent, gossiping about the privacy of Pound, Eliot, and Fitzgerald, and compared them with representatives of the lost generation. The size of the characters' words, and their romantic affairs are also exposed, leaving a flat and straightforward "Flowing Feast", which has become an immortal business card of Paris.
In the end, none of them became strangers, but in their lives, they had the background of a foreign land. This kind of life experience originating from the bottom is complex and profound.
Fujian is also a big province of immigrants. The independent villas between the villages are often seen flying the flag of the United States or the Netherlands. The children are working abroad. They are already the second generation of immigrants, and their expressions are not as heavy as their parents. Not much emotion. Whether it was legalized immigration or smuggling through various unknown channels, in the coastal villages of the 1980s, young people with no way out often chose this way to change the fate of themselves and their families.
Those who stayed in the village were only the old, weak, sick, widowed and lonely.
Young people go to America, Australia, or Europe, and it doesn't make much difference in a time when they haven't even seen a full map of the world.
Under the shadow of the huge proposition of survival, there are no romantic and charming stories, just endless low-level labor and meager accumulation. When many strangers are in their old age, they will always return to their hometowns and seek a stable old age. The children are under the knees.
The things that the Chinese people who have nothing to rely on are not carried by individuals, and they do not have such a high degree of freedom. I think of Jack from the Titanic. If he wins a ticket, he can bravely go to the United States. There are no parents, families, and relatives behind him. , and even the eyes of the neighbors in the hometown.
In the inland villages, the inability to maintain a reasonable distance and privacy between people often creates an invisible pressure, and this pressure becomes a tool to kidnap the will of others in the name of human affection.
This is a characteristic of an era, and this characteristic will also change with the improvement of productivity, the awakening of self-awareness, and the need for individual freedom. The will of human nature gradually shifts, and many things become less important. Among the films that narrate this transformation and choice, Brooklyn is a very delicate film, delicately describing and even beautifying the feelings of young girls.
The fate of leaving home seems familiar.
A post once said that the breakup rate of long-distance relationships is 100% within two years. It seems that the relationship is also a combination of fate and circumstances. But for small towns without too many opportunities, for those young people with dreams, staying in their homeland is not a good choice. Leaving a familiar place, no matter how sloppy life is in a foreign country, has become a choice. , and at the beginning of this choice, it was just a small motivation, dissatisfaction and desire for one's own life, and even some escape from trauma.
A ticket is more like a lottery of fate. You don’t know who you will meet, what kind of story you will tell, how your life will change, whether your hard work will pay off, and whether your choices are worth it.
Unlike extroverted people who seek opportunities and growth, introverted girls feel lonely, especially in the huge gap between culture and vision, a small discomfort can cause inferiority and fear, and then lead to misunderstanding and confusion, because of fear, so special Longing for warmth, people who are sensitive in their hearts always avoid the eyes of others, and they are also taciturn and difficult to contact. In the end, they still rely on friendship and love to open their hearts.
Optimistic people dream, but this is a story of how sensitive and resilient weak women make a difference, and the American Dream is full of pragmatism and shyness. There is only one ferry ticket from Ireland to Brooklyn. Across the ocean is a choice of comfort and unknown. In the end, this choice was made by oneself.
The inclusivity and atmosphere of the city is the foundation of multiculturalism. Everyone's experiences are different, what they get is different, and what they give up is also different, but those emotions are a common experience. Those who have experienced these may be an understatement, but it is inevitable that they change their inner feelings. Many ideas. Because we at the low end of the chain of fate have never experienced a life that got our wish, so in the face of different circumstances, it is a better choice to believe in what we can control rather than the fateful arrangement.
The story ends abruptly here, regardless of right or wrong, happiness or not, in the end, it is just like drinking water, knowing whether it is cold or warm. I just wish people with a similar fate to live the life they want.
That's all.
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