"Walking in the Clouds" has a normal narrative sequence. A French boy has admired the performers of high-altitude tightropes in the circus since he was a child. At the same time, he also has a talent for balance, and then he studied hard and practiced hard. After experiencing small setbacks, he successfully succeeded Performed successfully between the two towers of Notre Dame de Paris. By chance, he saw the twin towers of the World Trade Center, two of the tallest buildings in the world being built in New York, and he suddenly ignited his desire to conquer and determined to challenge that height.
It must be said that "Walking in the Clouds" is first and foremost a commercial film. In order to implement the World Trade Center plan, the male protagonist formed a team, including a girlfriend who was also a street artist, a photographer and a good friend, etc. The whole group planned how to infiltrate the building, transport materials to the top floor, and assemble at night. The tightrope, to the real implementation, is thrilling and has the style of a Hollywood blockbuster. I have suspected myself several times in "Now You See Me" or "Spy: Impossible".
But "Walking in the Clouds" has deep thinking. Today, the commercial color of the film is understandable, but in addition to the eye-catching trick and a half, a good work must have a reflection on human nature or the world.
I remember that when the male protagonist stepped on the tightrope between the skyscrapers, there were clouds and mist all around, and the sky was white. The artist said in the first half of his life that he was absolutely invincible when he walked a high-altitude tightrope, but he still insisted on conquering the highest height in the world, probably because he felt nothing, in other words, no sense of existence.
This is the thinking of a tightrope walker, and it's the same for us. I once walked out of an office building late at night after working overtime, surrounded by high-rise buildings, traffic flowed constantly on the road, and mist was floating in the air at night. At that moment, because the task at hand was not going smoothly, I also felt lonely and empty inside. Presumably in the current CBD of Beijing, the reason why entrepreneurs have more seats than cafes is also because everyone is eager to make small achievements, to prove themselves, and to get rid of nothingness.
The same is true of careers, pushed to a wider field of life, and the same is true. In today's era, communication is convenient, materials are abundant, and most people's hearts are empty. The booming social network is aimed at countless "empty" people. On the Internet, everyone is eager to label themselves with various labels such as "single dog" and "procrastination", for fear of losing their belonging. At the end of the year, various companies scolded Juli for holding annual meetings, and played very heartwarming and sensational videos. Everyone sighed inwardly while weeping, ah, it's good to have a big family.
I have always resonated deeply with a scene portrayed by Baby Anne, which is that sometimes I wake up in the middle of a sleep, not early in the morning, in the evening or at night, I will instantly have the illusion that my life is over, but in an instant Sober, knowing that life is far from over. At that moment, thousands of lights were burning outside the window, and I was confused and didn't know where to go. I don’t know if it’s sensitive or what. I feel this kind of emptiness in life very clearly, so I especially like occasions like watching fireworks in a crowd. Those few minutes, gorgeous and scorching hot, seem to make people forget all the emptiness.
At the end of "Walking in the Clouds", the artist fell in love with New York and stayed in New York. The price of playing with fire at a high altitude was that the judge sentenced him to perform for children in the park every week. Of course, the height was only from the ground to the tree trunk, and he also enjoyed it. . He finally realized that, no matter how high or low, the audience is his life. When he looks down and sees the people who applaud him, he is no longer empty. After I finished my job, I finally realized that some problems cannot be solved by myself. As long as I do what I need to do, I will make a real contribution and will not be illusory.
But what about the heavier emptiness of life? I don't have an answer yet, I only swear to myself that I will never live like many mediocre people, living and dying with emptiness, the remaining answers should be far away, and can only be reached step by step.
The world is full of red dust, have you ever faced a void?
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