At the beginning, the film seemed to set an equal tone for the "people" in the resort hotel space. There are dozens of large and small characters in this film, maybe everyone has noticed that the first one to appear is a prostitute (except for the singer), and then the two protagonists appear as the queen’s special envoy. This seems to be an attempt to show No one here is much noble than anyone else. Even if it is lowly like a prostitute, there is room for her to live here; even if noble like a queen, she has time to ask for help. Under this equal tone, the film shows us the theme of "youth" through the experiences of Fred and Mick, two elderly people during their vacation. Of course, this display is achieved through the different attitudes of the two old people towards young people, and their different views on life, beliefs, fame, marriage, sex, and love. However, the presentation of the various themes in the film is not carried out in the order listed above, because they sometimes overlap. If we carefully examine their behavior, we can find that different values, outlook on life, and world outlook are the ultimate factors that create their different personalities.
Fred and Mick are obviously different in their attitudes towards their old age. Fred positioned himself as a retired old man, who seemed to be out of the noisy world; and Mick seemed to be still compassionate and still had unfinished ambitions and ambitions. For example, at the beginning of the film, Mick noticed the prostitute and seemed to sigh; even if Fred was seduced by the knighthood and the queen's envoy begged, he would not take it seriously. What kind of reaction will they arouse when this different attitude to life encounters "youngness"? When Fred saw the news of Miss Universe's victory, he only thought of the birth of a fashionista in Vanity Fair. Therefore, when Mick mentioned Miss Universe to him in a serious way, Fred thought it was just a "punishment." , Indeed, if she thinks she is a natural stunner, what can he do; if she is a temptation, who can she tempt? Mick, who has compassion and compassion, thinks of "salvation" when facing young women. Therefore, when faced with the temptation of prostitutes, he can hardly let go. Although Fred is a gentleman to young women, he meets It is conceivable that the young female Muslim took off the mask from him in the elevator. It was not a temptation. At least it was hoped that he would strike up a conversation, but he just laughed it off.
For young people, Fred showed understanding and respect, while Mick taught and reprimanded. When the young actor Jimmy, who was invited to play Hitler, told Fred that "sloppy" would bring about "misunderstanding", Fred's first reaction was comfort. He thought Jimmy's "sloppy" was something The product of passion, so he said that sloppy is "an irresistible temptation"; when he learned what Jimmy really meant, he said that sloppy is sometimes a "distortion". It was also Jimmy. When he asked Mick as the director who was the best actress he had ever encountered, Mick mentioned Brenda Morel, although he was explaining what he considered to be the "best" standard. But his preaching intention is also very obvious. Fred expressed his understanding of his daughter’s pain after the breakdown of her marriage. Although this only resulted in her daughter’s incomprehension, his daughter’s venting clearly deepened his understanding of his daughter and gave him a chance to reflect on the past. ; It was the same marriage. Mick only reprimanded the son who caused the breakdown of the marriage. Not only did he fail to get his son’s understanding, he was ridiculed by his son instead.
Fred seems to have a better understanding of human nature than Mick. Take the marriage of children as an example. When Fred’s daughter Lena was dumped by Mick’s son Julian, Fred went to Mick. He just wanted to inform Mick of the incident, but he didn’t want to help his daughter save it. Marriage, because he knows that it is impossible for him to return his son-in-law to his daughter, and Mick still wants to work hard for it, even thinking that marriage can be maintained through imperfections. Because of Fred's understanding of marriage and the people in the marriage, he worked hard to help his daughter out of trouble. When Lena was constantly looking for the reason for the breakdown of the marriage, Fred relayed the son-in-law’s reason for the jerk to his daughter; when the daughter even woke up for the jerk reason in his dream, he supported his daughter’s self-confidence; when the daughter was still entangled in front of everyone When the marriage broke down, he told his daughter that he only understood music but didn't understand her. In fact, Lena is looking for her father’s advice on marriage, and Fred does not make a statement because he knows that a truly happy marriage is based on the free choice of human nature, and the daughter just broke up. The marriage itself may have been influenced by the fathers of both parties, so this explains why Lena would say that she now has a "feeling of freedom" before falling in love again; and Mick's understanding of marriage still stops. Yu is sexually attracted, because he thinks that the person who destroys his son’s marriage is a bitch. Obviously, Mick's understanding of human nature is inferior to Fred in the siege of marriage. In addition, the reason why Fred behaves in his daughter’s marriage relationship is also because of his understanding of “youngness”, that is to say, there is a possibility of choice when young, and the possibility of pursuing marital happiness. Otherwise, when he is old, it is like The old couple who ate but didn't say a word to each other, they have maintained their marriage until they are old, but how much happiness is there?
Fred also seemed to be better at understanding strangers than Mick, as evidenced by the fact that they have bet on it many times but only lost once. Fred believes that the understanding of people should be based on life experience. This may be the reason why he could assert that the old couple would not talk during dinner, because he knew that young people would not be together to such an extent, and he also knew that by this age it must be because of something. This is a special reason, but judging from the scene where the wife beat her husband, the husband in this marriage should be at fault, just like his own marriage. But he did not expect that a woman of this age is still seeking revenge for this. Mick may have had a life experience at this point. At least holding the hand of his dream lover Gilda Black into the woods should be the scene he had dreamed of. So we saw the old woman in the forest with her husband carrying her husband in a field battle, and Fred handed the bet to Mick.
The film also seems to express the theme of "salvation". Next, let's take a look at how this theme is displayed under the big theme of "young". Most of the people who come to this resort come for salvation, but they seek salvation in different ways and objects: some are for marriage, some are for health, some are for career, and some are for emotion. I think this is the purpose of the film twice showing the naked girl floating on the water in the shape of a cross. Of course, religious believers have their own way of redemption, while some people use epiphany, and more people use observation and learning to comprehend their own way of redemption.
The "Maradona" obviously came here to recuperate for his own health, but we can obviously imagine that he was just paying for his youthful misbehavior. Even though he has gained a huge reputation, he has still been influential. Still there, but what can be done? However, now he can only practice his body by kicking a little pompom, and he is still lying there thinking about the future of football. This may be regarded as an atonement for the fans and football career.
Jimmy is troubled by the role he has successfully played, and now he is not sure whether he can achieve a career breakthrough by playing Hitler, he faces a choice. So, how does he redeem himself? In fact, after a period of character speculation, he has already wanted to give up the role he has accepted, but he has to give himself and the director an explanation. Miss Universe satirized his "frustration". The little girl who ran into his mother made him understand that no one was "pre-prepared". So he tried to play a new role. When he appeared in the restaurant dressed up as a role, he Realize that this role is still the source of people's fear. He opted out. Although he explained to Mick that he wanted to perform "desire" but not "fear", although he claimed that it was the result of his observation of the crowd, in fact, he just didn't want to play "fear" with "fear". The source of his "fear" certainly has its "frustration" at work, but Mick, as the director, may be the key to his fear. It was Mick's attitude towards young people that made him finally choose to quit, and it was Jimmy's withdrawal that became the first step that Mick could not finally complete the salvation of his ultimate career.
So, how does Mick treat young people? I mentioned earlier that he loves to teach young people. This makes Jimmy feel unreasonable, because even if the mother teaches the child correctly, the child may contradict him if he teaches too much, not to mention that you are teaching your partner. In addition, Mick doesn't really believe in young people. Although he appreciates the passion of the young people in his script writing team, he basically does not accept the young people's ideas, which means that these young people can only create scripts strictly according to his intentions. However, the generation gap in thought is destined to make his story unacceptable for young people. Therefore, Mick’s attitude towards young people is a more important reason for Jimmy’s fear.
All the above explanations seem to be based on Fred's emotional redemption, but ironically, his redemptive success is contrasted by the failure of Mick's "emotional" dependence. Since the behavior of "Maradona" shows that the misbehavior in his youth needs to be paid for in later years, then Fred's bastard behavior in his youth naturally requires him to atone for his sins in his old age. This may be the reason why he doesn't want to value the role of "emotion" in life like Mick, because the more emotional he is, the more guilty he feels. Mick values "emotion" very much. Even if Jimmy quit, he didn't care too much because Jimmy was not irreplaceable; however, when Brenda announced that he would not appear in his movie, he was hit too hard. Although Brenda believed that her refusal was to prevent him from ruining his previous excellent work by this unglamorous movie and to save his dignity, but for Mick, who claims that this is the ultimate legacy, this A blow is devastating. More importantly, he couldn't understand that Brenda, who he was so popular with for many years, would be so unrelenting. He trusts in the emotion of interpersonal communication, and strives to maintain this emotion. For example, his emotion of respecting old friends did not sleep with his dream lover, but his emotion was deceived by another friend. He can't understand, he can only be martyred for the interpersonal ethics he trusts: "Emotions are everything to us".
In contrast, Fred does not value "emotion" so much, he believes that emotions are exaggerated. It was this attitude that allowed him to maintain the marriage, because he never took anything so absolute. Although he has not visited his wife for ten years, there are still photos of his wife when he was young on the bedside; although he has a place to regret his wife, he maintains that his wife is the only singer of his "Simple Movement"; although he He claimed that he would like to spend 20 years in his life to exchange his dream lover for one night's sleep, but he never intends to reorganize his family with others. His attitude towards life led him to behave very differently from Mick. For example, Mick’s personality is extreme. Once his emotional dependence is frustrated, Mick turns to find sustenance with the prostitutes who have the least emotional entanglement. Once he is not taken seriously, Mick thinks he is no different from animals and plants, relative to this extreme , Fred's character appears more peaceful. In addition, Fred is more willing to listen to young people's opinions than Mick's love to teach young people, so when Jimmy hints at him with Novalis' verse, he is also ready to go home.
Fred was greatly shocked by the suicide of an old friend, and he also learned from the doctor that Mick was indeed a sincere friend. It should be out of respect for the advice of an old friend during his lifetime, because after all, Mick is an emotionalist, and he also wants to treat an emotion sincerely, so he went home to visit his wife, and he was still healthy, he accepted At the invitation of the Queen, he conducted the "Simple Movement" that only his wife could sing. Although the concert was set by the royal family, the tearful Fred seemed to be participating in a movie directed by Mick. This emotional explosion was not only to commemorate his old friends, but also for the love between himself and his wife. (Text/Slate Planting Flowers Sunday, November 1, 2015)
Ps. Thanks for the subtitle translation provided by the Adventure Movie Subtitle Group!
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