I'm a layman and can't understand Jazz.

Ludie 2022-04-19 09:02:15

The countless questions that this film left me with are even comparable to those left by Lynch's films. In the end I still don't understand why so many people relentlessly admire 1900, the source of his talent, His music, his choice of life, all make the movie a legend.
I don't know what the original playwright thinks, I only know that from Mozart to Zhouzhou, from history to scientific investigations, the so-called "Music prodigies" all grew up from well-educated musical families; and apparently, the development of this childhood musicality does not count "throwing a child on a piano". Raised by the ship's workers The big 1900, after years of scrambling around in the darkest part of the cabin, suddenly burst into musical potential one night, and this potential - not ruling out the extremely small possibility of being subtly influenced - made his Jazz Attracted a lot of passengers who stayed up at night, and also received praise that was obviously disproportionate to it.
Well. Maybe my preconceptions come from the soul of the film - Jazz. I am a vulgar , can't understand Jazz. In 1900, I was completely lost when I was fighting with the grandfather of Jazz. Obviously, the director's understanding of the quality of music lies in "who plays the most keys in the shortest time" or "whose sound Whoever smashes harder is more powerful". I was at a loss when 1900 played the piano and looked like a carpenter or constipation. God,
I used to think Stravinsky was very avant-garde. Tried to come up with a justification for 1900's suicide like most people do. No success. I can't imagine any other definition of his choice other than fear of the unknown. Ah, paranoia, indeed. His Life has been going on on the boat (even that recording, which is inexplicable in substance and evaluation), he has never been exposed to life on land, he may be afraid of not seeing the end of life, he may be afraid of the vast possibilities on land Lost, he may be afraid that he will never be able to play such pure music again (as if Bach and Beethoven also lived on the water all their lives), he is afraid of these complex unknowns. For this reason, he is willing to end his life and end the music he loves (Jazz. ..). And all those possibilities were lost. The explosion sounded, and he finally sank with his stubbornness. Bravo.
Of course, some scenes in the film are still very beautiful. There is also the deep and light friendship in the plot, which runs through the whole film and reaches a climax at the end. I am deeply moved by it.
At least these make this film not So useless.

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The Legend of 1900 quotes

  • Max: You're never really done for, as long as you've got a good story and someone to tell it to.

  • Max: Sometimes that is the way you have to do it: you go right back to the beginning.