drift forever

Conrad 2022-04-20 09:01:53

(Before the film review, I would like to ask those who do not understand 1900,
you have been living on the earth, and suddenly the earth is about to be destroyed. Aliens pick you up to go to Mars. Will you choose to go with the earth or go to Mars? Someone must be brave enough to choose Mars , but I will choose to die bravely, if you still can't understand 1900, then keep silent)

Eternal drift
- free world, is the bigger the better?
Experience the freedom of the "sea pianist".


There is a cloud in the Buddhist scriptures. The cloud does not move and the wind does not blow. It is the human heart that moves by itself. '

[In the ship that can see the end at a glance, outside the luxurious floor-to-ceiling windows of the noble cabin, a pair of azure eyes look through the hazy window into the song and dance... He doesn't know that this will be everything in his life... His life is in Departing while drifting...]

Born in an era of shouting "America" ​​and shouting "freedom", immigrants hoped that this "free" continent would give them nourishment to become rich and glorious, but the pressure of reality made them give up This American dream is in the way. For example, children. The croaking 1900 that was abandoned on the piano seems destined to be a piano genius. When he faced the captain's order "You have no right to touch the piano, this is not in line with the rules", he blurted out "fuck the regulation" in 1900. Since then, he has no identity and no nationality in this limited Random 'floating' tour in the cabin, no choice, no pursuit, no need to play according to the score.

Music Scene 1: Tarantella In 3rd Class - Ennio Morricone 01:32
The audience listening to his performance included nobles and commoners. In the third-class cabin full of cheap smoke, the long-awaited Tarantella dance music in 1900 can be easily given away with a little practice. This dance music that has been circulated repeatedly in the world has brought people a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere. (This reminds me of the phrase, 'music needs to be repeated') Familiar notes have healing properties and are the medicine for troubled populace, including the young woman nursing her child and the master shaving her guests; another At this place, I saw all kinds of nobles, whether the other party was a husband-killing wife, a nostalgic idiot, or a prostitute who exiled life. In 1900, they could identify one by one based on their pure background and heart, compose and play music according to their mood, and get the music. inspiration.

The 1900's fingertips are a relief for those. Compared with these worried people, is 1900 really free? Or, because he is in his limited living space, he seems to be the most assured and most relaxed person to live.
A boat carries the movement of two thousand people. Two thousand people, no matter they are nobles or commoners, are always asking themselves why and where they are going. place. Their world is huge, too big to control, their ideals are far away, they are not easy to be satisfied, maybe they just don't know to what extent they should be satisfied. After thinking about it, as they said in 1900, "people on land love to get to the bottom of things, and they waste a lot of time. Winter is worried about summer being late, summer is worried about winter coming, and I don't envy at all in pursuit of the four seasons like summer."

On a boat that knows the dimensions, it's so easy for the 1900 to measure one's own position and one's own weight. In the first half of the film, my friend Max asked 1900, "Where is your heart when your hands are on the keys?" 1900 answered him, the continents, countries and cities outside the cabin exist in his imagination. In the imagination "he wanders the earth and is omnipresent". And his inner medium is only based on this floating ship and the unique guests who come and go forever, and he uses music to think and to seek pleasure, which are all elements of his life. Even if an outsider comes to challenge him, he will respect the other party and be truly moved by the other party's strength. However, at the same time, he also has self-respect. Once insulted and despised, he will use his strength to prove his worth and strength at one time, because in this ship On board, when it comes to music, he has a kaleidoscopic ability. A song of Enduring Movement is like a buzzing sound, and the internal components of the piano are actually hot enough to light a cigarette. The vision of the continent on the shore is to him what the vision of the Milky Way is to us. It's the extra beauty, the embellishment of life, but maybe it's not needed.

Music Scene 2: Magic Waltz--Ennio Morricone 02:34
The author looked back and watched this scene repeatedly, and found it quite meaningful: 1900 led his new friend Mai Shi to the piano, and one of them was based on the mainland. People, one is a man who lives on the sea, the complacent 1900 walking and Max's loss of balance form an interesting and strong contrast, as if to tell that the living environment on which their respective freedoms depend is completely different. The performance started slowly, and the 1900 ridiculed "The car is not waiting for you!" The rhythm of the music became brisk, and the dizzy Max sat on the piano seat with difficulty. The notes jumped wantonly, and the piano was like a pulley. The floating (drifting) journey in the cabin has begun!

Max was amazed at the casualness of 1900's performance and the flexible use of keys and techniques. He hardly believed that the piano genius who never got off the boat was the one in front of him. Abundant emotions, a wide variety of playing styles, how a person who is extremely constrained and unfree in his opinion does it. Listening to 1900 talking about the beautiful night scene of Orleans, he couldn't believe it.
However, it is this floating ship that can, and only here, can make the 1900 change its charm in the keys.

However, once, growing up on the sea, he met a farmer who had never seen the sea before. The sea seemed to change from the other's perspective. The farmer said that he heard the sea roaring at him in shock, "Life is important. Do you understand?" "change life, start fresh!"

When 1900 fell in love with the farmer's daughter and wanted to see the sea from the farmer's perspective for the first time, and finally made up his mind to get off the boat, He looked at the boundless continent, but stopped. There are many tall buildings on the opposite side, and there is no end. He feels that he has lost his weight in this unknown space. Like a feather, a veil. He knew that if he went on, he would be overwhelmed. There are countless streets, countless faces, and the unknown life path that he can't see to the end. He will be drowned in the so-called "free" choice. 1900 never belonged there. In the mainland, except for curiosity, everything has nothing to do with him.

As 1900 said, "The city is so big, there is no end in sight... I stop not because of what I see, but because of what I can't see. The endless city has everything, except for the end, how can the infinite number of keys be played? Music? Too many choices, I'm at a loss, after thinking about it, are you not afraid of collapse? Too beautiful keyboards, too long a road, too many keyboards... a movement that can't be played!"

So, is it too free and broad? Did the world get him lost in it? Is freedom also a dilemma? Yeah?
It is not difficult to understand that freedom is not the same for people in different living conditions. For a farmer, a small acre of land is all he needs to make a living. When he encounters the separation of his wife and family, there is nothing else for him to enjoy himself. Le, there is nothing that allows him to play freely and find his own value, he needs a wider space, transform himself, and find value. "America" ​​was the space where he found it all, the world; for 1900, a small ship was the world. In this small world, he has a piano, is recognized for his music, and has a sense of existence to enjoy himself. Just like most people who enjoy themselves on Earth would not want to live in the unknown space, 1900 thought this ship was his space. There is no space, and there is no grasp of life.

Music Scene 3: Playing Love-Ennio Morricone 03:06
The song starts with a light and cheerful, full of high spirits, gradually slows down, and starts again like a deep murmur, 1900's love for the girl over the window arises spontaneously. She caught 1900's eyes with her cuteness and beauty when she looked into the mirror from the window. The sound of the 1900's fingertips seems to be a whisper of emotion, and the note at this moment is no longer someone else's state of mind. The inspiration for this moment is born from his heart, and it is his heart that plays. Passionate and graceful, tender like water. When the girl went elsewhere, 1900's momentary panic had completely revealed his love.
When the just-recorded record released his own music, 1900 suddenly found that he could not accept "I and my music are inseparable!" These words all revealed his fear of "loss of self-control".

[There is a cloud in the Buddhist scriptures, the cloud does not move or the wind blows, it is the human heart that moves by itself. ]

Actually, the entity of the continent or cabin is the same for 1900 and his friends Max, the farmer, and others. But when people have established themselves and realized the value of life, their hearts have become different, and their definitions of freedom have also changed. Too little space is a constraint, too much space is at a loss.

Inside the ship that can see the end at a glance, outside the luxurious floor-to-ceiling windows of the noble cabin, a pair of azure eyes look through the hazy window to see the song and dance inside... He doesn't know that this will be everything in his life... His life is drifting The departure, of course, should also be drifted to the end.

2008-06-14

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  • Reid 2021-12-31 08:02:37

    In 1998, there were two films about the big ship, one won the global box office boom, and the other became a classic with literary and artistic sentiments. I like the latter.

  • Easton 2021-12-31 08:02:37

    Born on a ship, and died on a ship, he is a man who has never existed before. The first time he gave up disembarking, he gave up wealth and fame. Abandoning disembarkation for the second time, he gave up his life. People treat music as a kind of competition, and he doesn't care about fame and winning or losing. People want to use his talents to get rich, and he is unwilling to let his music leave him. People waste too much time asking "why", he wants to live simpler. I would rather be alone all my life than drift with the flow. People can disembark, but cannot leave the sea. Everyone has a sea in his heart, and his sea is music, piano, and the girl.

The Legend of 1900 quotes

  • 1900: It wasn't what I saw that stopped me Max... it was what I didn't see.

  • 1900: Take piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You're infinite... And on those keys, the music that you can make... is infinite. I like that. That I can live by...