, the beauty of the oil tanker, the simplicity of the crew, and the emptiness of the piano, all constitute the beautiful "Pianist at Sea". Director Giuseppe tells a legendary story with piano, the sound of waves and a slightly melancholy yellow. At the end of the day, this is a story about the utopia of the 1900s and 1900s.
In 1900, it had a special, tragic meaning as the film's protagonist's name. 1900 was born on the first day of the 20th century, a day when people were full of yearnings and dreams for the future century. Before the arrival of the new century, many people have given it their most beautiful utopia, just like when the film begins, when the passengers on the Victoria ship saw the huge Statue of Liberty from afar and cheered forlornly , and that moment was also the moment when their fantasy of America was at its most sublime and perfect. "America! America!" They pointed at the Statue of Liberty and cheered excitedly. They were not only cheering for America, but more importantly, they vaguely saw their own utopia. It was a utopia as sublime and beautiful as the Statue of Liberty. On the Victoria, all people had was hope for the future, and even evil people would forget evil in such pure hope. It was an ideal world, and the birth of 1900 was in such an ultra-ideal environment. He is neither happy nor sad, his mind is full of fantasies and ideals, in his heart, the world is as simple as that.
In a simple world, we don't have to think too much, but in a simple world, we inevitably think a lot. As in 1900. Living in a world surrounded by blue, in a world where pure notes are always haunting, 1900 began to think: the bustling street scene in the United States, the quiet beauty of the snow in the United Kingdom, he could even imagine everyone walking on the street. Either hurried or leisurely look. As Max said, "It's almost like you've been to England." 1900 thought about friendship, family, and even love. He thought about it all with his pure and clean thinking, and piled it all up in his simple world. In his world, family love is "if you don't have children, you will be sent to an orphanage." Love is like a long and far-reaching piano music. These affections, which he carefully treasured and deeply remembered, are actually very thin. of. 1900 never got off the Victoria, or he never got off himself. He grew up, he doubted, and yet, he was always a child.
In the growth of 1900, the piano became a vital partner. He used the piano to be happy, to use the piano to be sad, and to use the piano to express his love. He is a pianist, a talented pianist, and a pianist in its purest form. In his heart, the piano and himself are connected. So when the founder of jazz challenged 1900, 1900 won him calmly. Because in the heart of the founder of jazz, the piano is extremely complex, it contains a kind of honor, a kind of pride, and 1900 regards the piano as a part of his simple ideal. In fact, 1900 is a piano, he is simple, like a little child, but he is not that charming - his personality, he says "fuck his rules" to the rules; he is sharp, he can distinguish the passengers on board Mysterious life experience; he is innocent, he will be at a loss for the girl he loves; he is open-minded, he can play the piano leisurely in the hurricane and tsunami; he is talented, and inspiration is always flowing at his fingertips... The piano, with only 88 keys, can play countless wonderful pieces.
While a piano can last forever, 1900 must grow up. When 1900 listened to a passage from the old farmer who used to listen to the sea on the shore, he vaguely realized his youth. He began to yearn for a life full of hope and authenticity. And when he predates love worries, this desire is further deepened. The girl he liked is gone, and all his thousands of words finally turned into "I wish you peace". He regretted and hesitated, and the child who had never got off the boat hesitated. When he resolutely decided to disembark to see and live ashore, all the crew members were shocked. So Max said, "The power of love is great." In fact, 1900's decision to disembark was not just for love, he wanted to get out of himself, he wanted to pursue, after all, he never pursued anything.
By the time the film got here, almost everyone was guessing whether 1900 would actually get off the ship. In the film, when 1900 walks up the ramp in Max's beautiful coat and brand new top hat, he stops and the music stops abruptly. At that moment, the whole world fell silent. 1900 saw the city, saw a bustling city, but, as he said, he could not see the end. So when his simple and pure world collided with the endless complex world in reality, he chose to return. He finally returned to his own world after hesitating and shaking. He feared that his ideal and fragile world would be shattered in that violent collision. At that moment, he knew better than anyone how naive and weak his utopia was, but he was still reluctant to come out. He is willing to live in a finite world and live an infinite life, he is unwilling to enter an infinite world and live a finite life. Therefore, when people wanted to blow up the "retired" Victoria, 1900 resolutely chose to "die" with the Victoria. The words he said at the last meeting with Max before the Victoria demolition became a confession of his soul. So, we understand the choice of 1900. The Victoria is his utopia. Even without the piano, he can't leave his utopia, just like a young child can never leave his mother. He would rather smash with his utopia when it inevitably collides with reality. This is a kind of attachment deep in human nature.
In the 21st century, when the urbanization of human beings is accelerating and the industry and commerce are developing vigorously, human civilization has reached a high degree of prosperity, and the product of human civilization, the city, has also developed almost perfectly. But as 1900 said - the city has everything, but there is no end. This is the tragedy of human civilization. Humans have lost themselves in the infinite world of transformation, but it is difficult to find themselves in the infinite world created by human beings.
As a special case of living in a special and limited world in the 20th century, 1900 firmly grasped himself throughout his life. Even when he was hesitant and shaken about life, he still never abandoned himself. In the end, his death was also a defense of himself. Although this defense is incredibly fragile and futile.
In the end, 1900 and his utopia turned into foam on the sea, and the only thing he left behind was a mournful and profound piano music. When this song slowly flows out as the end of the credits, those who have the same beautiful utopia like 1900, maybe, will cry.
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