I want to talk about the difference between the original The Little Prince and this version of the movie.
On July 31, 1944, Esupéry "flyed the plane into the blue sky and never returned".
I remember reading the original a long time ago, the introduction of the author of such words in the preface caught my attention.
What does it mean to "fly a plane into the blue sky and never return"? With such affectionate affection for a person's last whereabouts, a poetic formulation is used, and a vague conclusion is used for the disappearance or death of a military personnel. As if unwilling to say this fact, as if the implied meaning, it seems that it is not just an unexpected accident. This description is as if the people of the past have gone on a yellow crane. It is both sad and full of understanding and good wishes for the other person.
I've always felt that part of the beautiful reading experience of the original "Little Prince" comes from its sad duet. We know that the suffering adult whom the author mentions to the children in his preface is himself, and we know that the little prince and the pilot are also himself. We can experience many times a man and a boy, a kind of pity and self-respect for our own situation, a kind of sadness and calm helplessness, a kind of tenderness and warmth.
Such a man is not annoying. After all, there is always a boy in a man's heart. Yes, he is an adult man facing the desert dilemma alone, he has many adult abilities, and he is also a pilot! But when he snuggled up to the bonfire and his only close companion, the plane B612, on a Saharan night, when he began to mutter to the little prince in his heart, how lovely this lonely man is, and women will fall in love with this man with a heart. Too many men, don't they, have no heart?
This man has known for a long time that he is not happy. This man has many sealed memories, the experience of being wronged when he was a child, the rose growing up, and after wandering around the world, he is still alone in his heart. On nights like this, he thought of the little prince. So here he comes. This man is like the company of an object, the narrator of a story, but borrows the little prince to speak out this soul's self-talk.
He looked at the little prince with great tenderness and knew all his stories, his planet, his roses, his travels, his foxes and snakes. He also knew that he wanted to die. Yes, that's right, he wanted to die. He never uttered the word, he only said that he was tired and wanted to go back to his own planet. The day he was leaving, he cried, but he knew that he was powerless and that he had made up his mind somewhere. Does death return home in Asuka's car, or does the snake fulfill its promise when it's decided?
On July 31, 1944, Esupéry "flyed the plane into the blue sky and never returned".
In my opinion, this process is his real self-death. It is his own choice. He has already chosen it, isn't it?
Every time, I see heartache. Whether it's sunsets, roses, foxes, or death. Every time, I can experience this tenderness, this warmth, this kindness, and this sadness again and again.
The French musical version of "The Little Prince" will give you a perfect experience of the original work. Those songs are straight to the heart and make you cry, whether it is the confession of the rose or the teaching of the fox. How much sadness have you experienced in your life, everyone can always miss, grow and say goodbye, loss, heartbreak. So gentle, but god damn it despair, it has to teach that despair into your heart, as if there is no way to escape.
When I watched this movie, at the beginning, I couldn't help but criticize in my heart. Because of the comparison.
As a fan of the original, I wanted to see The Little Prince perfectly, really conveying its spirit, without spoiling the good material.
I was a little impatient because it set the plot of a modern little girl at the beginning, and half of it was telling the story of today.
But looking at it, I think it's beautiful, and even in my current mood, maybe I'm more inclined to the spiritual core of the movie.
That is: Hey, hey, you can't treat me like this! You can't just walk away after making me fall in love with you! You can't just think about dying alone after you've taught me good things! You can't do this, you can't deceive me like this!
Esupéry, you wrote a sad story, and you know it yourself, right?
You write so tenderly, as if it were beautiful, but you actually wrap the poison in a beautiful candy wrapper, and you know it all in your own heart, right?
You wrote so tenderly, what should we do, obviously it is such a desperate thing, we will be as sad as you from now on!
In what you wrote, there is no hope, no possibility, no possibility at all. From now on, we must all learn that our little prince must die!
It's impossible to be happy, right? It's impossible to be happy, right? Adults and children are opposites, right? When you grow up you lose it, right? Not suitable for this society, right? The world is terrible to worry about, right? There's no way out, right?
I've been as sad as you for a long time, Esupéry, but I don't want to believe it now, do you hear me?
So little girls get angry! Hey, hey, grandpa pilot, didn't you let me know that there is a different life in this world? Didn't you show me that even houses in this world don't need to be so uniform? You are not, you have been insisting, living the life of old Europe, the house is full of inexplicable novelties, you can watch the stars, the moon, the space, and listen to jazz, the garden is full of flowers and plants, and the nails are dazzlingly inserted in this Boring and tidy modern neighborhoods, old-fashioned, old planes that haven't given up on tinkering with you, neighbors hate that your existence is a challenge to their world, right? Didn't you tell me the story of the little prince? Didn't you make me understand that this world is not just about learning and grades, getting ahead, following steps, one thousand people, one mechanical life, no feelings and no feelings, right? Didn't you teach me to be brave, don't have to be like others, there are real things in this world, there is love, life and sharing, right? Didn't you give me my self?
Hey, hey, grandfather pilot, you taught me so much, you speak so well, the world you describe has so much hope, but all you have in your heart is death! What do you mean by going alone, what do you mean by not following, what do you mean by going home, you are a liar! Do you dare to say it, and you don't believe it at all? Do you dare to say that you have been in despair for many years? Dare you say it, you're lonely, lonely, sad?
Only as brave as a girl can you find hope. She can go to heaven and earth for you! Because it is love, it is her belief.
Go to the musical version of The Little Prince and you'll cry. Then watch this animation again and let the Americans come to your rescue. I really like Americans, they will save the world. If you are just as brave, you will find happiness.
Part Two:
The above is the part I want to talk about the most. Here are some other points.
First of all, this is specially shot for Chinese people.
There are some mothers around. Whether their children are in elementary school, kindergarten, or still in babies, one of the things they chat with each other when they meet is grades, training, and interest classes.
From what I heard, at least a few of these children are very egoistic, which I think is very good, but inevitably, these children have the same problem in the mouth of their mothers: teachers often complain and do not study well.
Some mothers are very worried. In their world, their grades are as high as the sky, they can't go to a good university if they don't study well, they can't find a good job, and the competition pressure is so great, what will they do in the future. Some mothers are indeed textbook-like, faithfully carrying out various behaviors described in certain articles, including accepting pressure from teachers and helping teachers continue to push children in the family.
If you point this out, they will say, what if you don't train for excellence, everyone is doing it, the teacher only teaches the basics, but the exams are all math Olympiad questions!
If you don't perceive your own anxiety about survival, you don't have the awareness to be a different person, you don't have the strength to fight injustice. . . Many times it's not that we can't do it, it's just that we can't see it. And God has always been merciful to us.
Attached a few articles:
Wu Zhihong: Children always fail in exams, there may be an inside story Wu Zhihong
: How many primary and secondary school students do homework in China
Secondly, some parts of the dubbing are very disappointing. The voice of the little prince is wrong as soon as it comes out. The fox's emotional expression is quite poor, and the grandfather's voice is not old enough. To a certain extent, it has also condensed a person's life experience. Jeff Bridges's voice is full of strength and vicissitudes, unparalleled). Others sometimes have too much sharp and nasal. Although the concept of dubbing has changed now, and it is true that it is not so standard at first, it is lovely to have a slightly life-like accent, but if this is too much, it will make it difficult to hear the lines clearly. It's not good. The old generation's dubbing, opera, and broadcasting skills make sense from this level.
There are several contrived translations.
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