Piano is an advanced drug, and that's what this film tries to interpret. It will make you lose everything but the piano, it will make you want to re-touch its keyboard at all costs, and it will focus all your positive emotions on every minute and second of being with the piano. It won't let you fully own it, and once you get close to its limit, it will drain you and drop you from peak to trough in an instant. Then, it is still the noble and elegant piano in people's hearts, but you have gray hair and even the insanity caused by the huge gap, for the rest of your life.
This film subverts the harmonious and unified relationship between the performer and the instrument in people's minds. For anyone who has learned an instrument, this opposition is unforgettable. Unless you let the piano take away your soul like the protagonist of this film, you can become detached, which is the difference between genius and craftsman.
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