Young memories are forever

Dandre 2022-04-19 09:02:36

This film is more like the director of Hayao Miyazaki himself, at least a tribute to him.
Gong Lao has finally returned to himself and his era after interpreting various points of view in previous films. At that time, he should also be a young man. Japan had just emerged from the ruins of World War II and the shadow of the Korean War, and the society was actively developing, but the impact of the war still remained in the hearts of that generation. Human life is short, as far as memory is concerned; memory is also vague, in terms of relative history. The close-up of the Japan-US security treaty in the film is very casual, the description of the landing battle is very clean, there is no enemy activity, no protagonists of both sides appear, and no artillery fire can be seen. The sky is very blue, and the white clouds are very white. When it comes to the mine, if it is not for the effect of the explosion, it may be thought that it is a reef.
Maybe this is the memory and imagination of the old man of the war, but whether it is memory or imagination is not important to him anymore. Facts have come to fruition, and no amount of rendering can change the base color of the film. Chihiro's seclusion, the free and easy moving castle, the tenacious little man, and the romance of the wild Adriatic have all receded. Only the memories of youth are left on the background. Something back to basics. In fact, he may think that only what has happened is eternal and indelible, although the history books can be rewritten at will.
The old building in the Latin Quarter was not translated from Japanese, but the original French. In fact, the fame of the Latin Quarter is also in the age of the old and young. There are many young people from the United States in the Latin Quarter where the Paris Sorbonne University is located. After World War II, the active atmosphere created the reputation of the Latin Quarter. Now there are a lot of bigger street shops, foreigners are generally tourists, and foreign students are all Asian and African people. It's just that in the story, middle school students can send telegrams to overseas at will, which is somewhat suspicious.
That legendary photo of the three of them revolves around the story that makes the union of the male and female protagonists full of the tough friendship of the previous generation. The innocence of love in the past will give way to the feelings of the nation this time. This is the heaviest love in all the dramas. Story is also the most indifferent word to deal with the meaning of love. Yes, compared with what has happened before, how can the family-style love between two middle school students be important. The surviving person still drives the ocean freighter, and the momentum of its departure is not lost to the landing ship and aircraft carrier. In the bones, men are still men, and the characteristics of the nation have not changed. The calm Gong Lao does not have to use the same obvious metaphor as Jiang Wen to realize this multi-layered repertoire. As long as the performance of the immortal ambition in the heart can show the characteristics of the nation; if the film is a hit in Japan, the selling point should be the appeasement of the nation's history. After leaving Asia and entering Europe, the direction of progress has not changed after insisting on the reform. Although the outside world needs to build a better superstructure, the essence of all aspects of Japan is still managed to preserve.
It is a pity to watch this film in France. Obviously, the audience did not understand Gong Lao's intentions at all. This nation has no resonance for hard work and hard work. I think screening in China should be the same situation. For the same reason, the blind readings of that history in both countries make the unbearable lightness of life reappear here. The kind of tenacity to treat the family and country in the past condensed in Gong Lao's heart. In the end, he also typed out to his own memory that the story was purely fictional subtitles.
Da Yin Xisheng can be used to evaluate this animation.

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  • Shun Kazama: There's no future for people who worship the future, and forget the past.