The Magician was written by French comedy master Jacques Tati in the 1950s. Tati is estranged from her eldest daughter, and writes a letter to her daughter. The content of the letter is the story of the protagonist of the film, a magician who is lonely and wandering for half his life. At the end of the story, you can see the appearance of her daughter's photo. It is not difficult to see that Tati is making a subtle attempt to restore the relationship between father and daughter.
From the background sound at the beginning of the story, it can be seen that the old magician is already on the decline, or he is not very popular. The effect of the magic was not good. There were only a few occasional applause. The magician ended indifferently. At that time, in addition to magic, people had more entertainment options: concert halls, jazz, nightclubs. In order to make a living, magicians are playing special games everywhere, but the effect is still not good, mistakes are always made, and magic is not so popular. At this time, people prefer the demon rock, thin, ghostly singers, who have not yet appeared, but pay attention to the thunderous applause. As described by a writer: the fat-headed and big-eared theater owner blew a cigarette ring at the magician, threw the cigarette butt on the ground in disdain, and stepped on it: the old magician is going to go far again. As far as the later encounters are concerned, there is not much difference, the scene is constantly changing, but people's hobbies are often the same, like modern music, like the Beatles, like the noisy atmosphere, and these are magicians. Can not bring, the result is often the same.
The little girl was supposed to be in a Scottish pub (hotel? Okay! I don't know much about what life was like at that time, so I can't judge), working as a waitress. Probably because of the remoteness, people don't have much entertainment, so the magician can still receive a warm welcome from people. The little girl ate the bucket for mopping the floor, and dropped something (well! I despise myself, I can't see what it is), and the magician magically "changed" things to be better and bigger! The little girl was very surprised and threw it like a deer. Probably think that the magician has magical powers, and finding the son of the shop owner (it should be! I didn't see it), probably out of the psychology of ingratiating, asking him what is broken to make the magician better . It's just that magic is magic, and life is life: magicians can't do it. It should be said that the little girl is still full of gratitude to the magician or intentionally please. After washing the magician's clothes, the magician is also very moved, and "changes" a coin to the little girl. Hehe, dramatic! The little girl was very surprised, and despite the magician's repeated "no, no, no...", he forcibly took his clothes to wash, and when she walked out of the door, she specially let the magician look at her old shoes that had fallen off the bottom. Uncle Magic is very kind. After taking the wages, he bought a pair of little red shoes for the little girl. Because of this pair of little red shoes, the little girl felt the warmth of a father, and followed him secretly without telling anyone. The magician goes. It is conceivable that the little girl was very impulsive and embarrassed at that time, probably out of her desire for father's love, she walked so fast that she didn't bring any money, or she really had nothing to save, so she didn't bring any money for the ticket. The little girl should have been lonely since she was a child. The reason why she went with the magician desperately was largely because she had a father-daughter relationship with the magician. As soon as she got off the boat, she acted like a spoiled child to the magician, hoping that the magician would take her with her. Going to Edinburgh, the magician reluctantly took the little girl by train (as the poster advertised) to Edinburgh despite the money.
A father can bring many things to his little daughter, from compliments to clothes and shoes, just like a magician. But "magic" magicians don't exist. They can't change beautiful clothes, comfortable hotels, and good-looking TVs... There are many things that magicians can't change. The magician is already old, and the magic skills are not good. There is no new idea, and there is no way to have any new ideas. In order to buy new clothes for his little daughter, he would go to the car shop in the middle of the night to wash the car. It's just for a little girl who is picky and never satisfied, slowly she will find out that magicians are not "magic" magicians. There are many things that can't be changed. Ruyi Langjun, maybe the day when the magician leaves. Edinburgh in the rain, passers-by coming and going, drunk people rolling on the ground, no one cares that there is a frustrated magician in the rain: dragging his old suitcase, bringing his old rabbit, the magician left the little one. Girl, leave a bouquet of blessing flowers, some money, and a piece of paper: "Magicians do not exist". The magician on the train is lonely and lonely, and the mother and daughter who are sitting opposite are unfamiliar; the little girl should be happy, under the pouring rain, her sweetheart is waiting for her infatuatedly, this ending to her should be like In fairy tales: The little girl has lived a happy life since then.
"When the magician and the girl left, the room was empty. The wind was blowing outside the window, and the shadow on the wall kept changing. At that moment, even if it was a shadow, it would be full of emotion, and you could see people's whole hearts. It's going to shatter. At that moment, did you really see it?"
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