This extra-long film shows the lives of three generations of an Italian family. Although everyone in the film is portrayed enough to support this epic narrative, in general, the portrayal of men is still deeper than that of women. many. Take Madio and Julianne for comparison, both of them are "people who go their own way" (Nicolas), and their endings are very tragic, but Madio can be in front of the camera because he is one of the protagonists. appear more three-dimensional. I felt a resonance from Madio's experience and wanted to do some analysis on him.
In the film, Madio goes to the opposite side of the beautiful countless times. He studied philosophy and got an A in his subject, but he dropped out of school because he disagreed with the professor in the exam. After serving in the military, he ignored his brother Nikolai's doubts and became a police officer but did not make any achievements. The woman, Melalie, deliberately missed the appointment when the relationship could develop further, and just hid in the car to watch her leave; another time he peeked out of the car when he watched his elderly mother help her who was seriously ill His father, he knew that his time was short, but he was ruthless not to come forward to meet his father even for the last time, and it was not until he learned of his father's death that his family saw his pain; on the eve of New Year's Day, he went to his brother Nico Lajia, he was so uncomfortable in the big happy family, he just stayed for ten minutes, made an excuse to leave, returned to the deserted home, accompanied by the New Year's bell and brilliant fireworks, he jumped off the building and committed suicide.. .... His actions may make the audience hate to say how there is such a person, but he himself is very righteous - "I destroy everything on my own, why are you angry with me?"
He does have a weird and twisted personality, but it's not that he doesn't care about everything. On the contrary, he cares too much about his relationship with others. He wants to make every relationship manageable, especially when the relationship is on the rise. However, the relationship between people is very complicated. How a relationship develops depends on the wishes and actions of both parties, and the other party is free to come and go as an independent individual. He should also be very aware of this. How to make a relationship manageable? One way is to destroy it with your own hands. As inconceivable as it may sound, I can't help but think of an example Freud gave in his Beyond the Pleasure Principle, where little babies, after their mothers are out of sight, start to play a game in which a tethered toy is placed Throw it to the end of the bed and pull it back with the rope, with the sound of "Fort-Da" (go-back) in your mouth. Freud believed that the baby was using the game to recreate the scene of the mother's departure. The difference was that he could control the coming and going of the toy (the mother) through the rope to eliminate his inner anxiety. Madio seems to have a desire to actively sabotage when things are going well and well for fear of the pain of possible separation or disappointment. Merally saw through him:
— You like books because you can put them down at any time, but life is different, and you don’t have the final say.
— You are wrong, I have the final say, and it is my decision not to meet you anymore.
Destruction, repetition, aggression, coercion, the desires called the death drive, ultimately lead to Madio's self-destruction. Although he was so out of place, no one seemed to have paid sufficient attention to his anomalies during his lifetime, so his death was a heavy blow to his kind, gentle family. Madio's mother went to his apartment the day after his death with several books, and as they walked downstairs past where he fell, the mother burst into tears and threw the books to the ground, as if Punishing herself this way—she caused his death, like she threw out the books.
In fact, Madio didn't always pretend to be that good. He made several obscure requests for help, but they were all ignored by the people he trusted most. Once, after Jona was taken away on her way to find her relatives, he set foot on the train back to Rome while his brother Nicholas was asleep, and insisted on leaving him alone regardless of his brother's request. In the end, his brother slammed the car door for him angrily and turned his back. At this time, Madio saw Nicola's disappointed back and called his name to make him turn around, but the train drove away and his brother did not turn around. The second time was when his sister, who was a judge, found his temporary residence in Rome and questioned why he didn't go to see his parents, but he yelled at his sister, "What do you know?!" Perhaps one of the reasons for his hysterical desire for a sense of self-control). The elder sister left without a word, and Madio chased after her and called her, but the elder sister did not stop. The same thing happened between Melally and him again. Melally went to the police station to find him and wanted him to explain why he cheated on her, and he yelled at the other party who didn't do anything wrong. scolded away and ended their relationship. It was the last day of his life - the eve of New Year's Day - and he tried to call Melalie but the call went unanswered. These are not coincidences, I think if someone treats me like this, and I just want to cut off all ties with him forever, how could I think that this is the last call for help from a drowning person?
Even his mother ultimately failed to save him. At Nicola's house that night, Madio left the living room of laughter and hid in his mother's room. The mother noticed the strangeness and followed him into the house. He picked up his police gun and asked if his mother could put it on the head of her bed. Mother refused. It seems to me that the gun represents the hard shell he is armed with, and at that moment he wants to remove the hard shell, and his mother refuses him for some reason. The mother gave him full trust, respect and tolerance, but the Madio she accepted was not the person in front of her, but the most brilliant of him in college - the proof is that his excellent grades are hanging by the bedside. Madio did not see the possibility of his present self from his mother, and he chose to leave.
Qiaozhen is a special presence for Madio. Qiao Zhen is beautiful, but she doesn't realize it herself. Although she has a neurosis, she will never hurt others. For Madio, such an object, while always causing trouble, big and small, is dominant in their relationship, a relationship that is extremely safe for him. Therefore, when they first met, Madio took the initiative to take Qiao Zhen to his "secret base", took her to the library, read poems for her, and told her what he said in his heart. On the other hand, Madio projected the pursuit of beauty and the desire for caring for others that he buried deep in his heart onto Qiao Zhen, and his redemption for Qiao Zhen actually wanted to redeem himself. The failure to find relatives has become the fuse that Madio gradually leads to destruction.
Both Nikolai and Madio had a deviant spirit in their youth, but Nicola had compassion—as the grand examiner in his medical exam put it, “The word sympathy comes from the Greek and means can share the pain of others" - this is the biggest difference between Nicolas and Madio. Sympathy and age have gradually softened Nicolas, while Madio has never changed, and his personality may have been fixed at some point in his youth. Young man, long live.
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