the world from the corner of the eye while recording everything we see (to the effect).
——Camus
's way of watching movies, although we must keep in mind the true nature of "Looking at the mountains is the mountain, and watching the water is the water" - just like the images that some of Abbas and Hou Hsiao-hsien's films contributed to us - but , such as the relationship between the signifier and the signified of a word, six hours of observation still make people think outside the box.
The theme of "A Splendid Life" is refuted and tangled. It can be said to be the growth history of Italian youth after the war, a microcosm of the changes of contemporary Italian society, and a collection of pure and kind-hearted young people entangled in their hearts. It’s not wrong to put the old-fashioned topic of choosing the path of life here. Besides, many details in the film are colorful and colorful. Compared with our living situation, there is a sense of substitution at any time. If I could sum it up in one sentence, could it be like this: Human, it's not about what kind of person you are, but what kind of person you want to be.
There is always such a person in the world. The pain of others is their own pain, just like Michael's personality characteristics in "Prison Break": high sympathy ratio, human injustice is the torture of one's own conscience, "as brave and sad as Achilles", spontaneous morality in the heart The law or the law of justice delivered by the book becomes the measure of life. That's right, it's Madio. Just like Guevara who swam to the leprosy hospital in "Motorcycle Diary", they had planned to hang the pot to save the world and ran into a wall in front of reality. The young Madio wanted to rescue the tortured girl Zozhen in the mental hospital with his brother. Attempted, he felt unfair before stepping out of the school gate, and his pure juvenile feelings suffered setbacks in the face of social laws. This is the beginning of frustration, and the twists and turns of life in the series don't let him go - who makes him so serious, brave, and ethical? He became a policeman, and his friend was maimed by the rioting poor. He joined a special organization against the Red Brigade, and the target he might kill was his sister-in-law. Yes, the world may be a lunatic asylum in his eyes, and the world is almost upside down: Zuozhen, who needs family care, is kept in a mental hospital by her father in the name of love, hates social injustice, graduated from university mathematics, and plays the piano well. The sister-in-law became a terrorist, the brother-in-law of the technocrat became the target of the red brigade where the sister-in-law was hunting, and the friend was beaten to death by the poor who fought against social injustice. He regards himself as a carrier of beauty and kindness, he likes to read, and the house is full of piles - the more the conflict with the outside world.
He told his beloved photographer Melalie at the beach: "Explore what's inside." The self-digging is ruthless, and the "inner" is constantly asking for explanations, and the incompatibility is indispensable. He is unwilling to choose the path of his younger brother Nikolai, to be a dutiful doctor. At the beginning of the film, he is holding a history book, what kind of inner is he looking for?
Ladies and gentlemen, there is always a friend like this by your side. They look as though the world owes him a lot. Always showing a sullen look, they are always looking for and walking on the road. I don’t know what they are talking about: personal freedom, harmony of body and mind, feeling the pain of others, getting the key to accurately measure the world, or natural sensitivity to the justice of the world. Maybe they are Madio.
Of course, Madio is braver. As Shangguan Benji said, when others put death frivolously on the lips, he moved the truth. Just like the precocious young girl Xiao Ming in "Guling Street Teenage Murder Incident" said to the stubborn little four, "Why don't you understand? This world will not change for you! I am just like this world. The same, it will not change for you!" You can't change it, the outside world and your own values are in conflict, and you have to kill one. Xiao Si kills Xiao Ming who will not change. On Christmas night, Madio jumped from the balcony as if he had rolled over in bed.
In this way, are people who reconcile with society, do not go crazy, and continue to live, are they brave or cowardly? Jia Zhangke said it was brave. The director of "A Splendid Life" seems to have evolved somewhat. At the end, it is the routine of "life is really beautiful". I don't know what he was thinking? There is no way, he is probably also a smart person, because he understands, he is compassionate and gives the audience a little sweetness.
A realistic film, so we can see many lines and social landscapes that make people understand, such as:
"If there is a chance, we must leave Italy, leave this country, although beautiful, but hopeless, because we are controlled by dinosaurs." Another example is, "Our economy grows by 7% every year, and one out of every three people has a career", "I hope Italy is as transparent as Denmark, Norway, Sweden." Too many, Italy 30 years ago, is our 1 here. Version 0.
There are many characters in the film, and the time is long, from the 1960s to the beginning of the new century. Therefore, many people can see their own shadows, young volunteers after the flood in Florence and love above the mud, Turin worker C, and so on. At that time, they were still young.
Madio is the second protagonist, not the sunny, hippie-turned-middle-class brother Nicola (his mouth looks like He Weifang). Remembering him is not to say that he has a self-abuse mentality, just like the photo his lover took of him, with his right hand on his face, his eyes looking at the world through his fingers, the people he sees and the things he sees are all different. have the same wavelength. So, some empathy, some wounded narcissism.
August 24, 2009
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