Coppola's Spring Dream

Eunice 2022-04-19 09:03:13

He hasn't made a new film for nearly 10 years. Coppola tastes the "Coppola" red wine brewed by himself in his vineyard, and lives a carefree and carefree hermit life. Occasionally he will come out in LV's In the advertisement, she showed her old face with her daughter to make a little extra money, and to prevent fans from completely forgetting herself. Until one day...

until one day, he found that if he had to stop shooting, the world would make people remember Sofia Coppola instead of Francis Ford Coppola, so there was this "Youth Without Youth".

Regardless of whether it has translated into the essence of the original text, I like the sentence structure of the Chinese title, "Youth Without Youth", full of Zen. The film is changed from the Romanian theologian Iliad's novel of the same name, which is doomed to be obscure and incomprehensible. It involves philosophy, religion, language, theology, psychology and other fields of knowledge, and it is to live and die as you see it. Killing all of your brain cells is not enough, and you will be forced to search for relevant answers on Baidu.

Actually, why fight? Dominic was actually just having a dream. Just like Zhuang Zhou dreamed of butterflies, you can't tell whether it was Zhuang Zhou who dreamed of butterflies or whether the butterflies dreamed of Zhuang Zhou. Youth is priceless, youth has no regrets, the most important thing is to live your youth steadfastly. As for the three red roses for no reason, I prefer to see them as the symbol of Dominica's spring dream, or the spring dream of Coppola himself. Elderly people also need to dream of spring.

After watching this movie, I suggest you watch "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" again. It also tells the story of rejuvenation, but the feeling is completely different. Maybe the revelation will be the same.

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  • Conner 2022-03-22 09:03:04

    Obscure. . All kinds of nonsense. .

  • Herminio 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    Even if my IQ is low, I would have known to see Charlie.

Youth Without Youth quotes

  • Dominic: I love you. I've always loved you.

  • Dominic: [records his voice] Geneva, 1941, May the 7th. Dominic Matei. Dictation. The documents in the Geneva safety deposit box summarize my life, which was profoundly changed in the spring of 1938 in front of the Gara de Nord railroad station in Bucharest. My first experiences were described and analyzed by Prof. Roman Stanciulescu, in reports which were confiscated by the Nazis.

    [now watching a cinema newsreel of 22nd June, 1941. V.O. continues]

    Dominic: The war rages around me. I'm a fugitive in neutral Switzerland, encircled by the Axis powers. My Romanian homeland has made a pact with the devil - Adolf Hitler - and may soon be under siege... I've lost contact with my dear friend Prof. Stanciulescu, which could mean that he's been killed... I live in fear, dreading what awaits in the alleyways, eluding capture by my wits, moving from hotel to rooming house, always working on my book.

    Dominic: [V.O. continues. Dominic forges his documents] November the 30th, 1941. Zurich. Dominic Matei. I have explained in Portfolio B how I instinctively found the talent to preserve myself. Living like a secret agent, I discovered abilities to forge documents, change addresses and prepare disguises...

    [visits a bank]

    Dominic: Shortly before he disappeared, Prof. Stanciulescu arranged a bank account for me. In Geneva. Under the name of William Patterson. Now, without him, his funds will be depleted... and I will have to find other means.

    Dominic: [V.O. continues. Dominic reads newspapers in a café] February the 20th, 1942. Bern. I must face the undeniable and chilling truth... that I am a mutant. Like a character in a science fiction novel. I am a strange Superman of the future. I have access to knowledge unavailable to mankind. Powers, I don't fully understand.

    [visits a library]

    Dominic: Despite this, I try to behave as an ordinary intellectual. Working to complete my book, documenting the origin of language and human consciousness. I began to realize that with any text I have before me, if I wanted to know the content, I simply... knew it.

    Dominic: [V.O. continues. Dominic plays roulette in a casino] Lake Campione, October the 23rd, 1942. I found I could augment my income. Winning just enough not to arouse suspicion. Nothing is as it seems. I am the proof of that... I trust... no one.