For any soul, there is always an age that truly belongs to him. In this era that may have passed inadvertently without even realizing it, he has harvested dreams, love and youth. In this era, he has unlimited freedom and infinite possibilities. And when he grows old, is wasted by the mediocre life, loses vitality and edges, and loses too much, the memory of this era will become a jewel or diamond that will always shine in his heart.
In the movie, the old man Victor returns to the golden age of the past. Unemployed and unable to keep up with fast-changing times, and kicked out of the house by his wife, he became a depressed and silent loser. However, one day he received an invitation to the show "Good Dreams Day Trip", and after paying all his wealth, he returned to 40 years ago. Of course, this is all in the world of director architecture.
In this world, he waited for his young wife, familiar cafes and hotels, and the clothes and dressing of the year. And the same dialogue and behavior as in the memories. The only difference is that he is still an old man, while the person who plays his wife is beautiful and young.
In this woman who plays the wife, there is another world. This world is different from the world the old man wants to return to. Full of enthusiasm, freedom and strangeness. The old man fell in love with the old wife played by the woman, and gradually he fell in love with the young woman. There is a certain gap between reality and the stage, and it gradually becomes larger and larger. The plot is separated from the script and develops in an unpredictable direction.
When the woman finds out that the old man is in love with herself rather than the character she is playing, she becomes confused and repelled. Although the director tried to convince the old man that the woman he fell in love with had another family. But it was too late. Whether it is reality, or the well-structured stage 40 years ago, it is difficult to distinguish between authenticity and mutual penetration. The whole film is filled with a mysterious, chaotic, desolate atmosphere. The old man, the woman, the director and the old man's wife have developed similar but completely different love stories in the past and reality.
Feng Xiaogang's "One Day Trip to Good Dreams" satisfies people's unfulfilled dreams or discovers their hidden inner self in daily life. In this film, the "Day Trip to Good Dreams" that fulfills people's wishes is to bring people into the world of the past hidden in the ruthless time. People recalled and played the original self again and again. Trying to find the original dream, freedom and love again in this dim and golden world, in this age that will never return.
Therefore, the logic of the whole film is not based on the passage of time, but on the feelings of people who have returned to the past. Their spiritual changes are the only compass in this age of the world. After the old man met his former wife and fell in love with the woman who played his wife, he regained his youthful vigor and regained the dream of love and the direction of his life. He shaved off his white beard, dyed his hair black, put on a slim-fitting suit, his eyes brightened, and he regained his long-lost creative talent. He sold the property, went to work at his son's company, and invested the money in this mirage of the past. He became tolerant, positive and energetic. When he abandoned his wife, he also felt the transformation of his husband. She fell in love with him again.
So, at the end of the film, we see the real wife come to the old cafe. Unlike the old man who was waiting for the young wife, this aging but sophisticated and wise wife begged for her husband's forgiveness and love. The world is so wonderful. You are looking for the pure love in your memory, but what you are waiting for is the complicated reunion in reality. The old man has already belonged to the center of this old world. The image of that girl, the girl full of energy, dreams and freedom is still vivid in my mind. However, the world of this architecture is, after all, a dream in reality. The girl has long forgotten the old man, and she is also seeking her own love and future. She lives in real love, while the old man lives in past love.
This film may tell about a futile search that cannot become a reality after all. The motivation of this search may be love, maybe youth, or escape from the reality that cannot be adapted. In the past scenery of 40 years ago, I found someone who can rest my heart. place. Although "Good Dreams Day Trip" has achieved all of this, it has also deepened the frustration of the frustrated and the sorrow of the mourners. Because when you wake up from the dream, you will find that you are still alone, still out of tune with your surroundings. But this is the warmth and comfort from the past world, but it can withstand the miserable wind and rain in reality. This is the need and logic of the mind. Memories are both good and terrifying. In this beautiful era in the past world, you played the role of who you were in the past. Everything you lost in the past surrounded you, and everything in your dreams became a reality within reach. However, you will wake up in the dream after all, when the old wife's hand holds yours, can the warmth and temptation emanating from the past dreams be able to change from this wrinkled man who has spent 40 years together? Can you find it in your hands? Does this hand in reality, which is trying to reconcile and reunite, satisfy the old man's expectation when he desperately plunged into the dream? Time changes everything after all. Even if the person you were waiting for was the one you were waiting for, is she really the person you were expecting? The one who concentrated all his dreams, youth and love?
The director did not give an answer, he just let the shadow of the beautiful young girl pass by the old man's field of vision. After his wife left, the old man put out the cigarette and went to action. Is he going to enjoy the love delivered to his door after 40 years? Or to look for the youth and dreams of 40 years ago? The director did not make the ending clear and pleasing, and did not want the old man to return to the old and mediocre with satisfaction. He wants to let the old man judge and choose by himself, and let all the audience think and evaluate the meaning and value of time to us. In fact, the return of this 40-year-old love is no longer a moving point. What is really sad and sighing is that in the face of the mercilessly passing time, all of us are destined to be unable to retain youth, dreams and love, and all good things.
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