Violinist on the roof

"Fiddler on the roof", 3 hours in length, I watched the first DVD on the first night, didn’t watch the second night, and watched the remaining DVD on the third night . After watching a movie halfway through, I fell asleep calmly, procrastinated peacefully, and watched it in three days. It is conceivable that it was not won by plot. The film is titled "The Violinist on the Roof". The roof is often swept by the camera, and there are only a handful of scenes where the violinist appears. The main opening and closing credits can also be regarded as the epitome of the beginning and the end. It can be said that it has nothing to do with the violinist or even the roof, but the music is good, the music is good, not the beautiful and varied melodies, but simple melodies that often sound in the plot, with different lyrics in different scenes. The short lyrics of the narrative give this film with a sad ending a bit of joy. Let’s put it this way, the background is in the “old society” of Russia and Ukraine, the plot is short in the parents, the characters are humble and poor peasants, and the tone is dim with some golden yellow; but the whole film does not have the decadence and lament of the decline, and It shows the opposite sentiment: in the bright evening, the sun has been set for a while, the bright sunset has gone, leaving a faint afterglow, which is not dazzling and noisy at all, giving people a warm feeling. The dusk of hope.

The film tells about the life of a Jewish family living in Ukraine during the "Anti-Jewish" period. The father was a poor milkman, the main pillar of the family, and his wife and five daughters. Under the background of “Traditon” which pays attention to “make a match” of parents, the three daughters who have grown up all choose their own marriages. The father is strict and rigid on the surface, but he understands his daughter’s love and happiness explicitly or implicitly. Yes. The film is in English with English subtitles, and the subtitles are very simple. I actually understand most of the plot and events after reading it, but the background is not very clear. Based on the several collective dances, it is inferred that it is our strategic partner "XXKstein". The word "Russion" appeared in the lyrics, and it was confirmed. In the end, I found out the background of Ukraine in Google. The so-called "violinist on the roof" refers to the Ukraine that lives in anti-Semitism, and all the Jews are like The violinist on the roof still has to work hard to play a happy movement in the crisis." Haha, sure enough, it has nothing to do with the violin. After reading it, I was always worried that I didn't understand the secret of the violin, but my comprehension had deteriorated.

An excerpt from a piece of information from Baidu, its introduction is more reasonable and well-documented, and it is clearer than I said.
"Fiddler on the Roof" is a two-act musical based on Alechem's Jewish literature. The music was composed by Jerry Bock and the lyrics were written by Sheldon Harnick. Choreographed by the famous Jerome Robbins.

It premiered in New York in 1964 and has won many awards. In 1965, he won seven awards including Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Choreographer at the 19th Tony Awards. In 1972, he won the 26th Tony Award Special Award for the longest performance of the play on Broadway. Won the Best Replay Award in 1991. And the film adapted from the musical also won the Oscar for Best Music, Photography, and Sound in 1971.




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The soul character in the play is the male protagonist Tai Wei Actor Topol starred, his performance is very attractive). He is an Eastern European Jew who raises cattle. He has a very open mind and loves his three unmarried daughters. For their happiness, he rejected the offer of a wealthy butcher, and allowed his eldest daughter to marry a childhood sweetheart, a poor tailor as he wished; he bravely broke the tradition and allowed the second daughter to fall in love with radical college students freely; he even broke through the psychologically great Contradictory, let the third daughter elope with the Russian youth. He is a great loving father.

In the play, he thinks of the future of his three daughters. He sings "If I were a rich man" very lovingly, reflecting his optimistic and humorous nature. The "sunrise and sunset" at the eldest daughter's wedding sang very tenderly the wonderful feelings of parents seeing their children grow up. The dances in the play are very famous, such as the passionate and cheerful dance with a strong Russian style in the pub; and the Jewish-style "bottle dance" at the wedding. The plot of the drama is also very attractive. In the daily life of the Jews, the shadow of possible persecution by the czar appears from time to time, making the plot very compact.

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