Sabrina: A warm reminder of a fairy tale

Sabrina

fairy tale

How can a movie that is not a fairy tale theme create a sense of fairy tales? First, at the beginning of the movie, the female protagonist Cebelina's off-screen sound rang, "Once upon a time...", which is a typical opening sentence of a fairy tale. At the end of the film, the voice-over sounded again, still beginning with "Once upon a time...", as if listening to a person telling a story, a perfect fusion to create a fairy tale atmosphere.

Second, the movie scene is comparable to the fairy tale scene. The voice-over mentions that the house of Lerbi's is a big house almost like a castle. The castle is a frequent element in fairy tales. Another element is the dance party. Parties are often held in the mansion. In the courtyard of the mansion at night, people dance to the beautiful music, lights flicker everywhere, and fireworks are sometimes in full bloom, just like a fairy tale world, this fairy tale world even "never rains". In addition to the explicit analogy, Paris is an implicit analogy to the world of fairy tales. First of all, Paris is a distant place; it is there. The distant place is full of fantasy and possibility in the fairy tale world. It is the other place where "life is not here but there". When Sebelina was in Paris, she came into contact with models in beautiful costumes in her work and life, the beautiful humanistic landscape of Paris, leisurely and relaxing gatherings, harmonious and mutually-helping interpersonal relationships, and so on. Even after Seberina returned to the United States, Paris still appeared in her words many times. Frequent retrospectives showed Paris’s beautiful urban temperament like the “Life of Roses”. Paris is not only the “far” he yearns for, but also the “hometown”. "——Compared with New York, it is not a real hometown, but a hometown where the soul resides.

Third, the film presents the warm and beautiful feelings between people. Linus and Sebelina went through various misunderstandings and finally got married. It was a fairy tale-like love story. Sebelina came to Paris, gained the influence of art, found her interest, learned to adapt to loneliness, and improved in all aspects, from a shameless "Cinderella" to a shining "Cinderella" Princess". After returning to the United States, I met true love after some twists and turns. Linus, a workaholic who only knows how to work hard, under the influence of Sebelina, gradually learned to feel the beauty of life and became a real person. Both of the main characters have grown up. Not only is the growth and love story of the heroes and heroines feel good, the movie as a whole presents the fairy tale elements of "Happy for All". The business of the Lerbi family was not affected. The one-billion-dollar transaction was successfully completed. David, who has always been like a playboy, finally settled down when he met true love. Sebelina's father also confided his thoughts to his colleagues. The whole film is warm and affectionate, and there is love and understanding between mother and son, father and daughter, brothers, colleagues and friends.

Fourth, the intertextuality of fairy tales in the film. Sebelina mentions that her name comes from a story in a poem. In the story, the fairy Sebelina saved a virgin (virgin means the first time). This storyline metaphors the core of the whole movie. In the plot, Linus is the virgin in the story. Although he has survived, he has never lived. Sebelina saved and inspired him in a certain sense. She will lead him to experience many "firsts" in life. .

Not just a fairy tale

If fairy tales involve love, most of the models are: “From then on, the prince and princess live happily together.” The love story in the movie cannot be as simple as the fairy tale. The biggest highlight of this movie is the delicate depiction of love. As a human emotion, love is extremely delicate and extremely difficult to describe. Both the old and new versions of this movie have their own supporters. If you just look at the description of love, the new version surpasses the old one. The changes in the progress of the love between the two in the old version are too straightforward and blunt, while the new version is more subtle and tactful. Linus discovered that his brother David decided to pretend to be affectionate towards her because of Cebelina's giving up the marriage contract with his business partner's daughter, for the benefit of business. However, the series of events that followed were not restricted by Linus, who thought he could control everything, because the human mind was inherently the most difficult to control. The conversation between the two people in the glass flower room has begun to feel good, the island shooting has deepened their understanding, and the dating in the city has opened up their hearts. Linus has already been tempted. He is serious in casual clothes and wearing a baseball cap is nothing more than subconsciously trying to give Sebelina A good impression, but he didn’t know it. Sebelina always thought that she had a soft spot for David. Her brother came in, and her feelings gradually changed until she was in Linus’s office. Linus didn’t dare to admit it, but when he wanted to escape, Linus thought he was pretending to show his love. The two embraced each other. Linus found out that he couldn’t bear to continue to lie to Sebelina, so he had to put his own falsehood. Plan and tell. Linus told her falsehood, but didn't realize that she was truly in love. Seberina realized that she had found true love, but found it was just an illusory bubble, and went to Paris with mixed feelings. It’s hard to comprehend the human mind, and sometimes it is impossible for even oneself to explain how one feels. The depiction of love in the film is like the phantom of dance steps under the light, which is imaginary and vivid, and it is amazing.

Hair plays a very subtle role in depicting love in this movie. When the two people in the office were about to vomit, Sebelina asked, "Who cut your hair?" Linus's hairstyle was meticulous and traditional. It was made by his father's 90-year-old barber. Cut. Seems to be just a casual questioning, but Cebelina's hand stretched out to Linus's hair involuntarily. Although the question was about the hair, the meaning was not only about the hair. The hair is a part of the body, and it will touch the hair. It is touching the body. Sebelina’s uncontrollable emotions towards Linus were concentrated in her touching his hair. Naturally, Linus immediately responded to the urging of emotions. The two clasped their hands, their feelings were suppressed but yet again. The state of being ready to spray out at any time is fully reflected in the contact between the hair and the hand.

What’s interesting is that when Cebelina came back from Paris, she cut off the long hair she had always kept. The neat short hair made her look fashionable and beautiful, and David could not recognize her at all, even though they knew each other when they were "2 years old." It can be said that David has never "seen" her. The ugly duckling Sebelina is an invisible person (nobody) in the eyes of David who pursues beauty. Wei's sudden interest in amazement, the relationship between the two is not strong. In contrast, her brother recognized Sebelina at a glance, showing that her brother had been "seeing" her all the time. David turned a blind eye to Sebelina when he only loved beautiful women, but Sebelina and the others turned a blind eye to Linus because of fear, ignorance, and many other reasons. The strengths of the two were hidden until they discovered each other. , Has achieved a beautiful love story.

Pursue interests and pursue art

The film concerns New York and Paris. Obviously, it can be seen that New York represents business and work, the economy is developing rapidly, life is fast, people are busy with work, and constantly accumulating wealth. Linus is the most typical example. Sebelina asked her father what Linus was like when she was a child, and her father replied humorously: "It's just a little shorter." Linus grew up in a business family. He was immersed in the atmosphere of pursuing interests since he was a child. He was called a "walking heart donor" behind his back. People thought he thought his conscience was worthless like the ruble. Sebelina laughed at him. Not "never look out the window". Although Larry's family often hosts artistic parties, Linus at the party only cares about how to make the business bigger and stronger. He organizes parties just to pursue more interests. On the contrary, he is a servant of the Larrybee family, with good taste, and the content of the chat is actually "The Long Day Is Ending" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Seberina's father, although a private driver, was the reason why he was a driver because he wanted to have more time to read. Sebelina's home is full of books. She grew up in such an environment with artistic talent. Paris represents art and leisure. Sebelina went to Paris to engage in fashion photography. She learned and fell in love with photography. She even felt that she had been taking pictures without a camera. This meant that under the influence of her father, she had been able to Discover the extraordinary beauty in life. Linus's life is full of work. He is an "inhuman" suppressed by the pursuit of interests. It is precisely when he meets Sebelina who has a keen sense of life, he is saved and leads a "human" life.

Of course, the film does not blindly deny commercial interests. The two Linus brothers are busy making money and the other is busy spending money. In the end, Linus withdraws from the business pursuit and rushes to Paris to find true love, while David is out of the world. After entering the business circle, the imbalance between the two of them was repaired. Even the father of Sebelina, who is fond of reading, has been following his master for many years, aiming at the opportunity to store ample funds, and prepare for his daughter's independence. Life cannot only be pursued by commercial interests, nor can it only be pursued by art. Combining the two and complementing each other is the long-term way. Let’s take a look at today’s society. Words such as “introduction” and “social animal” are popular. People are busy chasing more interests. There are few moments to stop and pay attention to their hearts. (Enjoy real life in real world).

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