Then he solemnly told me: You must know that every experience is not in vain.
I was so impressed by this story that when I saw the movie "Chanel, the Fashion Pioneer" three years later, this sentence still lingered in my ears. In my opinion, the reason why this three-hour movie takes the trouble to show the detailed experience of Coco Chanel before becoming famous is to break down every detail to prove this truth.
Faced with the domineering queen of the twentieth century, the film swiftly avoided her domineering experience in the fashion industry, and focused all attention on her fate before the establishment of the "Chanel Kingdom". Assuming that the audience does not regard it as a biopic of Chanel, but only as the struggle history of a poor girl, this movie is still worth watching.
Because in this perspective, the famous Chanel is no different from us ordinary people. She is also entangled in the dilemma of relationship and career. She can't let go of tenderness and sweetness, and is eager to try the unknown future; she will doubt herself after being denied, just like other Leo women, just because she loves face, she refuses to show herself to the outside world. slightest.
Her life is more difficult than ordinary people. When she lost her mother in her early years, her father was indulged in having fun and put her up in the monastery. When she became an adult, she worked as a clerk in a knitting shop and endured the shopkeeper's arrogance every day; she finally passed a song called Coco-which became her future The nickname, people can't remember the real name of this smart girl—attracting the lover of the military officer, but the other party only accepts love and refuses marriage.
In the norms of European women's behavior at the beginning of the last century, being weak and accepting everything was the best virtue. But she was stubborn all over, unwilling to be born poor, uncomfortable to be a vase-like lady, and disdainful of the constraints imposed by the patriarchal society. With the courage beyond ordinary people, she raised the skirt and cut her hair short, infecting the whole world with a simple, comfortable and free style.
Since then, the story about "Chanel No. 5" or the classic little black dress is familiar to people, and the film didn't bother to tell. It just made the confident Chanel spit out a cigarette and said firmly: "Our courage comes from failures, not success."
From this perspective, those hardships can be interpreted in another way: abandoned in the early years. She became independent and strong, determined to be free from mercy in this life; in the knitting shop, she learned sewing knowledge and social etiquette, and had the opportunity to contact the upper-class people in society; life with military officers made her truly understand the lives of nobles, It lays the foundation for the design that will be simplified in the future, and more importantly, it provides the capital for entrepreneurship.
Even after becoming a 70-year-old woman, she can still draw strength from failure. After World War II, she returned to Paris, and her first series of comeback was severely criticized, and the company faced the dilemma of changing hands. She gave birth to courage, insisted on her own style, and finally achieved great success in the second series.
When she smiled triumphantly on the corner of the stairs lined with glass mirrors, it was easy for us to follow along. Biopics are the most proficient in this, reducing celebrities to ordinary people, or digging out golden shining points on ordinary people, making countless people in similar environments empathize with them, thinking that one day they will also shine. It's okay to suffer now, won't all these experiences work in the future?
This is so consistent with the experience provided by my friend. It can be seen from successful people that this is a universal truth. In particular, this is not only limited to explaining the destiny of the individual, but also on a larger scale. Isn't Mr. Huang Renyu's concept of "Chinese history" just like that? He believes that every stage of China's development from ancient times to the present is also indispensable, such as the smash from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and the superstructure construction after Chiang Kai-shek took over, all of which are ready for the establishment of the new China.
As a summary study in the academic sense, with such an optimistic attitude to give rationality to all changes, it is unavoidable to slightly underestimate the accidents and tortuous repetitions of history. However, for a small individual, blind optimism seems necessary, otherwise how to have the courage to spend many difficult times in life?
So, after seeing biopics as inspirational in the early hours of the morning, I was blowing the cold wind from the cracks in the door, watching the signs of rain leaking in the corners, and I felt that I could have a good night's sleep. The current small difficulties are nothing, maybe they will play a magical role in the future, preparing for "the sky will be reduced to the people".
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