Wild pear tree (Ahlat Ağacı, 2018)

Therese 2022-01-16 08:01:54

1. Teacher Xin Yiyun Lao Zi Xin said Volume 68 talks about "Forcibles have ambitions, those who do not lose their place will last long, and those who die will live long": There is a movie, a Turkish movie, and the director once directed the winter awakening (Kış Uykusu, 2014), this movie won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and now I am running for this wild pear tree (Ahlat Ağacı, 2018), and is competing for the Oscar on behalf of Turkey. The story of the film tells a young university graduate, a young university graduate from Turkey, that is, a young man who wants to be a writer. He has already written a book about his hometown at the university and wants to publish it. The book he wrote about this hometown is not just an introduction to tourism, or a simple introduction to customs and scenery. His book starts from the most prominent and true local variety of different appearances in his hometown-strange old people, behaviors of eating pears, selling fruits, making all kinds of people Incomprehensible action, but it has a certain dramatic quality. For the secularized patriarchs, faith is no longer the most sacred refuge. What they show is the same views and behaviors as ordinary people, which becomes an interesting particularity. Also, the decadent teachers, teachers, and all kinds of weird and interesting rural rituals. This kind of weird people with their own characteristics all live in and live in the mountain villages of that beautiful hometown.

This young man, a graduate of a Turkish university, made records of these weird, various, but secular people who actually have characteristics, and at the same time wrote them in the beautiful rural villages. . His hometown is surrounded by soothing mountains, the reddish land, the green trees full of mountains, especially the weird wild pear trees scattered among them, he can bear crooked and twisted fruits, but these are extremely ugly. The dried fruits are sweet, juicy, and delicious, especially when I go for breakfast early in the morning. In the whole sun, their village always showed amazing colors. All this, in the eyes of the people in the hometown, is nothing to mention, everything is commonplace, but he thinks this is the most fascinating place! Of course, there are cows, sheep and dogs raised by various families, as well as various small animals in the mountains, including jackals. He believes that all of these are the most worthy of sharing with others. They can be written to others, and can be introduced to others to learn about such villages in the world. He thinks this is the most worthy of writing and introducing to others. The village is gone.

However, he lacked funding for publication. After graduation, he went home directly, hoping to go home to raise money. In the process of raising money, he saw the mayor’s face. The mayor said that everything was for his hometown. What he said was not about the introduction of these things, but how to develop a business to make money for his hometown. What about entrepreneurs? I also think that only a company that can bring wealth to the hometown is the only job. Even if you become an entrepreneur, you still have a good study and become a famous writer, you just think that only getting rich is the true value. Including the patriarch, including famous writers..., he went to interviews one by one, asked the opinions of these people in the upper ranks, and saw that they didn't care about the living environment around them. Mining is digging, grabbing stones and grabbing stones. At the same time, they disagree with the young people’s introduction to hometown characters. They feel that it is like exposing scars. He even discussed what writing is and what is work with the writer of Cheng Daming. What the artistry will be, the well-known writer told him directly: "As long as you follow the readers’ preferences, you only need to emphasize the daily life, what everyone has experienced, and all of this, the readers will feel that you have written their aspirations. , There is no need to have any ideal statement, so if you have readers, you can sell it, and then there will be a publisher to publish it for you."

In the process of raising money, the director's focus is the most essential and sufficient social discussion of the film itself-he reflects the various views of the reality of various characters in the entire society. That is, in reality, in the interests, all interpersonal relationships are eroded-husbands and wives both love and cannot embrace each other; faith loses its sanctity, and it is only a normative basis for life and criticism of others; education is only a last resort A job; as for the country and society, it is just helpless restraint; there are also life problems.... With these various restrictions and the point of view that everyone is striving for profit, life can no longer go out, and it is unprofitable, everything is trapped! In his constant questioning, like a cockfight, people finally rejected him. But he did not back down, just like the sparse and lonely wild pear trees growing on this hillside. He is deeply conscious of his loneliness, but he is also deeply aware of the persistence that he can't give up, the kind of land and mountain villages that provide life for his own living environment, the kind of beautiful mountains and wilds, he can't help but pay attention to nature. , Pay attention to the display of these natural life. And he slowly began to discover that all this love for nature is also the love and affirmation of life and the affirmation of the essence of life, all from his father's enlightenment and influence.

He slowly penetrated into his heart, and saw that his concern and love for nature and life came from his father’s enlightenment and influence, and his father was actually influenced by himself, his mother, his sister, and even The whole village thought it was a freak, even a loser. This father was an elementary school teacher. Although he graduated from university, he only taught in elementary school. No one really recognized him, affirmed him, or even liked him, including his grandfather, which is his father's father. Therefore, after this father retired, he retired to the mountain to live a sheep shepherd--because this freak father’s love for nature and animals made him unable to live in a human society, and he couldn’t bear the whole human-centered society. That kind of society, especially the society where the worldly value is the highest value. In such a life where the worldly value is the highest value, he can only be depressed, he can only be depressed, he feels suffocated, and even finally lost his true self. Bet on the direction of his life. Even if he loves his wife and children, he can't cheer up from betting on horses; he gambled everything and even put the family to shame. But his love for nature insists on desperate people's opposition!

The young man began to see his father's special side, and seemed to be in his own special character! He remembered his original hatred of his father. He once hated his father for being obsessed with betting on horses, owing huge gambling debts, and paying for the fate of their entire family. He cursed his father. When he was cursing his father and scolding his father, it was strange at this time that his mother, who had almost given up hope for his father, scolded him harshly: "You can't curse your father like this, you know, you Father is a gentleman! In such a society and village where domestic violence is regarded as the norm, your father has never beaten me in his entire life. He hasn't even raised his hand and waved it. He just couldn't do what I asked for. I can’t afford the responsibilities that come from the society and the family that he is required to fulfill.” Then his mother narrated the reasons why he fell in love with his father. Language, he will open people's eyes and let people see the beautiful surroundings. His mother said, "He opened up a world I had never seen before."

The young writer was very surprised, because he didn't know it and didn't realize another special part of his father. However, this writer, adhering to his father's perseverance and desperate character, finally embarked on the road of writing. At the same time, it seems that in his recollection, all of this came from the unknowingly teaching of his father since he was a child, allowing him to see the beauty of his hometown and the peculiar human customs in this peculiar environment. The whole nature is actually a huge carrier of natural freshness. It is the source of all existence, life, and life, but people living in it turn a blind eye to it, and only blindly pursue practical and commercial values, so that life is degraded. It's unremarkable. Only his father finally gave up almost everything in the entire society in reality, returned to the mountains and forests, returned to nature, sleeping soundly in the yard on the hillside with the cold wind: all around, there are verdant pine forests; bright red swaying. The maple leaves reflect the bright red sun in the setting sun in the cold wind; and this bright red sun dyes the bright red earth mud blocks-and all these are eternal; and all these are real and can be passed on.

He flipped through the empty wallet that his father had placed next to him—not a dime, but it was deeply hidden in the book that he had published, and the newspaper clippings in the newspaper, which were still circled. He was so moved for a while! When his father woke up, he knew that his father had read its book thoroughly, and at the same time remembered many of his golden phrases. My father even told him which golden phrases he liked very much, because he stated the truest part of nature.

In this three-hour movie, the director seems to want to use detailed events, daily events, and scenery to tell us what nature is through the lens; it also seems to let us see that only in this nature, that is, in this way It is true, transitive, and inheritable. Human life can be passed on and inherited in such an environment; and only when people can see and record, there will be energy in the world. The culture that can be passed on and inherited—then, the culture, that is, the display and delivery of Tao.

I use a Turkish movie, Pear Tree, to illustrate the transmission and inheritance of the human world. This includes the transmission and inheritance of culture, and this is also the transmission and inheritance of Tao. In the transmission and inheritance of this human world, we may be able to realize the meaning of "the one who does not lose its place will last long, and the one who dies without dying lives", that is, anything that can last must not lose its place, and the Tao must be taken as the way. Basics, things that follow the Tao. And only what is done on this basis can let people get rid of their selfishness and truly open up the human nature-the eyes of human beings, the mind of wisdom, and cover the common needs of mankind, the country and the nation. This is the way to go, and at the same time it can be passed on and inherited, and then it will become an immortal cause. Therefore, "the one who dies without dying lives". Although this Ye Lishu is not as profound as the truth that Lao Tzu said, it also conveys a similar message. This movie seems to express another so-called ethical reality through the image of actual real life.

Everyone in the entire village has a common value, and this value is the value of business interests, which is the value that is practical for business interests, and this kind of value that has the practicality of business interests is the most true of human life. value. From the perspective of the world of human phenomena, this seems to be the most universal value, because everyone sees it this way. Can make this commodity practical universal value, alas! But it is not a thing that can be inherited and passed on. Isn't this weird? Although such values ​​will be passed on from generation to generation in the real society, why can't it become the eternal inheritance and transmission thing? The reason is that he is not Tao, so that he cannot complete immortality. In this way, it will not be long, and it will not be possible to live long. why? Because everyone who only seeks self-interest and blindly refers to turning around in profits, all self-interests, psychologically, emotionally, consciously, and perceptually, actually surround themselves, this kind of surround will form a closed individual, an lonely individual. An individual, an individual who cannot truly communicate with the outside world. A closed individual is like a piece of stone on the ground. Although there are many, it lacks real connection. There is no development, creativity, and continuity of life in him, so he naturally has no possibility of transmission and inheritance. Only when people open their minds, open their own consciousness, and raise their level in humanity, they are no longer restricted by the biological nature, but when they reach the development of true humanity, they can see the wholeness of life, or It is said that people can see the Tao from the integrity of life. When people can see Tao, it is always from the integrity, relevance, and transparency of life that they are aware of Tao, and only then will they be aware of the creation and circulation of Tao's biochemistry. From this, one enters the Tao, and then becomes one with all things in the world, and one with the Tao; the things created and made by this will naturally have the inheritance and immortality of Tao, and reach eternity.

If you go to watch this movie, you need a little patience and at the same time you need to taste it carefully. The director of this Turkish film, his method of production is very similar to that of the famous Iranian director Abbas. I wonder if it is related to survival, life, and life development in such a special environment, or is it It has something to do with the Muslim faith in the Middle East. They look at things as if they carefully look around various ordinary events, and then gradually reveal the truth and subject of life they want to state. In this narrative, they particularly like to show the surrounding nature environment, and this is an excellent performance in this movie, the beauty of light and shadow, light and color, clear, pure, and delicate. I looked at it and thought, oh my god, is there such a place for light and shadow? The beauty is so clear that there is no dregs, and emerald green is emerald green, bright red is bright red, and clearness is clearness. The whole land is very, very detailed and clear. Friends who like to watch art movies may wish to go and see.

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  • Alysha 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    The oil painting-like aesthetic style of this film is more classical than the primitive and dull "Lazzaro of Happiness", and the depiction of family relationships is delicate but not procrastinated, which is more appealing to me than "The Thief's Family". Ceylon's previous works were very reconstructed, but in "Hibernation" and "Wild Pear Tree", they put more emphasis on creating atmosphere with light and color, and the techniques became more and more skilled. Unfortunately, some of the passages shot with DJI osmo made me dance a bit.

  • Kristoffer 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    4.5. In the beautiful and dense Turkish countryside, a large number of chats project the alienation of the hero from the environment and others, and the father-son relationship has become a faint inner line, a very literary way of telling. The ending points to the two ultimate topics of existential philosophy, Camus' suicide and resistance. The well without water is like a boulder pushed by Sisyphus, absurd and lonely. I was crying, as if it was taken specifically for me. Probably already my favorite Ceylon movie.

The Wild Pear Tree quotes

  • Sinan Karasu: Live in Ia-Ia land, ignore the possibility of breaking up. Then when real life hits home, just blame other people.

  • Sinan Karasu: There are no facts, only interpretations