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Wang Weiwei"
What can move people most? I often think, is it a fairy tale, a beautiful song, a meaningful letter, a postcard sent from afar, or a word of concern? Is it the smile of the person you love, or the tears from the corner of the eye of the person who loves you? Is it life itself that touches us? If it is, why can't it be perfect; if not, what is the warmth that remains in the heart?
Movies reflect life, but life is often not as good as movies. We sit in the cinema, sit in the cafe, sit in the university lecture theatre, we always watch movies in different places, because there are too many ups and downs in life, too many setbacks, so we have to often find in light and shadow Soul comfort.
It was a love story fifteen years ago. In my impression, there were only large expanses of fire and the vineyards in the dusk of the Cangshan Mountains, a man running in the town, and the sound of a melodious piano coming from under the window in the middle of the night. The more left is what the father said to his mother before going to the movies: Let's go to the movies and take our sons with us. I sat on the "seat" made by my parents with both hands, and dangling on their shoulders to the cinema. In the mid-90s movie theater, hand-painted movie posters, hugging heroes and heroines, and deformed artistic characters. The name of the movie is "Walking in the Clouds".
After more than a decade, I re-watched "Walking in the Clouds" in college, and I was as happy to find a friend I haven't seen for many years. It’s as if I watched "Paradise Cinema" or "The Boy on the Roof". In my heart, those movies are far from some light and shadow clips. They are actually a memory of my childhood, the northern town where I was born. , Is related to the time that I cannot give up. Besides, I like the Keanu Reeves in the movie-his face is sharp and angular, handsome and gentle, which is completely different from the cool Neo in The Matrix many years later.
For an actor or singer, I always admire his works before he became famous. Those works may not be the best, but they must be the best representative of him. "Walking in the Clouds" filmed in 1994 is a representative work of Mexican director Alfonso Yarrow. It has no complicated plots. It can be said to be a very simple love literary film, but this type of film is very much in line with the Chinese tradition. Concept, we think it looks good, often because it has such a beautiful ending. What is a good movie? In the eyes of ordinary people, there are beautiful scenery, touching love, warm scenes, and a successful ending. These are enough. We are all ordinary people, so we don't have to ask too much from movies, just like we usually treat life, calm and no major twists and turns can be called tranquility. The Chinese emphasize tranquility and far-reaching, so most people are willing to immerse themselves in the market for the dream of a warm and peaceful family.
He is Paul, a soldier who was demobilized from the battlefield filled with gunpowder. The sudden death of his life made him know how to cherish the people around him. During the days and nights when he was away from home, he kept writing to his wife, telling his thoughts, and he needed someone to come. He shared with him the loneliness and sadness that came from facing life and death, but he never expected that he would exchange his wife's indifference and betrayal in the future.
She is an unmarried woman who was abandoned by her boyfriend, Victoria. The vineyard in her hometown is about to face the moment of family reunion after the harvest. She is standing on the side of the road and thinking about her difficult situation-how to face the feudalism after returning home. The conservative father was troubled.
The encounter between him and her was like destined in the dark. The kind-hearted Paul agreed to temporarily pretend to be Victoria's husband and head to her hometown, the vineyard that is always shrouded in warm mist-"The Land of Clouds." God is playing cheerful tunes and is leading them into the journey of love step by step.
In "Yunxiang", the director used a lot of empty shots to show us the beautiful pastoral scenery, the paths in the sunset, the vineyards under the mist, and the quiet villages. The romantic atmosphere in the countryside is easily reminiscent of Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" or John Denver's "Country Road Brings Me Home". A conservative and honest father, a kind mother and grandma, a chocolate-loving grandfather, a naughty brother, a friendly manor servant... The harmonious atmosphere of "home" that the film strives to portray not only moved Paul, but also us. What is "home"? It brings you warmth, it brings you courage, it provides you with shelter and enables you to grow. It contains everything about you and makes you feel the quiet of time and the quiet of years every night.
In Paul’s dreams, there are always scenes of orphanages and ruined walls. "I want to have a home." This is what Paul really needs in his heart. Longing for love and being loved, longing for a stable family life, only then will he have a dream for Yunzhixiang.
Paul and Victoria warmed up the frosted grapes in the vineyard. The lovers in the moonlight gently waved their wings-like paper fans like a pair of butterflies. They stood together and could feel each other’s heartbeat; in the countryside People throw the harvested grapes into huge wooden basins, and then step on them with their feet to make fragrant wine. In the cheerful rhythm, the splashing grape juice must also be contaminated with the sweetness between lovers; it is still At night, Paul stood under the Victorian window and sang a love song. His emotions were tepidly rendered. Time was frozen at that moment. A summer night oil painting was forever engraved on our hearts.
What is romance? It is both a noun and an adjective. The rich breath of life is the most romantic, just like butterfly lovers in the moonlight, like people dancing in a tub, like singing love songs under the window of your loved one. Drinking two glasses of wine is also romantic, which can make you forget some worries; finding a vast world is also romantic, you can plant your own ideals in life; stacking a stack of paper rings is also romantic, put it on your loved one, and tell her now What I can't give you will definitely give it to you in the future.
What is life? A friend said: "Birth" and "Living". Birth is easy, life is also easy, but these two words just like to stand together, how can they not be separated. Life is acceptance, whether it is beautiful, ugly, happy, sad, whether you like it or not, you have to follow its laws. Victoria did not open the window, and Paul did not choose to cross the moral border, because to cross means betrayal, betraying his wife, betraying his previous promise.
Letting go of the emotions that grew quietly in Yunxiang, Paul returned to San Francisco. On the way, the driver asked Paul where he came from. Paul said "a walk", "in the clouds". Yes, walking in the clouds. A vineyard like a fairyland, a short but touching country love, without crying or laughing, just like a dream. Perhaps beautiful things are as difficult to grasp as dreams, and they are broken as soon as you touch them. If you want to keep that dreamland, you must first believe in that dreamland, enter that dreamland, and then guard the dreamland.
But movies are movies after all, and there are always more people who like comedy than tragedy. So "Walking in the Clouds" is a relaxed love literary film, it is like "Jane Eyre", like "Pride and Prejudice", although there is a slight setback in the middle, it will eventually have a relatively satisfactory ending. When he returned home, Paul accidentally discovered that his wife had an affair with others and easily divorced. He regained his freedom, which means he can return to the land of clouds, back to the vineyard, back to Victoria, and continue to dream of his peaceful and warm life. At that moment, Paul leaped for joy. He took the divorce agreement and ran on the street. Only he knew that the long-awaited happiness was in front of him. He wanted to run towards Yunxiang and towards home.
But who will extinguish the anger of Victoria's father Alberto? Facing Paul's sudden appearance, Alberto, who was irrational, threw a kerosene lamp at Paul, but he accidentally ignited the dry grape branches and plunged the entire manor into a sea of flames. In our impression, this Victoria’s father is conservative, rigid, and unkind. However, how can everyone understand the implicit and hesitating father’s love? "I'm afraid of losing you, I'm afraid of losing you..." Alberto's fragile voice was showing a man's deepest love for his daughter and his family.
what is love? It is tolerance rather than indulgence, persistence rather than promise. It is tolerance and cherishment, understanding and trust. It is care and blessing, hope and glory...it contains too much, and it fills the whole world. There must be love in the ideal of life, and those who love will not be disappointed, let alone despair; there must be love in ordinary life, and those who love will not die, and they will not be lonely; people must have love in their hearts, and those who love Never lose courage when facing this vast world.
Paul finally stayed at the manor, with his beloved. Even if Yunxiang is in ruins, the manor is turned into rubble. But his sincerity and hard work touched everyone. His father gave the source of Yunxiang's life to Paul and said to him: "Through promise, honor and love, plant it. The source of life, your life The root is connected to the family." He accepted Paul, which also meant the beginning of a new life for a family.
I often think about what hope is, what is sincerity, what is hard work, these seemingly simple questions, and how many moving stories are behind them. The movie ends, but life does not end. I will always remember the wine made by people with their own hands in that distant cloud country, in that misty vineyard. How many secrets about life and love are hidden in that mellow wine? How much can we discover, and how much can we understand in the end? Or can it only be handed over to time, and let it tell us a beautiful story over the long years?
Love must be tested by time, and dreams must be tested by time. I just hope that one day, among those beautiful stories, one of them belongs to you and mine.
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