And beside such a soul-casting master, there is a wife who is chattering and eager for profit. She could not achieve the great fraternity of Tolstoy, and could not stand such an impressive height, but she loved and worked hard for his husband.
There was only one Tolstoy, so the two forces dragged on like a game, and he fled.
"The Last Stop" tends to reverse the case for Toweng's wife, so some people say that this is just joking and beautifying. How can the half-century love and hatred of Toweng and his wife be shown in the last few years? Regardless of whether it is joking or beautifying, such a play still gives us a layer of appreciation for the distress and dissatisfaction of masters or celebrities, and a more rational thinking about love.
The film selects the last years of Toweng for interpretation. Through the perspective of his secretary in his later years, and also the admirer and follower of Too Lao, Valentin, cuts into the interior of this legendary family. Valentin was forced to watch the old couple fight, quarrel, and throw plates awkwardly. In order to promise Chertkov (Russian aristocrat, a particularly fanatical among Tolstoy's followers, determined to help Tolstoy realize Tolstoyism), record every word of Toon's wife. Later, because of sympathy with Toweng's wife's experience, she also agreed to keep a faithful record of daily events. This is the source of Valentine's later manuscript of Tolstoy's records in his later years. This probably became an important reference for Tolstoy's wife finally obtaining Tolstoy's copyright.
In the film, there is this description of the uniqueness of the Towon family:
Even internal conversations in the family are recorded by someone, although this record has its own purpose. There is a scene where the countess really can't tolerate this kind of record, the all the time record, mad at the banquet. It is conceivable that every sentence is recorded with depression and anger.
Mother and daughter have their own ideals, so they confront each other like enemies. The daughter refused the mother's visit when her father was dead, and at the same time lied to her father who wanted her lover to see her. The mother was heartbroken and said in front of the media: Why are you not one of my children who died? The indifference of family affection is so embarrassing.
Whenever the door was full of media, even after Tolstoy ran away from home, Toon and his wife used the local newspapers to learn about each other's news. When Toon was seriously ill, a large number of media were waiting around the room, wanting to be the first to know the latest condition of Tolstoy’s body, or even badly saying that they were just waiting for the news of Tolstoy’s death. It's the big news. The husband was dead, and the wife Sophia was unable to meet for the last time and calmed down, but it was due to the threat of Chertkov's use of media propaganda. The existence of the media seems to have become a part of the life of masters, but nowadays stars are not. For example, the Nicholas family grew up under the star ring and hated the media and shows. Therefore, they began to rebel youth and have grown up to this day. They can smile and accept this situation that is always being watched. Similarly, when you are dying, you have to get the consent of other unrelated people when you meet with your family, and the possibility is not arbitrarily fabricated. When Ji Xianlin was seriously ill, one of the grievances between his son and Peking University was that he could not visit his father who was seriously ill.
When Tolstoy became Tolstoy, it meant that Sophia had to compete with his followers, the public, and the society for his husband. Maybe we can say that Mrs. Toon is not high enough, but without Mrs. Toon, there may not be "War and Peace", and Tolstoy may not have a stable writing environment. It’s the same effort. Don’t we hope that Mrs. Toweng will stand behind her back like Lu Xun’s original partner, silently forbearing, because her husband’s reputation is far beyond our own, we have to let go of our opinions, even if the housework is interfered with by outsiders Don't you say?
It is difficult to tell who the family, or the public, the master belongs to and who should compromise. This is probably the predicament of the master, so he can only leave, even if he leaves alone on a lonely small station.
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