A thousand hamlets, a thousand red violins

Adeline 2021-12-30 17:17:19

The red violin, I thought it was a fascinating monster, but when the secret was revealed and hidden under its ominous appearance, it turned out to be the love and hope of a man.
After three hundred years of circulation, the piano is still the same. The years have left marks on its body. Countless hands have touched its body. Countless people have owned it, played it, and finally lost it. It is just a witness, people who have seen countless destiny ups and downs, but it can't change destiny by itself. It is like the little miniature that people love most, because it is exquisite and flawless, so it is enlarged and projected. Even without it, the gifted child Sika would sleep with another violin; the composer Pope would find inspiration on another violin; Xiang Ping would hide another violin under the ground...the red violin itself has nothing Value is just that people find sustenance in it, because it is priceless because of love and dreams.
The narrative of the film.
The story in the Western context, because there is no understanding of history, it can only be viewed as an ordinary story. Only the stories in the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution can be said to be one or two. The film only introduces the background of the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards, the violin teacher who was criticized, and the slogan full of history...The story of Xiang Ping only tells the beginning, but the story of her and the violin ends at the beginning. Her life changed because of a piano, but the hard and painful ten years are not mentioned. But as a person who understands Chinese history, you can actually guess the later story. The violin journey continues, but Xiang Ping's later story has nothing to do with it.

One thousand Hamlet, one thousand red violins.

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The Red Violin quotes

  • Charles Morritz: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?