Whether this is the second time or the third time, I have no impression. What makes people embarrassed is that as a film major, I shed tears several times during the process of watching the movie several times. It's not for the plot, I don't know what the plot is, and when people ask me later, I don't know anything. Just for Beethoven, his rage, his loneliness, his confusion, every note of his ninth symphony. What is moving? I don't understand the staff, nor can I hear the succession and reunion in the symphony. But I feel gloomy, sometimes full of power, and a mess of excitement in the music that runs through the whole film.
2. The
beginning of the story is Anna Holtz taking a carriage to visit Beethoven on the road, typical 18th and 19th century European villages and streets (at least typical in movies), streets running poultry, dirty and greasy poor people And the rich nobles interspersed with them. Is music a certain Beethoven fugue? The melody is compact and full of tension, the violin is pulled like a saw blade, and the motion of the lens is perfectly matched to the music, but the close-ups of a few passersby appear abrupt and unnecessary. The distant view and natural scenery are more suitable for the subject. This is the tone of the whole film, gloomy, nervous, and ready to go. As Beethoven said: a storm is coming.
3. The
next few games are the portrayal and perfection of Beethoven's character, and the tool for portrayal and perfection is the scribe Anna Holtz. Beethoven's mania, irritability, harmony and changeability made me feel abrupt and different when I looked at it. But just as our eyes can repair and mix things that are mosaic when squinted, we have all the reasons for the world for a favorite movie. So regardless of whether these personalities just cater to the taste of celebrity gossip, we can draw conclusions based on common sense.
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You are not a genius, so you don't understand the pain of genius. If you are such a genius, the music will sound in your heart, but your ears will not be able to hear it. Or like Borges, who is full of beautiful words but can't see the thousands of elephants, what will you do? It was only natural that he became manic and irritable and started drinking again. And the passion of genius will often get out of control, lunatics are not necessarily geniuses, but geniuses are all mad. As for the lust that is disliked by many people, I didn't think it was rendered in the film. There is no need to seduce Beethoven into a pure-hearted old bachelor. It's really unnecessary.
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As for the role of Anna Hotz, I don't think it was a failure or burden. It also fits well with the title "Copy Beethoven". She has to fight against the prejudice against female composers in the outside world, just like Beethoven made things difficult for God. She has to fight against Beethoven's prejudice against her, but also to copy Beethoven's unyielding attitude. And what Beethoven brought to Anna Holtz was also a gift from Beethoven. This gift is his music, his ninth symphony. It is "Destiny". And it's much more than "Destiny".
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Another point I think of is that in Europe where religious beliefs did not collapse in the nineteenth century, Beethoven's anger should be accompanied by distress, and stubbornness would also be accompanied by doubts. He has not lost his faith. He is fighting fate, but he will also complain to God with doubts. I think the "weird" of Beethoven's music in his later years came from this. Religious beliefs make people deep and inner. This is my view of Europeans. As for others, I think China is the good soil for the generation of angry youth. How many people can do Li Bai's "Looking up to the sky, laughing and going out, are you Penghao people"? The precarious fate has never been given a reason. What else can you do except anger?
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As for the performance of the most exciting "Ode to Joy" in the film, it is only these ten minutes, and I will strongly recommend this entire film. Beethoven's divine work makes this little fragment also a divine work.
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