Sadness of old age, many master-level figures have shown.
Ozu used "Tokyo Story" to express the hopelessness and forbearance of the Eastern way;
Mastroianni performed "Journey to the Family", with more skills and less grief;
Ang Lee's early trilogy, "Pushing Hands" The old mother played by Yalei is still pretty when she is lonely.
Chinese director Wang Ying, who has filmed a "Thousand Years of Good Prayer", a father and daughter with restrained emotions, always awkward in and out of the play. I didn't feel moved at the time, but I can always remember what happened inside.
Perhaps, directors are inevitably getting old, and they are also inevitably facing such grief, so there are people who can't help but want to express it again and again.
The common outcome of the masters is that facing this problem that is discussed as a social problem, there is no solution in the end.
"Song of Tomorrow" is still such an old topic: an elderly couple whose house is about to be confiscated by the bank. As a result, the two elders, who have been with each other for a lifetime, have to be split into different families and live with their children in the end. Children have their own troubles and troubles.
Even though they were in the same city, the old couple communicated by phone and letter, expressing their distress and longing for reunion. But hope is getting slimmer: the old man can't adapt to his daughter's rigidity and cold climate, and has to go to another child in a warm city. Before sending the old man away, the two met in full costume. In their hearts, they all regard this side as the last goodbye of their lives.
Compared with the whole life, five hours is short, but fortunately the content is not monotonous-
the two sat on the bench in the park, the old lady recalled the past, and felt that her good wife and mother were not doing well enough, and she was about to cry;
Holding the old man's arm, they went shopping like a young couple. Stopping in front of a car dealership, the old man said: Do you know? I thought about buying you a car like this, but then... the owner of the car dealer looked at their outfits and thought they could make a fortune, so he kindly invited the two of them to get on the car and said he would take them for a while.
Sitting in a warm car, warmth flows naturally. They reminisce about their honeymoon 50 years ago: going to the aquarium together, staying overnight in a five-star hotel, then going to the Brooklyn Bridge. The old man is full of remorse: when he was young, he only knew that he ran out, but left you at home...
They temporarily decided to revisit the hotel where they stayed on their honeymoon. When entering the door, the revolving door turned, and the old lady pulled the wrong person. Haha, I have never been embarrassed in my life. After sitting down, the waiter asked if I wanted a cocktail, and the old man readily agreed, adding: Two glasses. He turned his head and said to his wife that all women now drink this. Full of style. The old lady shyly agreed, like a new daughter-in-law who went out with her husband for the first time.
In front of the hotel manager, when the two were on their honeymoon, they debated whether to go to the aquarium on Wednesday or Thursday. But there was no answer, so we had to reconcile with a smile.
It's time for the family dinner we agreed with the children. The excited old man stubbornly called his daughter-in-law, and there was a stalemate on the phone. The old lady was beside her, hesitating whether to go back. The old man made his own decisions and hung up the phone decisively.
This time, they finally decided to leave their children behind and talk about a final love by themselves. Sitting in the hotel lobby, they are like those elegant men and women around them: they can't express their affection, their faces can't help but touch each other, but they are ashamed to kiss; when the music starts, they tremble and join hands on the dance floor, but they can't keep up with the happy rhythm. An understanding band plays slow music for them...
But parting always comes.
The sigh is that before the love is finished, he is busy explaining his last wishes. The train started, and the old lady stared at the face with nostalgia, helplessness, sadness, despair, and the helpless ending of this love was hurriedly staged—
everyone knows that from now on, they will use each other's tragic years to continue the five hours. temperature.
At the beginning of living in the children's house, the old lady once wrote such a letter to the old man:
They all said that as time goes on, the missing will naturally fade. However, I miss you more than when we separated.
When you get the letter, Jimmy's 46th birthday will be here. The day he was born was like before. We were so happy then, but now we only feel miserable.
I've been waiting, hoping for a miracle to happen so that we can be reunited.
I don't want to be so haggard, so vulnerable.
Only you understand me and don't despise me.
...
The person who helped the old man read the letter couldn't read it any longer.
Seeing him leave lonely, the old man who read the letter sat alone for a while, yelling at the house for the child's mother, and the old wife opened the curtain and asked him what was the matter. The old man smiled: just to see you. The old wife is angry: I am so busy, you asked me to come out just to see me?
When watching this film, I kept rambled with An Qi: You have to treat me well, while you are young, while we are still together. Otherwise, you will regret your death when you are old. In fact, he is also warning himself.
it is true. When I get old, even if two people want to be together, they have to pray to God. There is no reason to gather and disperse, no love or hatred, it is such a cup.
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