To be honest, the film itself is not outstanding. The screenwriter, soundtrack, actors, and editing are all quite satisfactory. The rhythm is bright and compact, and the one and a half hours are also controlled within the standard range. It is worth mentioning here that there are several typical Western concepts represented by the British island countries: equality, sex, and adventure. And these three core values, in our country, are either missing or flooded, and they are not as good as they are, which makes people sigh... Sadly, I only read "The human heart is only dangerous, the Tao is only weak, the essence is only the only one, and the permission is the only one." "To pay tribute. Perhaps the most incomprehensible and unacceptable point in
Equality 's "Song for My Wife" is that (including how can a son not live with his parents), although the old man Arthur is rigid and serious and even weirdly inhuman,
But how could he be so polite with his son? Apart from the hostility caused by the possible "Oedipus complex", the reason behind it is the Western concept of equality between father and son. According to Christian tradition, children and parents are God's people, equal and respect each other.
All are born sinful, all are created equal, and all are born free—this is the historical logic of understanding Western civilization. As far as the concept of equality is concerned, Gibran's words are quite appropriate: "Your children are not your children, they are the children of life longing for itself. They were born through you, but did not come from you, although they were with you, But it doesn't belong to you." Equality between people is based on what Mr. Chen Yinque called "independent personality". Because of dependence, there are scruples.
Although the film briskly presents the little warmth and emotion of "holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son" between Arthur and Marion, however, the excessive respect and individual freedom between parents and children in the West will eventually lead to Wouldn't it lead to the indifference and estrangement transmitted by the nursing home in "Cloud Atlas"? Chinese people value the world of human beings. Although they pay attention to "raising children to prevent old age", they also pay attention to "family happiness", and even more "children and grandchildren around the knees", but these "Chinese symbols" can give people comfort, hope and help. miss.
sex
Since modern times, in China, there is one thing that can only be done but not spoken, and that is the matter in bed. When Sora Aoi could say the cautionary maxim, "I lie naked in front of the camera for the sake of survival; some people stand in front of the camera in well-clothed clothes, but for selfish desires and deceit", we are still chatting in secret. "Sex", is it true hypocrisy or false cowardice? The reason why I say "since modern times" is because the Eight Great Hutongs in the Republic of China were once frequented by Mr. Gu Hongming!
The first song that Marion participated in the chorus was very "refreshing", called "Let's Talk About Sex", and it was performed on the grass in the open air. Sex, "You can't talk, but you can sing, it's better than lust," an old lady who participated in the chorus also said, and even Marion taught her granddaughter to swear to enjoy the thrill of challenging taboos, which is about It's something worth doing before the end of life. When did sex become a national taboo? Freud said that when human civilization began.
If life itself is good, then sex itself must also be good, not only because sex is part of intimate life, but also the main way of human reproduction. While Chinese women are still immersed in the "incompetent" years of bound feet, the sexual revolution broke out in the West. In Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People", women with a "consciousness of freedom" are highlighted, and the "Statue of Liberty", a gift from France to the centenary of American independence, is a kind of feminism. Approved.
Adventure
Equality because of independence, freedom because of independence, and adventure because of independence. After Benedict proposed the Western culture of guilt and the culture of Japanese shame, Li Zehou believed that China should be a Confucian culture of music, while I would prefer to say that Western culture is an adventurous culture, and Eastern culture is a conservative culture . In Chinese history, with the exception of Shennong and Xu Xiake, two more adventurous people, most of them still followed the instructions of "do not dare to damage your body" and "don't travel far when your parents are here".
England gave birth to such a great band as the "Beatles", and music teacher Elizabeth also tried to reproduce the rock and roll memory of that year in the elderly. Those old men put on black leather jackets and red headbands (if they come again) A few Harleys would be even cooler), posing in a rock-and-roll pose, making people smile. And if the Chinese old men (to be honest, they don't have this fine tradition) also get dressed up like this, they will definitely suffer from verbal violence such as "old and unsightly" from the people!
Whether it is a teenager or an old man, Westerners have the same romance as Dionysus, the god of wine. This romance is manifested in the fresh vitality, which is the adventure of the unknown territory and the destruction of the sacred taboo, just like the "bucket list" The Phoenix Nirvana in "The Way of the Pilgrimage" is like the return of life in "The Pilgrimage Road", and it is like the no regrets and no regrets in "The Wilderness Survival". Therefore, the Western canon movies all contain this kind of cultural core, which pervades the human body, showing a pure and fearless temperament.
Jin Yong once said that the most beautiful love in the world should be love at first sight and stay together for a lifetime. In the soothing soundtrack, "Song for My Wife" eloquently narrates the love of ordinary people, a simple and timeless love. When a love is broken, there is a kind of love called letting go, so what about parting from life and death? Li Yinhe's love for Wang Xiaobo is called "I am willing to live for you", while Arthur's love for Marion is "I am willing to sing for you".
Zhang Zhihua
on September 3, 2013
Written in Yantai Nanshan College
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