Love letter from old horse

This film is more than just a tribute. Do you really think the role of the train station security is superfluous? See how he is lame? The war. See why Meili Ai stopped making movies? The war. People have seen too much reality and experienced too much pain in the war. Who would go to see the beautiful fantasy of Meili Ai? Do you think this is about war? Of course not. This is about the happiness that movies bring to people, and this is about the love of movies by Lao Ma. The cruelty of reality and the joy of film, this is the portrayal of Ma's childhood. Scorsese hid his reality in this movie and put on the screen the pure happiness that has always existed in his heart. From this perspective, the more criticisms of "emotional naivety", The better his movie will be. For the most primitive love of movies and, in turn, the most primitive happiness that movies bring to people, these are what the old horse wants to say. As Roger Ebert said, "This is not like any of his works, but it is the closest to his heart."

Perhaps every realistic mind has a heart that is so pure that it can no longer be pure.

Let me briefly talk about the security line: the
security line does not only indicate "war", but also talks about the psychological (inferiority, brutality to street children) and physical (crimp) trauma that war brings to him. Several scenes of the security guard immediately filled the character. 1. The security guard wanted to talk to the flower girl for the first time, and then the bracket on his leg couldn't get stuck, and then left. 2. The second time I talked to the flower girl and talked about the war. This section of Sasha Byron Cohen’s performance was very good, and a few expressions showed the character's heart. 3. Talk to the little girl about the inferiority complex of the poet Christina, the security guard. 4. The security guard hesitated for a moment to take Hugo away. 5. The security guard said a few words after putting Hugo in the cage. These 5 paragraphs are the ones that I thought of to create a complete image of the security guard. I feel that none of them are indispensable. Only when the image of security is full, the subtext of "war" can really stand up (of course the section of Meili Ai is also indispensable), otherwise it will just be irrelevant.

In fact, none of the above things directly touched me in this film. The place that really made me cry directly was when Mei Liai said "happy ending only happen in the movies". I was immediately moved when I saw that section. The purity inside and the yearning for beauty seemed to make me see the deepest thing in Lao Ma's heart, a kind of spiritual utopia

PS. Of course, this film also has some shortcomings, but it must not conceal the goodness of this movie. The article is unorganized, so everyone will read it

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