The opening of the fairy tale attracted me. I admit that the old woman is definitely a highlight. The old woman Brarotta actually picked up an abandoned baby in the cabbage field. She raised this child named Taotao. Throughout the film, the old woman is a character who begins and ends. There is a detailed portrayal that makes me admire director Vittorio de Sica: When Rolotta saw the overflowing milk, she was not upset but had fun with her children. It was a kind of optimism and kindness. "The world is really big. "It's the emotion of the old woman, yes, the world is so big, we are all small. The death of the old woman is realistic, and the later old woman from heaven is magical. When the old woman passed away, I felt the changes in the screen and soundtrack of the movie, which made me sad. When Taotao sent her mother for funeral, the expression on her face was also distressing. What's dramatic is that on the way out of the funeral, a thief appeared behind the coffin. At the moment the camera appeared, I was stunned, but I immediately slowed down, and it turned out to be a tearful smile.
The part where Taotao came out of the orphanage and came to the slum is the highlight of the movie. With the optimism, kindness, and helpfulness that Taotao learned from his mother, he became the leader of this group. This is also the most interesting aspect of the film. Taotao has a habit of saying hello to everyone happily. Others in the slum also happily answered: "Hello." Before, Taotao was with some wealthy people at the entrance of the orphanage. He said hello, but was asked, "Do I know you?" Taotao said, "I don't know. I just want to say'hello'." The gentleman felt Taotao was abnormal. But in the poor circle, such greetings are very natural. Everyone is in a cheerful mood and has no scruples. Unlike the rich who are fighting for their own interests, they are always attentive and suspicious of the enthusiasm of others. Here, the topic of the poor is brought up. Many people say that the director Sika embodies the humanitarian spirit to a large extent in this film, pays attention to the poor, and uses the film to realize their dreams. But I want to say that this is far from enough. Questions have been raised but there is no way out. But this may be as Chavattini said in "Talking about Movies", "It is not the artist's job to point out the way out. I think it is enough to make the audience feel the urgent need to find a way out, and that is enough." So , Sika gave the poor a way out: Edwin found the magic pigeon with the help of his wife Brarotta. Everyone rode on the broom and flew to the clouds. In a happy place, no one would drive them away, so there was plenty of food and clothing. What a dreamy ending, but we all know that it means that the poor have failed, the capitalists have won, and the helpless director can only tell us so implicitly. This reminds me of Ibsen's "Nara", in which Nora found the problem and left, but what happens after she leaves? Has the problem been solved? We don't know it at all, the artist really has no responsibility to show us the way out.
If it weren't for a black and white film, from the rhythm of the film, the scheduling of the scenes, and the performance of the actors, Ken could not tell that it was a film more than 50 years ago. And the reason why I couldn't bear to stop watching the movie translated into Chinese in 1954 was because of the subtle dubbing. Dialogue translation is vivid, and the rhetoric of those poor people is just like the Chinese themselves said, without the literary and artistic accent of the Cultural Revolution and later translated films. While I like the content of movies, I also like the enjoyment of movies as a kind of art.
Regarding the content of the movie, I still want to talk about a few points. As a movie character-Taotao, I admire and admire him very much. He used the wisdom and virtues given by God to give a group of poor people who do not have houses to have houses, so that they can have a place to live. If you look closely, you will find that almost everyone smiles in the shots of Taotao. It is a smile that never gives up, has a sunny smile, and is a source of strength for unremitting struggle. He also saved a young man who wanted to die. He told the young man, "We are all small, and our lives are beautiful." This is the origin of the topic of my article. In the vast universe, as a small individual, how small is a person, but what if it forms a whole?
Moby bought that piece of land in the poverty-stricken area, which was the source of the disaster. But the director cleverly added a lot of humorous body language to this part to make the humor really attached to kindness and dignity, which enhanced the comedy color of this film. One is a scene of two slick-faced rich men bargaining. Seeing this, I couldn't help laughing out loud. Such an appropriate metaphor is really a genius. There is another saying about five fingers, because we all have five fingers, so we are equal. This is a trick by the rich to deceive the poor. Who doesn’t know, deep down in the hearts of the rich, the most despised are the poor. But the situation was urgent at the time, and the rich had no alternative, so they had to resort to a delay. Unexpectedly, the absurd theory of "five fingers" was later so firmly believed by Taotao, and they went to the rich for the theory, which is an ironic smile.
What I have to mention is the song that appeared in the film many times: We only need a small room to live and sleep; we only need a small place to survive and die. We only need a pair of shoes, a few pairs of socks, and a little bread. This is our yearning for tomorrow. Such a simple life requirement has not yet been truly achieved. It is the sorrow of the times and the sorrow of mankind. A simple life has always been our pursuit, but there are only a few who can truly achieve a simple life.
The emergence of water and oil in the slums is something that makes everyone ecstatic, but jealousy makes one person uncomfortable with everyone's happiness, so he chooses to inform them. This attracted the intervention of the police, making a simple and peaceful life impossible. In the face of interests, people are lost. The basic emotion of "Milan Miracle" is not escape (such as the last flying scene), but anger, which is the expression of longing to be united with some people and refusing to be with others. The structure of the film attempts to imply that a large number of humble people have assembled in order to resist others. But those humble people don't have tanks, otherwise they would be able to keep their land and huts. The emergence of the "magic pigeon" has had an effect on the development of things. It is a dove from heaven, able to fulfill all people's wishes. After getting the pigeons from Taotao, the various desires of the poor gradually convinced us that even if the poor are not born inferior, their shortcomings will not be less than the rich because of poverty. When the capitalist paralyzed the poor, he said that we are the same. We all have five fingers. He is right. In some weaknesses, such as desire, the poor and the rich are the same, and both are insatiable. Human nature is always revealed in front of desire. The ugly and beautiful human nature makes us sigh, and people will always be defeated by themselves.
I can't compliment the dramatic ending of the film. But I believe that as my title says, we are all small and our lives are beautiful.
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