---The theme of "Music Never Stops"
The film mainly tells the story of Gabriel, who loves music, and his father, who doesn’t understand his love of music, ran away from home after a quarrel. Many years later, he suffered from a brain tumor with memory impairment and was living on the street. Later, his parents took him back to a nursing home to receive music. The story of physiotherapy gradually recovering. While Gabriel gradually recovered under the influence of music, his father gradually understood him and understood music. The father-son relationship continued to ease during the treatment process, and when Henry died at the end of the film, he had already reaped the love and affection he wished. The director thus showed the audience the greatness of paternal love and the power of music.
In the film, the use of light is undoubtedly a strong stroke. On the first night in the nursing home, Gabriel could not sleep at night, so the nurse put on headphones for him to listen to music. He was leaning on the seat, half of his face exposed under the street lamp shining through the window, surrounded by endless darkness. The director uses this light to express Gabriel's loneliness and shows that he needs to be loved. To him, love is like the light in the darkness, like the fire in the winter. At the same time, it also reflects the special meaning of music to him, which is the only sustenance in a world without love. Explained to the audience the real reason why he ran away from home-his father's incomprehension of music and his incomprehension-he was always alone, just like in the darkness. At this time, he couldn't feel his father's love, and the cold surroundings made him especially need love. Such a contradictory situation reflects the powerful power of paternal love, which can save him from hardship, loneliness and darkness.
In this film, the director's good use of sound is an indispensable means to set off Gabriel's serious illness. When Gabriel was sent to the nursing home by his family, there was a scene of a family of three standing by the door of the room for a long time, looking around. The sound is treated as muted here. Under the effect of silence, the motionless attitude of the family of three reflects the heaviness of the atmosphere, reflecting the seriousness of Gabriel's condition and the concerns of his parents. No words are needed to make the audience feel the perplexity of Henry's family in the air about the future, and at the same time feel the unknown dark turbulence under the seemingly ordinary life. This not only hints at the coming long night, but also shows Henry's concern for Gabriel and his love for Gabriel. Worry is born from love, and love is heavy. The silence created by the director deliberately here can give the audience unlimited thinking space, and cast the shackles of cruel reality on that heavy father's love.
When Gabriel temporarily returned to normal memory of past concerts in the sound of music, the film presents a warm tone. Whether it's the band's guitar or the light smile on the corner of the father's mouth, all show a faint golden color. It always reveals a sense of warmth. This reflects the beauty and warmth of past memories, and can also reflect the downfall and helplessness of the present. The choice of this tone is a perfect illustration of Gabriel's nostalgia for the love-filled life of the past. The father who appeared in this scene is also pleasant, without the hideous face of future quarrels. In Gabriel's memory, he used to feel the tenderness between father and son in this sweet music. This means that there was love between father and son, but it will drift away in the future. It shows the reason why Henry wants to save his son---he hopes to have a warm life as before, and hopes to love his son to return to him.
The motion camera in this film is also unique. In the scene where Henry walks to the other end of the corridor at the end of the film, the director uses a fixed camera to shoot. Locked in the entire corridor, we are like a third person standing at one end of the corridor watching Henry drift away, gradually disappearing from the field of vision. This implies that the actual distance between him and his son is becoming more and more distant, but his heart is very eager to spend time with his son a little bit slower, and then slower, so his steps will sink, and he will not go to the end. This just shows Henry's love for his son, which makes him reluctant to leave and makes him worry about it.
Although Henry is gone, the love he gave to Gabriel lingers around Gabriel from time to time. Love never ends, and music never stops.
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