Reality pains behind dreams

Shannon 2022-03-21 09:01:09

When the magnificent audio-visual language is enough to make the clichéd stories glow, and when the routines have the maximum artistic appeal, "all routines" should be praised by derogatory sentences. Nowadays, as a movie fan, whenever I watch new movies, I always feel boring and boring because of the predictability of the plot, but often as long as I look back to the classic old movies, I don’t have the same look and feel. So, watching mainstream old movies is also facing routines, and still facing the originators of routines that have been vulgarized, but still feel relish. This will be a kind of immersion of being kidnapped by the label of "classic" and pretending to enjoy. ? I used to have doubts about my old movie-watching experience, and the appearance of "City of Philharmonic" completely dispelled it.

Obviously, it is still a long way away from the true classics, but in the color that shines with the brilliance of the film, in the montage melted in the sound of the intoxicating piano, you can once again feel the purest power of the film, you can Seeing that the team that created "City of Philharmonic" embraces so much love for the film itself. It allows me to see a long-lost sincerity in a new film. The young Damian failed to create a truly ultimate and complete movie dream like the master he was close to, but we can see him try to create a dream. His enthusiasm and talent, and even the reason why a movie is the true return of a movie. Compared with the countless tribute stalks and the reappearance of the incompetent singing and dancing forms, the absolute yearning for pure art in the soul of the work and the infinite closeness, like the spiritual recovery of the golden age, made me truly feel that its flaws are not concealed, but deeply. It's exhilarating.

Many people may have underestimated the part about love in "City of Philharmonic". Obviously, this story contains two glamorous "loving" propositions-love and dreams. Unlike most people, I think that its ultimate goal is undoubtedly love itself. The existence of dreams allows all the sense of fantasy to be firmly established on reality, and it is ready to emerge.

One is the dream of an actor and the other is the dream of revitalizing the jazz. Mia and Sebastian have to face the balance between "self-loving" and "lovable" on their way to pursue their dreams. She has repeatedly failed in the auditions that need to please others, and meets him who was swept out of the house for playing improvisations in a bar. The two began to fall in love with each other out of a spiritually filling relationship. Later, because of his encouragement, she wrote and acted in an unrecognized drama; for the basic guarantee of life, he asked for everything to make music that went against the original intention but was popular. Their relationship officially ended with the success of Mia’s invitation to audition and free acting (she achieved the balance of her dream earlier than him, and we all know that this opportunity came from the scene he encouraged her to do) "Failure" drama). Damian seems to have made a limit hypothesis: when two people’s love is closely related to their dreams, it is higher than material interests and higher than physical needs, but when it is out of spiritual needs and complements each other, love is high. Does purity bring long-term?

The ending gives a pessimistic answer-that is the limitation of "the essence of love is mutual need". In the bottom of their hearts, the realization of personal value is the highest after all. This is the cause of their love, but it also led to the final separation. After they spent the most embarrassing time with each other and helped each other to cross the biggest obstacle in the pursuit of dreams, they realized that what they lost in the process was pure and complete love. Looking at each other, I am gratified about the reality of each other’s dreams, but more and more, it is the common yearning for the impossible (corresponding to the realization of the dream, the gains and losses are inevitable) and the complete love journey. Regret. This kind of presentation and expression completely hit me, that is the pain of reality behind the dream, it is so beautiful, mixed with sad and soothing beauty.

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Extended Reading
  • Jesus 2021-10-20 18:58:35

    I listened to the big screen with Norwegian subtitles naked. If the realization of each other’s dreams surpasses love, then what touches the audience is another parallel world of love itself as a perfect dream that has never been realized. This sounds a bit paradoxical, but it seems to be a let-off bet for this movie. . No matter singing, dancing or music, it is a wonderful fantasy that breeds in LA and the world of movies.

  • Federico 2022-03-22 09:01:08

    The opening scene is a glimpse to the end. The singing and dancing passages are amazing, the dream/love description is exquisite, various dazzling skill shots, changing lighting, and retro art design show the audiovisual appeal that is very different from that of burst drummers. The young director realizes from independence to commercial type. The leap of the film. The singing and dancing part is both a tribute to the golden age and a fresh sense of keeping up with the times, discussing the evolution of jazz, and the original OST is super nice. Commander Gao and Sister Shishi are so charming and talented! Ending crying

La La Land quotes

  • Mia: I've been to a million auditions, and the same thing happens every time, where I get interrupted because someone wants to get a sandwich. Or I'm crying, and they start laughing. Or there's people sitting in the waiting room, and they're... and they're like me but prettier and better at the... because maybe I'm not good enough.

    Sebastian: Yes, you are.

    Mia: No... no, maybe I'm not.

    Sebastian: Yes, you are.

    Mia: Maybe I'm not.

    Sebastian: You are.

    Mia: Maybe I'm not.

    Sebastian: You are.

  • Mia: Maybe I'm one of those people that has always wanted to do it, but it's like a pipe dream for me, you know? And then you... you said it, you-you changed your dreams, and then you grow up. Maybe I'm one of those people, and I'm not supposed to. And I can go back to school, and I can find something else I'm supposed to do. 'Cause I left to do that, and it's been six years, and I don't wanna do it anymore.

    Sebastian: Why?

    Mia: Why what?

    Sebastian: Why don't you want to do it anymore?

    Mia: 'Cause I think it hurts a little bit too much.

    Sebastian: You're a baby.

    Mia: I'm not a baby.

    Sebastian: You are.

    Mia: I'm trying to grow up.

    Sebastian: You're crying like a baby.

    Mia: Oh, my god.

    Sebastian: And you have an audition tomorrow at 5:30. I'll be out front at 8:00 a.m. You'll be out front or not, I don't know.

    Mia: How did you find me here?

    Sebastian: The house in front of the library.