Liu Cheng is a person who lives by instinct. Tenacity, inferiority, cunning and kindness are his basic elements. Years ago, a baby and a piano were brought to him, doomed to an involuntary fate in the future. It is God's will to let the child play the qin; it must be his will to make a person play the qin. To make money, to become famous, but not for self-cultivation. Ordinary people have never had and should not have such luxury.
Teacher Jiang is arrogant, disheveled, with disheveled hair. He has never changed his clothes since he met Xiaochun, and he knows how to quarrel with his neighbors all day long. But after getting in touch with Liu Quan and his son, especially Xiaochun, he saw enthusiasm and tolerance in Xiaochun, he became amiable, and he actually told Xiaochun about his regretful love at the Conservatory of Music. When Xiaochun went to his last class, he trimmed his hair and changed into clean white clothes.
Lily is an ambiguous character with an ominous career. She is coquettish and coquettish, with exaggerated hairstyles, sexy clothes, and cheesy all over her body. She is always on the phone, shopping, and sad for the man she likes but betrays her. Xiaochun's comfort and concern, especially selling pianos and buying coats, made her feel better than she had ever experienced in her life, which gradually promoted her changes and made her realize and believe in the care and warmth of the world. At the end of the film, her hairstyle is straightened and her clothes are generous and conservative.
The film vividly depicts the subtle traces of their psychological changes through the quiet changes in the appearance of Teacher Jiang and Lily. Looking at the whole film, there is warmth everywhere, from the slightly classical brisk soundtrack to the bright and haloed shots, all of which show this. Chen Kaige intends to show that in this relatively alienated society, with sincerity Attitude to face everything is the true meaning of life. Perhaps this is a staged summary and insight of Chen Kaige's film career and life experience.
Professor Yu, played by Chen Kaige himself, appeared as an object of criticism. Unlike Teacher Jiang, who can only teach children to really play the piano, Professor Yu can also bring success to children. He's a genius and star maker, hypocritical and shrewd.
Professor Yu is actually pathetic, because he can realize that the genius he created can only have success, and cannot express the gratitude and emotion that music should have, but he is too selfish and utilitarian, so he can't recognize himself. It is the real source of this deformed genius. He repeatedly emphasized to his students that emotion is the ammunition of music, and only emotion can excite and conquer the audience, but he has been blinded by utilitarianism and rationality, and has no emotion at all.
The connotation symbolized by this character is, in a sense, the representative of Chen Kaige himself. Chen Kaige has never given up his critical spirit. This time we saw him express his deep hatred and rejection of hypocrisy in his own words. This kind of criticism is obviously not limited to the artistic level. In fact, life is not the same. A truly wonderful life is like a truly brilliant piano skill, which can only be achieved with sincerity and emotion.
For this point, the character Liu Xiaochun is more convincing. Xiaochun was still a child, his spiritual world was not polluted in any way, it was so pure and clear, without the slightest calculation and rigging, so he could play the piano well. When he arrived at Professor Yu's house, he found that he was not playing as well as before, he made the same mistake as Lin Yu, and there was no gratitude in the sound of the piano. This is because the environment has changed, and I can't feel the real family affection in Professor Yu's house, and once the family affection is far away, the piano skills will also regress. Xiaochun is aware of this crisis, so his final choice is right.
As a child, Xiaochun also has a willful, stubborn and even outrageous side, but at the critical moment Chen Kaige makes him appear so mature and rational. So this is not only Liu Xiaochun's choice, but also Chen Kaige's final intention: choosing family affection and returning to sincerity is more important and real than any fame, fortune and applause.
In the end, I couldn't help but ask myself - how many times have you made trade-offs between pursuing fame and family after going through the busy years?
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