Martin Scorsese is gradually becoming more and more ancient, but although he is old but childlike, the old horse played very hard this time. Regulate children's themes. Before entering the topic, it is especially necessary to briefly review the history of Lao Ma's struggle in the film industry.
Hello, George Merrier!
"Hugo", if I remember correctly, should be Lao Ma's first involvement in a warm children's theme.
Although the film uses Hugo as the protagonist to start the narrative, the core of the story is not about the children's inspirational story of the bereaved father Hugo facing life and growing up bravely. From the perspective of character performance, the three-dimensional portrayal of Hugo's heart and character is not the focus of the film. The feature of this film is: through Hugo's dream of repairing robots, the greatest character in film history-George Mérieux is unfolded.
George Mérieux has substituted performance, set and plot into the new film art, and also established the first professional film studio. As George Merrier said in the film: "If you don't know where the dream comes from, then look around, this is DreamWorks".
There are two clues in the film. The first is the sequence of Hugo's restoration of the robot; the second is the flashback route of George Mérieux's ups and downs. The key to connecting the two clues is the robot. Through the robot, Hugo found the film master George Mérieux, who has been incognito for many years. Through the robot and Hugo's sincerity, George Mérieux gradually revealed his rough life from shadow to people.
I wonder if the old horse is intentional or unintentional? The robots in the film look like Oscars. George Mérieux used parts of this robot to transform it into a video camera, thus bringing the movie into the palace of art. Hugo’s job is to repair and protect the robot until the robot is returned to its original owner. The plot meaning of repairing the robot means rediscovering Mérieux; while the plot of the robot returning to its original owner implies that Mérieux is the inventor of the movie "Dream".
The last paragraph of the film: George Mérieux's video exhibition was grandly screened in the Grand Theater, and Ma's tribute to the master reached a climax! Master's light shines again!
The lonely Hugo became optimistic and cheerful, the indifferent police reaped love, and the bumpy George Mérieux exuded the charm of a master, and the film ended with joy. Perhaps, for the optimistic and romantic French, loneliness, roughness, and indifference are caused by the melancholy. When the truth like the sun melts the melancholy, everything will become romantic!
If this is a biographical film, it is not a biography of Hugo, but a biography of George Mérieux. As for why the film chose this angle, perhaps the reason is as follows: if George Mériet is the subjective point of view to tell the story of the master, the subjective color will be heavier, but from the perspective of the other, the use of contrast will show its greatness.
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