1. For a movie like The Goldfinch (2019), where the plot line is out of line and confusing, it is best to put aside the symbolism and function of the painting and return to the theme: self-seeking. I would look at it this way: this is a story about the protagonist who desperately wants to get rid of the identity restrictions given by his original family and devote himself to another identity and life, leading to self-lost story. After his father left and his mother passed away, the male protagonist had an opportunity to invest in a high-end family. When the police and social workers asked him, he chose to join this family. As the plot unfolds, we see how he happily expects the host family to announce the adoption. Although fate teased him for a while, he came back and became the son-in-law of the family. The external development is like this, after all, it is smooth and satisfactory, but the inner story is completely different, because this escape first made him betray himself and his mother at the same time, so in his dream, we find him suffering from guilt ——The mother has not seen him since then.
2. The goldfinch in the painting is tied by a thin chain. There is also an invisible chain between the protagonist and this precious painting, and this painting symbolizes all the material life, fame, status and development that he yearns for. In the literature class in the desert, the teacher read a passage: No matter how barren life is, I have to love my life. The young man in the story apparently did not fully understand what it was like to live in poverty. Only when this young man grows up, cuts off the chains, hands over the life that does not belong to him, no longer possesses it (like collecting antiques), does not copy the life of others (like copying the real thing), does not forcefully disguise or When impersonating (just like selling fakes), put yourself out in the sun to restore your original appearance, and happiness will come.
3. The multiple characters and the breadth of the story spanning childhood to adulthood make things cumbersome. The director wanted to try to unravel the deep truth by peeling the onion, seasoning it with a little Tolkien's adventurous style and Edgar Allan Poe's suspenseful and thrilling approach, but the result was unsatisfactory!
4. In the movie, there are two loud bangs in the life of the protagonist of the story. The first time when the explosion in the Metropolitan Museum, he got a life turn; The newspaper, opened the Tibetan painting, only to find that it had been packaged, and his inner longing and extravagance collapsed. Here I would also like to mention that the young actor was slapped twice, the first time during the play, his friend punched him, this time he just rubbed his cheek for the violence of the game; the second time was given to him by his hypocritical father He scratched his ears, but he didn't rub his cheeks, because what hurts more than flesh is heartbreak.
5. Zhuangzide's Complementary Symbol: The man who protects the beginning of the campaign, is not afraid of the truth, one warrior is a hero, and he enters the nine armies. Nicole Kiman is strong as a mother, and her persistence and strength in the Goldfinch is admirable, including her elegant maintenance of a vulgar and no aesthetic family, and then lonely to let his confidante, which is the story The protagonists come and go.
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