A master who sees through life

Corene 2021-10-22 14:35:36

His works are all comedies, and they are all black and white silent films. When sound films were popular, he still insisted on launching silent films and achieved unprecedented success. Now, in this era of special effects, sound, color, and photoelectric movies, his works are still impressive I am so intoxicated and plunged into it. I think one of his charms is that he has penetrated the life experience and the joys and sorrows.
His comedy works are full of miserable after laughter. To a certain extent, we can also say it. It was a tragic work. He retelled a story: a waiter walked into the restaurant with a plate and smiled. Suddenly he was slipped by a banana peel and fell to the ground in embarrassment. Everyone burst into laughter. He thought he fell and fell. It does not cause people to laugh, what makes people laugh is that a person suddenly falls into sadness from happiness in an instant.
His understanding is undoubtedly a kind of insight into life. The frustration of small people is an essential element of comedy, perhaps only see someone constantly frustrated, absurd, we can compare their own privileged and quiet, while they are our shadow so we will feel sad after laugh.
he had a skimming a small font The beard also conceals the smile at the corner of his mouth. He always seems to be so faint and insulting, even if he can't get on the bus again and again, even if he is embarrassed and beaten by children on the street, even if he is treated by a rich man. ...Whether it is poor or rich, whether it is ridiculed or praised, his expression is always the same, the corners of his mouth hidden under the beard have not changed, and it is always the kind of innocent or dull and dull that some people think. Eyes.
Oh, if there is anything that can change his eyes, it is love. The ending credits of , when the blind woman recognized him, he hung his head shyly, but raised his eyes. Pursing the corners of his lips, what we saw in the eyes at this time was joy, moved, cherished, and maybe even a little bit of tears...
He already knew that poverty is not the greatest misfortune, and the rich are only drinking to him. The real and eternal thing is the selfless and pure love between the little person and the little person-he and the blind girl.
Or the Beatles said it well: in the end all we need is love!

(Master Zhuo experienced three consecutive failed marriages in his life. It was not until he settled in Switzerland with his fourth wife and the daughter of a famous playwright that he had children and entered the happy second half of his life. What he might want to tell us is: in the end, We only know how happy we are~)

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