Jane writes to her son at the beginning of the film, and this flashback structure gives me a clear signal that this film is a tragedy. In fact, as far as the main line of the story is concerned, it is nothing but a new love story. Encounter, infatuation, misunderstanding + triangle, miss, reminiscence, nothing more than these. Even the combination of the hero and heroine - the impulsive young Russian sergeant and the charming American widow, is not a surprising combination.
However, he was still impressed. In retrospect, it was about the atmosphere, and the details, oh, and the characters.
The so-called atmosphere, um, the cold and crisp air, the silly arrogance on people's faces, the similar madness in the aristocratic ball and the common people's carnival, intertwined into a collective daydream-like scene. Is this the so-called Russian nation that is neither Western nor Eastern?
Some people say that the actor Ender pinned the director's ideals on Russians. All I remember is his proudly raised chin and persistent eyes. It was funny at first, but it became more and more cute, and it was heartbreaking at the end. If there was anything he did that surprised me, it was the part where Admiral Renault went to propose to Jane. I was probably too poisoned by Chinese sultry people, and I thought it would be this scene: Ender recited English love poems for Admiral, and used the lines specified by others to express his feelings, his eyes were affectionate and resentful... But I guessed the beginning , but didn't guess the ending - halfway through, Ender angrily took off the script, and said clearly and firmly what he said in his heart: Since I saw you in the train car, I fell in love at first sight; I just graduated and the salary is not high, and I haven't been able to get married yet. But I am willing to work hard in the future... The general next to him stopped playing in surprise, and Jane and the fake dad were also speechless, but the young man finished what he had to say and went out one by one with his chin raised. That's right, he just doesn't leave room for anything, and doesn't do the trick of self-harm. He was still a child, so he would be so self-willed to ask for pure feelings regardless of the consequences, regardless of the object? So silly and so cute.
The heroine is obviously a playboy at first, only to be shocked by the boyish Ender, whom she originally despised, and discover that there really is something other than a deal in the world. Julia Ormond played Jane charmingly and witty, but the occasional brutish laugh revealed that she wasn't a typical lady. It is estimated that this unexpected wildness has a fatal attraction to the crazy Russians surging in their veins.
Others, the drunk admiral was so fun, he suddenly became a superman, and burned like a sauce. I went to propose marriage, solemnly took out the portraits of my parents from the briefcase and showed them to the fake father and daughter, earnestly making me feel a little sympathetic to him.
There is one detail that I don't know why. During the tsar's military parade, after the speech, the tsar left. The non-commissioned officers and students drank their glasses, threw their hats and cheered and hugged. In the chaotic and noisy scene, the goblet used by the tsar stood quietly at the corner of the table, infinitely quiet. Subconsciously, I thought it was a symbol: these passionate sergeants who swore allegiance were nothing more than fragile glasses with similar faces and endless appearances, while the Tsar was like the gold and silver goblet, unique and cold-eyed. But what he faced to the throne was already the afterglow of the prosperous world, as if he was independent from the corner of the table, and there was unease in his arrogance.
The scene of the wooden house search in Siberia was very deliberate and a little deliberate, but it still matched the step-by-step changes in Jane's mood. After the last door opened, in the tense silence, a green apple rolled down. Jane picked up the fruit and tears hung down. At this moment, the mother and son standing behind the door held their breaths. The sickle in the mother's hand was shining brightly. The faces of the adults and children were already stained with tears. And the protagonist never appeared. It wasn't until the end, when the heroine finally revealed her secret that I had known for a long time, that the scene of the year was replayed: Ender rushed out of the forest with a feeling, and saw Jane driving the carriage across the wilderness, he There was no trace of youth remaining on the face, expressionless, lit a cigarette and silent. At this time, the camera is superimposed to the yin-yang-headed American soldier Andro McGaller, who is running happily because of the victory. Against the vicissitudes of his Russian father's face, it is the reborn Ender who takes off the gas mask. Honestly, cliché, but looking relieved.
Ender's life was silent in Siberia, but his youth illuminated Jane's life, the most brilliant dream in this daydream. Childish perseverance turned out to be the most moving.
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