"Amateur" was
just in college, I saw a QQ signature saying: "I'm alive, and I am an amateur." To today's literary tune, everyone seems to be Habitual people use this seemingly ridiculous way to comment on their lives. One is helpless, and the other is pale. Most of them feel: Oh, I can’t do what I want to do every day, but I have to do what I don’t want to do. In comparison, life now is considered very good. To be an amateur, everyone is an amateur as long as they do not live to their 70s and 80s. Why feel that you are so weak and pale? Amateurs have the pleasures of amateurs, and naturally they also have their unspeakable pains.
This "Bicycle Stealer" is hailed as a classic of "new realism" and is the most famous work of Italian director De Sica. I won't say too many words of praise. As a non-senior movie fan, saying too much is just repeating what others have said. It is better not to do such a thing.
After the Second World War, Italy was in a state of desperation, and the high unemployment rate forced many people to wait for work at home. The film begins with a large group of workers gathered in an employment agency waiting for work. Only the luckiest people have the opportunity to get a job. Richie is the lucky man, and the salary is pretty good. He rode his bicycle and posted posters all over the city. With no bicycles, Rich almost lost his job. In order to work, he had to lie that he had it. When he got home, he complained to his wife when the bicycle was not available, and his virtuous wife Maria didn't say anything. She used the bed sheets at home as money and redeemed the bicycle. With bicycles, life has new hope. The next morning, Maria prepared two omelets, one large and one small, for her husband and son. The husband wore a neat uniform and set off, and everything seemed to be developing in a better direction. Who knows, when Rich was putting up the poster, the car was stolen by a young man. No car means no job, he searched like crazy. I mobilized my friends to go to the market and tracked young people who I thought were suspicious on the road. They misunderstood the young people and caused crowds to watch. In the end, I took the risk and stole someone else's car and was arrested. At the end of the film, Richie's father and son walk in the crowd with tears. Whether he can find his car and whether he can find a job again, I think every audience has his own answer.
Like all classics, the story starts from a common to no more common thing as a starting point. The more the audience expects, the less it will not appear. Hope just came into being, and it was dashed in a flash. In the repeated blows, Rich, who first appeared in the image of a good-looking man, gradually lost his patience, became impatient and desperate. He beat his son Bruno and made a noise in the church, believing that the young man was a car thief, and eventually became a thief. However, Destiny seemed to have deliberately made a joke with him, and when he decided to steal the car after hesitating and painful decision, he was caught on the spot. At first, he hated the car stealer, but now he has become a gangster hated by people. More importantly, he also took his son with him. Rich was speechless. Whether at home or abroad, the father has always played the role of the head of the family. Under the harsh public opinion, the pressure of the father's role has been enormous since ancient times. However, this is reality. The reality is not that you will succeed after hard work, but if you work hard, you will definitely gain a lot. The real reality is often the opposite. Everyone is small in the face of reality and amateurs. You will never know exactly what will happen next, just a vague concept. Richie is like this, and so are we. He is just a microcosm of millions of amateurs.
If I continue to write according to the above, then life must be written coldly. However, amateurs also have the happiness of amateurs. There are also several places in the film that show the beauty of life.
Maria is gentle and virtuous. Although her life is difficult, she still fulfills her duties as a housewife and is a conscientious husband and wife. The situation of life is not as good as each day, and she does not complain too much. When Rich redeemed her bike to take her home, we seemed to see Maria’s girlish feelings again. The age of a woman is only shown on the outside, why don't you want to relive the old ignorance in your heart. As the saying goes, contentment is always happy. For life, Maria is obviously satisfied. A little bit of good deeds can make this woman happy. Becoming a strong woman or making earth-shattering feats is undoubtedly great, and being a haven for husbands and children speaks for its greatness. Motherhood is the nature of a woman. She always has an urge to protect her relatives. It is this motherhood that makes Maria a qualified wife and mother.
When Rich went to his friends for help, they were rehearsing the opera. The sunny and humorous Sicilian minor is in sharp contrast with the cold and dark basement. The marks of years and the embarrassment of poverty are engraved on their faces. Fortunately, they still have a job, and they are much fortunate compared to Rich. In the world of the poor, there is a rule not to be, and when a friend who is even poorer than himself encounters difficulties, he must do his best to help him. They did it. I went to the market with Rich to find the stolen bicycle, from the whole car to the parts, from one end of the market to the other. Although the last thing backfired, this kind of friendship with friends is worthy of our recollection.
Maybe we always complain about the fucking of life, maybe life is really fucked, but as amateurs, being amateur is our best state. You can decide your own destiny at your fingertips, which is not an interesting thing at any time. Then it is better to live in an amateur, an amateur in life. You, me, Rich, we are all amateurs in this world.
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