In 1848, the revolution that swept across Europe was just another aftermath of the Great Revolution of 1789, and another change of dynasty.
The 1871 "Paris Commune", a utopian experiment of passion and dreams, ended in failure.
In March 1968, the protests of the students of the University of Paris Nandai and the campus finally triggered the outbreak of the student movement throughout France from May 6th, which directly led to the downfall of the de Gaulle government, known in history as "May. storm".
Why is it always Paris? Le Pen thought so, and so did Bertolucci. In 1895, Le Pen's famous book "The Crowd" was published. As a generation born after the French Revolution, in "The Crowd", Le Pen was quite disappointed with the national character of France, and instead pinned his hopes on the Anglo-Saxon nation on the other side. on individualism.
But for the Italian Bertolucci, Paris is not a disappointment, but a possibility. All ideal stories can happen here, where enthusiasm and despair coexist, where heat and cold coexist. In 1972's "Last Tango in Paris," Marlon Brando slumps to the gun, ending his self-imposed exile, despair and longing. In 2003, they went to Paris again, "Dream of Paris", the beautiful twin brothers and sisters who have been living in the clouds walked into the revolution, threw torches at the police, with the passion of going to justice and prank teasing.
The story of "Dream of Paris" is not easy to understand, because the characters that drive the plot development are not within our logic. In each scene, however, the behavior of the characters is much more resonant. Talking about movies endlessly - how many young filmmakers are there in China now? As in the film, the way to determine each other's identities is which director they like and which films they have watched. It is like a password for recognizing each other in the crowd. Like "Dream of Paris", the brothers and sisters usually have the greatest fun of imitating a certain segment in the movie. The other party has to remember in the shortest time, otherwise they will be punished the same. So serious, so this kind of pretense also seems sincere. Or think that sexual openness itself is a very revolutionary attitude, and it is also very revolutionary if it is not as good as my parents, and I have such great confidence in the two things of youth and revolution.
The American exchange students in the film are in contrast to the Parisian siblings. Although they both love movies, from the perspective of their favorite directors, the value orientations of the two are far from each other. The former is poor, lives in cheap apartments, and always wears this when going out. In that crappy suit, the latter was born into a wealthy family and had a splendid family that looked like a palace; the former often wrote letters to his mother, detailing his life in Paris; the latter only thought of his parents when he was short of money, Think the parents should be shot; by the end, the May Storm parade passes by the door, the latter joins the procession with carnival enthusiasm, while the former recoils.
A far cry from what we learned, the proletariat should have been more active in the revolution, the two in the parade had countless fine wines at home, and the one outside had only a suit to meet people. Bertolucci's explanation is very simple: because the two are French, Parisian, and the one left alone is American. But the director didn't tell us which faction he was on, the warm and naive French, or the Americans who understood the hardships of life? Although, the director chose to let the Americans open the body of the French girl and bid farewell to her virginity.
The director hid his position, making the audience wonder. What the director wants to praise is this fearless youth like a newborn? Or is there a hidden value orientation? The Guardian's interpretation is "an extremely sexy, undisguised old-fashioned love letter to Paris in 1968." However, some people have interpreted it as a Bertolucci to Hollywood movie.
Among French thinkers, Le Pen is an "Anglophile" and is deeply disappointed by the French people who are too easily incited, while Fouquet is the one who stood behind the barricade and threw stones at the police - we can say who has more Insight, who is greater? Though thinking does not necessarily lead to an answer, that does not mean that thinking is unquestionably futile. At least, this film made in 2003 can help us understand ourselves, French or American, which do you prefer?
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