Imperfect is also perfect

Zita 2022-03-23 09:02:50

The director is really a genius in making documentaries. The part of boating on land makes people inadvertently enter the illusion of watching documentaries. Compared with some directors making feature films in the form of documentaries, this is more intrusive.



But the viewing process is tangled. Because the man who was still crazy despite difficulties and setbacks played an opera when he first arrived in the jungle, and was favored by God. When cruising on land, it is like divine assistance, giving people the illusion that their dreams are about to come true. But on the morning closest to the dream, the dream was interrupted, plunged into rapids, the opera was played for the penultimate time, and God never appeared again. The man was ruthlessly brought back to the starting point. It turned out that when the man used the savages, he was used by the savages. Broke the original hope of maximization.

Yuqing's dream should not be ruined in reality like this, and Yuli's dream should not be kept in reality. Because everyone has a dream, but few can earnestly realize it. Those so-called stories of realizing dreams belong to only a few people. Sometimes you can cheer yourself up or adjust your emotions; Let ordinary people like us die in the flames of reality like moths to the flames. Maybe the director, like me, is pessimistic.

At the end of the story, the director shows another incomplete utopia. Maybe this is the director's self-comfort, this is the Ah Q spirit in everyone's heart. It's like a white lie, telling us that there is still hope in life. There is no perfect utopia, no lofty dreams can be realized, at least we can sing opera on a broken ship. This is far from the original intention, but the mood is there, because this real utopia also has operas, also has red plush seats, and can see the smiling faces of people and the joy of lovers. The man is proud and seems to have got everything. It's crazy. He is optimistic.

Maybe I, like this man, are optimistic. Because I am also looking for utopia in realization, I don't have my own music secret room, but I am enjoying myself with headphones in a broken bedroom. Occasionally, my wife calls to say if she is dead, haha, not dead.



Crazy directors shoot crazy movies, cast a crazy character, make the ordinary me yearn for crazy. I like it.

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Extended Reading
  • Earnestine 2022-03-24 09:03:03

    5.0 @North Shadow Label on the big screen to watch the boat on land is simply too complete

  • Clyde 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    The biggest significance of this film lies in the theme-a story of a dream chaser who is willing to give everything for a whim. This is also the realm of Herzog and Kinsky's dreams: no matter how extreme, how can you know the result if you haven't tried it? And to me, dreams are everything I have. . But as far as the film itself is concerned, there are some running accounts for this film. Generally speaking, I can’t say that I don’t like it, but the rhythm is not as catching as "Aguirre".

Fitzcarraldo quotes

  • Don Aquilino: You know, the two of us have a bet going - how long it will take until you go bankrupt. Oh, please don't take it personally. We're all sportsmen, aren't we?

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': No, only one of us. I shall move a mountain.

  • Captain (Orinoco Paul): My eyesight isn't so good, but I cannot be fooled.

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': What do you mean?

    Captain (Orinoco Paul): The jungle plays tricks on your senses. It's full of lies, demons, illusions. I have learned to tell the difference between reality and hallucinations.