At that time, I rarely read a book in one breath, but that day, I read it from the afternoon sun to the evening sunset. I don't know why, but after reading it, I let out a long sigh of relief, and suddenly I felt a sense of sadness, as if I could hear the phone in Watanabe's hand, "Where am I?"
I always remember Watanabe and Midori on the balcony. When I watched the fire scene together last time, I felt that there was an incomparably calm quietness and happiness in it.
I have always felt that the green child is very beautiful, so alive, so lively and natural. In contrast, perhaps Naoko can only be a dream under the moonlight.
It seems that since then, in that faint sadness, the green years have slowly begun. I flipped through "Norwegian Wood" a few times, and some of Murakami's other novels. I began to learn about Murakami and Japanese literature, and I also watched Kenzaburo Oe and "The Dancing Girl of Izu" one after another.
As I recall, Murakami said that his novels would not be adapted into films. I think it's quite right, how can the film express that faint bright and sad?
During a winter vacation in high school, when the university was flying, I found Ai Fukuhara's sequel "No Forest in Norway". It is said that Ai Fukuhara is Haruki Murakami's secret lover. This sequel has Murakami's will. In the sequel, Midori dies, she chooses to die while surfing. I was sad all of a sudden. This is more shocking than Naoko's death.
I remember that in "Wulin Gaiden", the shopkeeper had to watch "Norwegian Forest", and the scholar said that the petty bourgeoisie's novel has not been written yet. I just realized that this feeling of sadness and melancholy is called petty bourgeoisie.
When I first went to college, I wrote that no one is Watanabe, and there is no Midoriko, but the death squads are the admirable ones.
Now I think, Suicide Squad has, but we'll be Watanabe too, you'll be Midori, even he'll be Nagasawa, she'll be Hatsumi.
Six months ago, I knew I had made this movie. I think since Murakami agreed to make it, the movie must be worth watching.
I have to say, I'm a little disappointed. I didn't see the fire on the balcony or the words Watanabe said when he slept with Midori: "I love you so much that all the trees in the world fall down", "I love you like spring Bear, roll down the hillside covered in clover with you in your arms". Hey, I remember when I used this phrase.
The first half of the movie is very beautiful, those mountains and fields, those trees and flowers, and the handsome male protagonist. In the second half, I was suddenly depressed, although there was still beautiful snow. The film seems to suddenly leave the previous context, giving readers a clear account of Watanabe's emotional entanglement.
The director worked hard, but Murakami's words were still difficult to control. Those fragmented details are an atmosphere and intention in the novel; in the film, they become irrelevant ramblings.
Finally, I have never known why the name of the novel is the song title of the Beatles, perhaps the Beatles from decades ago, with such petty bourgeois sadness. However, when I finally heard this song, I understood a little bit. I'll put the lyrics here.
I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on a rug biding my time
drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
"it's time for bed"
She told me she worked
in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't
and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood
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