As a fan of film art, The Lone Ranger has watched a batch of films classified and watched. For example, director Ang Lee's father series [Pushing Hands] [Wedding Banquet] [Dining Men and Women], Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon starring [Organ in Memory] [Happy to Die] [Miryang], [Second Girl], and piano-themed [Piano Lessons] ] [Sea Pianist] [Pianist] [Piano Teacher] and so on. However, the most important movie in the piano topic [Shining Demeanor] has never been able to watch, and I often regret it. Two days ago, I finally got my wish, and it ended perfectly.
The main line of the film is that an authoritarian and paranoid father uses deformed love to make David Huffgart, a piano prodigy, struggling and sinking between talent and madness. The legend of the artist's sad and happy life can be said to be in today's real society You can find them everywhere. There are three scenes in the movie that are absolutely stunning. The Lone Ranger analyzes it in detail here and shares it with fans.
First, childhood David's fledgling in the elementary school talent competition. The director deliberately put him in a suit and leather shoes with black-rimmed glasses, dressed like a little adult, with a very asymmetrical appearance and age. His repertoire turned out to be Chopin's hero Polonaise. Fans who have learned the piano commented on this, this piece is not suitable for children to play at all, and the strength and width of her palms are really difficult for 7-year-old David. The funny thing happens when David plays it in a proper way. Under David's hard keystrokes, the wheels under the old piano loosened, causing the piano to drift away from David. David frantically chased after the piano to play, and finally jumped off the piano bench, playing as he walked, and completed his debut in the dark. I really admire the director's ingenious and exaggerated imagination. An upright piano weighs 500 pounds, and it is difficult for 10 children to push it. But it is on wheels and theoretically can be pushed. When it is moved when the child is playing, it shows a kind of naive and childlike interest, and everyone will not find it absurd, and the whole plot suddenly becomes lively and brisk. There is a vivid contrast with the dull opening of the previous section where adult David walks alone on the street in a rainy night, and a small climax of a comedy plot is designed. This scene has two meanings. The first is to express the extreme paranoia of his father's dominant education. The father imposed his unfulfilled musical dream on the next generation, forcing David to attack difficult skills and play world-famous songs that were very incompatible with his age group. At the same time, it also shows David's musical talent. A child can understand the soul of the master's works and master the profound skills of the repertoire, which a non-genius cannot do. Pay attention to the design of little David chasing the piano performance, which symbolizes David's persistent pursuit of piano art. No matter how many obstacles along the way, or the art of music will get away from him (suggesting that David's later illness had interrupted his artistic pursuits), in the end he will still be standing next to his favorite piano.
Second, the young David suffered a nervous breakdown when he was performing Rachmaninoff's No. 3 Piano Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music. Before the climax of this bloody rush, the director made the preparations with many details. All the letters he sent to his father were returned because the old man refused to accept them, and they piled up on the windowsill, implying a long-term lack of warm care from the family. Life is messy, lack of self-care, and eat canned cat food with cats. The table is full of sheet music, cigarette boxes, lots of canned cat food (often eaten) and pills (already on antidepressants?). In the morning, I went downstairs naked in socks to get the letter, and I didn't know it. And the socks on both feet are brown and red (hehe, I really admire my meticulous observation). This is the harbinger of sickness. His spiritual godmother, Catherine, tragically passed away at a pivotal moment on the eve of the show. It is precisely because Aunt Catherine's spiritual guidance and care to him has filled his spiritual lack in family care. Makes Catherine actually become his spiritual pillar. He always wore red gloves from Catherine when he practiced the piano in the severe winter in London (obviously, the severe winter cold symbolizes the roughness and cruelty of his father, and the red gloves symbolize warmth and protection. Red also means resistance, it represents the color of revolution) . The blow to his spiritual heart was fatal, and the tragic storm was coming.
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor is one of the most difficult piano pieces to play. The difficult technical considerations are like hell for pianists. The Mavericks once had an analogy. If the pianists were NBA players, being able to play pull-3s with ease was like reaching the level where the Air Jordan dunked. The director of this scene used two parallel but subtly integrated morals to interpret the plot. One is David's artistic talent. On the competition stage, with the accompaniment of the huge symphony orchestra, the soothing prelude of Pull 3 sounded slowly. The photography uses warm light from the bottom backlight to capture the ruddy and soft fingers of David when he plays the piano, full of vitality (Lone Ranger likes to cover the glowing flashlight with his fingers when he is playing as a child. Under the transmission of the light, his little fingers are red and warm. , the scene in the movie is this feeling). As the music unfolds, the rhythm of the music becomes faster and faster. David's fingers flew up and down like a butterfly through flowers. At this time, the light changed to a cool color, and it was swept down from the top side, making David's hand pale and blue-veined. It also implies that his mental state is quietly changing. To show David's prowess, the photography uses slow motion, making David's fast-touching fingers morph into an indistinct palm like a broom. It means that people's eyes can no longer catch up with David's magic finger. Suddenly, the music disappeared without a trace, and the camera was directly converted to high-speed photography. The close-up depicting David's finger touching the keys suddenly became extremely slow, and the exaggerated close-up even showed the sweat beads when the fingers touched the keys. splash! Emphasizes David's passion for performance (here is a common sense in film, according to the physiological structure of human eyes, when the film is shot at a speed of 24 frames per second, the actions people see are consistent with real life, if it is lower than 24 frames Shooting is low-speed photography, which speeds up the movement of objects, such as vehicle chases in police and gangster films, and the fighting of martial arts masters. On the contrary, high-speed photography slows down the movement of objects, such as heroes falling to the ground, falling in love with women running men chase, etc.). What is amazing is that the director used silence to express the shock brought by the music. As the saying goes, the elephant is invisible, the sound is loud, and we hear him in the music talking, struggling, pursuing, and going crazy. When his emotions reach the extreme, all the sounds are gone. Hear thunder. There was no music on the screen, no human voice, only David's heart was beating wildly. No, it's actually the heartbeat of all the audience's feelings and excitement! When people were moved by the silence, the climax of the finale of Pull 3 sounded again at the maximum volume of decibels. The shock is unbearable Jump up and applaud. The second is David's mental breakdown. This narrative is very ingenious. When David played passionately, with the synchronization of the music, the camera pulled out his father who was far away in Australia, and he was listening to the same music recording (presumably from the plot, it should be David who practiced The tape was sent to the spiritual godmother Catherine, who was then passed on to her father as Catherine's relic). Objectively, it was the father who listened to David’s recordings alone, but subjectively it should be the father’s figure in David’s mind. This is a careful arrangement by the director. Think about it, in your subjective thinking, in addition to imagining his father, David can also imagine his mother and sister who silently love him, especially his spiritual godmother Catherine, or his enlightenment music teacher. But none of these warm characters appeared, leaving his father to appear 3 times throughout the performance. With the successive appearance of the father's scenes, the director not only used light in the hand shape to indicate the change of David's psychological state, but also unfolded the devil-like pressure brought by his father one after another in the appearance and expression. The shawl hair, which symbolizes artistic temperament, goes from undisturbed to loose and then messy to cover the entire face. The ruddy face was gradually pale and tired, and the sweat was dripping like raindrops. And multiple close-ups (very important) with sweaty faces and empty eyes. From the first level of narrative implication, it can also be interpreted as the mad passion when fully immersed in the performance, and the director's conception is flawless. In the end, when his soul was out of his body, he collapsed to the ground helplessly, his hair dripping with sweat on his forehead, his face dripping with sweat like water droplets, and his eyes were dull and desperate and curled up in the corner of the wall. This close-up, let us finally recall a familiar scene: his father beat David in the bathtub with a towel in order to prevent him from going to the United States to study. At that time, his wet hair was dizzy and drooping, water droplets and tears were intertwined on his cheeks, his eyes were drawn away, and he hugged his knees and curled up in the bathtub. From time to time the nightmare of this childhood gripped David's sanity like a ghost. At the same time as he achieved artistic brilliance, due to the overdraft of physical and mental strength, the last straw finally broke the camel. Caused a complete breakdown of David's psychology. The director is ingenious in echoing the plot of the movie before and after, and he can be called a master. The second is David's mental breakdown. This narrative is very ingenious. When David played passionately, with the synchronization of the music, the camera pulled out his father who was far away in Australia, and he was listening to the same music recording (presumably from the plot, it should be David who practiced The tape was sent to the spiritual godmother Catherine, who was then passed on to her father as Catherine's relic). Objectively, it was the father who listened to David’s recordings alone, but subjectively it should be the father’s figure in David’s mind. This is a careful arrangement by the director. Think about it, in your subjective thinking, in addition to imagining his father, David can also imagine his mother and sister who silently love him, especially his spiritual godmother Catherine, or his enlightenment music teacher. But none of these warm characters appeared, leaving his father to appear 3 times throughout the performance. With the successive appearance of the father's scenes, the director not only used light in the hand shape to indicate the change of David's psychological state, but also unfolded the devil-like pressure brought by his father one after another in the appearance and expression. The shawl hair, which symbolizes artistic temperament, goes from undisturbed to loose and then messy to cover the entire face. The ruddy face was gradually pale and tired, and the sweat was dripping like raindrops. And multiple close-ups (very important) with sweaty faces and empty eyes. From the first level of narrative implication, it can also be interpreted as the mad passion when fully immersed in the performance, and the director's conception is flawless. In the end, when his soul was out of his body, he collapsed to the ground helplessly, his hair dripping with sweat on his forehead, his face dripping with sweat like water droplets, and his eyes were dull and desperate and curled up in the corner of the wall. This close-up, let us finally recall a familiar scene: his father beat David in the bathtub with a towel in order to prevent him from going to the United States to study. At that time, his wet hair was dizzy and drooping, water droplets and tears were intertwined on his cheeks, his eyes were drawn away, and he hugged his knees and curled up in the bathtub. From time to time the nightmare of this childhood gripped David's sanity like a ghost. At the same time as he achieved artistic brilliance, due to the overdraft of physical and mental strength, the last straw finally broke the camel. Caused a complete breakdown of David's psychology. The director is ingenious in echoing the plot of the movie before and after, and he can be called a master. The second is David's mental breakdown. This narrative is very ingenious. When David played passionately, with the synchronization of the music, the camera pulled out his father who was far away in Australia, and he was listening to the same music recording (presumably from the plot, it should be David who practiced The tape was sent to the spiritual godmother Catherine, who was then passed on to her father as Catherine's relic). Objectively, it was the father who listened to David’s recordings alone, but subjectively it should be the father’s figure in David’s mind. This is a careful arrangement by the director. Think about it, in your subjective thinking, in addition to imagining his father, David can also imagine his mother and sister who silently love him, especially his spiritual godmother Catherine, or his enlightenment music teacher. But none of these warm characters appeared, leaving his father to appear 3 times throughout the performance. With the successive appearance of the father's scenes, the director not only used light in the hand shape to indicate the change of David's psychological state, but also unfolded the devil-like pressure brought by his father one after another in the appearance and expression. The shawl hair, which symbolizes artistic temperament, goes from undisturbed to loose and then messy to cover the entire face. The ruddy face was gradually pale and tired, and the sweat was dripping like raindrops. And multiple close-ups (very important) with sweaty faces and empty eyes. From the first level of narrative implication, it can also be interpreted as the mad passion when fully immersed in the performance, and the director's conception is flawless. In the end, when his soul was out of his body, he collapsed to the ground helplessly, his hair dripping with sweat on his forehead, his face dripping with sweat like water droplets, and his eyes were dull and desperate and curled up in the corner of the wall. This close-up, let us finally recall a familiar scene: his father beat David in the bathtub with a towel in order to prevent him from going to the United States to study. At that time, his wet hair was dizzy and drooping, water droplets and tears were intertwined on his cheeks, his eyes were drawn away, and he hugged his knees and curled up in the bathtub. From time to time the nightmare of this childhood gripped David's sanity like a ghost. At the same time as he achieved artistic brilliance, due to the overdraft of physical and mental strength, the last straw finally broke the camel. Caused a complete breakdown of David's psychology. The director is ingenious in echoing the plot of the movie before and after, and he can be called a master. The mess covers the entire face. The ruddy face was gradually pale and tired, and the sweat was dripping like raindrops. And multiple close-ups (very important) with sweaty faces and empty eyes. From the first level of narrative implication, it can also be interpreted as the mad passion when fully immersed in the performance, and the director's conception is flawless. In the end, when his soul was out of his body, he collapsed to the ground helplessly, his hair dripping with sweat on his forehead, his face dripping with sweat like water droplets, and his eyes were dull and desperate and curled up in the corner of the wall. This close-up, let us finally recall a familiar scene: his father beat David in the bathtub with a towel in order to prevent him from going to the United States to study. At that time, his wet hair was dizzy and drooping, water droplets and tears were intertwined on his cheeks, his eyes were drawn away, and he hugged his knees and curled up in the bathtub. From time to time the nightmare of this childhood gripped David's sanity like a ghost. At the same time as he achieved artistic brilliance, due to the overdraft of physical and mental strength, the last straw finally broke the camel. Caused a complete breakdown of David's psychology. The director is ingenious in echoing the plot of the movie before and after, and he can be called a master. The mess covers the entire face. The ruddy face was gradually pale and tired, and the sweat was dripping like raindrops. And multiple close-ups (very important) with sweaty faces and empty eyes. From the first level of narrative implication, it can also be interpreted as the mad passion when fully immersed in the performance, and the director's conception is flawless. In the end, when his soul was out of his body, he collapsed to the ground helplessly, his hair dripping with sweat on his forehead, his face dripping with sweat like water droplets, and his eyes were dull and desperate and curled up in the corner of the wall. This close-up, let us finally recall a familiar scene: his father beat David in the bathtub with a towel in order to prevent him from going to the United States to study. At that time, his wet hair was dizzy and drooping, water droplets and tears were intertwined on his cheeks, his eyes were drawn away, and he hugged his knees and curled up in the bathtub. From time to time the nightmare of this childhood gripped David's sanity like a ghost. At the same time as he achieved artistic brilliance, due to the overdraft of physical and mental strength, the last straw finally broke the camel. Caused a complete breakdown of David's psychology. The director is ingenious in echoing the plot of the movie before and after, and he can be called a master.
Third, the adult David plays Korsakov's (Flight of the Bumblebee) in the tavern, symbolizing the return of David's mind. There are also many foreshadowings before this scene, suggesting that David's sanity is gradually recovering. When the nurse took David for treatment, David jumped the grid, and he also jumped the grid when he was a child, symbolizing the return of childlike innocence. A couple passed by him on a morning jog, and he couldn't help but slanted and ran after him. It also implies that love is awakening his closed heart. Under the arrangement of a volunteer who was once his fan, David moved into the home of a charitable person and began to practice the piano, and the music was also calling his mind (judging from the characters' dialogue, the piano is not allowed in the hospital. ). Of course, it also brought a lot of trouble to the family. The cigarette butts were placed indiscriminately and burned a lot of scars on the owner's piano keyboard. This allowed him to leave the isolated mental hospital and gradually integrate into real life. That night, David stared at the admission letter of the former Royal Academy of Arts and the piano score of La San (it seems that there are some normal thoughts in a certain period of time), and a strong artistic impulse sprouted in him. It was his most awake moment. But the piano was locked and could not be opened. In desperation, he had to come to the tavern to release his artistic passion. The achievement of this superb (Bumblebee) performance. Instead of thinking about how the director choreographed this story, I will talk about Jeffrey Rush, who plays adult David. This talented actor is a late bloomer. He was born in 1951 and has been starring in stage plays for a long time. He only started to play the leading role in movies when he was nearly half a century old. Because the appearance is really unflattering, investors are afraid that this dinosaur will come out scary and mess up the box office, so they are reluctant to pay for it. Rush was not discouraged. He practiced the piano diligently every day. It is no exaggeration to say that it was comparable to David's hard work on the piano. At the same time, he took the trouble to listen and learn David's delirious murmurs, the quirk of bowing his head when he played the piano, and the wobbles of walking. With no painstaking effort, Rush portrayed this arrogant, eccentric, heart-wounded character in a vivid and soul-possessing manner. From a little-known stage actor to a superstar in the international film circle. Yes, for the role of David alone, he has won 15 Best Actor awards including BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Oscars. In 1995 and 1996, the scenery was the same. It can be said that after the tempering of this film, Rush has also become a half pianist. I admire these foreign artists' obsession with performing arts. In addition to this Rush, after Phoenix played a pop singer in "Walking With the Song", he actually discovered his hidden musical talent and decided to change his career to become a pop singer. Natalie Portman practiced to play "Black Swan"
The setting of the plot is a bit peculiar. I don't know if the director also had his father's autocracy in his childhood. The male characters in the film are generally flawed (except for David's enlightening music teacher). His dad is a typical negative figure. That kind of intolerant, selfish and autocratic love is the direct cause of the madness of the protagonist in the future. The tutor and piano professor of the Royal Academy only gave David great love in professional skills, and also had a mentality to entrust his uncompeted ideal to this piano genius to realize his dream. There is very little performance in humanistic care. On the eve of the competition, he encouraged David to "play like there is no tomorrow". Will this kind of excitement put too much pressure on David's playing? The owner of the tavern sneered at David, who was not recovering from a long illness, and did not give him a good face. The charitable old uncle who let him live was also troubled by his upside-down morning and twilight and practiced the piano all night, so he simply locked the piano. And the women in the play are endowed with perfect humanity. Aunt Catherine was his spiritual godmother, who gave him a lot of life inspiration and spiritual care, and was the guide to his childhood fame. His music fan, Sister Barlow, took him home from a mental hospital and made him gradually integrate into a normal life. Gillian was overwhelmed by his talent and childlike heart, took off a diamond engagement ring that a wealthy businessman gave her, and resolutely married David, who had not yet fully recovered. Taking care of David with her unrelenting love eventually brought David back to the art scene. Once again fulfilled his ultimate dream: a perfect performance of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto. When he was at a loss and shyly and humbly thanked everyone for cheering him, tears from the bottom of his heart filled his face.
I really enjoyed the ending of the film: the blue sky and white clouds, the sun is shining. David and Gillian left his father's cemetery and headed for the distant road together. It symbolizes that David has left the spiritual cemetery that has shackled him for a long time, and walks freely towards the light with the company of love. It echoes before and after David's walk alone in the dark and rainy night at the beginning, and ends perfectly
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