In my opinion, every piece in the film has a very strong meaning. For example, in The Silence of the Lambs, it is used to describe Hannibal's cruelty and cannibalistic rationality. The seventh variation of the Goldberg Variations is accurate. Live this image, panic, panic and the extreme rationality and serenity of the sinner. The change from Minuet in G major to jazz and rock in this film represents a state of mind, a state of mind that is constantly breaking through as the protagonist. The former is looking for the kind of power expressed in the song, while the latter follows the pace of culture, step by step, to the hearts of students.
Mr. Holland, this is a teacher, a music teacher who only wanted to be a music teacher for three years at first. In class, maybe it's just boring and I teach you to learn. This seems to be a great irony for domestic education. Until the principal told him that teachers should not only impart knowledge (whether or not to impart knowledge is also uncertain), but more importantly, guide students in the direction.
The implementation and manifestation of the whole article seems to be a matter of direction. The trumpeter had the spirit of not giving up, became the governor, and finally drew a complete symbol for the story. The drummer won several championships and finally died for his country on the battlefield. The girl who pursued her musical dream finally made up her mind to go to New York, the big city he dreamed of, to find her own music career.
So what exactly is the direction? All kinds of things that we think are external, in the process of continuous progress, in the rolling wave of our country, and now the economy that is constantly advancing, alienation is constantly advancing, fetishism, symbolism are emerging one after another, success and chicken soup for the soul. . Orientation is nothing but a slave to striving to satisfy material pursuits, or we become slaves of orientation, education? Or social culture? It seems inseparable. The purpose of education is to deliver the correct culture, to teach people the process of seeking truth.
Tao Xingzhi said, "Teach a thousand teachings, teach people to seek truth; learn a thousand things, learn to be a real person."
We can have many insights. From the trumpeter, we know that we should not give up for what we insist on. From drummers, we know not to think that we have no talent, no ability. From genius, we know that in this world, there are things that rationality cannot do, at least it cannot save lives and move people. From the girl who is looking for a dream, we know that if we have a dream, we must fight and not be shackled by our current self.
But what is the direction? It is never precisely stated in the movie that the principal gave Mr. Holland a compass before he left the school, which is another kind of recognition that the old principal honored for saying that "teachers should tell them the way". But in the end, we still don't know, what is pressing in our hearts is ambiguous moving, and we feel that we are always seeing flowers in a fog. What direction can music give people? What can it bring to people that cannot be replaced?
Society is changing, from Johnson to Kennedy to Ford to Nixon. The wheel of the country is advancing in a destructive attitude, and the form of music is also advancing, from rock to hippies. Music is the mirror of culture, the most intuitive expression of social form, and the cry of all those who live in it.
Mr. Holland asks from the beginning of the film, what is music? An art composed of vocals or musical instruments with melody, rhythm or harmony. With the cold answer, we are not satisfied. With the development of the story and the various turmoil caused by the musical characters and the political situation, we seem to gradually understand that music is the voice of the times, and it is the appearance that passes through the experiencer and the narrator. , and directly connect with what is in its heart.
We can't get rid of our love for music, the flowers that permeate our hearts, in another world, we can get another kind of bloom. Music is the best medium to spread your emotions.
It is precisely because of the music, precisely because the author interprets what is in the human heart, and the beliefs conveyed from your life are finally drawn into the most beautiful notes to spread your direction. What we do is to follow our notes, Move forward with our inspiration.
Music, above all, we have to find our own notes.
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