's wonderland, the spa at the foot of the Alps, and the Waldhaus Flims Hotel, there are a group of distinguished guests. The idealization of the environment presupposes that the narrative situation is focused on the capture of the mind or emotion, where aging towards decline becomes a near-death experience and a yearning for youth.
On the one hand, the perfection of a sanatorium can be interpreted as perfection, but "perfection" also heralds "completion", heralding the "end" of a thing. The body in the sauna room is motionless, but it seems to be prepared for death. a ceremony. The perfect view of the empty shot, the sluggish crowd, actually heralds the looming death. Under the shroud of death, there are all kinds of images. What these people have in common is that they are all struggling. This movie is such a "living to death" movie.
Fred's life was ups and downs. He composed countless songs and read countless people. When he retired in old age, he lost his interest. He couldn't pick up any interest in the world. on the road to death. With him in this holiday nursing home, and his old friend Mick at the same time. Mick's life state was completely opposite. He summoned a group of young screenwriters to Switzerland, where the scenery is beautiful and beautiful, and wrote the script day and night. , live very dashingly;
But since Fred and Mick bought medicine together, the foreshadowing has been laid, and the outcome of the matter did not follow the trend of development stably. It was Mick who was actually injured, and Fred's test results were unexpectedly very healthy; Fred's daughter was cheated on by Mick's son, and it turned out to be after a tear between Fred and his daughter. But the father-daughter relationship has been reconstructed, and Mick's son is a complete asshole. The climax of the story begins when the two cannot extricate themselves from the realistic spring dream of Miss Universe together in the hot spring, but Mick's queen's mistress suddenly draws from the bottom of the pot. This cost Mick's life. At this point in the movie, it was discovered that Mick was the last man in the world. The dream of supporting his legacy collapsed, and Mick's world also disappeared, leaving only a pile of ashes. . And Fred was actually fussing about it and being pretentious. Mick jumped off the building without warning in front of Fred's eyes, and Fred was gasping for breath. The director of the coexistence scene of the two people was too scheming. In fact, it was an explicit exchange of life states between the two.
Fred woke up from a dream, and Mick's death brought him back to life. In the concert on Prince Philip's birthday, Fred was not entangled in the entanglement of those stubborn old people, and he generously conducted a symphony that he would never have. At the end of the song, the picture turns to Mick's portrait, which is a tribute to the old friend who gave him life again.
In addition to Fred's daughter, there are two other big supporting roles, and their stories are as follows:
Maradona is Sorrentino's idol, and the character actor's stand-in appears, which can be understood as what Sorrentino expects Daydream. Maradona's remaining days seems to be a very fascinating topic that has always been around this director, but his supporting role here should also be related to the last sentence "thinking about the future", a person with a strong heart, Always refuse to admit the cruel reality in front of you.
Hitler's character couldn't find a way to live for this character, so when he came, he was actually "dead", and he was only left to observe the perspective of others, and died in disapproval of his own past. But in the end, he also found the window of life, that is, "do those things that make him feel alive, and no one can be fully prepared before starting."
Compared with "City of Beauty", "Youth" is separated from Italy, where Sorrentino lives. Italy is endless in his eyes, and the narrative of "City of Absolute Beauty" can be long and dazzling. However, "Youth", an ideal stage with an empty background, has no complicated historical interference, and the director's description intention is much simpler and more bland.
After writing this spoiler-heavy film review, I suddenly felt that Sorrentino's fixed vision of dying was not fun at all. When you are getting old, what sparks do you want to see from others?
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