People coming. People going. Nothing ever happened.

Nat 2022-03-24 09:03:00

The Grand Hotel, the film of the 5th Academy Awards, staged a tragedy in the world, and the ending was quite light.
There are many things that left a deep impression on me in this film:
1. At 35 minutes and 58 seconds, as Jay Chou's fan girl, it just hit my little heart, and Jay Chou's "Qin Wound" appeared, only after checking the information Found out that it is Tchaikovsky's June Barcarole Op.37 No.6, which is also a popular knowledge.

2. Mrs. Greshinskaya, played by Garbo, I think the performance is very good. Although it is a bit exaggerated, doesn't the artist have these neurotic characteristics? I thought of Kimi Qiao Renliang, who just passed away recently. Artists may be under inhuman pressure. Artists want more applause from the audience. Lady Gresinskaya, she found love as a spiritual sustenance, and Kimi did not. So, I think that when she finds out about the Baron's death, she will eventually choose to die, just like Kimi.

3. So let's talk about the baron. Personally, I really like the character of the Baron. Handsome, dashing, gentlemanly, and flirtatious, if only he wasn't a thief, he was simply the perfect man. The baron and ballerina fell in love in one night. It's a little weird, but it actually shows up in the movie. At 41 minutes, the baron's gaze changed from looking down at Mrs. Greshinskaya, and even looking up slightly, which showed that the baron was really in love with this beautiful ballerina at this time. In the end, he became the ballerina's last straw, holding on tight.

4. Clinglan, the old genus of the capitalist Plessinger. I would like to put these two together and say that the typical feng shui takes turns. Clinglan is a little man who is afraid of death. In the last time of his life, he came to the Grand Hotel with the only money and squandered the last time. And Plessinger, I thought he was a decent German, a serious kind. But when he started using the liar for his own benefit, I knew he was on the verge of going bad. Sure enough, later, when he met Clinglan, he even said to a seriously ill patient that it was very interesting, a person who did not understand the suffering of civilians. Later, he betrayed his 28-year marriage and cheated on his stenographer. Commercial fraud, derailment, wrongful murder, and in the end, an attempt to put the blame on the mistress to make false testimony, a vicious capitalist completely appeared on the screen. As for Clinglan, I think the portrayal is closer to the little people themselves. A lifetime of trembling and diligence all his life is just an attempt to spend the last time of his life, and he himself has good intentions. It can be seen from his desire to help the baron who has been helping him. But, after all of this, after he had a shitty lot of money gambling, I wanted to make a question mark. It can be seen that at the end of the film, his attitude towards the driver is not very friendly. Just a guess, will he be the next Plessinger?

5. Another little character in the film, Miss Franmu, makes me wonder what to say. As a woman, she has a job and can support herself. But for the money, she first wanted to be with the Baron (maybe she really liked it) and then with Plessinger, but what puzzles me is that when she found out about the Baron's death, she was obviously very sad , why is it possible to be with the rich Klinglan all at once? It doesn't fit my definition of love at all.

6. The thing that staggers me the most is the doctor with few shots. People coming. People going. Nothing ever happened. Isn't life like this? Only those who have really experienced great winds and waves can see life so thoroughly. In fact, his words reminded me of the hospital. In real life, hospitals can really see through the warmth of the world. The doctor is so calm, I think it can be connected with his background, especially, he is also a field doctor. In a hospital bed, you don’t know whether the person in front of the bed you are living in has died or is cured and discharged from the hospital. In a hospital bed, patients come and go, and they come and go, the bed is still this bed, and it has not changed because of this. what.
No matter what happened, the earth went on as usual. As long as it's not the end of the world, it's all little things. For us, death is really the end. So, live well.

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Grand Hotel quotes

  • Grusinskaya: Can you imagine a hundred girls in the ballet school, each thinking she would become the most famous dancer in all the world? I was ambitious then. We were drilled like little soldiers. No rest, no stopping. I was little, slim, but hard as a diamond. Then I became famous and - But why am I telling you all this? Last night, I didn't know you at all. Who are you, really?

    Baron Felix von Geigern: What?

    Grusinskaya: I don't even know your name.

    Baron Felix von Geigern: [laughs] I am Felix Benvenuto Freihern von Geigern. My mother called me "Flix".

    Grusinskaya: [joyously] No! Flix! Oh, that's sweet. And how do you live? And what kind of a person are you?

    Baron Felix von Geigern: I'm a prodigal son, the black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.

  • Preysing: I don't know much about women. I've been married for 28 years, you know.