When dealing with comedy factors, Bischner and Kusturik have something in common: What makes Happy End possible is coincidence. Coincidence appearing in literary and artistic works is an indispensable technique that drives the plot to complete or destroy characters. And coincidence appears in life, it is the fate of genuine goods. No one can turn a deaf ear to this accident, right? "Coincidence" can make the most logical thing impossible, and it can also make the unthinkable become a reality. Why don’t you hope for mysterious luck when you’re used to watching a drama dominated by coincidence?
"Black Cat, White Cat" contains Kusturica's most common character relationship construction: a wise old man, a middle-aged man with nothing to do and useless, and a young man full of hope. This is an everyday world, and the crampedness of existence does not lead to depression, but hysterical blooms: tears or laughter are rushing, and the sentimental traces that follow. The happy ending is not so much a certainty as hope: a strong friendship and the determination to wait for love. This kind of warmth similar to belief makes "coincidence" seamlessly embedded in the cracks of life. ——But don’t expect to find depth in Kusturica’s films, doubting that it is not his gift, he is curious and enthusiastic, with childlike clarity and innocence: to add another rainbow to the bizarre world.
In "Leonce and Lena", the driving force for coincidence to happen is "running", blindly running. Princess Lena met Prince Lei Angcai for the first time, and she sighed with emotion: "I believe that some people are unfortunate and incurable, just because they are alive." The breath of death enveloped the whole drama, if not the two of them happened to be in line with each other. Now, they will all follow Witt's footsteps. Both the prince and the princess were suffering from the German romantic epidemic, lamenting the meaninglessness of life, and mocking as much as possible. The sharp dagger broke through the so-called honor or "noble consciousness", authority lost its power, and nothingness occupied everything. "Nothingness is the god of the world who is about to give birth..." Like Bischner's tragedies "The Death of Dandong" and "Woicek", "Nothingness is the god of the world who is about to give birth..." "Everyone is an abyss. When people look down, they often feel dizzy." For Bischner, the "coincidence" in the play is a button for manipulating characters, pure accident and trickery. He made the comedy come true only to make the fig leaf bigger. Bischner possesses a thorough abyssal philosophy, and the undercurrents will eventually engulf him.
Since they are all dominated by the so-called comedy style, "Black Cat and White Cat" and "Leonce and Lena" also form a peculiar counterpoint: the former has core values under its absurd appearance, while the latter's Zhuangya banter covers it. With the emptiness of sobbing blood in the heart of the spine. But "comedy" here is a robe that is too generous to show the shape of the body. Whether it is the warmth of understanding or the bitterness of ridicule, it has the meaning of "meeting, laughing and enmity", and even "equality" appears. Look. Only comedy can create equality. That is the equality of chess pieces, the equality of the back. The essence of comedy lies in the consciousness of treating everything as a game. Only one game can be withdrawn but cannot be retired. Whether it’s Happy End or Sad End, it’s not as thorough as Game Over. But "Game Over" is too hurtful, it's probably an abyss that you can't face directly. When people are forced to that step, they can't jump, and they probably have to turn their backs to pretend to be stupid or crazy. ——And when we understand or think we have insight into this truth, the reason why we still go all out is not the true meaning of the game?
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