The novel is completed in one go, and it really is the product of a "light and unconscious state", and what it said is true in 18 days. When I read it, I read half of it without realizing it. I prefer the second half, especially after getting out of the internment camp and entering the life of a person in the deep mountains. During the day, I repair the road on the mountain, and at night I reflect in front of the mirror and sort out my life.
Although the film has changed a lot, the performance is still remarkable. There are a few shots that are very expressive and I love them:
when walking with the German girl Lisa, the little man keeps hitting the curb and trying to be equal.
The expression, movement, and covered body when he went to bed with Lisa were exactly the same as the first prostitute, but the prostitute's position was replaced by himself. Both ridiculous and pathetic, and impressive.
As well as the silent film form at the beginning, the banknotes flying all over the sky or sticking to the wall, the exaggerated African emperor reception banquet, the nude girl's performance is replaced by the wounded soldier's performance, and the process of making a child of noble blood with his wife, makes people smile and can't help laughing, all the details reflect The director's skills are extraordinary.
The two changes are quite different from the original. The little man in the movie appears to be at ease, smart and cunning in these two places. One is to make a stumbling block for the waiter that the boss likes, and the other is to be "shorter than short" when awarding medals. This change makes the character's image more three-dimensional, but also weakens his ups and downs and struggles as a small character. The poor little man tried his best to be among the crowd he coveted at every stage, but was always ignored. In the end, in order to prove that he was a millionaire, even if he went to jail, he was still not accepted by the crowd. From beginning to end, he was a lonely and marginalized character.
The original book is more about self-reflection, while the film is more exaggerated and more artistically contrasted. In the original book, the little man pays more attention to people and reflects on people's hearts. In the movie, the background of war and the living beings in this background are more prominent.
The original work begins the process of "comprehension" from the relationship with the pigeon. The whole book has 214 pages, and this process accounts for 40 pages. It is the most exciting part of the whole book, and the movie does not show it. Looking back on his life, the little man took a long, long detour on the road of constant pursuit of respect and equality, becoming a millionaire became his ultimate goal, but after reaching it, he found that he still got nothing. In the end, after he lost everything he had fought for his whole life, he really found himself and realized that only the pigeons in the internment camp, the French professor, the villagers in the mountain villages, the cats, dogs, horses and sheep, these things that give him thinking, dependence, love, and respect are people. Necessity is the essence of human beings.
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