On the street, I saw a big mirror and looked intently. Sasha found that the things in the mirror were more interesting than the real things; in the backstage of the violin exam, Sasha took out a big apple from his pocket and saw the things next to him. The beautiful little girl carefully wiped the apple on her clothes and gave it to the little girl generously. This incident also caused him to lose his concentration during the exam and get a very low score. Sasha has a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty.
On the way home, before the cloud of the violin exam cleared, Sasha was attracted by another thing. He saw a roller worker repairing the roller, and he was so majestic. Soon, the roller worker and Sacha became friends who talked about everything.
The road roller worker envied Sasha's ability to play the violin, and Sasha envied the road roller worker's majesty. Once, the roller worker called Sasha a "musician" from the bottom of his heart, but was angrily rejected by Sasha. This incident made the roller worker severely criticize Sasha. He told Sasha that the opportunity to learn is not for everyone, and he should cherish this opportunity. Sasha seems to understand.
The two made an appointment to go to the movies, but Sasha's mother found out where she was, and resolutely locked Sasha in the house.
This lock locks not only Sasha's people, but also Sasha's freedom.
There is a scene worth noting. When Sacha saw the building collapse, he smiled so happily. The building itself is the shackles of forced construction, the collapse of the shackles symbolized by the collapse, and freedom comes. How Sasha yearns for freedom.
The mirrors and water shots are constantly appearing in the film. I thought that the world reflected in the mirror and the water is the shadow of the real world, and the shadow is free, so the mirror represents freedom. Another meaning of mirror represents reflection. And water itself is the embodiment of freedom. Therefore, what Tarkovsky expresses in these two images is freedom.
The film Tarkovsky made in 1960, when he was 28 years old, was his college graduation work. Won the first prize at the New York Student Film Festival. Only 46 minutes, but showed a profound connotation. Like "Ivan's Childhood", Tarkovsky focuses on the influence of the social environment on human destiny. "Ivan's Childhood" shows the bondage of war on children. "Road Roller and Violin" expresses the bondage of families to children.
The roller is vulgar, but he has the freedom' violin elegance, but binds.
The fate of Sasha is not revealed in the 43-minute movie, but I can predict that whether Sasha will become a violinist in the future, he will be forcibly deprived of a lot of happiness. Will he be happy? I am skeptical.
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