A tragicomedy of life with tears in laughter

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The Soviet film "A Station for Two" sang the beautiful love of middle-aged men and women, and reflected a cross-section of a complex society. The characters have distinct personalities and delicate psychological portrayals. Compared with the trend of younger subject matter and simpler content in today's film shooting, "Two People's Station" has the unique thinking and life traces of adults. The material, including people's yearning for life, the responsibilities they need to take on the family, the longing for love and career, and so on. All these things unfolded lightly and intensely between a man and a woman at an unfamiliar station in just three days. The film uses a realistic shooting style to show scenes that make you laugh and tear. The film has won many international awards thanks to many aspects. Look at the film from the director's style. Ryazanov's films are almost all comedies. His comedies can be roughly divided into two categories, one is pure comedy, such as "Carnival Night" (1956), "The Girl Without an Address" (1958), "Italian Adventures in Russia" (1973), etc.; The other type is tragicomedy with a tragic color. Ryazanov's later comedies have tragic elements, often turning from happiness to sadness. Through the funny scenes and the plot changes of extracurricular branches, people can glimpse the melancholy essence of life behind the comedy, which makes people laugh with tears. The absurdity and absurdity of living conditions are hidden under the surface narrative of laxity and ridicule, which is an embarrassing truth. . Such as "Forgotten Flute" (1987), "Hello, Little Fool!" " (1996), "Old Horse" (2000), and Ryazanov's "Love Trilogy" in the 1970s and 1980s. Combined with the film "The Station for Two", the directing style of authenticity and assumption is used just right. The comedy effect of Ryazanov's comedies does not rely on misunderstanding and incongruity, but often places the protagonist in a real social environment, downplaying the hypothetical nature of classic comedies, making him encounter a series of incredible but life-threatening situations. In order to dig out the true character traits and inner world of the protagonist hidden behind the comedy, the protagonist has a wonderful and convincing character change. The process of the hero and heroine in "The Office Story" and "The Station for Two" from quarrel, hostility to understanding and love, the seemingly impossible love stories are all concrete manifestations of this wonderful character change. In this film, the hero and heroine meet on a train platform, and Platon wants to rush home to visit his father, but a series of accidents happen at this time, and Platon first meets " The unreasonable heroine Vera caused him to miss the train, and then lost his ID card because he helped the conductor to look at the melon, and then lost the only money he had on his body because of the "wandering" with Vera at the train station. The series of things are accidental but all of them are possible at the same time, so this film is in line with the characteristics of director Ryazanov's unique style of film. Let's look at this film from the director's other styles. The popular style: The camera mostly focuses on small people, who are often of humble status, struggling and rushing for life at the bottom of society, and often have a kind and enthusiastic disposition, sacrificing everything for their dignity. Ryazanov excavated these through mediocre and trivial everyday things. The rich inner world of ordinary people shows their joys, sorrows and sorrows. Ryazanov once said: "My favorite comedy protagonists are positive characters. Selflessness and innocence are inherent qualities of this person. He lives according to moral rules, which are as natural to him as air. In this film, it is not difficult to find that the hero and heroine and the people around them are a group of small people with ordinary identities. The director starts the narrative of the film with the waiter Vera as the protagonist. Although the identity of the hero in the film is a pianist, but After understanding the plot development of the plot, we know that the male protagonist's identity in the film is actually a cleaner, a pianist who takes the blame for his wife in order to take on family responsibilities. From the plot development of the film, the hero and heroine's The acquaintance is only because of the issue of 1 kopeck and 20 rubles, and ordinary little people can only care about their lives in order to survive. Ryazanov's directing style also has a distinctive spirit of irony and criticism: in the face of traditional conservative mechanisms, he never evades It is a sharp social problem, but boldly pointed out the shortcomings of the times, reflecting the evils and dark sides of the society in a humorous way. Ryazanov consciously extracted details from his life that have the flavor of the times and a wide range of social critical significance. For example, "Two The conductors who sell melons and leather shoes in order to make money, the restaurant's service problems with locals and foreigners, etc. in "Personal Station". Ryazanov's comedy has a strong sense of reality. Ryazanov uses the life of a small person The situation shows a critique of the conditions of that era. Although this film is defined as a romantic light comedy, through watching and understanding this film, the tragic feelings in the film are not buried at all because of the comic performance style. In this film, the cross performance of comedy and tragedy has the characteristics of tragicomedy. Tragic comedy, also known as drama, is a genre of drama literature. happy ending . It can reflect social life in many aspects, expand and enhance the breadth and depth of life reflected in drama. Let's first analyze the joys and sorrows of Platon. As a pianist, Pradon failed to catch the train because of a dispute with the waiter Vera because of the meal payment of 1 kopeck and 20 rubles. The funny thing is that Pradon finally paid for the meal. Furthermore, as an adult, Platon's judgment on the world is not in line with his age. When the uniformed conductor asked him for his ID card, he did not have any thought or doubt. Their identity cards are in the hands of others; when Platon and Vera were boarding at the train station, the words of the two were also particularly comical, their words were extremely inconsistent with their age and identity, and the two The tone of an adult's speech is the same as that of two ignorant children. The comedy in Platon showed his kindness, but even such a kind person did not have the slightest tolerance for him in tragedy. Originally, Platon was a noble pianist but became a prisoner because of his wife's fault. Another typical tragedy is that Platon and Vera can't be together because they are different levels, which limit their relationship. The tragic and joyous plot arrangement in Vera's body is not the same as that of Platon. Platon's tragedy happened now, but Vera's tragic fate happened a long time ago. The tragedy reflected in Vera is the tragedy of fate, but the reward for working hard all day is very little. In the face of the injustice of life, she can only choose to accept it and has no weapons to resist. Vera's behavior and language style are also one of the important manifestations of the comedy of this film. When confronted with Platon who did not pay for the meal, Vera chased after him and insisted that Platon hand over the 1 kopeck and 20 rubles. 20 rubles in kopeck was returned to Platon. The contrast between before and after is comic and dramatic, and it is the embodiment of the helpless realism of life. The tragicomedy displayed by the character's own character promotes the arrangement of the tragicomedy in the plot. The encounter, acquaintance, and love between Platon and Vera progressed gradually. Their first encounter was full of farce features. The audience witnessed their acquaintance with laughter, but as they gradually got to know each other, it is not difficult to find that their psychology has changed. From the very beginning Some of them are disgusted to understand and cherish each other later. The original story of a farce happy enemy should have ended here, but after they fell in love, it was an instant manifestation of tragedy. Platon went to reform because he took on his wife's fault, and after a few years, After falling in love, they face a long-term separation. Although Platon's life is full of tragedy in terms of plot performance, we can also see the kindness of human nature in this film. At the end of the film, Platon mistakenly named him because he couldn't walk, and Vera, who was in a hurry, asked him to play the accordion. At this time, the officer who named him said, "I believe he will come back." Finally, from the audiovisual It is also very unique to see this film from a linguistic point of view. Music is interspersed throughout the film. As the plot progresses, the music also presents a gradual characteristic. For example, there was a little unpleasantness between Vera and Platon because of the ID card incident, and then Vera knew that it was her fault. Later, when the two of them ate "leftovers" together in the waiting room of the railway station, the two forgot their previous suspicions. chat, then the theme music plays, the music at this time represents the harmonious atmosphere generated by the reconciliation between the two. Then after the melon selling incident, Platon sent Vera home. After getting out of the car, Platon invited Vera to dinner, and Vera accepted it readily. The music at this time represented that the relationship between the two was enhanced. Afterwards, Platon played music for Vera, and the relationship between the two was further deepened. After that, as the plot of the film continues to advance, the meanings carried by the music are also different. I have to mention that at the end of the film, Platon plays the accordion to tell the celebrity that he has come back. At this time, the meaning expressed by the accordion is not only to mean that Platon has returned, but also to convey the meaning An allegory of faith and hope. In terms of lens processing, the beginning of the film is that the protagonist Pradon walks alone on the long snowy land. The timely conversion of the close-up and the middle scene under a long shot is also an important means of expressing the character's psychology. At the end of the film, we can see that Pradon and Vera are struggling to reach their destination. A long shot runs through the end of the film. At this time, the shot changes from panorama to close-up and then to close-up. The difficulty of the characters on the way is shown. Incisively and vividly, the close-up shooting of Pradon playing the accordion is of great significance for deepening the theme. The film "A Station for Two" revolves around the joys and sorrows of the love between Pradon and Vera, and combines the background of the times with a strong spirit of realism. The train station in the film is also a place with special symbolic meaning. In every station in the world, large and small, there are cars coming and going every day, and countless human tragedies, comedies and dramas are staged. But in the nameless wasteland station in the film, no matter people come and go like a tide, Platon and Vera, with their kindness and perfect personalities, will always stand in the joys and sorrows of the stars. in the worldly and indifferent The small station has become a light source of life that illuminates there. At the same time, there is a strong sense of audience substitution due to the things that the hero and heroine experienced as ordinary characters. By narrating an ordinary and simple realistic beauty in the language of the lens, and showing the psychological changes of the characters through the music interspersed throughout the film, the plot arrangement of the film is promoted. The film "Station for Two" perfectly organically combines the beauty of reality and beauty.

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