It is difficult to identify with this translation.
I read it with a smile and tears in my eyes.
Gogol's comedy was praised by later generations as "a tearful smile", and I also experienced that kind of sadness in this comedy film.
I don't see any meaning of happiness, destination, etc., just the heart-wrenching encounter of a Poor Man without a country, and a map of the airport.
The kind Victor, the grumpy Indian old man, the "secretly loves you" food delivery man, the mean airport commissioner, the fast food girl who flipped the coin, the cold-hearted guard...
everyone is on a bustling journey A story unknown to others is being played among the hurried strangers at the transfer station.
Victor's homeland was wiped out by a coup when he flew to New York, and he became a man without a country, the Unacceptable Man. Unable to step into American soil, he had to live in the waiting hall and begin a long wait for his country to restore his citizenship. He didn't speak English, he lost his luggage, he didn't have money to eat, he got scorned but no help. His helplessness reminds me of those beggars in the subway, because they kneel down for a dollar, they may have the same bitter story as Victor (but I always feel that most of them are fake = =).
But he is a kind and honest person. He saved a poor person and got a life-saving medicine. His broad mind won the love of all the airport staff. So much so that when he was about to leave, everyone saw him off in a mighty manner.
Many people asked Victor why he had to go to New York and what was in that tin can. Victor said that was a promise. Victor wants to fulfill his father's last wish to get the autograph of the famous saxophone master for his father, a jazz fan, because, just one, the autograph in the jar is complete. For this commitment, Victor bravely embarked on an unknown journey and began a wonderful experience in his life.
The little old man in India is a cleaner at the airport. Besides suspecting that Victor is a spy, his greatest pleasure is watching many people slip and fall on the smooth floor because "Americans never read the signs". He always suspected that Victor had bugs all over his body from hair to soles of his feet, and he was not willing to play cards with him until Victor lay on the security screen and went through it. Even this hilarious and lovely Ogi-san also had a tragic experience: when he was young, he stabbed the policeman who blackmailed him, and had to leave his wife and children and smuggled to the United States to work as an airport cleaner. He missed home but dared not go back. In the end, it was this clean and disciplined cleaner who held up a mop to intercept the plane and helped Victor fulfill his wish.
The airport driver has a crush on the beautiful immigration manager Dorothy, but is unable to get close. When he saw that Victor went to Dorothy to stamp his seal every day, he established an "offensive and defensive alliance" with Victor: Victor helped him pass on his love, and the reward was a lunch box that he could not eat. In this way, the infatuated guy finally hugged the beauty back. This couple is probably the happiest in the movie.
bless them.
The mean and aloof airport commissioner is an orderly government bureaucrat. He has a keen eye for observation, and a group of Chinese tourists wearing Mickey Mouse T-shirts were found out because of his sentence: "Have you ever seen a tourist visiting Disneyland without a camera?" (Hey! Why Chinese??? It's a joke, China is not as old as you are, okay! How hard is it to smuggle it?! As the saying goes, pigs with their noses up in the sky crawl all over the world = =). He easily caught drug smugglers, because "Where can a person who doesn't wear a wedding ring give his mother-in-law walnuts? If he gets divorced, he still thinks of his mother-in-law?" That's amazing!
He was about to be promoted, someone was sent from above to check the work, and he didn't want anything to go off the rails at that juncture, and Victor was the one who went off the rails. It's not surprising that he hates Victor. At first, he wanted to drive Victor away, deliberately giving him a chance, but Victor is a solid-eyed person, and he failed. He was criticized by his superiors for being too ruthless in his handling of the Russian man's drug case, while Victor was praised for his humanity. He is jealous. What's even more irritating is that Victor made more money than he did by accidentally getting a construction job. When he found out that the beautiful flight attendant Emilia actually took a fancy to the stupefied guy, he broke out completely. He sternly said in front of Victor that as long as he worked at the airport, Victor would stay at the airport for as long as possible. An angry Victor took back the gift he had been given: a taxidermy. What a beautiful fish.
As a villain, the airport commissioner ultimately failed to do so. I believe that everyone will feel very happy when they see him beating his chest and feet in the monitoring room. With the help of everyone, Victor walked out of the airport smoothly, got the master's signature, and set off on his way home happily. However, no one denies that this airport commissioner is not a responsible person, but unfortunately, he lacks a little human touch.
I found a problem: as long as it is a Tom Hanks movie, I like it, and I believe many people do like me. Lol~ Uh, I seem to have overlooked Douglas and his wife, but Catherine Zeta-Jones is really beautiful ❤
PS Let's go behind the scenes.
When Spielberg made the film, a special waiting room was built. Although the waiting hall is fake, those storefronts are real. Burger King, Yoshinoya (Yoshinoya turned out to be in the US!), Hugo BOSS, and many other brands that I can't name. Investors must be very happy, and the sponsorship fees for these hidden advertisements alone will earn a lot of money. Probably only a big name like Spielberg can get those sponsors scrambling to send money.
Tom Hanks' hapless man is a real person. And there seem to be quite a few guys like him who live in the airport. A few years ago, I heard that a Japanese person was not angry at the Mexican airport, and the Mexicans were ruined. Hey, buddy, anyway, you still have a nationality, why are you staying in a foreign country? By the eyes of na? I don't know if that guy is home now...
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