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If the story told in "Paradise Cinema" in 1988 is based on the background of film and film history, and "Journey to Heaven" in 1990 is based on the background of opera, then 1999 The story of "The Legend of 1900" ("1900 Legend") was based on music, to be precise, with piano and jazz as the background. Tornatore, who has always been a screenwriter, once again, on the eve of the new millennium—that is, entering the 21st century—has performed wonderfully the novel "The Twentieth Century" by the Italian writer Alexander Baligo. After the adaptation, it was put on the world screen. Judging from the film’s title, concept, release time, and the level of art achieved in all aspects, I think it is more appropriate to call it "The Last Picture" of the 20th century. . Yes, at the imminent moment of the most dramatic new century, an Italian film telling a legendary story that happened at the beginning of the last century is only a mere hundred years old, but it has long been in all art forms in the world today. The art of China's leading movie has come to a perfect end.
The film begins with trumpeter Max’s strong miss for his friends. Following his inner monologue full of loss and melancholy, in the beginning of the film, we see many more immigrants with longing eyes on a big passenger ship. "Virginia" came to the New World.
(Themed music for the opening title)
In the flashback of the film, Max thoughtfully walked into a shop in London that bought musical instruments. In order to fill his stomach, he had to reluctantly sell his beloved trumpet. The shrewd boss saw that it was a brand-name musical instrument, but only offered a small amount of £6 and 10 shillings to buy it. Max was forced to agree, but out of nostalgia, he wanted to play the trumpet again before breaking up. Although the boss seemed impatient, he agreed.
(The theme of the film playing the trumpet)
(The theme of the piano performance in the old record)
Many opportunities in life are accidental. If Max had not played the trumpet, perhaps he would not have the opportunity to tell the legend about a sea pianist. When he was immersed in the music he was playing, the same piece played by the piano on an old record played on a gramophone came to his ears. The boss is eager to know who the player is. (Back in time)
Danny, the black boiler worker on the Virginia, went to the upper class to try his luck while the guests disembarked, hoping to pick up some valuable discards. But he did not expect that on the piano in the grand living room, he found a baby child who was abandoned in a cardboard box for holding lemons.
The kindly Danny adopted the baby who had neither a birth certificate nor a name. Since he got the child on January 1, 1900, he simply gave the child a simple and meaningful name: 1900. In order to hide from others and escape the investigation of the Immigration Bureau, this child named 1900 never got off the boat, his world is on the vast ocean. 1900 and her adoptive father, Danny, lived happily on the Virginia.
(Music) But soon Danny was injured and died. One day, 1900 quietly came to the first class cabin following the sound of music. Through the glass screen at the entrance of the large living room, a strange but colorful world appeared before the child's eyes, and what attracted him was coming from behind the glass. That happy music.
(Music, piano gradually accentuated) At
night, all the guests were shaken by what happened before their eyes: a child with shabby clothes and a dirty face was sitting in front of the piano, his immature little hand gently stroking the piano keys, so, that The grand piano sang a soft and moving tune. (First performance in 1900)
When the captain told him that playing the piano without authorization was against the rules, Xiao 1900 blurted out disdainfully: "What rules do you have to go to him." ("Fuck the regulations.") When
Max told the music store owner this story, it was like The scenes of Yan's past flashed back in front of him clearly, and everything seemed to have happened yesterday, and he recalled the scene of his first arrival on the Virginia. When the person in charge of recruitment told him that there was already a trumpeter on the ship, he took out his instrument and started playing.
(Max's trumpet solo)
His skillful technique and charming tone won warm applause from the onlookers and conquered the recruiters. At the same time, on the huge Virginia ship docked at the pier, beside the fence, a person was heartily applauding and congratulating him at this moment. Afterwards, Max happily boarded the Virginia.
There was a storm on the sea, and poor Max vomited, staggered and stumbled. The music we hear portrays Max’s situation vividly and humorously. (Music showing Max seasickness)
At this time, someone who walked steadily came over and asked him if he played the trumpet, saying that he could provide him with an antidote to seasickness. He asked Max to help him unlock the brakes under the piano and invited him to sit beside him.
As the hull shook and tilted, the grand piano in the living room also began to slide around freely in the calm and smooth sound of the piano. Among all the films I have watched, this scene of "The Legend of 1900" is the most romantic, elegant, and most memorable. It is a segment that fully demonstrates the artistic talent of the Italian director Tornatore.
Unfortunately, as the ship’s hull leaned sharply again, the piano sliding in the large living room led the two of them to the gorgeous and expensive large glass screen, then through the corridor of the guest room, and finally hit directly. The captain's cabin.
The two were punished in the bottom tank to burn the boiler, and they also had the opportunity to get to know and understand each other. Only then did Max know that he was the famous pianist who had never got off the boat. The two became good friends ever since and played together for the guests in the band. It's just that this pianist named 1900 never abides by the rules, often halfway through the collaboration with the band, and just throw away the score and improvise. However, as soon as the guests heard his piano sound, they immediately became emotional and entered a state of ecstasy and joy.
(
Improvement of 1900 ) The natural sea pianist 1900 not only played for the guests in the first class, but also often went to the third class. Go and play piano for those poor immigrants. Everyone is obsessed with the sound of his piano. The intoxicated expressions of the passengers show that they have found their voice in the music of 1900.
(The performance of 1900 in the third class cabin)
There was an Italian guest who wanted to hear the tarantella. 1900 only asked him to do a simple demonstration rhythm, and then let everyone hear a passionate and unrestrained tarantella.
Note: Tanantella is a kind of dance music. Originated from the Italian folk. According to legends after the 15th century, people who were bitten by a poisonous spider "Tarantula" had to dance vigorously to be saved. Tarantella originated from this. It is said that the dance is named after the city of Taranto in southern Italy. Its characteristics are 3/8 beats or 6/8 beats, emotionally active, tambourines and castanets are used to accompany the dance, and the music has the characteristics of perpetual music, similar to Courant and Jige. After the mid-nineteenth century, composers such as Chopin and Liszt used Tarantella to create instrumental solo; the last paragraph of "Italian Caprice" by Tchaikovsky has the characteristics of Tarantella's genre.
A profound passage in the film "The Legend of 1900" is Max asks 1900 why he didn't get off the boat and go to the land to see and make a home on a stable land. Now this emotional and meaningful soundtrack comes from the Italian composer Ennio Morricone who has repeatedly appeared in our program. "The Legend of 1900" won the 57th Golden Globe Award for Best The music award is a matter of course. It seems that the aesthetic taste of the reporters is indeed higher than that of the film merchants, and the Oscar judges do not know the value of the master if they do not understand music. In fact, Enio Morricone's soundtrack in "The Legend of 1900" is a new peak he has set up in front of film composers all over the world. In some respects, he even surpassed himself. The Americans do not understand the height, depth and difficulty of the music of this film. If you analyze the relationship between the music and the sound elements, you will find that the difficulty of recording and synthesizing the picture of "The Legend of 1900" is very great. . With such an innovative and pioneering film in terms of art and technology, the Oscar that everyone has come to expect in the world has turned a deaf ear to it. It is indeed inconceivable and inexplicable. I think this cannot but explain the fall of Oscars in recent years.
Note: Ennio Morricone (Ennio Morricone) was born in Rome in 1928 and has participated in the production of no fewer than 400 films from various countries. He is the most prolific and accomplished composer in Italy and is well-known in the world film industry.
Once, after the ship docked, the guests in the lower class hurriedly left. When people go to Chuankong, 1900, feeling lost and lonely, is gently touching the keys of the piano with his own thoughts. Suddenly, there was a small accordion in the corner-the loud and affectionate echo of a bayan. Its owner, an immigrant from a certain corner of the world, stayed and talked with him about the past due to his admiration for the piano art and music of 1900. The wife eloped with her, and the land she relied on was also barren due to drought. All five children died of fever, and only the youngest daughter survived. Finally, he talked about his desire for a new life and yearning for the sea. During this process, the sound of 1900 has been quietly accompanying their conversation. The music blends into the dialogue, and the language blends into the rhythm. The combination between Morricone's music and Tornatore's dialogue has reached a seamless, wonderfully moving situation at this moment.
Note: Bayan: button accordion, because its shape and tone arrangement are completely different from the keyboard type, so it is mainly popular in northern Europe and the CIS countries with history and mass foundation.
(The conversation between 1900 and immigrants, the perfect combination of soundtrack and dialogue,)
1900: You don't look happy about going to America.
Immigrant: It's not America. It's everything I'm leaving behind.
Immigrant: Until a few years ago, my field was the only thing I knew. The world started and ended there in that piece of land. I'd never walked down the main street of a town. Maybe you can't understand that.
1900: I understand that perfectly. I know someone who went through something very very similar.
Immigrant: One fine day did his field go dry, too? And did his wife run off wi
th a priest? And did the fever take his five children?
1900: No, but he ended up alone, too.
Immigrant: Then he's more lucky than me.
Immigrant: I still have a daughter, the youngest one. She survived. It's for
her that I decided one day to fight my bad luck. I travelled the world without a destination. And then one day, when I go through one of many towns I never see before. I come to a hill, and then I see the most beautiful thing in my life. THE SEA!
1900: The sea?
Immigrant: I'd never seen it before. It was like lightening hit me. Because I
heard its voice.
1900: The voice of the sea?
Immigrant: Yes. The voice of the sea.
1900: I've never heard it.
Immigrant: The voice of the sea, it is like a shout, a shout big and strong, s
creaming and screaming and what it screaming was: “You!… Men with shit in your brains! Life is immense! Can you understand that? Immense!” I never think of it this way. I have a revolution in my head. That's how I suddenly decide to change my life, to start afresh.
Immigrant: Change life, start afresh. Tell that to your friend. ……
Max knows the character and conduct of 1900 and believes that he has nowhere to go and will never leave Virginia Number, but this old ship has long become a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron. People are loading explosives on it, preparing to blow it up. After trying to persuade the foreman to postpone the explosion date, Max began to search for 1900 everywhere in the huge, empty, unrecognizable hull. Facing the now dilapidated, luxurious and splendid hall of the past, his thoughts flashed back to the golden years of the Virginia.
(Lobby Music) The
band conductor repeatedly told him to perform according to the score this time, and he promised to repeat the same trick in 1900 in a short while.
(1900 improvisation solo)
Whenever he improvises, everyone is fine. In 1900, he used the piano to describe to Max, who was sitting next to him, four people with very different images and personalities that appeared in his vision.
In the eyes of 1900, what I saw at this moment was an old woman who was running away with her lover. The obvious gypsy style in the music showed her grace and luxury, and also seemed to explain where she came from. And this one is a sad man who is deeply lost in contemplation and memories, falling into the past. With the tango rhythm that is full of flexibility and tension, we saw a tearful young woman dancing with her lover. Her attire and background were accurately revealed by the music. Finally, the melody of 1900, which is the soundtrack written by the music master Enio Morricone, vividly portrays an uninvited guest in the first-class cabin wearing someone else's dress.
At the end of the first part, let's relive the two pieces of music that appeared in the above plot in full. This is the childish Mozart-style piano sketch that everyone heard when playing the piano for the first time in 1900. The title on the original soundtrack is also quite moral: "Mozart Rebirth".
(First performance
in 1900 in childhood) The music that appeared in the plot of ordinary immigrants playing piano in 1900 as the third-class cabin. The title of the original soundtrack CD is "Study for Three Hands" ("Trial of Three Hands", Study is here as "Etudes"). (Three hands in 1900)
There is also another piece of music that will appear in the later episodes, which is equivalent to the core of the theme of the entire soundtrack. The title is "Play in Love", piano solo. The
companions have all gone ashore, and 1900 will experience it again It's loneliness and loss. This emotional, full of loss and melancholy music played by strings, and Sergio; Lionel’s "Once Upon a Time in America" the last string ensemble of Deborah's Theme (Deborah's Theme) There are inextricable connections between them.
(Sorrowful strings)
1900 was holding the phone and wanted to talk to anyone on the shore to relieve his loneliness. At this moment, four well-dressed black men broke in. 1900, who had been isolated from society on land for a long time, was frightened and fled around the huge hull of the Virginia.
(A tense piece of music)
In fact, these four people were not gangsters. They were just sent to inform 1900 to prepare for a showdown on the piano with the grandfather of jazz music today.
(A jazz trumpet)
Enio; Morricone’s soundtrack vividly depicts an important figure in the history of jazz: Jerry; Roll; Morton. In the film, he is played by Clarence Williams, a black actor who was once a member of a famous American jazz trio. At this moment, he was talking to the press on the dock of the Virginia, arrogantly claiming that he did not believe that anyone in the world could surpass the person who invented jazz in terms of piano skills, that is, Jerry; Roll; Morton. .
The mood and rhythm of the music were in sync with Jerry; Morton's flamboyant expression and the speed of speaking. At this time, people who heard the news of the game began to gather in the lobby of the Virginia, and the show was about to begin.
(Jerry; Roll; Morton Piano Solo)
Jerry; Roll; Morton was born in 1885 and died in 1940. He is recognized as one of the earliest giants in the history of jazz, but because he likes to exaggerate his contribution to jazz, he often produces negative effects. As we all know, the early history of jazz can be traced back to the songs sung at work after African black slaves were trafficked to the New World in the 17th century, that is, work songs and field chants, as well as early black religious songs in the 19th century and later it is impossible to find out its exact birth. The blues music of the years, and later there was Ragtime music and so on, but Jerry Morton once boasted that he invented jazz in 1902, which is simply a fantasy. Jerry Morton started playing the piano when he was 10 years old. He played piano in the brothel for a long time as a teenager, so that his relatives broke off relations with him, and all of this was in the script of the film director and screenwriter Torna Tore. Got the performance in. Note: About Bruce: The ancestors of African Americans are in Africa. From the 17th to 18th centuries, Western colonialists sold large numbers of black Africans to the Americas and became slaves to whites there. They were forced to labor and tortured. In the fields and after work, the black slaves missed their hometown and relatives, and often sang a kind of lament to express their painful heart. This kind of music also permeates some religious songs. Because blue is regarded by Americans as a melancholic color, this sad song is collectively called Blues, which is transliterated in Chinese as "Blues." We often find songs with Blues in American music works & such as "Blue Rhapsody", "Blue Tango", "Blue Love", etc., and their more accurate translation should be "Melancholic Rhapsody" and " Melancholy Tango, Melancholy Love.... The characteristics of blues: from the perspective of the major scale, its third (Mi) and seventh (Si) sounds are often lowered (usually it is a flat semitone, in fact, it is less than a semitone). Sometimes the fifth grade (Sol) sound is also flattened by a semitone. These drop sounds are often supplemented by portamento and vibrato, which enhances the melancholic and sad color of the song; the melody is often divided into rhythms to form a light and accent inversion; the rhythm is mostly double beats, usually 4/4 beats, and some are 2/4 shot; ; From the perspective of lyrics and tune structure, Blues mostly uses symmetrical and phonological two-line words. Repeat the first sentence. Each tune has 12 measures, and each sentence has 4 measures, thus forming: ‖: A:‖ + B three-sentence solid musical structure; chords are commonly used in major chords (I), dominant chords (V) and subordinate chords. (IV) Therefore, the harmony sounds very harmonious and simple. When blues first appeared, it was only used for singing. Later it was also used for instrumental music performance. At first it was limited to some plucked instruments, such as guitars and turtledoves. In the 1860s and 70s, after the American Civil War ended, some thrift stores sold some wind instruments left by the army after the Civil War. At that time, the black people often came to the "Congo Plaza" in New Orleans to sing and dance every holiday evening. When they found these cheap wind instruments, they bought them and learned to play. Since then, black bands have wind instruments.
Jerry; Roll; Morton, who is known as the Doctor of Jazz in the jazz music industry, stood on the dock and ridiculed and ridiculed the legendary best pianist who had never gotten off the boat, and then swaggered. Boarded the Virginia. The game started. A beam of light from a low angle cast a huge figure on the colorful glass screen at the entrance of the first-class cabin. Afterwards, Jerry Morton appeared at the door of the hall like a king. He walked in slowly, looking around with piercing, arrogant and majestic eyes.
At this moment someone on the bar poured him a half glass of whiskey in a large glass, Jerry; Morton said nothing, and walked up to take the drink. After he drank it, he turned the cup upside down on the bar.
Then, he walked towards the piano defiantly and arrogantly, and said politely and contemptuously to the sea pianist who was sitting in front of the piano and watching him silently with all the guests: "I believe you have taken my seat."
( "I believe you're sitting& at my seat.")
1900 stood up timidly and helplessly, and asked in kind, "You are the one who invented jazz, right?"
("You're the one who invented Jazz right?") What
he got was a triumphant answer: "This, as everyone knows."
("That' what they say.")
Then Jerry; Morton also asked: "And you are the bottom of the ass People who don’t know how to play piano are not the ocean, right?"
("And you're the one who can't play unless you have the ocean under your ass, right?")
What he heard was the same humble answer: "This is also well known." When lighting the cigarette, Morton publicly rejected the friendly hand extended by 1900, and deliberately said in French, "Excuse me, please. "Turn on", and then gently placed the lit cigarette on the edge of the piano resonance box, and sat down as firm as a mountain. (Round 1: Jerry; Morton’s "Big Fat Ham")
After his own composing of a gorgeous, skillful and smooth "Big Fat Ham" ("Big Fat Ham"), Jerry; Morton in Amidst the cheers of the audience, they picked up the cigarette that just burned to the edge of the piano body and held it above their heads braggingly, only to see that the ashes on the cigarette did not fall off at all during his performance. He dismissively said to 1900, who was staring at him, "It's your turn, sailor."
("It's your turn, sailor")
Then walked over and threw the cigarette arrogantly into the wine glass on the bar.
I saw 1900 pressing his elbows on the keys, making an air of contemplation. Then what everyone heard was a melody that could no longer be familiar: Christmas Eve. 1900 is still full of helplessness, exaggerated in the tune of pediatrics.
(Round 1: "Christmas Eve" in 1900)
Jerry; Morton felt ridiculed and insulted, so he came to the piano for the second time.
(Round 2: Jerry; Morton’s "Desire")
This time Jerry; Morton’s repertoire is "The Crave"
composed by himself by the black American actor Clarence; Jerry played by Williams III; Morton’s brilliant skills and masterful demeanor are indeed amazing. People admire. When it was the turn of 1900 again, no one thought that he would repeat Jerry Morton's highly difficult piece of music effortlessly. (Second round: 1900 repeats Jerry Morton's "Longing")
Although 1900 was no less technical than Jerry Morton, audiences who didn't understand its intentions thought it was shameful to imitate an opponent, so he booed him. Jerry; Morton felt that he had the upper hand, and immediately played a more ostentatious piece of music: "The Finger Breaker", or "Finger Buster", which literally means "twist your finger", which is also his own s work. The title itself indicates the difficulty of the music.
(Round three: Jerry; Morton's "The Finger Breaker")
At this time, 1900 felt the need to make a real move. He asked for a cigarette from Max, who was expressing great dissatisfaction with him, and put it on the piano, then turned around, and met Jerry, who seemed to have a chance to win; Morton said contemptuously: "You I asked for it, unfortunately." Then, a piece of music that was in full swing and jaw-dropping fast sounded in people's ears.
(The third round: 1900's "four-handed single-handed bombing")
Jerry has been stunned; Morton's wine glass fell to the ground, before this, a gentleman's cigar had been unknowingly from his lips The ground slid down, and the wig on a lady's head was inadvertently scraped off by the waiter's tray. Everyone stared blankly at the sweaty performer. What sounds like a four-handed combination is now being played by one person.
The piano that had been roaring suddenly fell silent, and the air in the hall seemed to freeze, and only the gasp of 1900 was heard, and people even forgot to applaud.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, 1900 picked up the cigarette that seemed to be forgotten and used the already hot strings in the piano; lit it, and then step by step towards Jerry, who was standing aside as a dumb chicken; Morton, "You Smoke it, I won't." ("You smoke it, I don't know how.") 1900 said softly. Afterwards, he dashed the cigarette into Morton's lips.
The record dealer who has long heard of 1900's name kept instilling sweet words about his future and wealth, and finally got a chance to record. This scene of the film truly showed people the record recording equipment from the beginning of the last century, and the audience also took this opportunity to witness the live recording process at that time. Except for documentaries about early concerts (mainly operas), such scenes are extremely rare in feature films. Perhaps this is the originality of the Italian director Tornatore's work concept that has always shown extraordinary and atmospheric. In this set of shots, he allows people to review the history of records that are inseparable from the development and dissemination of music.
The record dealer who has long heard of 1900's name kept instilling sweet words about his future and wealth, and finally got a chance to record. This scene of the film truly showed people the record recording equipment from the beginning of the last century, and the audience also took this opportunity to witness the live recording process at that time. Except for documentary films about early concerts (mainly operas), such scenes are extremely rare in feature films. Perhaps this is the originality of the Italian director Tornatore’s work that has always been extraordinary and atmospheric. In this set of shots, he made people look back on the history of records that are inseparable from the development and dissemination of music. He
began to improvise a series of arpeggios and scales in 1900 on the keys, and gradually entered his own. At this moment in Le Si, as if by God's will, he saw a simple and beautiful girl on the deck outside coming to the glass window. At this moment, the girl who looked so pure and healthy inspired 1900's creation. Staring at the girl who has been looking in the mirror, the audience heard the voice of the sea pianist: the most simple, gentle, and most moving love melody from the bottom of his heart. (The only recording in 1900, the soundtrack theme of the film)
This beautiful and simple tune is the soundtrack theme of the film "The Legend of 1900". It shows the outstanding characteristics of the works of composer Enio Morricone: simplicity Simple and rich in connotation, the melody is like a song and refreshing.
But the sea pianist who was worried about the pain of recording before now changed his mind. He felt that he could not be separated from his own music, so he tore up the agreement, picked up the recorded record and ran away. In fact, he wanted to give the record as a gift to the girl who tempted him. From her conversations with others in 1900, it turned out that the girl was the daughter of a simple immigrant who had used Bayanying and his piano and then had a long conversation with him. Suffering from not knowing how to deal with people in 1900, he repeatedly practiced greetings in the room. The theme variation at this moment is full of yearning and longing.
(Variations on the theme of strings and harp)
The piano in the corner of the room shows a hesitant motive. The appearance of the small 2 degree on the third note of this motive accurately depicts a timid state of mind. A theme that gradually formed, the structure so simple and vivid, was the composer Enio; Morricone's amazing work. Then the audience saw 1900, accompanied by this timid music, opened the door of the female guest's third-class cabin.
(A simple timid theme started with the piano, followed by the addition of strings, and the cry of the children in the third-class cabin at night)
1900 had the courage to search everywhere in the cramped cabin full of people, and finally found the girl he liked Son. At this time, through his subjective perspective, the audience saw a beautiful lips in his sleep. This shot can be called the most perfect close-up of lips in the world movie. The next day, when the ship docked, 1900 found the girl in the crowd. The kind girl gave him a pure kiss, and told him his father's address and invited him to be a guest at home. The gift in the hands of 1900 never had a chance to be given out. At this time, against the noisy background, the music once again conveyed desire, loss and melancholy.
(Soundtrack theme played by strings on a noisy background)
The protagonist of the film 1900 is played by British actor Tim Roth who was born in London in 1961. Prior to this, in 1995, in the British historical drama Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson, he was nominated for the best supporting actor Oscar for his outstanding role as the English aristocrat Archibald Cunningham. What impressed us was Tim Roth's obvious theatrical skills and his rich artistic accomplishment. Just like in the Australian musician biopic Shine (shining), although most of the actual sound used in the final recording of the film may be from the pianist Diyouth Buta, but as professional actors Tim Roth and Jerry; Roll; Morton's actor clearly plays the piano well. This undoubtedly left an unforgettable impression on the audience worthy of a big book. Imagine if Tim Roth could not play the piano, then the legendary sea pianist could not appear so true and credible, so full and glorious, or even impossible, it is precisely because of him and Jerry; Roll; Morton. Clarence Williams III (Clarence Williams), especially the latter, played a good piano, and the game will reach the rest of the audience on the screen. The audio-visual effect of tension. Also in the scene of recording records, only the performance of Tim Roth as a real piano player can be so natural and real so delicate and in place.
Perhaps from the moment I saw the girl, the land was no longer without the slightest allure for 1900. One day, while having a meal with his good friend Max, he expressed his thoughts: I want to go to see on land.
Hearing the decision of his friend at last, Max began to happily describe the future scenario for 1900. His family and his children even talked about the wonderful scene of being invited to dinner at the 1900 house. During their conversation, the music has always used warm theme variations to set off the dialogue, revealing the protagonist’s or complex or emotional state of mind.
The time of parting seems to have arrived. Wearing the coat given to him by Max, he was reluctant to give up on the boat. After bidding farewell to the people who saw him off, 1900 put on his hat, picked up the suitcase and finally set foot on the spiral staircase leading to land.
In this blues-style soundtrack, the highlighted piano melody is synchronized with the elevation shot. Makes the spiral ladder connecting the Virginia and the land extraordinarily long. Suddenly 1900, who walked down the spiral staircase step by step, stopped him.
Staring at the huge city standing in front of me, various sounds that symbolize the vitality of the market rang in my ears, and the timid motives that are typical of the second time appeared in the music again. Finally, under the gaze of all the see-offs on the ship's string, 1900 threw the removed hat into the air forcefully, and finally the hat fell into the water. At this moment, the timidity and vividness in the music began to change their form, and they were no longer cowardly and hesitant. I saw 1900 turned around and took firm steps back to the deck. Depressed and alone for a long time before 1900 returned to his friends to continue his music playing career, the days passed.
The film composed of intermittent flashback flashbacks has finally returned to the present tense. The date of the bombing can no longer be delayed, and 1900 has never been found. Max still believed that he could not leave the Virginia. So Max broke the boat, borrowed the precious record that he had preserved from the owner of the instrument, and returned to the dilapidated Virginia again with the phonograph he borrowed at the same time. The scene where trumpeter Max plays music in every corner of the ship and calls his friends is a touching passage in the film. As Tornatore’s compatriot Italian director Sergio Leone once did in "Once Upon a Time in America", today he is in his work, especially in "calling" this In one paragraph, he also expressed his praise of male friendship, the great emotion in the world.
Finally, a humorous question came from a dark corner: ``What's the matter? Are you seasick? Max smiled with tears. This was the first sentence he heard when he first met in 1900 on the unforgettable stormy night on the Virginian. In the ensuing long talk, 1900 described the origin of his blunt mentality. People living on land showed endless desires when faced with boundless choices, which he was puzzled by. And his world is the ship on which he was born and grew up and can only carry 2,000 passengers at a time along with their dreams. On a keyboard composed of 88 keys, he can create endless music that brings joy to the world. The land, for him, was a keyboard that could no longer be counted, and it was an oversized boat. Here, Torna Tore expressed his affirmation of the frugal and indifferent outlook on life represented by the Virginia as a movie symbol through the mouth of his beloved character, as well as his affirmation of the land as a representative. Criticism of the materialistic modern society.
In 1900, he would rather lose his life than his own world. He decided to stay and die with the Virginia. The last hug before the two friends broke up was one of the tear-jerking scenes in the film. On the shore, people finally removed the long spiral staircase.
In the close-up shots again appeared these slender hands who had touched the keys countless times. Now there are no keyboards or pianos below, like a review and summary of my lifelong piano career at sea. Back then, when those little hands touched the keys for the first time in 1900, the childish Mozart-style melody heard by the audience now echoed in his own ears and echoed in the hearts of the audience. Hearing threatening and terrifying sounds from all around, 1900 showed a mysterious mocking smile on his face.
After hearing this legend, the owner of the musical instrument shop was silent for a long time. He changed the trumpet to Max during the breakup, and he is no longer the mean businessman at the beginning of the film. Max uneasily said that the money had been spent, but the boss smiled amiably and said: "It doesn't matter, a good story is worth more than this old trumpet." In the final shot, he looked at Max. From the back, the warm ending theme that appeared on the strings also seemed to flow through the audience's excited hearts.
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