Many wonderful and charming words constitute such an unforgettable era. Living in such an age, you can be arrogant and even indulgent, you can party all night, you can enjoy heavenly pleasure in the illusion created by LSD, you can carry a backpack through the forest and the wilderness on the road, indulge in laughter, you can accumulate a long beaten To participate in various parties and gatherings, you can play the guitar and kiss the girls on the road casually.
In the 1960s, uninhibited fireworks were burning all over the world.
In the United States, Krujak’s "On the Road" is inserted sharply into the heart of every restless young man. The desire for freedom and the lack of busyness in reality make everyone agitated, and LSD has contributed to it. With such fanatical emotions, the entire New World suddenly became a paradise for hippies. They love life and freedom, despise traditional systems and morals, and have a thorough and merciless criticism of the government. With the successive assassinations of Martin Luther and Kennedy in 1968, the entire society was immediately pushed into a wave of "revolution". Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and democratic and civil rights activities have emerged one after another. The passion of the hippies has been ignited to the boil, and they have sprinkled their blood on the fire of social activities.
Young people in France are not to be outdone. A "May storm" swept all the students in the country's large and small schools and gradually affected all social groups. The theme of the storm is still democracy. The romance of the French doomed their idealism on the concept of "democracy". For this revolution, there is a very romantic expression, "not for bread, but only for roses."
At the same time, Che Guevara in the jungles of South America is also undergoing a storm that belongs to him. His revolution is more romantic and heroic. His struggle is different from the parade in the United States and the cultural storm in France, which Che Guevara faced. It is a real war-fighting for freedom, fighting for the liberation of the Latin American people. As a digression, this magical figure has suddenly become the idol of a large number of Chinese youth in recent years. His head is printed on T-shirts, backpacks, lighters and even water glasses everywhere in the streets.
In China at that time, an unprecedented cultural revolution was unfolding vigorously. Some young people became demons and violently abused others; some quietly left the classroom and left their hometowns to the mountains and fields. I won't say more about these.
I have said so much before, but in fact I just want to talk about a movie, its name is "Pirate Radio".
Any film, if you can understand its background, the understanding of the plot will be of great help, not to mention, the story in this film takes place in Britain in the 1960s. Yes, in the passionate and incredible 60s, the spirit of democracy and freedom shined on the entire Western world, and it was the same in Britain. At that time, rock and roll became an indestructible belief in the hearts of a group of young people because of the freedom and catharsis in its melody.
The story is about a group of people who set up a rock radio station on a ship to play the most beautiful rock music of the time. Obviously, some of them are not young anymore, but I think that music must have the charm of keeping youthful, it maintains their innocence and simplicity, love of life and indomitable authority. However, Pirate Radio, which carries all the dreams about music and freedom, is actually the spiritual utopia of these hippies.
The British rock in the 1960s has a very charming melody. Take my beloved beatles, they have a very simple and lovely simplicity in their music. They have an endless yearning for love. The lyrics are usually straightforward and passionate, and occasionally they are just like sadness. The heart swallowed a bite of lemon juice, which was so sour. I have all the Beatles albums on my computer, and every time I get tired of listening to the messy music, I can play the beatles for a whole day. In "John Lennon's Ideal World", there are a lot of clips of their performance. There are several scenes. The fans in the stands screamed loudly, and the excited fans even tried desperately to defend themselves and tried to climb onto the stage. What's more, they were excited during the performance. He passed out and was carried out of the stands.
Although it is exaggerated, I can fully understand their feelings. Music has the power to directly hit people's hearts, but it can easily grab people's soul and reason when they are not defended. You can feel yourself exploding in the melody, which is far beyond the tremor of the soul and the spiritual touch. This is why I often think of music as a religion.
For each member of the Pirate Radio, music is undoubtedly equivalent to religion, equivalent to life, equivalent to the most important thing in the world, it is worth defending and dedicating, and it is worth giving everything. I have to say, I really like these guys, those small fragments of their lives, because of the uninterrupted variety of music, they become sparkling and moving. Everyone has a very attractive personality, and the guys who don't look amazing, when they put on their headphones and start broadcasting into the microphone, they almost shone like a god.
One of the details is that before the shipwreck, Bob’s record was submerged in water. In a critical situation, this old man with messy hair and stubble face, the first reaction was not to escape, but to sink into the water to choose his favorite record until he found it. After the record, he surfaced contentedly, with a bright smile on his face. I was suddenly full of unspeakable respect for this bad old man.
Unlike the Titanic’s shipwreck, the Titanic’s shipwreck in the movie is essentially an exaggeration of the feelings of Jack and Ruth. The love based on this background is more powerful and tragic. The shipwreck has become the background and the background of tragic love. bedding. The shipwreck of the pirate radio station is a symbol. There is a saying in "The Temple of Spring and Autumn", "No authority can knock down the crimes of a sword bearer" (the authority here refers to religious power). Similarly, there is no A force that can curb the power-holder's desire for control. In the movie, the authorities' plan to block pirate radio stations is extremely versatile, trickery, slander, and authoritarianism. When the "pirates" are in desperation, they will not give assistance and allow them to fend for themselves.
I am very happy to see that the director’s romantic feelings are thoroughly revealed at the end of the film. Thousands of sails gather, and people spontaneously drive their own boats to rescue their heroes on the sea. The despair of the "pirates" disappeared without a trace, only uncontrollable excitement and excitement swayed on the sea level.
As a British comedy movie, it must be said that this ending is more exciting than a simple happy ending. But Quentin suddenly emerged from the water, and the phrase "Rock'n'Roll!" everyone cheered, it was damn shock! At this moment, I firmly believe that what they feel is freedom that they have never had before, spraying out from the deepest part of their hearts.
Think of a sentence in "The Shepherd Boy's Fantasy Journey": "When you truly desire something, the whole world will help you achieve it." Sure enough, the whole world mobilized to save the pirate radio's dream about music. This is the most precious belief that the film wants to show.
The 1960s was a magical era, even if it was full of drugs, messy sex, and violence, even if people at that time inevitably faced confusion, decadence, and inescapable resistance. After the 1980s, we have also gone through confusion and pain, but we were assimilated by society too soon, and we succumbed too soon. We shrugged and gave up resistance in the face of a life that could almost be seen through, and our youth was wiped out.
And the youth of that generation is extremely long because of passion and ideals, and some people, the whole life is adolescence, such as John Lennon, such as Mick Jagger, such as Cruac, such as Ginsburg, such as " Quentin, Bob, and Gavin in the pirates, their passion is so touching, and their youth is so long. It was their long and agitated youth that lit up the miraculous sixties, and that era—as we all know—will never happen again.
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