Alfred is another male protagonist of the film. He has multiple identities. He is also a teacher and friend with the real male protagonist. Alfred would do nothing but show movies, the only one in the village who could show movies. In this movie theater called "Paradise", Duoduo stole from Alfred to learn how to operate the projector. The name "Heaven" is very interesting. The movie theater is located in the church. It is the whole entertainment life of the villagers, and it is their happy paradise in the world. Before the black-and-white movie, the audience followed the people on the screen with great joy and sorrow. The entertainment and teaching functions of the story came very naturally, and people even used lines to guide life conflicts. It was a golden age of cinema.
The history and rise and fall of film is also vividly presented by "Cinema Paradise", the film is nearing the end, people's lives have changed significantly, videotape, TV and so on, make them lose their enthusiasm for film. Standing in front of the about-to-blow-up Paradise Cinema, curious young people and frustrated middle-aged and elderly people huddled together, as if they were attending the movie's funeral, and they were the people who came after seeing the obituary. Directors Giuseppe Donatore and Dodo share the story of how the film has changed and the changes it has brought to people's lives. The movie seems to be saying goodbye to an era, but "Paradise Cinema" has aroused the power of the audience's dreams. Every story and every soundtrack is so touching.
Movies are Dodo's window to the world, and Alfred is a person born for movies. When Duoduo was in trouble, Alfred always used precise language to resolve it. When he speaks, many of them directly use movie lines. Maybe if you watch too many movies, you will blurt out some life lessons. For example, he was worried that Duoduo would delay his future for love, and when he advised him to go to Rome for development, he said: "If you live here day after day, you will think that this is the center of the world, and things will not change. I don't want to listen to you, I You must listen to others." When he got on the train, Alfred said, "Don't come back, don't think about us, don't look back, don't write letters, don't compromise, forget us. If you can't come back, I won't let you into my house, understand?" Duoduo went to Rome and eventually became a big director.
The middle-aged Duoduo returned to his hometown to attend Alfred's funeral. When dying, Alfreto's mother handed over a gift to Dodo. When I opened the box, inside was the cut-out film that Duoduo dreamed of as a child. In the past, before the movie was released, the kiss scene had to be reviewed and deleted by the priest. In one's modern screening room, Dodo opens the kiss scene film that Alfred had cut together. It was a classic kiss scene, black and white light and shadow flashed in the color world, a lot of emotion. Although the kiss scene at this time is not so exciting, it continues the prayer of the past in the rewind of time. The climax is superimposed, but it is deeply nostalgic, and the sadness and sweetness are as lasting. "Alfred" is a wise man that can be met but cannot be found in life. Not every man has a movie paradise in his heart, but the initial dream will form the power of your more dreams.
The most classic part of the movie is the whimsical hours. In order to let more people see the movie, under his suggestion, Alfred turned the movie lens from the indoor to the outdoor square. The movie was projected on the wall, the people in the square were in an uproar, and the audience felt a kind of magic falling from the sky. In black and white image, a gun is aimed at the temple of a burlesque performer, eyes are rolling in horror, the picture is thin in an emergency, a continuation of a fictional story, and an accident in reality: the film burns, the theater is on fire, the crowd is full panic.
Imaging skills are amazing. The film begins with a window with a view, and the long, lyrical take turns indoors, where the many-year-old mother talks to her son, asking him to return for Alfred's funeral. On the other end of the phone, Duoduo had trouble sleeping at night, unfolding scenes of memories in the blue electric light. From children Duoduo to youth Duoduo, the transition of the camera is very natural, but Alfred touched his face up and down, and the time has passed. And the love between Duoduo and Elena, the story of "Soldiers Waiting for the Princess" told by Alfred, seems to have foreshadowed the ending of Duoduo and the banker's daughter Elena. Why wait until the 99th day for the soldiers to turn and leave? Why not wait a day to fulfill the princess's promise to get love? It took a lot of 30 years to understand this story. In his opinion, leaving the day before "victory" is to make the princess think of herself forever and avoid the embarrassment of being rejected on the last day. In this way, even though the soldiers were defeated, they were still honored. The ending is also as I guessed, his love affair with Elena was a light tragedy.
This first love has a profound impact on Duo Duo, and he has been searching for news about Elena. By chance, Duoduo found Elena. At this time, Elena was married and had children, and her husband was her rival in love when she was a student. The past reappears, but the past cannot come again. The years are clearly seen, and the frost and snow have dyed the hairline. When the brilliance of Mingli faded, separated by the sea of time, the two looked for the shadow of memories in each other's faces. How about reliving an old dream? What about the oath written on paper at that time? What about finding a creed in cobwebs and dust? A few centimeters underfoot separate everyone's decades, and life is dizzyingly disorganized. Duoduo returned to Rome, the center of honor, but could not forget the memory zone centered on the Paradise Cinema. Her father died on the battlefield, and her mother never thought of remarrying. When Duoduo asked about it in middle age, she only said that it was fine from beginning to end, and that she only loved her father. The middle-aged Duoduo is still single, and has no desire to pursue a good girl around him. Perhaps he wants to live his first love for a lifetime.
Do you still care about Alfred's suggestions and arrangements? Heaven is far away, and Dodo is the continuation of Alfredo's dream. Got love, but did not reach happiness, although regrettable but beautiful. This is the logic of the movie. People who love each other cannot stay together, but only look at each other. And he finally succeeded and became himself. Looking back at everything, he discovered the deep meaning of this. I should have mixed feelings, I should hold on to something like a dream, I should reconcile with all the opposition one by one. At this moment, it is like heaven.
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