I'm afraid that no one expected that the action blockbuster "Thunderbolt Baby", which gathered "Princess Jasmine" and "Twilight Girl", "About Winter", which led the interpretation of aesthetic love after the film, and "Chang'an Dao", which was a group of powerful dramas such as Fan Wei and Chen Shu, all lost to an old movie from 21 years ago.
But they have lost unjustly, Douban has more than 960,000 people scored, the rating is as high as 9.2, ranking 13th in the "Douban Movie Top250", better than 97% of music films and 98% of drama films.
In short, this film was directed by Italian director Giuseppe. "The Pianist at Sea" directed by Tornadore is the "god work" in the hearts of fans.
The Pianist at Sea is based on the novel by the Italian writer Alexandro Bergoglio. Barico's novel of the same name, about a baby boy abandoned on a ship, adopted by sailors, is named 1900. He had excellent piano skills, countless boat travelers were intoxicated and fascinated by his music, but he never stepped off the Virginia in his life, and finally sank into the sea with the Virginia in the sound of explosions and fire.
Giuseppet. Tornadore was an incorrigible romantic, and Alexandro. Barico's works also have a strong sense of artistry and fairy tales, and the combination of the two gives birth to the romantic, illusory and even absurd work of "The Pianist of the Sea".
The audience, like many people in the film, reveled in the beauty of the melody, questioned the authenticity of the story, and asked the question "Why didn't 1900 get off the ship?" ”
Some viewers felt that he was pessimistic, cowardly, and negative, and that he did not get off the ship out of fear of the outside world. After the unexpected death of his adoptive father, 1900, without the support of family affection, was like a small boat adrift on the sea, no matter which direction he looked in, it was the endless connection between heaven and water.
He indulged in the world of music, regarded the piano as his kingdom, communicated with the world by telephone, and dissolved the world's various forms and sentient beings in music.
In this escape from art as the source of peach blossoms, he can forget his life and dominate his own life.
And once he leaves the Virginia, he is no different from those who chase their dreams for gold.
Even, except for 1900, when music had no hope and no pursuit, it was simply not possible to open up and conquer new environments with ambition and desire like those who looked at the Statue of Liberty and cheered.
So, 1900, who was afraid to face this fact, did not get off the ship for the rest of his life.
The opinion of the other part of the audience is just the opposite.
"The Pianist of the Sea" is a novel by Giuseppe. Tornadore questioned or even denied the "American Dream."
This can be seen from many details in the film.
The reason why the 1900 became "td. lemon.1900" was abandoned in first class. His family, abandoned, is also a chaser of the "American Dream." And the black sailors who adopted him and gave him a new life, like his colleagues, though behaved vulgarly, had the most authentic beauty of human beings—kindness.
They are small people at the bottom of society, even working in the bottom of the ship, full of coal dust but poor but not sleepy, with bright smiles and optimistic attitudes, they can find the joy of life from the most ordinary small things.
When he was a child, 1900, because he did not have a birth certificate, he always hid in the bottom of the ship, but when he looked out of the round window at the sea, he was a smiling face.
After the unexpected death of his adoptive father, he disappeared from the eyes of everyone for a while, and when he reappeared, he possessed superb piano skills and became a legend on the Virginia.
He can freely control all styles of music, surrounded and admired by travelers from all over the world; he observes everyone in front of him, guessing and judging their identity and experience; when war comes, he uses music to soothe the wounded...
Fame and status, interests and money, these things that mortals flock to, never stirred the hearts of the 1900s.
Many people go from place to place, but they have no goal in their hearts and do not know what they want. In 1900, he had found the highest goal and ideal in life on the Virginia.
Moreover, the towering buildings, the crisscrossing streets, and the speeding cars on the road are like the desires of the world's hearts, and if you are not careful, you will get lost in them, forgetting the self that has just entered the middle.
At that time, there will be no more music flowing from the heart, because the source of inspiration has been filled with desire.
So why did he get off the boat?
"The Pianist at Sea" can't actually be seen as a "real" story.
If it is regarded as "true", then the illusory and legendary nature of 1900 will appear to have no basis in the story. Where did he learn to play the piano? After the Virginia was scrapped, what did the 1900s hiding on the ship rely on to survive? Why "Fat Man" Max. When Tony found him, could he still be so well-dressed?
But what if you think of "The Fat Man" and 1900 as a person?
"Fat man" is reality, 1900 is the ideal, one is running for life, being polished in setbacks; one wandering in the ideal country of art, doing whatever you want, I am the king.
The "Fat Man" could play the music of 1900, and only he could find the 1900 hidden on the ship. These are just because 1900 is the "ideal" he left on the ship, the life he really wants in his heart, but he has to give up in order to make a living.
Ideals and reality are incompatible, so they are incompatible on board and off shore.
Expressed in the storyline, it represents the ideal of 1900 from beginning to end without disembarking.
If you re-comb the story from this perspective, it should look like this:
In 1900, Max. Tony was abandoned in the first class cabin of the Virginia and adopted by sailors. After the unexpected death of his adoptive father, he left the Virginia at a young age and began to study music.
In the cold winter, people will hope for the warm blossoms of spring; in the midst of hardship and hardship, people will look forward to the smooth life.
The 1900 on the Virginia, who suddenly became a piano prodigy, is another version of Max's imaginary self. That self is completely different from the real him, handsome, temperament Sven noble, but also with a bit of uninhibited.
He plays the piano like a manipulation of life, skillful and omnipotent.
He saw through the human situation, the desires of the people, and the only thing that could trigger his heart was the "muse" that inspired him (the farmer's daughter who gave birth to the classic single in the film).
When Max stumbled upon reality, he put himself in the same place as the "ideal"; when the Virginia was scrapped and sunk, the 1900 disappeared with the ship, and the sold trumpet returned to Max.
At this time, it is the meeting of reality and ideals.
At this time, Max not only has the courage to face reality and challenge life, but also finds the lost ideal, or the original intention.
Individuals cannot prevent social change, but they can stick to their own hearts as much as possible. While everyone is cheering towards the "American Dream," someone else can face the sea and look at the vast world where the sky and water meet.
This may be the director Giuseppe. Tornatore wanted to use the meaning of the film.