Remember me before the memory fades
Have you ever learned about a foreign festival that you have never heard of because of an animated movie; have you fallen in love with a song because of a movie clip; has there ever been a story that can awaken the long-departed figure in the depths of your memory? Coco, a film co-published by Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, gives people the feeling of remembering me when love is still warm, and remembering me before memories fade.
Miguel, a 12-year-old boy from a family of shoemakers, is the protagonist of the film. Miguel had a musical dream since childhood, but in his family, music was forbidden because they thought they were cursed by music. But his family's obstruction did not erase Miguel's musical dreams, and he used all the leisure time he could use to complete his musical dreams. While Chasing His Musical Dreams, Miguel inadvertently travels to the World of the Dead, where he meets the souls of his deceased family members and, by chance, meets and meets a down-and-out musician, his great-great-grandfather, whom their family has never let mention. But by this time, his great-great-grandfather was on the verge of dying in the final true sense of the word—that is, in the real world, no one remembered, forgotten by everyone. After his great-great-grandmother had not heard from Exto for many years, he tore up the only remaining photo of Exto in anger, and many years passed, leaving only Miguel's great-grandmother Coco who still remembered his father's appearance, but at this time, Coco in the real world was in danger. In order not to let Exto disappear completely, in order to expose the truth of the year, in order to make up for the missed love, Miguel, under the clues provided by Mig's great-grandfather and with the help of his family, exposed the true face of the "god of song" Delacruz, and got the blessing from the family, returned to the human world, with a song "Remember me", awakened the great-grandmother who was in danger, and accidentally found the photo that was torn off that year, so that the real "god of song" became known and saved Exto's life.
The director once said that "Dream Quest" "wants to show a different Mexico than in the news." Although the film is an animated film in the musical genre, it incorporates orthodox Mexican elements and styles.
In the film's introduction to the family history of the Miguel family, the characters are introduced in the style of paper-cutting, the red paper-cutting contrasts with the Day of the Dead, and paper-cutting is sacred in the Mexican tradition, and Mexicans usually regard paper as a holy and sublime thing. Raising her daughter alone, Imelda established an entire "shoe-making" family is a common occurrence in Mexico, where matriarchal society is often characterized. The Mexican wandering band in the square is a typical form of music in Mexico, and the players and singers wear a hat called sombrero big hat brim. The daily routine of Mexican village life is to hold a variety of activities in the square of the town.
Dogs are also a very story-telling presence on The Day of the Dead, and people see it as the leader of the soul. The dog that appears in the film and has been with Miguel is the soul leader of the film. Black and dirty is everyone's cognition of the road connecting the undead world and the human world, which is very consistent with Dante's dark brown stray dog image in the film.
The prototype of the world of the dead is said to be Guanajuato in Mexico, a huge skyscraper displayed from top to bottom, just like mexico is now: the underdeveloped south, the commercially bustling central and the industrially dense north. Marigolds, the bridge where the petals of chrysanthemums are gathered in the film, are the origin of all things and are often used to guide the undead on their way home. Miguel said, "The leaf bridge is so beautiful, shining with gold, like a bridge of heaven, leading to a fairytale world!" "Perhaps, this is the color of death." In the face of death, I have thought many times about the meaning of life, if it cannot be remembered, then what is the meaning of "living"? As the movie says, "The real death is that no one in the world remembers you again." ”
The film runs through two cores, the appearance of the little boy's love and pursuit of music to connect the entire story, but emotionally around the core emotion of Mexicans - family affection. When the tears are mixed with the feeling of ideals and survival, the dream quest also ends in song. The colorful dreams in the film mask the sad atmosphere of death, chasing dreams and forgiveness, love and memory, family affection and friendship... Excellent visual effects, three-dimensional presentation of 3D pictures, pictures of strange undead worlds, moving theme song music runs through it, when the film ends in Memory me, we still can't help but cry, can't help but hum softly, "Remember me." "Relatives may die, but they live in another form in our hearts, death is not the end of love, relatives live the life they want by the river on the other side, as long as they live in each other's hearts, then death is not separated, which also makes us learn to cherish our loved ones and those who love us more." It tells us that all our suffering is not useless, that emotions are memories, and that memories are life. The undead exist in another space under the connection of love in memory, memory is the emotional connection of people, everyone is not a lonely individual, they will be inextricably linked to those they love and love themselves.
The Beijing News commented on this fantasy film: "Dream Quest" is groundbreakingly based on the Mexican Day of the Dead, mixing musical elements, bright colors and intricate patterns, and music full of Latin style, creating a completely different comedic effect.
Through visual effects and music, Dream Quest subtly creates a dream world that is both void and possible. Here, there is no excessive negative memorial, there is no deep remembrance of the deceased, here, more like a carnival of current life, colorful undead guides, colorful undead mansions, and day and night music venues, here is another birthplace of dreams, but also another hotbed of love and memory.
Before the memory of love fades, remember me and remember the love I once had for you.