Wen | three pounds of emotion
The self of Chinese cultural love is implicit, tender, and "the order of parents, the words of the matchmaker"; Western cultural love is the pursuit of extreme openness of thought, they do not seek results, only process. @ Three pounds of emotion
Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by British author Jonathan Smith, Summer of February was released in 2012. The film's title is aesthetically imaged, with picturesque coastlines, poetic background music, and artistic romance, so the film is still charming.
The characters in the movie "Summer of February" do not appear much, and the director unfolds the plot with two men and a woman. It tells the story of a love triangle in the 20th century England coastal colony: Joey and Ajay fall in love with the beautiful lady Florence at the same time, they are constantly entangled in each other's loyalty, flickering on their own desires, the story is sad and happy, love and hate, plain but not ordinary.
Ajay and Florence are both artists, Joey is a soldier, the director entangles the love and hate of the artist, and the love triangle between the three is a smokeless war. Ajay has violent tendencies, and Florence loves Joey deeply but enters the temple of marriage with Joey. When the movie ends, the three of them run to the corner of the world.
Ajay's artistic cells, Joey's sincerity and simplicity, Florence's kindness and gentleness, she continues to grow in the love of two men, and she re-sprouts in different love cultures. The director arranged the story of the three people clearly, without conspiracy and without intention. Coupled with the strong sense of art in the environment, the original sadness of the characters seems to have stopped on the rational side.
The charm of this movie is not only that, although the rating is not high, it brings me inner peace. Therefore, I will further explore the charm of the film from the three levels of "the characteristics of the three characters, the presentation of the theme of the film, and the influence of Eastern and Western cultures on the concept of love".
The characteristics of the three characters: the different thoughts and behaviors presented by the three people in love, are the ultimate truth of love
The presentation of the theme: the presentation of the dark side behind human nature and love, admonishing the viewer that the final belonging belongs to the ordinary
The Influence of Eastern and Western Cultures on the Concept of Love: Based on the content of "Summer in February", I will share some thoughts on the concept of love in Eastern and Western cultures:
01, the characteristics of the three characters: the different thoughts and behaviors presented by the three people in love are the ultimate true meaning of love
Florence in the film is like a woman in an artistic painting, gentle and intellectual, which is what attracts Edger and Joey. The director laid the groundwork by presenting the different personality characteristics of the three people, and the film ended with one of them alone, one passing away, and one leaving.
The director uses three characters as clues to advance the rhythm of the plot, and different character images leave a deep impression on the viewers. And look at how the director presents the characteristics of the characters:
(1) Florence is uncertain and does not know who belongs to his love
In the film, Florence, as a young woman who runs away from home to pursue her dreams, she sees too many things that she has never seen before. As an artist, she is constantly exploring novel lifestyles. The director created such an image, in fact, in line with most people, while looking for the dream life, while being attracted by people with the same characteristics, close the distance between the viewers and the film.
At the beginning of the film, Ajay recites the Psalms, and Florence gazes deeply, at this time she has been deeply attracted to Ajay. She loved his talent, loved his sense of art, and did not know that this was just worship, not a manifestation of love. But Florence does not know the truth of her heart and mistakes worship for love, which is one of the reasons for her tragic ending.
Florence and Joey are actually a hit-and-shoot, and from the perspective of the viewer alone, the two can resonate in all aspects. However, due to Florence's cowardice, low emotional intelligence, and blind pursuit of love, the two eventually failed to keep each other. The director vividly shows the image of a simple and ignorant woman, bringing the viewer a deeper level of thinking: sometimes, ignorance and simplicity can only usher in tragedy.
In my opinion, Florence's character trait is the center of advancing the main plot, and both male protagonists have a love triangle around Florence. The director can be described as the finishing touch, leading the viewer to follow the protagonist and look for flaws in love.
(2) Joey is loyal and sincere to Florence, but in the end he has a lover who does not become a family
In the face of Florence's beauty and intellect, Joey could not be indifferent. Joey clearly loved her so much that he couldn't help himself, but he couldn't cross the moral boundaries of humanity, so he chose to escape.
Before the director created the plot, he did not explicitly say who was the cheater, but Ajay confessed one step earlier than Joey. But after Joey had a relationship with Florence, he completely became what people called a "third party". Here, the director shows Joey's character traits as a soldier, an old good man, a cowardly and evasive person, which is why Florence did not get happiness until his death.
If Joey had been braver and bolder to rescue Florence, trapped in Ager's violent, abusive, and neurotic emotions, it might not have ended up. At this stage, as a moviegoer, I seem to have forgotten Joey's shame, and only sympathy for the two lovers who have not been able to be dependent.
This kind of old good man, cowardly personality traits are also a highlight of the film, the director's thinking about love is by no means more than superficial, and the personality of each character is one of the factors affecting love.
In my opinion, Florence did not eventually awaken to the true meaning of love, in the end, in fact, he could not cross the bottom line he set. Florence's feelings ended up not being respected by anyone.
(3) Ajay attracts the heroine with her own artistic cells, but uses violence to keep her away
Ajay is an ideal artist, but also a gentle and elegant on the surface, but also a violent bipolar person on the inside. The film has the participation of art to present a delicate and surging emotional story between men and women, but the artist Aijie is the expression of the opposite of reality. Although there are contradictions, the director integrates into the film in the most suitable way.
Many films divide the artist's story into the category of protagonists, and are crazy and sincere characters. But Ajay in this movie seems to have become a supporting role, and his wishful thinking and violence have also become the sacrifice of love.
In the film, the director describes the multifaceted aspects of Ajay: for example, at the beginning of the film, Ajay shows a polite, gentle and elegant gentleman, reading literary poems in front of Florence, taking her on a horse, and giving beauty a unique four-person painting. Florence was quickly chased, but the nightmare days had just begun.
Ever since Florence had followed Ajay, Ajay's nature had been unreservedly exposed, he had pinched Florence's face and spoken, and he had treated his beloved woman in the most violent way, even watching her step by step toward death.
It was a good hand, but it was played poorly. There is no denying that Ager is in love with Florence, but he has his own pride, arrogance and hysteria as an artist. He hurt not only the woman he loved, but also the friend he had been hurting for many years, and in my opinion, the image of Ajay was spurned.
02, the presentation of the theme: the presentation of the dark side behind human nature and love, admonishing the viewer that the final belonging belongs to the ordinary
As a typical love drama film, "Summer of February" has no shortage of successes because of the superb acting skills of the three. It is the cooperation of the protagonist that allows the story to proceed smoothly and presents the theme that makes the viewers think deeply.
In this film, the director presents two major themes: "human nature" and "love", and the director draws his own true feelings into it to express the most authentic side of the film:
(1) Human nature: The characters in the plot are not perfect in nature, and the director presents the dark side of human nature behind love
The film is full of artistic atmosphere and life atmosphere, and what sets off is the imperfection and darkness of human nature. Ajay, Joey, and Florence have their own characteristics, and they all behave and think differently, and they are all manifestations of the imperfection of human nature without exception.
For example, in the movie, Ajay violently violated Florence, although she would resist at the time, but afterwards she would only be alone in sorrow and pain, wanting to leave but did not dare to leave; Ajay quickly pursued Florence with sweet words, but did not cherish it at all, but trapped her in the water and fire because of her small temper.
Secondly, the other protagonist is the soldier Joey, who is the most normal and neutral character in the film, and in my opinion, he has no other major flaws except for inner escape and unclear understanding. But it was precisely these two points that ruined his life, separated from the person he loved, and there was no possibility of seeing each other in the end.
The director's in-depth theme presentation is not only to provide a new sublimation of the plot, but also to reflect the state of life in the film. In real life, everyone is not perfect, and their dark side will always bring a little regret, and the director warns the audience: we must face up to our imperfect selves in order to find the right solution.
(2) Love: Do the love of ordinary people, give up and insist on choosing only one
The whole drama presents a love triangle, they seem ordinary, but they always reveal the pursuit of art, just like Ager and Florence, in the pursuit of art, love, and finally lead to neither of them having a good result.
Thematically, if you want love to be beautiful, you must give up or insist on something, or art, or love. This is also another meaning of the director's setting, the task of love is carried by Joey and Florence, who are restrained in ambiguity and reunited in repression, but in the end life and death are separated.
Whoever said that only the artist's love is the most perfect, what is presented in this film is the artist's love that is no longer pure. Without the presence of the artist, if Joey chooses to persevere, and Florence chooses to give up, the love for ordinary people will become perfect.
This kind of theme presentation allows viewers to have a further understanding of love, the interpretation of love itself is very complicated, all we can do is to do ourselves.
In my opinion, many love movies have a profound theme, "February Summer" can become a quiet small film in the afternoon, not only because of the beauty of his people, but also because he can quietly watch some inspiration and thinking about love.
03. The Influence of Eastern and Western Cultures on the Concept of Love: Based on the content of "Summer in February", I will share some thoughts on the concept of love in Eastern and Western cultures:
In addition to the tragedy of love and the atmosphere of art, the film actually hides the respective love cultures of the East and the West. This kind of cranky plot just highlights their own unique love culture.
Next, based on the film content of "Summer of February", I will share some thoughts on the concept of love in Eastern and Western cultures:
(1) The conservative ideas of ancient China remain in the mind, advocating the sea of dry stones and rot, until death
"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the River Continent, Lady, Gentleman good" This is the ancient Oriental concept of love, implicit, pure love, and yearning are the appearance of love.
But in the movie, the protagonist shows a difference from the oriental love, Ajay is an artist, he shows an incomparable enthusiasm for love, seeing the girl he likes, he tries his best to please and pursue. Joey also yearns for love, so he not only becomes the third in the audience's mouth, but also crosses the last line of defense with Florence, and in the end, the three of them are not reunited.
Although today's Chinese concept of love is deeply influenced by the West and has gradually become open in behavior and thought, the conservatism in our bones still exists. So far, the flower season girls still advocate the sea withered stone rot, until death, only marry one person to become a lifetime, probably is the meaning of the old Chinese saying, marry the chicken with the chicken, marry the dog with the dog.
(2) Western love culture enjoys the process of love and does not pursue results
Western love culture had a great influence on the time, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which depicts people's yearning for love at that time.
In the movie "Summer of February", the same three Aijie all show a yearning for love, they are entangled with each other, only enjoy the fun, the process, never considering what the consequences will be. This is also the fate of the film's final monologue to tell the final ending of the three people.
The director controls the rhythm of the film very well, and surrounds the audience's mind with compassion, without great joy or great compassion. In modern life, there are many boys and girls who are deeply influenced by foreign cultures and only pursue the stimulation of love.
In my opinion, The cultures of the East and the West have their own unique advantages and disadvantages, and we do not have to hold on to whom, find our own love, understand the nature of love, and guess that it is our own view of love.
summary:
"February Summer" is generally a film that is very suitable for the afternoon silence, although its technology is relatively simple, but the deep meaning behind it is the charm of the whole movie. So today I'm going to interpret them all from an alternative perspective.
In my opinion, after watching the film, the viewer's perception of love will rise to a higher level, and his heart will be full of sighs. The inspiration brought by the movie is simple and simple: under the harsh reality, we need to really see ourselves and make decisions that we do not regret, everything will always be there, and the emotion is still in our hearts.