Edited ∣ Cao Zhen
Director: Dag Cali | Plot | Iceland, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom| 2003-1
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The unique temperament emanating from Nordic films is always seen as coinciding with their special geographical location. The climate is cold, so people like to be quiet; the phenomenon of extreme day and night, so single indifference; the geographical edge is vast, so they are alienated from each other. Such logical deduction seems to forget some commonalities between being human, such as the heat of seeking love, the struggle to be tired of discipline, and even the lame humor made to regulate life.
So when Nordic films lead us into an uncommon world, they must not prevent us from coming to the door of the sense of substitution, and complete the entire movie-watching experience in the emotional projection and release.
Flying Snow Nostalgia is icelandic director Dag Kali's first feature film, better translated as "icebergs sailing to tropical islands."
The year-round snow-capped mountains, the only setting for the town, rise to every point in the story from the beginning of the film. You can say that it is the foundation of the town's rooted land, and it is the same attribute as the inhabitants of the town: with hard and solid principles, let the unchanged become a custom, and from birth, it can stand here for eternity; you can also think of it as a stone that presses on the heart of every dreamer: the cold stone has no emotion, to be with a soft and broken dream, unless you can suffer its heart and break the limit.
Corresponding to this is the protagonist Noy's dream land , a tropical island in a kaleidoscope with warm waters and trees, mysterious and confused Indians. These are two very different worlds from Iceland, and Noy is ready to flee.
The word "rose" is used by Jack Karuac in Lonely Angel to refer to the color of clouds in his eyes every day when he looks at Lonely Peak. The first appearance was in the chapter "Loneliness in the Wilderness", which he described as "a lonely, rose-colored twilight" because day after day he faced himself and the mountain, and the void had nowhere to go. The second time he added a "warm" description to rose, because the gentleness of the night made him fall into memories.
Kerouac, who longs for roses, hopes to be changed from the struggle. How to break through the void and live in peace in the belief in the Dharma is the content of his daily struggle against the Lonely Peak. But in the end, he chose to escape lonely peak. The way to regroup is to flee, from one trip to another, and the struggle can never end.
And the teenager Noy in "Leaping Snow Nostalgia", when facing the lonely peak that belongs to him in the town, the struggle has become an instinctive choice. Fight against discipline, teachers, school, and then be expelled, drop out of school and go home; fight against the lack of maternal roles in single-parent families, and then get their own little happiness through love; fight against the stages of growing up, underage drinking and beating, premature work,
The future of humanity is the same thing: there is a lot of money in the future, travel to exotic places, and some new people who will bring you love and happiness. Girlfriend Alice tells Noy this "common sense", which is the "truth" that everyone who is incapacitated by reality casually says.
"Sounds good." Noy seriously.
"That's what everybody loves to hear, idiot." Alice was dismissive.
"I sound like reality." Noy smiled.
So the final struggle arises, and in order to realize the dream in the girl's mouth, Noy needs money, needs a car, needs Alice, and sails together to the tropical island. He snatched a shotgun from the bank, but was treated as a farce; changed into a formal suit to invite Alice to accompany him, but was refused; robbed a car to escape, but was caught by the police.
Trying to become a bubble, Noy, who is beaten back to his original form by reality, escapes defeat.
The term "safety blanket", from the comic strip Snoopy, is about a child named Linus who has a safety blanket that he can never leave and carries everywhere he goes, because "a blanket can be a source of safety" and "when life becomes uncomfortable, it can make you snuggle tightly".
Noy also has his own "safety blanket" that gives him relief from a cellar. Hiding inside, Noy lights up the warm goose-colored lamp, smokes a cigarette and comes out again, and can fight everything he does not understand.
It was also this "safety blanket" that finally became a lifesaver when the avalanche came. Noy, who has failed to escape, returns to the cellar, and the outside world comes to an abrupt halt – the grandmother who is jigsaw puzzles, the girlfriend who is still reading the newspaper, the father who continues to eat, they are frozen by the snowy mountains. An avalanche became the latest puzzle in The World of Noy. He had no choice but to fight again.
When Noy learns that he has become an orphan, he has this conversation with the police officer who came to inform him:
"Now, I don't know if you still have confidence. But I suggest we read the Lord's Prayer together. The officer said.
"I thought, I don't know what the Lord's Prayer is." Noy said.
"Do you know another Lord's Prayer?" The officer said.
"I don't know." Noy said.
The disaster came too suddenly, but at the same time, the expression on Noy's face on the screen hardly changed, and the strength beyond his age made him extra stoic and restrained. Even after hearing the names of the victims on television, seven out of ten were associated with Noy, he did not wait for his final emotional release, although Noy, who was biting his cheeks, had tears in his eyes.
At the end, Noy returns to his ruined home, looking back at his beloved kaleidoscope, where his dream land still exists, the sea rushing, the coconut trees swaying, and the waves singing. As long as he still wants to go, the destination will always be alive.
This is not a story of cruel youth, and the Noy in the story is full of idealism to rebel against fate, not because of the young involvement in the world, but because of the survival demands that people should have. Teenagers are only stages, teenagers will always grow up, and individuals who cope with every situation can appear.
"The sadness of tranquility is probably the best gift I've ever given to the world." This is the end of "Lonely Angel". And the lonely Noy can probably use the same kind of sadness, in his youth, calmly showing the life of the open teeth, and with a rose-colored aura, innocently looking forward to regaining his identity in this icy and snowy world.