Steven Spielberg's film "Dream House", released in China, the box office was not ideal, and the box office was only more than 1 million in 3 days of release.
The unsatisfactory box office also indirectly illustrates a problem, this is not a commercial blockbuster, but Spielberg's original intention.
This semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Sam, a Jewish teenager, who grew up in his early years and his family, and shows how a talented film director embarked on the path of cinema.
Sam has an engineer father and a literary mother, and the influence of father and mother on Sam can be said to be the collision of science and art, leaving an indelible trace on Sam's later film creation path.
Where the interest begins, it is not necessarily positive emotions, but also fear
We take it for granted that interest is naturally associated with positive emotions, and that those first wonderful experiences make us interested in something, so we try to continue to create this pleasant experience in our life experience.
But this movie tells us that the place where interest begins is not necessarily positive emotions such as happiness and pleasure, but also negative emotions.
The first movie "The King of the Drama King" watched by the little actor Sam, the speeding train on the tracks hit the car, and the train car derailed, apparently the little Sam who entered the cinema for the first time was frightened, and until the night could not get rid of this fear and had nightmares.
But Sam's way of dealing with fear was a little different.
When Sam gets his father's birthday gift, a model train track, he involuntarily places a toy car on the track, recreating the scene seen in the movie theater when the train collides with the car.
His mother taught him to film the scene on camera and keep it on film to watch it again and again, without having to destroy the toys that his father had carefully prepared for him in reality.
Since then, Sam has become addicted, and the sisters in the family have become his little actors, playing some horror experiences in daily life, such as tooth extraction. Wrap your whole body in a roll of paper, walk like a zombie, pop skeletons out of the closet, and photograph your sisters' fearful reactions.
Sam is obsessed with the process of turning all kinds of whimsical ideas in his mind into images, and he has been out of control ever since.
The seed of his initial interest in cinema was because it evoked his fear, accompanied by an experience of wonder.
Interest does not necessarily stem from positive emotions, but may also stem from negative emotions, which somehow subverts my limited perception.
Anything that touches our deep experience, whether it's pleasure, fear, or other primitive emotions, can have a significant impact on us, pulling us into uncharted territory and then generating lasting interest.
Sam's mother is divorced, and you could call her selfish, but that may be the right choice
Sam's mother, Mizi, lost a loved one, and she fell into depression. In order to make his wife happy, Sam's father Burt sent Sam a set of the latest camera equipment, hoping that Sam could make a camping movie for his mother to make her happy.
While editing the film, Sam accidentally discovers that his mother and Uncle Benny have an extraordinary relationship. The look in my mother's eyes when she looked at her lover was joy and affection that could not be concealed.
Shocked, Sam cuts these scenes from the camping movie, but his attitude towards his mother involuntarily becomes disrespectful.
Until the mother and son clashed, Sam showed his mother the videos that faithfully recorded her secrets, and he assured her that he would not tell them.
The father moved jobs, and the family left Phoenix for California. After leaving Benny, Sam's mother fell into depression again until she confessed to her husband and filed for divorce.
When Bert explained this to the 4 children, he was still trying to maintain a façade of decency, saying only that your mother missed Phoenix too much, but Meez insisted on telling the children the truth - she missed Benny too much.
After the divorce, Meez returned to Phoenix with his 3 daughters to start a family with Benny, while Sam stayed with his father.
Perhaps everyone thinks Sam's mother is a selfish woman, and although her husband has always been nice to her, she cheated on her father's best friend and later chose to divorce her husband and break up the family.
But from another point of view, she may have made the right choice, it is obvious that Bert is a straight man of science and engineering busy with work, rational and old-fashioned, while she has a naturally sensitive artistic temperament, sensual, romantic, it is difficult for the couple to be harmonious and singing, they are each lonely and ununderstood in this marriage.
On the contrary, Benny obviously knows Miz better, and only Benny can make Meez laugh, and before he knows it, Meez may be more emotionally attached to Benny.
After leaving Phoenix, Meez, who lost Benny, fell into a state of severe depression.
Burt is a good person, capable, can make money, and is actually very considerate of his wife, Meez originally did not plan to divorce Bert, but after leaving Benny, she became more and more depressed, less and less like herself, and finally she chose to listen to her heart.
The daughter accused her mother of being selfish in doing so, but it was probably the right decision, and judging by the photos Miz sent to her son after remarrying, she was indeed very happy with Benny.
If she had been bent and suppressed her inner voice, then the family would have had a depressed mother, an unfortunate mother who sacrificed for the family.
Trust me, a mother who is never happy is an absolute disaster for a family. In contrast, Miz chooses to listen to his heart and embrace happiness, which may be much better for the growth of children than to maintain a superficially intact family with a smile.
Anything can be taken apart, but love cannot be disappointed
Broken up lovers and broken families are heartbreaking, but none of this can stop Sam from tinkering with his films.
Anything can be taken apart, but love cannot be disappointed.
Throughout the film, it is Sam's dedication and love for movies.
When the parents announced their divorce, the family collectively fell into an emotional breakdown, especially Sam's 3 younger sisters, unable to accept the sudden family change.
Only Sam closed the door and continued to cut his film.
When my sister asked him, how could you be so indifferent?
Sam said, I'm different from you. My sister even felt that Sam was more selfish than her mother.
Sam always has his love, and even if his family is broken, he will be sad, but he will not break down.
His emotions are comforted and released in the film.
Even if the outside world is shattered, he can still return to the kingdom of his movies and be the one who can control everything.
Uncle Boris, who once visited his home, said to Sam that art will bring you a crown in heaven and a laurel on earth, but it will tear your heart apart, leave you alone, and you will become a disgrace to your loved ones, wanderers in the desert.
At this time, Sam was used to putting this love first.
In the shooting and editing again and again, he learned to get along with any negative experience in his life, and those sadness and grief became his artistic nourishment.
There has always been a deep commonality between Sam and his mother. My mother said to him, you do what your heart tells you to do, and you owe no one, including me.
Parents don't set limits for their children, don't put any shackles on their children, you don't owe anyone, just do what your heart really wants to do.
Sam actually got a lot of psychological motivation from his mother, which is also a strong support for him to continue to do what he loves, and to overcome difficulties on this thorny artistic road.
It's a great fortune to be able to find something you love at a young age and then continue to improve in your love throughout your life.