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For this film, it is not only a fairy tale film, a detective film, but also an epic film and a black humor drama. The charm of this film is only interpreted from the content of the story, and it is difficult to truly present his uniqueness, which is also the performance of the director's good intentions. @ Three pounds of emotion
The high-scoring drama film "Little Hero Toto" was one of the many films loved by moviegoers at that time, and many elements such as realism, black humor, and humane thought were cleverly woven into it. Thomas's fate from an early age was extremely bumpy, and he was immersed in the idea of being a "victim" until finally, he chose a special way to end his life.
"Little Hero Toto" was released in 1991, although the presentation of lens technology is not perfect and exquisite, but the emphasis is on the content has meaning and depth. After the film was released, it won the Cannes International Film Golden Camera Best DirectorIal Debut Award, the Best Film of the European Film Festival, the Best Actor and Actress, the Best Screenwriter, the Best Cinematography Award, and also won a high score of 8.5 in Douban.
The film is a battleground between humanitarian and intolerant ideas: Thomas grew up believing that his fate with Alfred had been exchanged for a hospital fire, and his jealous desire for Alfred's affluent life, a thought that went through Thomas's childhood, middle age, and old age. His whole life has been full of revenge and jealousy, and as everyone knows, the ultimate culprit is the "narrow thinking" of his inner world.
It seems to me that Thomas spent his whole life understanding how difficult it was to be jealous to relieved, and that his life was presented by the director with superb filming techniques.
Leaving aside the complete richness of the film's content, the superb skills presented by the director are also the charm of this film. Therefore, in this article, I will conduct an in-depth interpretation from three multi-dimensional dimensions: "creative method, theme presentation, and practical significance":
Creative method: The director adopts the method of "exchanging lives" to present the psychological changes of the protagonist and the final truth of the facts
Theme presentation: Humane and narrow presentation, admonishing viewers to do their best is the best destination
Practical significance: Based on the story of the protagonist of the movie "Little Hero Toto" from struggle to relief, I will talk about my three thoughts on real life
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01, Creative Method: The director adopts the method of "exchanging lives" to present the psychological changes of the protagonist, as well as the final facts and truths</h1>
The two male protagonists of the film are Thomas and Alfred. In the process of exchanging lives, the two of them have become the object of each other's envy, but on their own track, they have become the biggest loser.
The director presents a creative technique with black humor, presenting the life of the protagonist to the viewer, and I will interpret the two unique techniques used by the director:
(1) The director uses a unique creative technique to intertwine the lives of the two protagonists with a wide gap
The director integrates the creation of black humor into the life of the protagonist: at the beginning of the film, the director introduces a humorous plot, the hospital is on fire, and the two children are held wrong, so they exchange lives. As the story progresses, all the interweaving of the plot is based on the holding of the wrong child.
Thomas's life was unsatisfactory, and it was very different from the affluent life of his next-door neighbor, Alfred. It wasn't until Fred got into a toy car that Thomas finally broke out and ran to Fred and told him that your mom and dad were actually my mom and dad, and we were held wrong because of the hospital fire. The director thus laid the groundwork, depicting the two entangled with each other until they were old, and Thomas's heart constantly pursued the truth, causing his own irreparable tragedy
The overall scene of the film is full of cold humor, such as Thomas falling in love with his sister, but asking her sister to burn Fred's house to show his heart, and then Thomas eloping with Fred's wife. The director uses a unique creative approach to show that the reason why Thomas pestered Fred is actually jealousy.
At this stage, jealousy, roaring, arson, and elopement are actually the director's story of Thomas, presenting the jealous mentality and the victim mentality behind it, so that the viewer can feel the truth of the facts.
(2) Behind the entanglement of love and hate, everything is a fictional fact that is uninhabited
The director does not really explain that Thomas and Fred exchanged their lives, but throughout the film, the director uses the black humor of the exchange of lives to imply that Thomas's victims are narrow-minded, and the truth is actually a fiction that is uninhabited.
First, Thomas lived in an ordinary family and had a silly brother. As a result, he is always jealous of Fred's rich life, placing himself in the position of lowliness and victim, believing that Fred has robbed him of his original life.
As the story progresses, Thomas's mentality intensifies, even to the point of being out of control. As the director sets out, Thomas doesn't trust anyone, believing that his sister betrayed him, secretly hooking up with Fred, a rich man, and eventually letting his sister die in the fire. The Thomas presented by the director from adolescence to old age is immersed in incomprehensible paranoia and cannot extricate himself.
Second, Fred, as a rich man, is very different from Thomas's life, but he is completely opposite to Thomas's inner world. Instead, Thomas asked her sister to burn down his house and then take his wife Evelyn with him, fred without any particularly extreme revenge.
Fred walked the trajectory of his life, until finally, he impressed Thomas with his frankness and tolerance, and made him wake up.
Behind the love-hate entanglement of the two protagonists, what is actually expressed is the virtual truth of the facts, and the director's unique film and television skills satirize Thomas's life, or satirize the illusions with a hateful mentality and a victim mentality.
In my opinion, the director takes advantage of this gap to make this film a classic in the classic, not only to give the viewer a fresh feeling, but also to think about the meaning of the mentality of life. "Little Hero Toto" focuses on a unique creative approach, and the big reversal of the plot makes the plot more complete and informative.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02, Theme Presentation: Humane and Narrow Presentation, Admonishing Moviegoers to Do Their Best Is the Best Destination</h1>
The entire film revolves around Thomas's revenge, vividly presenting his inner world. The director uses the contradictions of the characters in the film to clearly express the two major themes.
In my opinion, the range of themes presented in the film is actually very large, but the director uses a humorous plot to focus on one point, which is not exaggerated and full of deep meaning:
(1) Humanitarianism will eventually defeat intolerance
The three phases of Thomas's inner change are the most visible parts of the film, namely the director's real answer to humanitarianism. So how did Thomas change? The movie has already done the answer.
Because of his unbalanced mentality, the young Thomas planted a seed of illusory memory in his heart. And Thomas and Fred are neighbors again, looking up and not looking down, and the boccupified seed is infinitely magnified until Thomas's middle age. In middle age, he and his sister Iris have a crush on each other, and due to Fred's intervention, Thomas believes that he has once again taken the person he loves most, and the hatred has intensified.
And Thomas's old age is the turning point, the old dragon clock he plans to solve Fred with a gun, but the tolerant Fred invites him to the house to tell him that in fact, he is very envious of this free life, and his wealth brings him too much pain and unbearable.
At this stage, Thomas finally understood that the life he longed for had so much pain; it turned out that he had never been the only victim. The ending of the film is tragic, Thomas puts on Fred's clothes and dies in his place, he sits in a chair, and finally becomes the person he dreamed of in his life.
It seems to me that Thomas's transformation heralds the eventual triumph of humanitarianism over intolerance, the eventual arrival of a sense of relief, and the perpetuation of revenge and hatred. The director subtly implants the hidden humanitarianism into the hearts of the viewers, presenting the theme of the film.
(2) "Victim concept": Hurt others and harm yourself, try to learn to let go
Thomas's "victimism" is reflected in many places in the film, and if you look closely, you will find:
Because the family is not rich, and the existence of her brother with Down syndrome, she is often bullied and naturally has a victim mentality
The neighbor was rich, but his own family was poor, and the neighbor Fred often bullied and teased him
Thomas's unrequited love affair with his sister is broken by Fred, who feels his only happiness destroyed
Thomas and Evelyn fall in love, but Evelyn turns out to be Fred's wife, and his happiness is shattered again
The concept of victimism presented in the plot of the film is concrete and ironic. And under this concept, it is actually one tragedy after another.
Thomas was originally just a simple and naïve child, but due to the huge gap in the environment and artificial treatment, he became this inferior and pitiful look. When I saw Thomas being bullied by a group of people, I deeply understood why he had become so vindictive, and in that environment, wasn't he the victim?
Thomas as a child is certainly very sympathetic, but as she gets older, she should learn to treat things and people rationally. In my opinion, the director's setting up such a plot is actually to amplify the "victim mentality" in the film and guide the viewer to see the harm of this mentality.
This kind of conflict is also not uncommon in real life, many people feel that they are always the one who is hurt, but they never consider the present, such as feeling that others are living a good life, but they do not work hard; obviously hurting the people closest to them, but they feel that they are victims. The ending of the film does not present a real answer, but it becomes more and more thought-provoking.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03, Practical Significance: Based on the story of the protagonist of the movie "Little Hero Toto" from struggle to relief, talk about my three points of thinking about real life</h1>
(1) Life is always troublesome, and doing yourself well is the best way at the moment
Thomas lived his whole life only to discover how childish and ridiculous his actions were, and to think that Fred had deprived him of his life. It's not until the end of the film that the two have a face-to-face conversation that Thomas discovers how ridiculous it is that they envy each other's lives.
In real life, everyone has their own troubles, not many, and even we are always envious of other people's lives. While resisting the pressure of work, while envying the life of the rich people in global tourism, while abandoning the current life, but having to accept.
The troubles of life are endless, innumerable, but always only thinking about the bad side, life may seem too boring, too sad. If you look at the present, see the best of yourself in the moment, and look forward to the future with hopeful eyes.
(2) Reject the victim's thoughts, no one is perfect
In the movie "Little Hero Toto", no one is perfect, Thomas has a happy family, but he is not rich, and even has a silly down syndrome brother. Although Alfred has a given life, he has to constantly escape the gang in his old age.
The only difference is that Thomas sees himself as a victim and Fred sees himself as a tolerant. The director uses the gap to enlighten the viewers: no one is perfect, there is a sky outside the sky, accept their own imperfections, and reject the concept of victims. There are also no perfect people in real life, each with its own shortcomings and advantages.
Accepting your shortcomings is the only answer, and acknowledging your imperfections is the best perfect ending.
(3) It is not easy to be true, learn to cherish the people who accompany you
Iris loves Thomas deeply, but she dies in the fire for him, and the tragic end is Thomas's self-righteous betrayal and inferiority. There are many warm moments in the film, but they are all pushed into the abyss by Thomas himself.
Relatives, lovers, friends The most cherished true feelings in our world, hardships and hardships are their mutual companionship with you. Please don't be like Thomas, push the person who loves you the most away and push it away until the moment you pass, there is no place to recover.
Summary: "Little Hero Toto" is not only a movie, but also a movie with the meaning of life thinking. His inspiration to the viewer is not only the plot presented on the surface, but also the meaning hidden behind it is really what should be excavated.
This humorous and ironic film, in addition to telling us to learn to live in the moment, he also makes us think about whether we choose to be jealous of others or to achieve ourselves. This is also the question that we need to think about all our lives: in what way do we achieve mental relief.