The Daily Mail said she would give Britain a cellist like no other in the world. The Times article wrote that it was almost an insult to comment on her performance in terms of promising future, because it was breathtaking to have such a fiery piano skill at her young age.
She is the British cellist Jacqueline Dupre. At the age of five, he began to show extraordinary talent, and at the age of sixteen, he began to play professionally in public, and his talent was amazing.
Unfortunately, at the age of twenty-six, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, said goodbye to the stage, and died in his prime.
In honor of the talented violinist, Jacqueline Duprey's sister and brother co-authored "Crazy For the Cello", in which the siblings portrayed the lesser-known side of genius from their own point of view.
The biography sold well as soon as it came out, and it was quickly made into the movie "She's Lonelier Than Fireworks.".
She's Lonelier Than Fireworks is director Annan Tucker's feature film debut. But the film isn't just a biography of Jacqueline Dupre, it's more about family, about human nature, about success.
The film has received a total of 10 nominations for major awards, including Oscars, Golden Globe Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, etc., with a Douban score of 8.3 points.
Today we unlock the unknown side of genius from another perspective.
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Jealousy is the driving force of genius
"There is a genius sister, you must be very proud."
The genius of the beginning was not Dupre, but the sister, a flute player. The attention of the whole family is on the sister.
Dupre is jealous that her sister was invited to the show, and everyone's eyes are on her at the concert, deliberately making trouble to attract the attention of others.
Mom scolded Dupre for not allowing her sister to perform in the future, and if she wanted to perform with her sister, she would play as well as her sister.
Geniuses have their own self-esteem and stubbornness. Dupre began to practice the cello selflessly, and when eating, her right hand became the fingerboard of the cello; in class, the ruler was her prop, practicing all the time.
The world is fair, and how hard you try is special. Dupre transformed from a trickster to a skilled cellist, competing with his sister to win the championship, winning more and more trophies, and finally surpassing his sister to become an independent being.
There is no good psychology or bad psychology in the world, and what makes us better selves is good. The same is true of jealousy, which inspires geniuses and makes them work harder, so that the world has one more cellist.
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Select different results differently
The first is the parents' choice, the transformation of genius, which changed the parents' attitude towards the two sisters. It may be limited energy, or it may be insufficient income.
Her parents took Dupre as the key training object, Dupre received guidance from famous teachers upstairs, and her sister waited for her downstairs. Dupre became an amazingly talented and promising musician, forgetting the once-famous genius flute player.
The second is the choice of the sister. When Dupre's performance became famous, the sister became even more dull. Lowering B tone became her curse, she used to use the flute to teach her sister to lower B tone, and the pride that was once there was now a shadow.
Since then, the B key has been deliberately avoided, and the music exam has also failed. Later, she met her later husband, a person who made her feel special, so she gave up music and chose marriage.
Finally, there is Dupre's choice. I remember reading a fairy tale when I was a child, when a little girl put on her red dancing shoes, she began to dance, and kept dancing, and danced until she finally died. The Davidov cello was like Dupre's red dancing shoes.
She forgot when the choice was made, but had stopped. Tired of years of wandering away from home, I want to find an excuse to give up the show.
She put the violin out of the snow, and someone helped her get it into the room; she deliberately forgot it in the taxi, and someone helped her retrieve it; she told her sister that she was ready to give up the cello. My sister told her not to be stupid, you only know cello.
In fact, all the gifts in life are secretly marked with prices. There is no preference for anyone, and there are no exceptions. The road you take today is the choice you made ten years ago, and today's choice will be the road you will take ten years from now. Different choices, different endings.
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Self-love, that is, self-esteem
"I can't talk about the piano, do you still love me?" Dupre asked her husband. The question is like a girl asking a boy, if I'm not pretty, do you still love me? It's also like a boy asking a girl, if I'm poor, would you still be with me?
All people want others to love themselves unconditionally. Even if I'm not pretty, even if I'm poor, you still love me.
Hearing her husband's answer, Dupre was very disappointed. She wanted to prove to herself that even if she didn't know cello, someone would still love me. Dupre did not inform anyone, canceled all performances and came to the country to find his sister.
She told her sister that she was going to have sex with her brother-in-law. When her sister refused, Dupre hurt herself, and eventually her sister compromised.
Like a child who hasn't grown up, Dupre asks her sister for her favorite toy. If you don't give it to me, you don't love me. If you don't love me, no one in this world will care about me.
But Dupre found that the brother-in-law's heart was only his sister. She hurt herself, hurting not only herself, but also her sister who loved her. If you want to make love, first love yourself. Genius, too. There is no self-love, even a genius, and no self-esteem.
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Everything is autobiographical
At the end of the film, Dupre dies at the age of forty-two. In his lifetime, he has achieved countless works, the most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is the Elgar Violin Concerto. In psychology, there is a word called "life script", and the story that moves you the most is the script of your life.
Norwegian Forest is Haruki Murakami's life script; Gone with the Wind is a script by novelist Margaret Mitchell. Dupre's life script is the Elga Violin Concerto.
Elgar Violin Concerto is a cello concerto written by Elgar elgar in his illness-ridden years after the devastation of World War I.
Noble and majestic, ambitious, and a sad, weak, unrestrained. The audience listened to cello music, but Dupre played his own life.
In fact, the film is not just about Dupre's biography, but about human nature, family, and success.
Inner maturity is more important than success, and hard work can determine how high you fly, but a complete personality can determine how far you fly.
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