"Like a Sunny Day, Like a Rainy Day" is a literary and artistic film, the plot is not a jump, but people are still unfinished when they see the end, and they do not want it to end like this.
The film tells the story of a 12-year-old rich son and a 23-year-old poor daughter who meet, know each other, and finally the two find themselves.
Reggie, a child prodigy living in Manhattan, has a good life since childhood, proficient in mathematics and cello, but lives a lonely life. Born in the bottom of New York, Eleanor just broke up with her boyfriend and lived in poverty. Just then, Reggie needed a babysitter. Fate arranged for the inexperienced Eleano to accept the job. These two people whose lives are very different have also intersected.
"Like a Sunny Day, Like a Rainy Day" is the title of the song created by the male protagonist in the play. This film, just like its name, exudes a literary atmosphere from beginning to end. There is no Hollywood surprise climax, no Poignant love of Korean dramas, no unexpected plot reversals, just a simple story, ordinary but dazzling, plain but touching. It's like drinking a glass of iced mung bean soup in the big summer, everything is enough, no more, no less.
In this article, we will analyze why "Like a Sunny Day, Like a Rainy Day" can touch people's hearts from the encounter, acquaintance, and separation of Reggie and Eleano. In the last part, I will summarize why literary and artistic films, without climactic changes, can capture people's hearts.
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Eleanor was desperate when he was desperate and accidentally got the job opportunity as a nanny for Reggie. For her, it seems that heaven has closed all the doors of her life, and it is good not to forget to leave a window.
The first time I went to pick up Reggie from school, it was sunny. But the first time Eleanor saw Reggie was not at the school gate, but in the piano room.
Reggie on the stage, seemingly childish face, but has a pity that does not belong to this age. He played the cello, and the music was sad and beautiful. Elenough, as the only listener in the audience, listened quietly, with tears in his eyes. Perhaps from then on, some soft corner of her heart had been occupied by Reggie.
And for Reggie, when he meets Eleonor, his sky begins to show color. Reggie's mother was a stern woman. Everything was arranged for him in an orderly manner, but not enough love for him. On weekdays, Reggie, in addition to quietly reading books by himself, is practicing alone, and everything is alone. The driver and the babysitter are just taking care of his life, and no one cares about his spiritual world.
But Eleanor is different, she will accompany him to chat on the path in the park, will take him to eat Chinese fried noodles full of MSG, will accompany him to the art exhibition, and will naturally share the story of her breakup. They confide in each other and share each other's joys and pains.
We are moved by the encounter between Reggie and Eleanor because the lonely Reggie is very much like us who are also lonely patients. We are lost, not that we eat alone, travel alone, and watch movies alone. What we lose is that we have many insights into the world, many wonderful ideas, many empathies, but no one around us can share them.
I remember that in "Day Face", it was said that the probability of one person meeting another person is 18 billion one in one.
Reggie was lucky enough to meet Eleanor and spend the most beautiful time with him at the age of 12.
It's a sunny day to meet you. All the weather and all the darkness are left to the past, from the time I met you, the winter is gone, and the galaxy is long.
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When did Reggie and Eleano become acquainted with each other and each other?
I think it started when Reggie accompanied Eleano home to visit his father.
When Eliano learned that his father was seriously ill, he decided to go home and see him for the last time. At this time, Reggie offered that he was willing to accompany Eleonor back, to accompany her, and to share her worries.
Reggie also finally saw Eleano's original family with his own eyes. Eleño's home was not wealthy and the furnishings were messy. Her mother and uncle were selfish, and when his father was seriously ill, she was reluctant to see her father lying in a hospital bed. Her sister, who works in a bar, is rebellious and hostile to her sister. A family, just strangers who are related by blood, full of quarrels and without emotion.
Presumably, Eleano's childhood, like Reggie's, was lonely. Reggie lived in a big empty house, his mother ignored him, and for him, he was accompanied only by himself. Elenough lives in a small, crowded house, where her relatives are indifferent, her family is torn apart, and for her, she is the only one. Reggie may have discovered at this time that there was still empathy in the world, even though their growth trajectories were completely different.
Because the home was too noisy and cluttered, Eleanor took Reggie to the hotel to check in. In this silent night, Eleano tells for the first time the story of his own growth. In fact, she is also inextricably linked to music. She learned to play The Cornell pipe since the 4th grade, joined the All-Star Team in high school, played in front of Hillary, and was later admitted to the Juilliard School. But reality played a joke on her, because of the compulsion of life, she gave up schooling, went to the restaurant as a waiter, and even when she was poor, she lost the Cornell pipe.
"If it weren't for life, who would give up music", which may be the helplessness of musicians. This reminds me of Marx in "The Pianist of the Sea", who was forced by life to sell his trumpet, sadness and helplessness. Turning to the door of the shop, he turned again and walked to the trumpet, begging the owner of the pawn shop to let him play the last piece of music. For him, the trumpet is not only an instrument, but also his musical dream. Similarly, for Eleano, the Cornell pipe is the spiritual world to which she sustenance, but she has to give in and succumb to the real world. It's not hard to understand why Eleonor had tears in her eyes when she first saw Reggie playing "Like Sunny, Like Rain", which was her lost musical dream!
Liao Yimei said in "Soft" that "everyone is lonely. In our lifetime, encountering love, encountering sex, is not rare, it is rare to encounter understanding. "
Reggie and Eleanor, because of their childhood and sense of music, changed from encounters to acquaintances. Each of them has its own voice, and they have become each other's confidants. They see each other at first sight across their ages.
Eleanor also subtly influenced Reggie's view of art. Remember when Eleano asked Reggie after the first meeting, would you be an artist in the future? Reggie replied, "No, art as a language is extinct." At that time, he also insisted on putting down the cello, because the sound of the cello was outdated. After listening to Eleano's story, on the way home, he repeatedly said to Eleano: "If you don't show your talent, you are committing a crime." At this moment in his heart, art should be reborn.
We were touched by the acquaintance between Reggie and Eleano because they broke through the gap between age, class, and worldliness, and they sincerely understood each other and encouraged each other. Between people, only understanding is the most difficult. Just like in real life, parents do not understand the act of their children leaving their hometown to pursue their unattainable dreams. Young people do not understand that old people sit for an afternoon and enjoy the joy of memories. Because of not understanding, the two sides even confront each other, quarrel, stick to their own opinions, but are unwilling to take a step and try to step into each other's world.
Reggie and Eleonor's hearts and minds show us how precious it is to people, such as watery feelings that have no barriers and no traces.
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Eleanor was a temporary nanny who was finally leaving Reggie's house, but that day, sooner than expected.
On the day of leaving, strong Reggie choked up, and he cried and said to Eleanor, "It's really good to know you, it's really hard to imagine that I've only been with you for a few months, and it feels like I've known you for a lifetime." "In that moment, Reggie finally looked like a 12-year-old,
When you are sad, you don't have to endure, you can express your sadness with tears.
Eleano understood the feast that was everywhere, and she said to Reggie, "You know I can't stay with you for the rest of your life." Then she squatted down, gave the boy a gentle kiss, and told him to be a good boy.
Such a distinction is touching. Encountering and parting is not the norm of life. Come softly, walk gently, there is no parting of life and death, no broken thread. We understand in separation that even if there is a deeper fate between people, there is a time limit, and the companionship between people is never an endless straight line, but a line segment, after walking through each other for a while, it is different from each other. If one day you meet a person, every moment with him is shining, and after separation, your eyes will be moist, as if the weather is beginning to rain, then this person lives in your heart.
At the end of the film, Eleanor returns home and receives a Cornell pipe and sheet music from Reggie. On one side of the picture, Reggie picks up his cello again, and Eleano blows up her Cornell pipe again, and ensembles "like sunny, like rain" across time and space. After the performance, the camera cuts back to the teenager, who sits quietly on the school bench reading a book, and life continues like this. But he knew that somewhere in the world, and eleanor, who resonated with his soul, he was not alone. The time with her was all dazzling, because the weather was good, because the weather was bad, because the weather was just right.
After parting, the fireworks in the world, the mountains and rivers are far away. None is you, none is you.
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"Like a Sunny Day, Like a Rainy Day" is filmed slowly and beautifully, and it is a typical literary film. But why is it so bland, but it can stir people's hearts and make people feel unfinished? I think there are three main points:
1. The tone of the film is slow
Watching literary and art films, the audience seems to be isolated from the noisy world and find a home for the soul. It's like in this film, there is no quick switching of the shot, most of the time to see is the sun, the male and female protagonists or walking, or chatting, or driving leisurely away, let people feel that the years are quiet, really beautiful.
2. There are memorable symbols in the film
Because the plot of literary and art films does not climax, the characters usually do not have a great conflict, and what impresses the audience is often a symbol. This symbol can be a song, a scene, or a sentence. In this film, it is undoubtedly this "like sunny, like rain", as soon as this song sounds, it is beautiful and sad, reminiscent of the encounter between Reggie and Eleanor and their separation.
Similarly, in the film "New York Again To Foresee You", when a well-known "Lost Stars" will bring people into the passion of the male and female protagonists to pursue their musical dreams.
People can remember these symbols because they make ordinary moments in the film full of meaning, leaving a mark on people's minds through sight and sound.
3. The empathy of the film
Good literary films usually resonate with attention. There is no pretentiousness, only full of sincerity, and the emotions of the protagonists are not thick and light, just right.
In addition, most of the literary and artistic films come from the details of the subtle knowledge. The director takes out the most everyday things, amplifies and deeply portrays them, so that the audience has a familiar resonance. In this film, I think it was a brief relationship between Reggie and Eleano that developed a deep understanding.
It will make people think of themselves, in our lives, whether there are also hurried passers-by, perhaps met on the way to travel, perhaps met in a short break on the street, but a few minutes of conversation, but at first sight, even if we will be scattered in the cape, but the memory of this person is still deep.
To summarize:
In this day and age, we will all meet others at some point, be with each other together, walk a certain way, and say goodbye to others in a certain place.
No need to grieve, life will inevitably have separation. When this day comes, we don't have to cry or make trouble, because separation is so commonplace, and our encounter is so unattainable.
After you leave, maybe there will be a heavy rain in my heart. But I know that after the rain, it was another sunny day.