Foreword: The film "Immortal Beloved" is immortal and has also been translated as "Eternal Lover" and "Beethoven Biography". Personally, I prefer the translation of the former. It is a musical directed by Bernard Ross and starring Gary Oldman. The film revolves around three suicide notes left by the musical giant Beethoven after his death. In the process of constantly searching for who is Beethoven's "eternal lover", a series of past events unfold in turn.
Beethoven's emotional path is not smooth, but what pains Beethoven the most is his deafness. As a musician, he was deaf. Where should he go? This life's bumpy road to fame, how did he come step by step? I try to interpret it from the following three aspects:
The path to fame of genius: Childhood was very bad, and after becoming famous, he encountered deafness
Genius's responsibility hopes: the only relatives around, nephews, are devoted to cultivation, but nephews are decaying wood
The Love Life of a Genius: Meeting three women at a special time in life, missing a letter, leaving a lifelong regret
<h1>01 Beethoven's growth: beaten by his father, early to take on the responsibility of supporting the family, is about to shine, but deaf</h1>
Beethoven's childhood was unfortunate, his father was a court musician, idle, drunk as a life. His grandfather was a court bandmaster and was brilliant. Her mother, the daughter of a court cook, died when Beethoven was 17 years old. Most of the time his father was so drunk that he didn't care about his family, and he never even asked if the family was full and clothed.
When Beethoven was 4 years old, his father forced him to sit in front of the ancient piano all day or to practice endlessly and tediously with a violin. Beethoven, who was only 4 years old at the time, could not withstand such heavy practice, often heard the frolicking sound of children playing outside, and how eager he was to play with children. Fingers on the keyboard, can't help but stop. At this time, his father would rudely shout at him, "Fingers don't stop," and even beat him directly with a wooden whip.
Once, Beethoven's father took the young Beethoven to perform in front of the royal grandchildren, but that time the little Beethoven did not behave well, and was ridiculed by everyone, and his father's face could not hang on. When he got home, Beethoin was sitting on the bed, and his terrible father walked in with a violent beating, and Beethoven was beaten so badly that he could not stand up.
His father wanted Beethoven to be a musical prodigy like Mozart, so that he could be used to make money. So he locked Beethoven upstairs and let him practice, while he himself got so drunk that when he came home at night, he went upstairs with a stick, and that's how poor Beethoven grew up in his father's abuse.
Fortunately, the daily boring practice did not knock Beethoven down. His talent was instead stimulated, and he soon took up positions in the court. At the age of 13, he took on the responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings and supporting the family.
Beethoven spent a difficult childhood and adolescence, and after years of struggle, he was finally recognized by society and ushered in his highlight moment. However, at the age of 27, at his peak, he was plagued by ear diseases. (Seriously suspected to have been beaten by his father)
He saw a doctor, but it did not get better, and the ear disease became more and more serious. In the beginning, he lived in isolation, refused to socialize, and tried to hide the fact that he was deaf. He didn't tell anyone about hearing loss, including his whole life. He was alone in guarding this terrible secret, and his heart was tormented with great pain.
People thought that his social performance was due to his eccentric temper. Of course, rumors of his deafness are also occasionally mentioned. In the film, in a public performance, Beethoven conducts the orchestra and plays so much that he can only repeat, "Start all over again, start all over again." Because he couldn't hear anything. This was repeated three times, and all the people accused and ridiculed Beethoven. It was also at that time that Beethoven's deafness was well known to everyone.
It's like a painter losing an eye. A musician loses his hearing, how else can he go the way ahead? And his life is dedicated to music, in addition to this road, where else can he go?
He didn't know why God was doing this to him, he was miserable, and all these painful and indignant emotions were vented in the work.
In a letter to a friend, he wrote:
"May I be able to use strong perseverance to resist the loneliness of the god of destiny trying to cut off the lifeline." I want to get rid of misfortune and embrace the world. I want to dedicate the best music to the people of the world and be able to help people get rid of this misfortune and suffering. Never succumb to an irresistible force that will sweep away the pain and melancholy. ”
Beethoven's strong will prevailed, he longed for happiness, and he was able to bravely face the challenges of fate. He is still full of hope for the future, looking forward to beautiful prospects.
Even after suffering from the blow of deafness and the failure of love, Beethoven did not sink. He got rid of these suffocating and painful feelings, devoted himself to music creation, and created many very good musical works.
<h1>02 Beethoven's responsibility: to do his best to cultivate his nephew, hoping to cultivate talent, but the nephew broke his heart</h1>
Beethoven never married or had any children. But his brother died of tuberculosis, leaving behind a 9-year-old son, Carl, who appointed Beethoven as his sole guardian.
Beethoven was childless all his life, he poured all his feelings into Carl, he wanted to be a real father. In order to train Carl to grow into a talent, he put all his energy and hard work to give Carl the best resources and send him to the best school.
But this nephew did not have any musical talent. He wanted to join the army, but Beethoven always refused Carl's desire to pursue a career as a horseman. He hoped that Karl would be able to finish the university courses well.
Beethoven went to train Karl according to his own wishes, and Karl had to obey Beethoven against his will. As a result, both men were particularly upset. Karl became a particularly hypocritical person. He lived a debauched lifestyle, and he was also infected with gambling and owed a lot of debts. Every time he came to Beethoven, he asked him for money, but Beethoven always loved him very much and never doubted his words.
Karl, who has neither talent nor ambition, does not want to go against Beethoven's will, and cannot live according to his own wishes, and he is painfully entangled, taking a pistol, wanting to commit suicide and end his life.
By the time Beethoven arrived, he had shot himself, but fortunately, he didn't aim, just got seriously injured and didn't die. Beethoven looked at Karl desperately and sadly. Although Karl was not born to him, he always regarded himself as himself and did his best to cultivate him. Karl looked at Beethoven with complicated eyes, and wrote a sentence on the paper on his side and handed it to Beethoven. Beethoven was deaf at the time. After he read this sentence, his heart was broken.
"From now on, don't let me see you again."
In his later years, Beethoven's physical condition was already very bad, and Karl's move made him even more devastated. He went outside and sat down on a stone bench, describing it as withered. He devoted all his life, except for music for this child, and as a result he became the last person his nephew wanted to see.
What could hurt you more than the one closest to you? Whether it is pain or heartbreak, no matter what has happened in the past, such a relationship can no longer be changed, and the harm between the two can no longer be repaired. Karl was waiting for An apology from Beethoven, who was already devastated and devastated. Perhaps only by letting go can we maintain love.
<h1>03 Beethoven's emotional path: yin and yang, missing the love of a lifetime, leaving eternal regrets</h1>
In the film "Immortal Lover", beethoven left three letters, appearing "immortal lover", but he never married. So, in search of this immortal lover, his student Schindler followed the trail and found three different women.
The first woman was Julia of Vienna.
Julia, who was young and beautiful at the time, was rushing from Italy to her cousin's house in Vienna to listen to the concert of Beethoven, who had been admired for a long time. She was late for the concert and waited in the lounge. Suddenly, a strange-looking man with short limbs emerged from behind the sofa and lashed out at the player's skill.
Julia unceremoniously hit him back. As a result, the man went to her house the next day and forced himself to be Julia's piano teacher. The piano teacher was Beethoven, and the two quickly fell in love. Although the two fell in love and Beethoven also wrote a marriage proposal letter to Julia's father, there were already rumors of Beethoven's deafness at that time.
Julia's dad and Julia set up a bureau. Nominally, he bought a new piano and told Beethoven that there would be no one in the family and asked Beethoven to try it. In fact, Julia and her father hid in the shadows, observing Beethoven.
Beethoven thought there was no one and tried the piano. He pressed his ear to the lid of the piano and felt the music by vibrating.
Beethoven was indeed deaf, and Julia, who knew the truth, still decided to bravely come out and tell him that her father had agreed to his marriage proposal. Who would have thought that this move would scare Beethoven. He was immersed in the music, playing intently, when he was suddenly interrupted. He was furious and growled and asked Julia how he could interrupt his inspiration, how could he be so tempted?
For the unruly Beethoven, it was an insult, a plunder of his feelings. He left angrily. A month later, Julia married another earl.
She was not Beethoven's eternal lover. Schindler went on to find a second woman.
The two met at a bad concert. The concert was a mess. Beethoven could not hear any sound, and the players did not cooperate very well. All the people who came to listen to the music knew that Beethoven was deaf, and everyone laughed at him and blamed him below.
Beethoven was helpless and sad to stand on the stage. At this time, Countess Anna bravely walked to the stage and helped Beethoven out of the hall. Two people with a common heart came together. They lived together for almost a year, which was Beethoven's happiest time, during which time he wrote a lot of brisk music.
Then they still couldn't walk together, and Beethoven left. None of them were Beethoven's eternal lovers, so who was his true lover? Schindler found a third woman, Joanna, who was also Beethoven's sister-in-law.
The first time Beethoven and his brother met Joanna at the grocery store, they fell in love with her at the same time. Joanna is the daughter of the grocery store, and she and Beethoven soon fall in love.
On a stormy night, the two meet at the hotel and elope. Joanna arrived first and waited in the room for Beethoven. By the appointed time, Beethoven had not yet appeared, and Joanna thought he had broken the contract and left.
Beethoven, because the carriage was stuck in the mud at that time, did not arrive in time and wrote a letter to the hotel. The lady of the hotel put the letter under the dinner plate and brought it in with dinner.
I thought Joanna would see the letter when she was eating, but Joanna vomited as she was getting ready to eat, and she didn't eat or see the letter.
That's how fate tricks people. On the night of the agreed elopement, Joanna discovers that she is pregnant, but misses the letter, thinking that Beethoven has lost her appointment. Beethoven thought Joanna had not made an appointment.
Seeing each other again, Joanna is Already Beethoven's sister-in-law and is pregnant. Beethoven was very angry, thinking that Joanna was a watery woman, so he tried to make her difficult everywhere, and thus broke up with his brother.
The two formed a deep misunderstanding. It was not until After Beethoven's death that Schindler took these three letters with him to uncover the mystery. Joanna finally saw the letter. But all that's left is regret.
The eternal lover has been found. But I have to say that this is a wild imagination. In fact, Beethoven and his sister-in-law are incompatible. Beethoven hated his sister-in-law, who was a very unruly woman with a very bad reputation before marriage. Beethoven fought with her for many years over the custody of his nephew, which caused Beethoven a lot of trouble. So this segment in the film is completely fictitious.
Beethoven is dead, and the musical genius is gone. Although he endured deafness and was not understood by the world, he still created immortal chapters with creative passion and made great contributions to music. There is not only the exciting and life-giving chapter "Symphony of Destiny", but also the romantic and amorous "To Alice".
At the end of the film, when the old Beethoven conducts the 9th Symphony, he seems to see his scarred childhood. Every day, the widowed father came home drunk and came upstairs with a stick, and beat him severely. Beethoven quietly climbed up to the attic to look up at the sky.
In the moonlight, he ran toward the forest. In a pond reflecting the starry sky, he took off his clothes and lay down on the water, the surface of which merged with the starry sky. Little Beethoven melted into the entire starry sky against the backdrop of the music of Ode to Joy.
Beaten childhood, deaf middle age, old age without lover, genius Beethoven, but the fate is so bumpy. Even so, he was not defeated, he still burned the rest of his life with a love of music.
He can't control the difficulties that fate sends him, but he can decide how he looks at it. At this time, Beethoven is not only unruly and unruly to choke the throat of fate, but also full of love for the entire human race and love for life. He has transcended all the shackles of the world and attained the great love of eternal spiritual tranquility.