"Mechanical Heart" is the second novel written by the French writer Jasmagill, and I know this movie because I like the first novel of this writer, "Now Your World Is Always Night", when I saw the author's introduction, I saw that this writer was also the creator of the French rock band [Dionysus], and I was curious to be attracted by the strange name of mechanical heart when searching for music related to the band....
The story of the mechanical heart is a fairy tale, and it is told as a love story, so it is very magical and romantic.
The story is set in Edinburgh at the end of the 19th century, on the coldest day in the world, the male protagonist Jack was born, because of the cold weather, his heart was frozen into ice as soon as he was born, his biological mother abandoned him, and the witch who adopted him gave him a mechanical heart in order to keep him alive. But this heart, and its fragility, not only needs to be clockworked, but also cannot withstand too intense emotions. So there are three prohibitions for witches: 1. Control your emotions. 2. Never flick your hands at will 3. Never fall in love.
Audiences familiar with the movie routine know that the so-called ban is used to be broken, so it is natural that when Jack grew up and went down the mountain for the first time, he met Lucia, and immediately, the world changed, and love began to flow in life. It was also the first time that his heart clock was out of order, so that the heart failure fell into a coma, and the lucia he loved was a person who could hardly see the world, and the two of them missed it.
However, Lucia's figure has since remained in the heart of the male protagonist, and she has been free to fly up and down in his heart, so the male protagonist has begun his indomitable adventure in order to pursue his love, and he has been mocked and bullied countless times at school because of his strange heart and coincidental encounter with his enemy Joe. But in order to wait for Lucia, he has been silent, and on the way to find out where Lucia is, he is almost killed by Jack the Ripper he encounters. But none of this could stop him from pursuing love, and in the end, he finally found what he loved, and the obstacles and temptations made him find that they had long been in love with each other, and he gave her the key to his experience, which was where life was.
However, because of misunderstanding and fear, they are separated again, and Jack is heartbroken and hopes that he will no longer love anyone in this life, and returns to his hometown with pain, greeted by the death of his beloved witch adoptive mother and the cold winter. In the end, Lucia finds jack's heart key in her hand and would die without this jack, so desperate to save his life. But it seemed too late, and Jack dropped the key, accompanied by a frozen kiss as Jack slowly climbed up to heaven in the snow that they seemed destined to miss.
The story of the film is roughly like this.
The story I have a deeply reflected character.
One is Lucia, who looks like a rose in the play, which I think is symbolic. First of all, she is the love that the male protagonist Jack pursues. Secondly, she is beautiful in appearance and her singing voice is intoxicating. But she couldn't see the world clearly, and when threatened or hurt, her body would be covered with thorns. And roses are often considered to symbolize love, so I think Lucia is the symbol of love, beautiful and charming, but also unclear, and likewise, being close to her sometimes means hurting.
The second is the male adoptive mother witch Madeleine, she is the witch in people's mouths, she has been drinking wine brewed by tears, wants to be a mother, and does not understand what love is. However, after adopting the male protagonist Jack, her joys and sorrows and all tenderness and compromise were only for Jack, and after Jack was hunted down for hurting people, she pushed Jack away to resist alone, and was later arrested and imprisoned. Dying of depression in prison, I think it is not only because of the thought of Jack, but also because she has long understood that Jack has been emotional, whether it is to die of love and happiness, or to die of sadness, Jack is doomed to die. And jack is all he has! Here I think it is the author who deliberately celebrates the greatness of maternal love. Because the author's book "Now Your World Will Always Be Night" was written by the author to commemorate his mother, I think there must be this meaning here.
The third is the male protagonist Jack, who was born with a frozen heart and can only live on a clock-shaped mechanical heart. He is thin and extremely fragile, and will die if he falls in love. But such people, who seem to us to be crippled and fragile, dare to break taboos. Bravely pursue what he loves, even if his end can only be heartbroken and die. This may be like our thousands of sentient beings come and go fragile and crippled, trying to pursue a lifetime, and may end up with an imperfect ending. But the brave self that went after deserves to be remembered.
Finally, "The Sorrow of Love" one of the most representative works of violinist and composer Chrysler, whose sister piece is "The Joy of Love".
The story is about "love", whether it is talking about maternal love or love between lovers, in fact, it will hurt, Madeleine poured herself into only hoping that Jack was free and happy, but the ending could not be exchanged for his happiness and future. Jack gave Lucia the key to open the door to the heart. However, they will still miss it. This may be the sorrow of love, willing but full of regret.
So why do people still pursue love even in pain and sorrow? I remember seeing a saying a long time ago, "Because the opposite of sadness in love is joy."