The American film "The Pianist at Sea" is a masterpiece in the history of world cinema, and together with two other Italian-themed films, "Cinema Paradiso" and "Legend of Sicily", it is called a must-see movie. In 1998, it swept the world as soon as it was released, and for 21 years, it has continued to be high on the list of recommended films in various countries, and its reputation has always remained high.
Despite being a veritable old movie, the number of fans of The Pianist at Sea is growing. In the hearts of many fans, it is a literal work of God. In particular, why 1900 did not get off the ship has become a permanent puzzle in the hearts of many fans.
In November this year, for 21 years, the divine work "The Pianist at Sea", which had never been released in Chinese mainland, landed in a new version with a 4K restored version. Chinese people can finally go to the cinema to enjoy this outstanding film with new picture quality and sound quality.
Previously, I had seen "The Pianist of the Sea" twice on the website, and each time I was overwhelmed.
Do you know what immortality is? That is, every time you look, there will be new discoveries, new points that will make you move. Moreover, it will trigger you to think about the meaning of life and think about the coordinates of your life in the world.
1900 is not a purely fictional idealized character, and n 1900s must be found in the real world. In your mind, the 1900's insistence on not getting off the ship may be a permanent puzzle. But in the case of people who are similar to or even coincident with him, his behavior is reasonable, sober, and correct.
Many fans who have watched "The Pianist of the Sea" have the first puzzle in their minds about the movie: Is there a prototype in 1900?
The film The Pianist at Sea is based on the novel 20th Century by italian novelist Alessandro Barico, in which 1900 is a character.
Born in 1958 in Turin, Italy, Alessandro Barico published his first novel, The Castle of Rage, in 1991 and his second novel, Ocean, Sea, in 1993. His most famous novel is probably the 20th Century. His novels are fresh and realistic, and are popular with young people.
Alessandro Barico himself adapted "The 20th Century" into a play called "The Pianist at sea", and director Giuseppe Tornatore took a fancy to his masterpiece and adapted it into a film that made 1900 famous all over the world.
Chinese mainland published the play in 2005, and in addition to The Pianist at Sea, he also included three of his most important novels, Silk, Don't Bleed, and Castle of Wrath. These works have a musical-like quality, they only focus on expression, not to explain the world.
This is actually the basis of The Pianist at Sea. Alessandro Barico only wrote about the 1900 as a person, he did not want to describe the meaning of the existence of 1900. And director Giuseppe Tornatore did not want to explain the meaning of the existence of 1900, he only used images to tell the life of 1900.
Alessandro Barico described 1900 in his play The Pianist at Sea:
"1900 is such a person, if you say to him, 'Once, I went to Paris,' he would ask you if you had seen this or that garden, if you had eaten somewhere, and he would tell you: 'There, my favorite is waiting for the sunset on the Bridge of Nafour.' When the barge passes by, you can stop from above to watch and wave. ’
- 1900, have you been to Paris?
- Nothing.
- That...
- Actually, I've been.
- What have you been to?
- Paris.
You can think he's crazy, but it's not that simple. When someone can accurately portray to you the breath of Birmingham Street after the first summer rains stop, you can't arbitrarily say that he is crazy, simply because he has never been to Birmingham Street. In the eyes of others, in the words of others, he did breathe the air there. In his own way, but very real. Perhaps, this world, he had never seen. But the world spent 27 years on this ship, and he happened to be on this ship for 27 years. He has been peering into the world. The world stole his soul. ”
So, it doesn't matter if there is a prototype for 1900. Importantly, he gave us a different experience of life.
The ship in The Pianist at Sea is translated as the Virginia or Virginia. In the movie, it is a boat that has spent its life in 1900.
Some fans are curious, does this ship have a prototype? Some have speculated that it was supposed to have been built in the shape of the Lusitania, but the story and the people are fictional.
Built in 1907, 239.8 m long, 26.9 m wide and carrying 2,165 passengers, the Lusitania was a British luxury passenger ship that sank on 7 May 1915 by a German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people. Because the casualties included a large number of Americans, the sinking of the Lusitania, together with the Zimmerman Telegram incident, became the trigger for the United States to participate in World War I. The ship and its sister ships, rmsmauritania and anguaquitania, were able to maintain a speed of 25 knots thanks to the revolutionary new turbo power of the time. In addition, it is equipped with radios, elevators and other modern equipment. Compared to other ships, the Lusitania carried more than 50% more passengers.
As for the final explosion treatment in the film, some people analyzed that the German Bremen had handled it in this way.
One of the most moving pieces of "The Pianist at Sea" is that at the peak of his piano performance, he once challenged a world-renowned black pianist at that time, and the atmosphere of the fierce challenge between the two was thrilling. Because I love this movie too much, whether the pianist with the 1900 challenge has a prototype has also become the focus of attention of fans.
Some say the black pianist was jelly roll morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), an American jazz composer and pianist. His original name was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott. Born in New Orleans, he was one of the first giants in jazz history. Because he likes to exaggerate his contribution to jazz, it often has a negative effect. He even boasted that he invented jazz in 1902, and the lie left a very bad impression on fans, which is also an important reason why he has long been despised.
Jerry Rolle Morton had his life full of ups and downs. He's been a gambler, a bettor, a comedian in a vaudeville troupe, and even a male trickster. It wasn't until he became a pianist that his life became brilliant. But he was a liar, which made him less popular, and soon his career was at a low point. He eventually fell into poverty and died less than 50 years old.
Many people who like the movie "The Pianist at Sea" can't understand why they refused to get off the ship in 1900 when the Virginia was facing the fate of being bombed. Also, when he is faced with the only love in his life, and everyone encourages him to be brave enough to pursue true love, why is he going back? He loves the piano so much, why wouldn't he want to try it when he had the opportunity to let more people, especially people on land, hear his piano?
What exactly was he afraid of? Why would he rather look at everything on the land in the window of the ship than get off the ship in pursuit of a new life?
In fact, when Alessandro Barico set the character of 1900 in the novel 20th Century, he set him up as a man destined to live at sea. His home is the ship, the boat is home, the boat is his spiritual home, his spiritual territory, and he cannot be far away for a moment. He would rather be buried in the sea than lose his territory.
The same character as the 1900s is the Baron in Calvino's novel The Baron in the Tree, who preferred to live in the tree rather than touch the land.
The Baron, like 1900, had a different way of thinking and behaving than ordinary people. They seem to live on earth, but spiritually they live in a different place. What they vow to defend to the death is always their spiritual homeland.
In fact, in Alessandro Barico's novels and plays, there was no girl with a red confidant or crush in the 1900s. He lives in his own world.
Moreover, even if he had never disembarked from the ship in 1900 and touched the land, the Virginia was enough for him to meet all kinds of passengers coming and going, read all kinds of books, appreciate the most beautiful scenery in the world, and travel to every corner he wanted to go.
Why disembark in 1900? He likes to go to the third class to play because the people there have stimulated all his creative enthusiasm, he is willing to create new songs for them, he is willing to watch them dance and revel under their own performances, and they give him the best response to playing.
Only those who have lived on land will regret the 1900s. He never left the Virginia, and life on land was not only unknown to him, but perhaps even represented fear. In his life, music was the most important. He already has a loved one, so why should he have something else?
At some point before 1900 died with the ship, there may have been fear. But the determination to be with the music conquered his fears, so he would say frankly: "Don't think I'm not happy, I won't be like that again." ”
He expressed his love for music and his love for life in the way he thought was best. It's just that the vast majority of people can't understand it.
Finally, the highest tribute to this "The Pianist of the Sea" is truly a masterpiece. Loved 1900!
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