What many people did not expect was that "The Pianist at Sea", which was released in the United States in 1998, was re-released in China after 21 years after 4K repair, and it would have such a high reputation.
The Pianist at Sea is the second installment of Giuseppe Tornadore's space-time trilogy, the first being Cinema Paradiso.
Like "Cinema Paradiso", "The Pianist of the Sea" received a high reputation as soon as it was released, and won many awards such as the 1999 European Film Award for Best Cinematography, the Italian Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, the Italian Guardian Award for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Best Film and many other awards.
"The Pianist at Sea" mainly tells a legendary story about ships, people and music.
In 1900, on a Virginia cruise ship in the United States, a black miner, Danny, found an abandoned baby while picking up something in a luxury cabin. Danny adopted the abandoned baby and named him 1900.
This name, given in time, seems to be fatalistic, with no expectations, only fate.
Although orphaned in 1900, he had the companionship of family because of Danny's care, but at the age of 8, Danny's death changed all this.
At Danny's funeral, 1900 came into contact with the piano as if everything were predestined, 1900, who had never been exposed to piano training, was untouched, and everyone who heard him playing the piano could be deeply moved by his music.
Gradually, the fame of the 1900s spread, and when Jerry, the originator of jazz, heard that there was a piano genius on the Virginia, he decided to upload it to see what was going on.
Jerry lit a cigarette, played a song, the cigarette just burned to the edge of the piano, the master is worthy of the master, the piano skills are amazing.
The same cigarette, accompanied by indeed 1900 amazing "four-handed play", at the end of the song, 1900 put the cigarette against the edge of the string that had just been played, and the cigarette lit instantly.
Jerry Gan bowed to the wind.
At that time, all the passengers on the Virginia believed that if they disembarked at this time in 1900, flowers, applause, fame, and status would be within reach, "A good life is just a few steps, why not try it?" ”
At that time, in the United States, capitalism was rising rapidly, and everyone was shouting the arrival of the "American Dream" and frantically chasing wealth. 1900 If you disembark at this time, a good, rich life can be obtained almost effortlessly, but after thinking about it for a moment, 1900 resolutely decided to stay on the ship.
It was not a difficult decision, and for the 1900s, while living on land would bring him material abundance, it would not allow him to reach his spiritual home. For 1900, music, boats and pianos were his sustenance, all that gave him a sense of security, and the meaning of his existence.
"What stopped me was what I didn't see... The streets crisscross the city, and there is everything but the end. What I don't see is my future after I get off the ship, I don't see the end of the world. ”
Realizing his own value at the cost of his life, 1900 made his own legend.
After filming The Pianist of the Sea, Tornadore filmed the last of his time-space trilogy, The Beautiful Legend of Sicily, as well as excellent films such as The Hidden Woman's Heart, Baalia, leningrad, etc., although these films have different themes, they are full of strong Tornadore style, as the director of the Italian Film Archive, Enrique Magelli, said
"Giuseppe Tornadore is one of Italy's greatest directors in recent decades. He is also one of the few people in the world who does not catch up with the trend and does not chase fashion to make movies. He always insisted on his own approach, his own way of telling stories. ”
It is precisely because Tornatore never catches up with the trend, so even after 21 years, when we watch "The Pianist of the Sea", we still feel that this is an unconventional classic that can arouse people's thinking.