Recommend an older film from 1990 by Giuseppe. Tonatore directed the Italian film Journey to Heaven. I think there may be many people who don't know this movie, so you should have heard of the famous "Homecoming Trilogy" in the history of cinema - "Paradise Cinema", "The Pianist of the Sea" and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", right? If you don't know, then you may be a bit "lonely". Of course, it is not excluded here that your viewing taste is more unique, or more partial, and there is no pejorative meaning, who does not have a hobby of their own? For example, I personally like those small-cost cult movies, which are the so-called and movies, which are simple and sometimes even boring and boring, but mainly sensory stimulation, and will never improve the spiritual world of the viewers, but just pass the time, pure entertainment. I have the opportunity to talk about this issue alone in the future, and I feel that I can talk about a lot of things.
Today I will only talk about "Journey to Heaven".
Giuseppe. Tornatore has a deep sense of hometown, which can be seen in his series of films, and this "Journey to Heaven" is no exception. The story begins in Sicily, Italy. The elderly widowed protagonist, Onsculo, decides to leave Sicily after retirement and visit his children on the Italian mainland, whom he has not met for a long time. But the trip left him with mixed feelings, and none of the five children he had high hopes for had a very good life, and what was even sadder was that one of them had died unexpectedly. The other children tried to comfort their fathers with lies large and small, while the fathers who returned to their hometowns said in front of his wife's grave, "Everything is all right." The story is very simple and ordinary, but what is extraordinary is the kind of family affection that the film expresses to break through cultural barriers and be universal, and sometimes this kind of family affection is particularly helpless because of the compulsion of life, and this helplessness exists in every country and place in the world and even every family.
It would have been a slightly sad story but in Giuseppe. Tornatore turned it into a process of sadness with a slight sense of joy and sadness in it, which is one of the reasons why the story's originally bland film is not bland.
The first half of the film is cheerful, and this cheerfulness unfolds with the old man's expectations of the children and the excitement of travel, an emotion that everyone has experienced.
My kids are awesome
On the train, he took the initiative to introduce the situation of several children he was proud of to the passengers next to him, even if others were not interested in it, did he think of your parents when he saw it? Or do you see the parents of someone else's child?
I also have thighs, do you want to see it?
When wandering the streets after searching for the child without success, a prostitute seduced him with his thighs exposed, and he also showed his thighs to ridicule the prostitutes, and he was still very happy at this time, because he did not know the true situation of the children.
The sudden appearance of elk on the road has caused traffic jams, which means that life is full of accidents
The reason why the film is extraordinary is that there are magical colors in it. Yes, magic realism. Mention this word, reminds you of who? Garcia. Márquez and his One Hundred Years of Solitude. If you have a chance, you must read the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude"! Regarding the magical colors in realistic movies, if you often watch Jia Zhangke's films, you will find that Jia Zhangke's films also have this expression. It's the kind of thing that in a particular scene, there will be one or two things that don't seem to have anything to do with the tone and environment of the movie. For example, the elk that suddenly appears in this film.
Does it feel like a sci-fi movie? Dream Ye Phyah
And this thing, what is it? Alien monsters?
All this is a hint to the protagonist's psychological changes, life is like this, ordinary and plain hidden in the killing machine and accidents, the longer you live, the deeper you will experience.
I won't talk much about this film because spoilers are a sin, especially for fans.
The movie "Journey to Heaven" needs to be tasted slowly.
By the way, this film resource is not easy to find. There are many versions on the Internet that don't have subtitles now, and I waited about seven or eight years to find a version with subtitles recently before I finally finished watching the movie. If someone is interested but can't find the resources, I recommend two remakes. One is the famous Robert. De Niro starred in the 2009 version of "Journey to Heaven", which currently has the most resources, which is also a very successful remake, if you have not seen the old version of "Journey to Heaven" in 1990, then the 2009 version is also very exciting, which has a preconceived factor.
In addition, there is a remake version of Chinese, starring Zhang Guoguo, Yao Chen, Chen He, etc. in 2016, but the title of the film is "Everything Is Good". In fact, its English name is everybody's fine, which means that everyone is good, and at a glance, you can know its connection with the old version of the movie. There are many critics of the domestic version, which is in addition to preconceived notions. I think some Chinese are particularly strict with themselves, embodied in the movie, the same story, foreigners will give high scores, Chinese shooting will unconsciously step on, which has become an inertia. On this topic, if you want to talk about it, you can actually talk about a lot of things, and you have the opportunity to talk about it. Just to say that "Everything is Good" is a domestic remake, of course, it has its faults, but it also has its advantages, that is, Chinese say that Chinese its own things, closer to China's reality.
A film born in 1990 can be remade many times at home and abroad, which is enough to prove its success, what are you waiting for? Take a look at it.