In November this year, the movie "The Pianist on the Sea" was re-screened. In 1900, a best and worst era began. The Industrial Revolution made people regard the pursuit of wealth and status as their ultimate goal, while the two world wars destroyed people's homes and hearts. The
story takes place in the first year of this era, "When a person raises his head at a certain moment, he...will see her. This is really a strange thing that makes people wonder. I mean, There are more than one thousand people on the ship. In the stormy sea, among the immigrants, among the weird crowds, among us, there will always be one person, just one person, who first saw her ……"Who is she? When the dim figure of the Statue of Liberty came into the eyes of the first immigrant aboard the Virginia, and when the person shouted out her name for the first time, "America!", the entire ship fell into a frantic cheer.
About this "first call" has appeared in the movie 4 times, throughout the whole movie, "she" should be the "American fever" in 1900, countless people pin their dreams on "her", crazy , Longing, cheering.
"This is the first year of this bastard new century." A black stover on board the Virginia gave a different definition of this new era. At this time, he was walking on the first-class dance floor that was incompatible with the cheering and joyous atmosphere on the deck, hoping to pick up the treasures that the rich had thrown away, and at the same time swearing at the rich. Here, the black stove worker discovered the baby on the piano and was born in 1900. The
film has two lines running simultaneously. A narrative line based on Tony. The impoverished Tony chose to sell his trumpet. The trumpet was once Tony's pride, because his best trumpet player used a brand of trumpet. But as the owner of the musical instrument store said, the era of blues is over, the war is over, no matter how precious the trumpet is, no one will play it anymore. This means that the "American fever" has gradually subsided and entered the big game. A period of depression.
Tony played the last piece in the musical instrument store, and accidentally found the only record in 1900, and learned that the Virginia was about to be destroyed. And he believed that 1900 was still on the ship. For the first time, he failed to convince his best friend to disembark and start a new life. This time he wanted to save 1900's life.
"As long as you have a good story, you will never be finished", the other line is naturally the legendary life of 1900. Tony searched for 1900 on the worn-out Virginia, triggering a lot of memories. The sound of "1900" echoed on the Virginia, as if calling for the long-lost year of 1900. The war has not yet begun. The people on the ship cherished the "American Dream" in 1900. In his life in 1900,
has not searched for his parents. He seems to only exist in this floating city on the sea, and he has not delved into his own existence. It is precisely because it does not ask where to return, 1900 can stand in the perspective of another world, analyze those who hold power and desire, give melodic interpretations, and create music that is out of vanity fair. Speaking of music, 1900 has an interesting habit. In the first-class ballroom, he plays the people he sees, analyzes their expressions, movements, and psychology, integrates into his own understanding, is relaxed and humorous, and liberated to a certain extent in a short time. People who are nervous at Vanity Fair. In the third-class cabin, he played his own music and his own mood. In order to appreciate his melody, the U.S. Congressman bowed his knees to the third-class cabin and wanted a chance to visit. In 1900, even the visit was nothing. do not know.
was so troubled by the congressman, 1900's peerless musical ability spread like wildfire. The wood is in the woods, and the wind will destroy it. Soon a man who claimed to be the inventor of jazz came to the door and wanted to fight 1900. The Qin fight has always been regarded as a classic. The first 1900 played a Merry Christmas song, the second imitated the challenger’s music, and finally performed a piano lighter, which shocked the challenger. Words. 1900 had no intention of competing with the inventor of jazz, and he didn't care about winning or losing, but the challenger's eagerness for quick success disgusted him, so that 1900 only said "Go to his jazz" afterwards.
These mundane things were not enough to bother 1900. He seemed to have no trouble playing the piano in the first-class cabin. He brought the atmosphere to a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Every late at night, he would go to the third-class cabin to play his own movements and express his loneliness that he had no destination. sense. Once he met a man in the third classThe farmer experienced a miserable experience. The farmer said that he had heard the sound of the sea, and that voice was calling him, "Change life and start again", which planted a seed for finding answers in 1900's heart. Later, he met the peasant's daughter, which made him suddenly want to hear the sound of the sea in order to find his own answer. Tony said that the day 1900 made the decision to disembark, it was like a painting without warning, "bang", and suddenly fell off. When 1900 walked to the center of the ship ladder, he saw the infinitely extending prosperous scene, suddenly threw his hat into the sky, turned and walked back to the cabin. After that, 1900 was silent for a long time, like a famous painting falling on the ground. When
and his life were about to come to an end, he said why he chose to go back, "The land? The land is a too big ship for me, a too beautiful woman, a long journey, perfume It’s too thick, I can’t make this music at all.”
He was born in Virginia, grew up in Virginia, and finally returned to the sea with Virginia. In his short life, he never stepped down. Genia. Tony once asked him, why didn't he get off the boat? His answer is "People on the land like to ask the roots, they waste a lot of time, winter worry about the late arrival of summer, and summer worry about the coming of winter, so they keep walking around in pursuit of the unattainable four seasons. A place like summer, but I am not envious." He is destined to belong to the sea's pianist.
is no more than a floating island in life, and 1900 is just a pianist, in the unfathomable Vanity Fair, in the endless sea of people's desire, like a mayfly shaking a tree, that is the piano of God! "I can't get off this ship, the best ending, I get off the stage of life", 1900 finally returned to the sea with the Virginia.
The farmer on the land said that life is infinite, but 1900 understood that infinite music can be composed on a limited number of keys. When he disembarked, he could not see the limited keys. Some were just the cold stone forest extending infinitely. Suddenly at a loss, is it like a person on the land to constantly pursue a place like summer? Is every stone forest in Virginia's first-class cabin? If 1900 was born on land, could he play such a stunning piece of music? According to the peasant's words, that is, he can't do it, change his life, and become a person chasing fame and fortune.
Meng Shi said that he has two ways of looking at life. One is in front of the stage, playing tricks with all the people and things in the world; the second is behind the stage, watching other people pretending to be on their backs. And I saw the third type in 1900, not standing in front or behind the stage, but standing in a different world, watching others talk and laugh like a breeze, which never existed.
