earthquake caused unprecedented damage to several coastal areas, and even caused the nuclear leakage of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, with a total death toll of over 10,000. His wife was scattered, crying loudly.
At that time, the whole world prayed for the Japanese victims.
59-year-old Sakamoto Ryuichi went to the refuge of Rikuzentakata City No. 1 Middle School to visit everyone.
This was originally a stadium. Hundreds of people sat in the empty stadium and encouraged each other.
At this moment, life seems so small in front of nature. To live
has become the only belief in these people's hearts.
black suit, black turtleneck sweater, Ryuichi Sakamoto went straight to the piano on the right side of the stage, picked up the microphone, and greeted in a low voice:
"Everyone is cold, right?"
"If it's cold, stand up and move around. "
finished speaking, and he sat down slowly.
music plays.
is "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence).
(the following video is not a documentary, but can be viewed as an alternative)
No matter what the meaning of this song was when it was originally used as a film soundtrack, at this moment, it has been given new energy again. The gentle narration in front of
seems to say goodbye to the martyrs; the passionate cry in the middle of
is like telling the survivors to live strong; the last fierce
stops abruptly, and it seems to be for all the people. Pray for all things.
Seeing this picture, I remembered the sentence again: Music can be psychic.
It can take us to the world that we can't go, can't see, can't think of.
is alive, even if we are unwilling and helpless, we have to go on alone.
Fortunately there is love.
Fortunately there is music. The above scenes of
were just released in China yesterday, the opening of the documentary "Sakamoto Ryuichi: Finale".
Actually, as early as the end of May this year, the news that the film was going to be released was released. At that time, Jun Jun immediately posted a headline expressing expectations.
Look at how incoherent the tone of Jun Jun wrote the article at the time:
but wait and wait...wait and wait...
has never been released.
Until yesterday, my wish finally came true.
Jun Jun went to a movie theater for the first time. After reading it, I couldn't speak for a long time.
Really, I haven't felt this way for a long time.
The background of life is sad. Because of this, we need Sakamoto Ryuichi.
The music world he created allows us to see the glory of human nature, believe in the meaning of life, and have the courage to explore the value of life.
In 2014, Ryuichi Sakamoto suspended all work due to cancer.
On the one hand he couldn't believe that this kind of thing would happen to him, on the other hand he accepted it very calmly. Not long after
stopped working, he became restless and always felt something was wrong. This is the first time that
has taken such a long break since he started working in his twenties.
But at the same time, Ryuichi Sakamoto wanted to recover and treat him thoroughly to prevent the cancer from recurring.
He said that he didn't know how long he could live at that time. It could be twenty years, ten years, or only one year.
But he hopes to live a few more years, because he still wants to create more demonstrable works.
But when he received a soundtrack invitation for a certain movie, Ryuichi Sakamoto couldn't sit still.
he smiled and said: "I can't say no to this director, because I like him so much."
"Working with him is a huge challenge!" The director of
is Inaritu.
This movie is the blockbuster "Desert Island Hunter" released in 2015.
starring: Leonardo.
At that time, with Sakamoto Ryuichi's physical condition, he worked at most 8 hours a day. But this time is far from enough.
He constantly challenged the limit and kept telling himself that he could keep going.
Finally, the work is complete.
He used compassionate and heroic narrative techniques to match this magnificent movie with perfectmusic.
is in the ice and snow.
is cold though. desolate. Dead still. Sorrowful.
but still struggling. fighting. revenge. Battered.
The Revenant Main Theme Ryuichi Sakamoto-The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
documentary, the biggest shock to me is:
No matter where in life we go, there is always a faraway we have not yet reached.
According to the concept of ordinary people: Sakamoto Ryuichi is the great god in the mind of how many gods! I haven't seen any movies, and haven't written any music.
still has "challenging" things for him? Is there something "cannot refuse"
?
But that is the case.
Some people know more, the more they think they are omniscient.
Some people know more, feel that they know less.
Sakamoto Ryuichi is the latter.
because music is endless to him.
Sakamoto Ryuichi said that the year he was diagnosed with cancer, he was thinking of making an album, but he delayed it in order to concentrate on the treatment.
Now he wants to start from scratch and do it again.
"It's like Tchaikovsky's music, and Bach's pipe organ sigh, that's a style I have always wanted to try."
He wanted to create that kind of natural music.
He ran to the forest and listened to the sounds of nature.
On a rainy day, he put a plastic bucket on his head and went out to feel the sound of rain.
Sakamoto Ryuichi said that he mostly thinks on the piano, but the sound of the piano is not continuous. He has always wanted to create the sound that will not disappear.
"If you use the concept of literature, it is eternal."
said that he smiled shyly.
Obviously, if Tchaikovsky and Bach are the goals of Sakamoto Ryuichi's visualization, then the nihilistic proposition of "eternity" is his inner pursuit of "eternity".
is like Camus said: life is absurd, but the struggle Sisyphus has to fight to climb to the top is enough to make a person feel full.
The more you know, the more you will discover the beauty of life, and the more unknowns behind the beauty.
We cannot define whether the unknown itself is meaningful, but it must be meaningful to explore the unknown itself.
Although Sakamoto Ryuichi's story is enough for us to blow one day and one night, this documentary does not tell much about his legendary experience.
If you go to the cinema with the mentality of wanting to see the splendid life of an idol, you may be disappointed.
It just revolves around music, through daily life pictures, to tell Sakamoto Ryuichi's creative experience and creative concepts in this life. The last scene of the
documentary shows Ryuichi Sakamoto practicing piano at home.
played for a while, he rubbed his hands and said: "It's cold."
"Keep on creating every day."
Finally, he laughed and said, "It's not so good", then turned and left. The
movie ends. The finale of
is not over. The documentary
is a typical "unpopular" work.
At this time of desire for spiritual massage and heroic blood, it does not have the chicken soup quotations of successful people, and there is no legendary deed of Diaosi counterattack. What
has is just an ordinary story that couldn't be more true: an old man with cancer and gray hair, how to continue living and working with an optimistic attitude.
he looks back on the past, no regrets, how much fortunate;
he lives in the present, seldom sad, a lot of smiles;
he dreams of the future, little fear, but still dreams.
don't know what we will be like when we age. Will
be as calm and firm as him?
I hope everyone can grow old like Sakamoto Ryuichi.
He said that in 100 years, the music people will still listen to is the music he wants to make.
I want to say that those who will remember when we are old are the ones who have truly affected our souls.
and Ryuichi Sakamoto is this type of person.
