" Paradise Cinema " is one of the famous Italian director Giuseppe Tonadore 's classic movie trilogy, and his other two movies should also be very familiar and liked " The Pianist at Sea" " and " The Beautiful Legend of Sicily ". Today, I will talk about my personal impression after watching "Paradise Cinema".
The background of the film takes place in a small town in Sicily, Italy in the 1950s. There was only one movie theater called "Paradise" in the town. Watching movies was the only way of entertainment for the residents of the town at that time. In the movie theater, people spent their joys and sorrows.
I watched the director's cut award-winning 123-minute version of the movie. The protagonist, little Toto, spent his childhood in the cinema. Toto lives with his mother and sister, and his father died on the battlefield. The mother didn't tell Toto the truth, but Toto already knew that his father could never come back.
Toto likes to go to the cinema every day, so his mother called Toto several times, but he was stopped by Alfredo. Alfredo is a film projectionist and likes the smart little Toto very much. Alfredo loves this child like a father, and he teaches Toto the steps of putting a film and how to cut a film.
The priest at the time had the privilege, and the priest had to personally review each film. As soon as there is a kissing, naked body scene in the movie, the priest will ring the bell and Alfredo will immediately mark the scene, and the scene needs to be cut. Little Toto grew up in such an environment, and he became obsessed with movies. The composition of film film before
is similar to that of gunpowder cotton, which is a flammable item. The movie projector is very hot during the projection, so it is easy to catch fire. One day, when old Alfredo was showing a movie, the film suddenly caught fire. Little Toto rushed into the fire and rescued old Alfredo. The two are like father and son, like friends, like teachers and students, Toto replaces Alfredo and continues to show movies to the residents of the town.
Toto takes on the job of film projection, editing film footage, day after day, year after year.
In high school, Toto met Elena, a classmate who had just transferred from another school. Toto fell in love with her madly just by looking at her.
Toto and Elena had an extraordinarily sweet time, they went on outings, they talked in the screening room, they kissed in the rain. Love is beautiful, and later Elena's parents discover the gap in their relationship, family, and social status that haunts him and her. Soon, Elena's parents were going to take her to live abroad. She begged her father hard to get permission. Elena hurried to Toto's movie screening room and wanted to see Toto for the last time, but the two went on a business trip. I'm on my way, sorry to miss the meeting.
Because of his love, Toto is like a sponge, absorbing all the knowledge about movie screening and editing.
After many years, Toto achieved success and became a well-known director. His mother said emotionally, "You are like me, very loyal to what you love." Toto has also dated many women, but he has never entered into marriage and is single.
Thirty years later, Toto came back to attend Alfredo's funeral and saw an old neighbor who had seen the movie before, and the neighbors also recognized that the big director was the one who put the movieToto of the movie. Toto meets his old love Elena again, but it's a different person. Elena told Toto that she went back to the screening room to find him and left a note on the movie record sheet. Toto went back to the dilapidated movie theater, where he found the note, and the note was missed, and he also missed the happiness of a lifetime.
The lights go out, and Toto is sitting alone in the Paradise Cinema. On the screen, those long-cut cinematic scenes of the kiss were the gift that Alfredo gave him. Toto couldn't help but sighed with emotion and burst into tears. At this moment, it will also make us watching the movie extremely moved and empathetic. Until this moment, Toto really understood the meaning of what Alfredo did, and what Alfredo said, "Life is not the same as the movie, life is much more difficult."
Taste it, our life is true. Confused, confused, sad, happy. "Paradise Cinema" requires us to calm down, appreciate it slowly, and understand our life when we understand the movie.
