"The Pianist on the Sea" by Giuseppe Tornatore
The story is told from the monologue of a down-and-out trumpeter Max, a piano solo groove in the record The infinite past events in his mind settled down. On January 1, 1900, Danny, a black boatman, picked up an abandoned baby on the piano in the first-class ballroom of the Virginia cruise ship. He named the child 1900. 1900 grew up free from Danny's careful care and white lies. grow healthily. After Danny died in an accident, he accidentally came to the floor-to-ceiling window of the first-class ballroom in 1900. For the first time, he saw the piano, an instrument intertwined with his life and destiny. In the dead of night, 1900 quietly slipped into the ballroom, sat in front of the piano, and placed his hands on the keys - and the legend of 1900 officially began! Without anyone's guidance, without anyone's teaching, and even just heard the piano playing, it is definitely a gift from God. He is self-taught without a teacher. 1900 met his fate unexpectedly, showing his extraordinary piano playing talent.
One night when Max first boarded the Virginian, the wind was strong and the waves were rough. The whole boat was constantly swaying from side to side, and Max was swaying all over the place, vomiting into a mess. At this moment, Max met the person he would never forget. The man took him to the dance hall, sat in front of the piano, released the foot brake, and played the piano. In the light and moving melody, the two of them slid and swirled in the hall along with the piano. So carefree, so relaxed and free, as if two angels were flying freely in a fairy tale world. They burst through the floor-to-ceiling windows, slid down the corridor, and crashed into the captain's room in a whirlwind of joy. What a light dance, how poetic and romantic! The person who played the heavenly sound——1900.
All kinds of people at the first-class ball: an old woman who murdered her husband, a middle-aged man obsessed with the past, a prostitute who saw through the world, a third-class passenger who secretly wore a dress in anticipation of an affair... these are all It became an inexhaustible source of inspiration for 1900 when playing the piano, and 1900 also used these inspirations to interpret the inner world of all living beings. Everything in the world is like the passengers on the Virginian, getting on the ship, getting off the ship, getting on the ship again, and getting off the ship. This goes on and on, bumping back and forth between the bow and the stern. For 1900, the whole world passed him by, and any disguise or mask was so vulnerable and unobstructed in front of the flowing music. 1900 only had to stretch out his hand and touch the keys to turn a person into a child. His whole life was expressed spiritually in the sound of music, so although he was on the sea, he had already seen the prosperity and loneliness, the glory and the desolation of the world on land.
Shelly, the originator of jazz, comes on board to challenge 1900. The three rounds of competition are the climax of the entire film's music. Shirley played three pieces of superb jazz music with ease and ease. He thought he could kill 1,900 people and turn them upside down. Who knows that 1900 took it one step at a time, first playing the simple and refreshing "Ode to Peace", and then playing the song that Shelly played in the second round exactly as it was. It was only in the third round that he showed his highest level and reached his peak. Especially the third paragraph is as fast as lightning. ?Locust Ganxi?V杝?900 put the prepared cigarette on the piano strings that were hot due to friction due to the rapid playing, ignited it, then put it in the mouth of the stunned Shelley, and said lightly: " This cigarette is for you, I don’t smoke.” The whole audience burst into applause as if they were waking up from a dream. The old woman suddenly realized that she had lost her wig, and the fat gentleman just felt the cigar that was still burning in his pants. And Shelly's reputation also disappeared with the embers around his mouth. The ash falling on his leather shoes was like the peak of his piano skills in 1900 - mysterious and incredible. The entire climax is completed in one go, wonderful and interesting. It fully reflects the director's profound skills and the exquisite conception of the script.
Such a hearty and hearty feeling can't help but make people scream with joy.
The music producer learned of 1900's extraordinary piano skills, so he came to the Virginia to record a record for 1900, intending to make a fortune from it. It happened that a pure girl accidentally came into his sight when 1900 was recording a record. The girl's face outside the porthole window looked particularly pure and moving under the blue sky and blue sea. 1900 stared at that angelic face, and the melody flowed from his fingers. It also becomes soft and soothing, like a whisper, infinitely melancholy and infinitely yearning. In this way, the live recording template recorded the sweet and green first love in 1900. He just wanted to give this girl the only record that recorded his masterpiece, so he lost the opportunity to make himself famous and shattered the music producer's dream of getting rich.
However, 1900 failed to send the record after all. He just kissed the girl's bright petal-like lips while she was sleeping. He just asked her to tell her father for him when she was about to disembark ( The farmer who played the accordion and had a conversation with 1900, many years later 1900 still recognized the girl as the farmer's daughter) said hello. The girl kissed him politely and told 1900 their home address in New York. By the time 1900 was about to express his intentions, his words were drowned in the noisy people around him. 1900 broke that record in despair, and also broke the memories of first love that had no results.
Later in 1900, I wanted to set foot on land and find my own love, marriage, career and life in that strange place. But when he was halfway down the ramp with his luggage, he saw row upon row of skyscrapers in New York City in the distance, and he could not see the edge in the smoke. He was confused and finally returned to the boat. As 1900 himself said: "The city is so big, there is no end in sight. Where is it? Can I see it? Even the streets are countless. Find a woman, build a house, buy a piece of land, and open up A landscape, and then we go to a dead end. Too many choices, too complicated judgments, aren't you afraid of mental breakdown? The land is too big, it is like a big ship, a woman, a long route, I would rather abandon it. I don’t want to live in a world where I can’t find an end. Anyway, no one in this world knows me now. The reason why I stopped halfway is not because of what I can see, but because of what I can’t see... ". Yes, although the space of the floating city on the sea where he is located is limited, the musical world he creates on the 88 keys is infinite. With his love for music, he can fly freely in that endless country. And even though he has seen through the world of all living beings, worldly fame and fortune, human relationships, joys and sorrows, in the end he still cannot control his own destiny and future on land. He can only live a limited life in what he considers to be an infinite terrestrial world, and in his limited life step by step he will reach the end of his rope. If we were 1900, I'm afraid we would make the same choice as him.
So when the Virginian was finally scrapped and about to be blown up, 1900 still chose to live or die with the giant ship, and Max's persuasion could not make him change his mind. This elf who fell into the mortal world is finally going back to heaven. Is there a piano in heaven? There must be, because a place with a piano is paradise. At the moment before the giant ship was blown up, 1900's hands were playing out of thin air, and his delicate fingers rose and fell lightly with the rhythm of the film's background music, as if they were playing music that would knock on the door of heaven.
"Boom", the flames soared into the sky, like a blooming flower of nirvana. It brings a perfect ending to this poetic and romantic legend. Since 1900, the only thing that has been circulated in the world is the mysterious record template that Max hid in the piano and was put together by the musical instrument store owner.
In fact, hope still exists in the world. As 1900 said: "As long as you have a good story and someone listens to you, there is still hope." At the end of the film, Max's figure is in the world. Fading away, he still has his trumpet, he still has his story, and he still has his hope.
I believe that 1900 is playing the piano in heaven at this time, looking at Max, and giving him a knowing smile, and this smile is also towards each of us who have gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Three works of Italian director Tornatore - "Cinema Paradiso" (also translated as Starlight Accompanying My Heart), "The Pianist on the Sea" (also translated as Sound and Light Accompany Me Flying), "Sicily" "Beautiful Legend" (also translated as True Love Accompanying Me), we can define them as the "Time and Space Trilogy" or the "Searching Trilogy". The director uses the same narrative structure - "return".
In "Cinema Paradiso", Duoduo returns to the small town of his childhood. He returns to the reality of the movie and his love that seems to have disappeared; in "The Pianist on the Sea", it is the trumpet player who is in despair. Return to the abandoned ship where she once lived with "1900", and return to the music that is closest to "people"; in "Malena", when Malena follows her husband back to the town that brought her shame, she returns to To her love for a person stored in a small town.
"The Pianist on the Sea" - The Sea and Jazz
This is a shocking biographical film. The difference is that it is not a description of a specific person's life, but a record and expression of a certain aspect of many souls. As the author affectionately wrote in the opening chapter of the novel "Johan Christophe": Dedicated to the free souls of all countries in the world who suffer, struggle, and must win!
When a poor black boatman found this abandoned baby boy in the mood of treasure hunting in the magnificent ballroom of the passenger ship. The starting point of a wonderful life is unfolding before us. What is his future? Will he finally be happy? Can he discover the value of his life? The place where his life began was a passenger ship full of people full of expectations and ambitions bound for the New World. The time when his life began was at the turn of the century when the old and the new were changing - 1900.
A movie full of variables is like an unpredictable life. The kind and optimistic adoptive father, a black boatman, died suddenly in an accident. This nameless boy, known as 1900, has been left unchecked and unloved ever since. But miraculously he had amazing musical talent. A soul that has suffered from loneliness since childhood, the precocious soul found an eternal home in music full of changes and symbols. The transformation of life begins from now on - he is so different, so ethereal and bright.
The narrator of the story is a down-and-out trumpet player who doesn’t even know his repertoire. A few years later, this improvisational music containing bitterness and melancholy was called JAZZ. Penniless, he boarded the Virginia, a passenger ship that traveled between the United States and Europe in the early 20th century. On the stormy, vast and dark sea, on the dimly lit and eerie passenger ship, at a moment when he was feeling dizzy and lonely after vomiting, he met the legendary pianist at sea - 1900. He was thrown into improvisation and wild spins. It brought the joy of life to this trumpet player who had lost his future and his life, and the two became close friends.
The pianist 1900 displayed in front of the trumpet player is a music elf that is superior to the performer. He has undoubted confidence and admirable talent. He often improvises brilliant and gorgeous movements despite the objections of mediocre orchestras. He used the piano to keenly portray the unspeakable loss and inexpressible joy of the passengers on this ship full of hope and turmoil. Together with the trumpeter, he pushed the improvised music to the peak of making people happy, crying and shocking. He even used red keys to drive away the flashy "JAZZ" master.
But his most well-known "flaw" - never landing, has gradually developed into the main suspense of the movie. Why? The trumpeter asked him and he was noncommittal. When he was alone, his melancholy and calm expression refused to reveal the answer to this suspense at all. Will his life trajectory never intersect with the mainland? Until he met a girl, to be precise, it should be something that made his heart tremble. As if his lonely spiritual defense suddenly collapsed, he decided to go ashore.
The girl’s father was a passenger on a passenger ship in the early years. On the journey to find his dream, he told 1900, who was playing with him, about the thing that gave him a new life when he was desperate - the sound of the ocean tide.
That is the sound of the tide heard by people who have lived on land for a long time. It seemed to wash away all the sadness and burden on my father and gave him the courage and hope to live.
The face of an innocent and beautiful girl is something that only comes once on a passenger ship. 1900 to disembark and search. Uncertain adventure for that eternal beauty, what an exhilarating, desirable transformation. Facing the mainland city, standing on the hanging ladder to disembark, 1900, you let us down again. You returned to your home, your prison, your everything so easily. The vicissitudes of the Virginia passenger ship once again cut through the waves and sailed back to the sea.
1900 was silent, he was thinking, he was weighing. The long-lost sound of the tide, the sound of the sea that carries salvation and forgetfulness, will forever remain in his fantasy and abandonment. It's not that he doesn't want to pursue it, but this pursuit is as meaningless as running on a circular track, because the starting point is the end point. I don’t know how much time passed, but he said to the trumpeter honestly and relaxedly: "I don’t want to go ashore, ever."
Many years have passed, and the trumpet player who keeps traveling is still depressed. .
When he sadly sold his last companion, the trumpet, news also came that the ancient passenger ship, the Virginian, was about to be scrapped and bombed. There are his close friends - 1900, and there are his youth - JAZZ years. He searched frantically on the ruined ship. The manager of the scrap ship disposal company and the owner of the musical instrument store who were attracted by the legend of 1900 also paid attention to the final fate of 1900 with us.
After searching for him for thousands of times, he suddenly looked back. 1900 appeared as if it had already been there. Like an angel who is not controlled by time, he has not aged at all. When the old friend reunited, the melancholy and calm smile still lingered on his face, and his gentle greetings soothed the trumpeter's scarred and tired soul. The time came when the suspense was revealed. In order to persuade him to go ashore, the trumpeter once again looked forward to their glorious life after landing in 1900. However, the trumpeter seemed less confident, and his tired eyes reflected the weakness of his words. After a long time, 1900 quietly said the reason he had buried all his life: I can control the piano, which only has 88 keys. I can create unlimited music on limited keys. I can understand everything in the passenger ship, because everything about it is limited. I can even understand the sea, because the sea seen from the boat is also limited. I can see the end of its horizontal line... But on land, the city is infinite, and every road and every building is endless. After that there are buildings, and after every block there are blocks. This kind of infinity makes me overwhelmed. I have to face choices every day, why should I choose this, why should I choose that. Just thinking about this is scary! I play infinitely beautiful music on a limited sea with limited keys. This is my life.
The trumpet player faces the angelic sea pianist 1900. His heart was trembling uncontrollably, and there were no tears in his eyes, only sober melancholy. He left the passenger ship, left the city, left our sight, and continued his sober wandering with no destination.
And in 1900, in the fantasy of music, accompanied by explosions, the curtain of his legendary life finally came to an end.
Interpreting 1900 is like experiencing the tragic sentimentality in every waking soul. This kind of questioning of freedom, the desire for home, the persistence of wandering, and the preference for loneliness exist in people's hearts. They all melt into the sentimental and broken melody of JAZZ. Their existence makes the sea in the movie no longer a world for adventurers, no longer an indifferent edge of the continent, no longer a sea of ??deadly and unpredictable sea conditions and turbulent turbidity. The image composed of the theory of huge waves; it is the starting point and end point of civilization, the birth and destination of life, the true indulgence and solid support of the soul. The sea in the film is a symbol of eternal home. At the beginning of the new century (20th century), the sea carries the turbulent and confused human beings, transporting them from the dilapidated and deserted rural villages to the bizarre modern cities. They thought they could build a strong new home. And this movie profoundly reveals the futility of such efforts and the absurdity of such pride. Perhaps, this is the essence of JAZZ.
The Pianist at Sea: A Sentimental Maritime Legend
Born on a ship,
Longer than a ship,
Died on a ship,
This is an illusory miracle, a sad story, and a legend about him.
A story intertwined with sea, ship, piano, land, loneliness, friendship and genius.
Loneliness has been doomed to tragedy in his life since he was abandoned on the Virginian.
Musician has been doomed since he heard the music at Danny's burial at sea. A lifelong entanglement with music,
Legendary, since the first song he released without a teacher has destined him to be a legend throughout his life,
He has a long name. Danny Bertman T. D. Limmon 1900.
Music is his perception of life
His life was rootless. He spent his whole life wandering on the Virginian and never set foot on land until his death. Life is a ship and musical notes. The most inseparable thing from him is music. He uses his spontaneous inspiration to compose the most affectionate music to interpret life.
He has amazing musical talent, which is a kind of energy that transcends the conventional and a kind of super keen insight. Unlike Ray Charles, the king of spiritual songs, Ray Charles uses music to Complete dependence on life, but he uses music to interpret life and comprehend life. Although they both have extraordinary perceptions of music, they have different persistence. Ray Charles has devoted his whole life to music. In spiritual life, for 1900, music is his language. He uses his soul to perform music that incorporates all kinds of things in the world.
He is a genius in music interpretation. His light fingers slide across the keys like water. What flows under his fingertips is not just notes, but sincerity to life. With soulful and elegant style, beautiful and elegant soaring, his music is sometimes exquisite, sometimes grand, sometimes delicate, sometimes majestic, sometimes cautious, sometimes bold, sometimes passionate, sometimes euphemistic. He uses music to embody characters, uses music to express emotions, and uses music to tell life. He uses musical notes instead of language to touch people's hearts. Listening to his music is like listening to the experience of life, listening to the summary of life. In general, his hands are on the keys, but his heart is soaring along with his own music like an obsessed musician. For the first time, I felt strongly that the world of music is so vast. It turns out that the world that music tells is so charming. This three-dimensional combination of music and life is really eye-opening, and I have a different understanding of music. know.
Loneliness and his destiny at sea
He has been on the sea all his life, that passenger ship is his home, his persistence is his attachment to the sea, and the sea is his destiny .
The endless comings and goings, joys and sorrows, and all the phenomena in the world were played out in front of him scene by scene. He seemed to have seen all the prosperity, indifference, desolation and hypocrisy of the world, as well as all life.
“I would rather give up my life than live in a world with no end. The reason why I stopped halfway is not because of what I can see, but because of what I can’t see... …”.
On land, he could not control his own destiny, and he could not control so many choices. His ability was limited to the world created with 88 keys, so he chose to remain unchanged. . The boat is where he protects and imprisons himself, and it is also where he is isolated from the world of mortals. No ID card, no birth certificate, these are not cages that prevent him from going to land. What is really the prison pet is his heart, a forever home in his heart. Regarding the unknowability and uncertainty of the outside world, he only has fantasy, curiosity and great fear. The Virginia is his only direction. Here, sometimes he is like a naughty and comfortable child, and sometimes he is lonely and sad. A lonely artistic life and the endless sea are his destiny.
I didn’t believe in fate, and fate can be changed by people, but after thinking deeply, I realized that character is not fate. It determines a person’s life. Character is fate. And for 1900, his fateful life is determined by his character.
He is a pure genius. His personality is a blend of genius and fantasy. He did not get off the ship. He chose his fantasy world. His cowardice seems a little abnormal and a little incredible, but what is normal? of? At the very least, he chose his own path and lived for himself. Are we still striving for some so-called ideals that are out of reach? Are we still living for pressure and for others, without paying attention to some things that are within easy reach? Cherish, never touch the beauty around you. Isn't this also abnormal?
Friendship is the only warmth given to him in the world
Since the appearance of light and shadow, there has never been a lack of love in the film, but this pianist at sea has no such thing. Good luck, attachment to the sea, and fear of choice made him miss the only chance to love. He broke the record that recorded his first love, and he also broke the fruitless memory.
Fortunately, fate gave him a rare friendship after depriving him of the power of love.
This is also a movie without a heroine. The film begins with the narration of Fat Max, and Max has become his only link to actively connect with society, and the friendship with Fat Max It is also the most important emotional sustenance of 1900 in the film besides the sea and music. It is precisely because of the existence of this old friend that we feel that his lonely life has some warmth.
When Fatty held the record player and played the tender and unnamed music while searching for him on the Virginia that was about to be blown up, as the film edited, Fatty and the tender music appeared. For some old places on the ship, his behavior at this time is not so much searching, but rather remembering, remembering the days he spent with 1900, and remembering the light and shadow of the past.
Why are you seasick? This was the first sentence the two said when they reunited many years later, and it was also the earliest memory of their friendship.
In the end, Fatty did not dissuade 1900 from his final decision, and faced his choice of no return with understanding. What kind of deep feelings is this? What would you do if it were you? Selfishly pull him off the boat or let him go and let him achieve the ascension of his soul. When Max left the Virginia that was about to be blown up in tears silently, 1900 stopped him and told him a not funny but touching joke. I also found that the confiding between men actually also It was emotional, so moving, and so sad. At this time, I felt an inexplicable sadness, a lonely sadness.
The soul of the film that catches your attention
The atmosphere of the entire film is created by this man. I have never seen such elegance as Tim Roth. I have never seen such elegance. Despite his simplicity, his performance is so traceless, washed away, pure and natural, arrogant but not impetuous.
He gave 1900 the greatest vitality. He is not young and handsome, and used a childlike performance to embody the unworldly, relaxed, natural and graceful character of the offshore pianist who is alienated from the world of mortals. gave the most powerful interpretation. His eyes were intimate yet distant, clear and sad. He depicts the characters in detail and uses points to support the characters. He has a "hidden" domineering attitude and a leisurely and elegant temperament, but also has a hint of childish innocence.
Under his interpretation, this son of the sea is like a lovable, naughty and rebellious child who behaves as he pleases, but also has a sad lonely fate. This will be an immortal role, this will be a real actor, at least in my heart.
The film reveals a quiet European style, which is not comparable to some of the blockbuster Hollywood films nowadays. Although there are a few memories set up to bring out the plot, which are a bit abrupt and lengthy, these are It didn't affect my enjoyment of the film. Although it has a seemingly slightly absurd plot, the outstanding performances of the actors give the film so much and bring you into the story, making people completely forget that this is a play, just a legend about miracles. When he calmly looked up at the sky, the clear eyes that penetrated people's soul are still unforgettable to me. Watching him sink to the bottom of the sea with the Virginian that exploded like Nirvana, leaving behind There is only sadness and sigh.
There has never been a movie that can bring me such sadness. I wanted to write the words in a more sad and delicate way, but my blunt writing style couldn't achieve it. The original soundtrack of this film should be the most valuable, because every piece of flowing music records the story of his life. It is wonderful but not pretentious, plain but not unforgettable, and his story is like this film. Like the literal translation of "The Legend of 1900", it is a miracle, a maritime legend, and sad.
This song should only exist in heaven - "The Pianist at Sea"
In 1900, he was an orphan who was abandoned on the steamship Virginia, a kind-hearted black man The stove burner adopted him. That day happened to be New Year's Day, 1900, so the stove burner named the child 1900. However, the furnace burner died in a maritime accident, and 1900, who was only 8 years old, became an orphan again.
In 1900, he accidentally came to the floor-to-ceiling window of the first-class ballroom. For the first time, he saw the musical instrument intertwined with his life and destiny-the piano. From then on, the Virginian sailed back and forth between the European and American continents carrying the music he performed with his heart.
The 1900 people who have never been on land are deeply wary of the mortal world. He said that land is a ship that is too big, a woman that is too beautiful, a journey that is too long, a perfume that is too strong, and music that is too hard to start with. He could not see the end of the land. Even though he later met a girl whom he fell in love with at first sight, he still could not step down the gangway. Until the end, his only friend Max told him that the hulk was going to be blown up, and he was unwilling to leave. In the end, 1900, who had not left the Virginia since birth, died on the bottom of the ship.
After watching "The Pianist on the Sea", I have an urge to understand 1900, even just a little bit. Although we are separated by a TV screen, a distant era, and a vast ocean, fortunately, the development of modern electronic technology allows us to clearly see the pure, baby-like blue eyes of 1900. Actor Tim Roth's superb performance convinced me that there really was such a talented pianist who had no relatives, no residence and no nationality, and once wandered on the sea. He turned a blind eye to the temptations of the world, including fame and fortune. Even if it was love, he might have been obsessed with it, but even then, he only let the love of his life condense into a moment: the beautiful figure of the girl moving outside the porthole window, the dreamy soft and soothing music on the broken record, the timidity in the third class cabin A nervous kiss. In addition, there is the piano, the boat and the sea, as well as the calmness and tranquility among the waves. The infinite, beautiful, and free music created on the eighty-eight keys enriched his limited and simple life.
1900 is an elegant man. Dark blond hair with silky texture, spotless coat and tie, graceful gestures, talented and confident demeanor, and a pure and refined angelic face. How many beauties have fallen in love with him in front of his piano? He must have been so immersed in his music that he had no time to be distracted by anything other than the sound of the piano.
Life in 1900 was simple but not without the beauty of humanity. The brief relationship with his adoptive father, the fleeting love with the girl he met by chance, and the friendship with Max who accompanied him for the longest time, all once nourished 1900's lonely heart. 1900 is a man with delicate and profound emotions. His spirit and talent are devoted to the eighty-eight keys of the piano. Who can understand his voice, who can read his melancholy and tender eyes, and who is his everlasting lover? Only the moving music flowing through his fingers.
If compared with secular life, the words and deeds of 1900 in the film seem to be unreal. For example, he had never been exposed to piano or music, but when he put his hands on the keys for the first time, those moving melodies could flow out naturally; he had never received an orthodox education, but he could say Such poetic and rich language; even in the end, when his friend Max found him on the dilapidated cruise ship that had obviously been abandoned for a long time, where was the food to sustain life in 1900?
I think this film and 1900 can only be understood with a poetic and romantic heart.
The film deliberately puts aside the noise of material things, and highlights the integration of 1900 souls and music, and at the same time guides the audience to reach a climax with the music in the film that is either wonderful or interesting.
Finally, a ray of light from the sky fell down. 1900 raised his calm face and seemed to be asking God, is there a piano in heaven?
1900 raised his hands and played religiously in the air, and the light and melodious melody swirled in the silent air like flowing water. In an instant, there was a roar and huge sparks bloomed on the sea - 1900 soared to heaven with his unfinished music.