Chapter 1574 How to use the simplest ingredients to make the most delicious meals
"I Am Sam" has triggered a very hot topic, that is, the issue of family education.
However, while everyone was arguing endlessly, Li Yi entered a state of vacation.
This time he only took his wife Mu Qing with him on the trip.
Compared with many people who travel and like to go to world-famous big cities such as Paris and Rome for shopping and romance, Li Yi prefers to visit some unpopular small attractions.
In fact, if you go abroad and just wander around in big cities, it is really better to play in China.
So, this time, Li Yi and Mu Qing came to a small village in France. Li Yi was actually invited this time.
The person who invited him was Junior, a famous French musician with whom he had collaborated many times before.
I have to say that this trip is indeed quite worth it. Why do you say that?
In fact, what is different from domestic villages is that foreign countries, especially Western countries, are mostly vast and sparsely populated, so their villages are large in area but not very populated, and many villages have unique cultural characteristics.
For example, it is very interesting that Li Yi and the others came here.
Junior is a famous Hollywood film score master, but he is also quite famous in Europe.
And this small village is his hometown.
Many ancient buildings are well preserved here, including a rural school. Although it is now abandoned, Junior is full of memories.
"This is the place of enlightenment for my musical journey..."
He told the story of his time here. Interestingly, Junior said that most of the students in the school were children with difficult problems and corporal punishment was common here!
He has been physically punished many times, but he still enjoys it.
"Until I met the person who changed my life, my first music teacher, Teacher Noel! He is completely different from our other teachers..."
Finally, Junior finally came to a conclusion, or revealed his real purpose.
He took out a thick piece of information.
Pass it to Li Yi!
Li Yi was a little stunned and took it.
I have to say that Junior has indeed done a lot of preparation work. This information is all about this rural school, including the former students and teachers there.
There are a lot of photos, as well as some essays written by Junior himself.
The key is that these are all translated into English.
After all, Li Yi didn't understand French.
"So, Junior, what do you want to do?" Li Yi was somewhat curious.
"Li, you are the most talented director I have ever seen. I have always had a wish to make a movie about my childhood experiences! But you know, except for music, I am not good at other aspects.
!So I hope to find a director who is good at making movies and telling stories to put this story on the big screen." Junior looked at Li Yidao with a hopeful look on his face.
As Li Yi's long-term Hollywood film soundtrack partner, Li Yi naturally knows Junior's level.
It can be said that the other party is indeed a master in this aspect.
But there are specialties in the art industry. Although he is a master in film scoring, for a movie, just knowing music is obviously not enough.
"Why me?" Li Yi was a little curious.
"I mean, why not find a French director? After all, I am Chinese, and I am not particularly familiar with your culture. And if you want to show your past experiences in a movie, it will inevitably involve
I learned a lot about French culture." Li Yi added.
"No, no, no, Li, French cinema has declined. Although I don't want to admit it, it is a fact!" Junior shook his head.
"The difference with you is that you are not familiar with France, but you were not familiar with Italy, let alone Sicily, but in the end you were able to make a classic like "Cinema Paradiso", so you are definitely the most suitable
People!" Junior said.
"Furthermore, there is a very important point, that is, I hope that when the film is made, it will not follow the Chinese saying: self-admiration. I hope it can be seen by more people, and it is difficult for French directors to do so.
To this point!”
Li Yi did not agree directly, although when he saw the information, a French movie came to Li Yi's mind, and the content was very similar to Junior's experience.
Even to a certain extent, this movie has a familiar flavor like "Cinema Paradiso".
However, to be honest, Li Yi rarely shoots this kind of music-oriented movies, or almost never.
For a movie like this and a story like this, it's not easy to recreate a classic.
You know, in the original version of the movie that came to Li Yi's mind, it can be said that music takes up a lot of space, and the original version was also created by a master-level music master.
Of course, this is not a problem for Li Yi. After all, even if Junior cannot do it, he knows many musical masters in France.
To be honest, although this movie is very healing and classic, its cultural characteristics are too obvious.
Different from the original "Cinema Paradiso", this film can be said to be more like a musical film to a certain extent.
And it requires a lot of child actors.
That's right, the name of that movie is "Spring of the Cowherd Class"!
It can be said that this is a classic that has also been recorded in film history.
In fact, this kind of movie is really difficult to make. There are no super-good-looking actors, no ups and downs of plot twists, and no colorful emotional scenes. There are even only two actresses in the whole movie, and even the students are all teenagers.
boy.
However, even such a movie with extremely low color saturation and even the translation of the name is quite rustic, but it has the power to cleanse the soul.
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In a youth nursing home called "Pondside", there is a bald, short and fat substitute teacher, and a group of stubborn problem students.
Their encounter unexpectedly produced the most touching song in the world, awakening the purest kindness in children's hearts.
Hidden in the singing of the spring breeze and rain is the sound of nature, kindness, and people’s first desire for the world.
A group of stubborn students, a caring and persuasive teacher, plus one or several stubborn, brutal and authoritarian school leaders - this combination of characters has almost formed a fixed connotation of educational movies.
Structure - so some people say that this movie is "classical" and "traditional". But the director brilliantly used music as the main expression method of the film, thus making the unique French elegance and romance in such a film that almost completely follows traditional routines.
, in a mediocre movie, it is still performed vividly.
What kind of movie is the most difficult to make?
There is no doubt that this type of movie is the most difficult.
Why do you say that?
Because judging from the composition of all aspects of the movie, including actors, story script, etc., there is nothing outstanding about this movie.
But how difficult is it to make an amazing classic with such a lineup?
Where is the difficulty?
Li Yi remembered the film reviews related to this movie. They wrote like this: "The first feeling that "Spring in the Cowherd Class" gives people is the intoxication of the soul: the clear eyes of the children, the sweet and clear children's chorus,
As well as the childish innocence, dreams, gratitude, and nostalgia released in the melodious singing... all of this is so beautiful that it is moving."
Doesn’t it sound simple?
But Li Yi just wanted to say, it’s so simple!
How to give people a feeling of intoxication?
The children's clear eyes and the sweet and clear chorus of children's voices are easy to say, but how to let the childish innocence and dreams fly in the singing. To be honest, Li Yi understands, but he really doesn't understand much.
However, a movie that can be hailed as a classic, even if it is a niche movie, can still easily break cultural barriers.
Li Yi "watched" this movie over and over again.
At the same time, I was also thinking about every character in the movie.
What is undisputed is the protagonist, Mr. Matthew: a little person with a humble appearance, a kind heart, and an insignificant figure. After many years of wandering and still being unable to achieve success in music, he came to the "Chidi School" to work as a teacher and faced a group of lawless problem children.
, chose to use music to influence them. Under the inspiration of music, the sunny side of the children's hearts slowly emerged, but in the end he was driven away by the incompetent and cruel principal.
In a way, Teacher Matthew is actually an imaginary ideal father figure. He is very good to the children, allows the children to make mistakes, never uses rough methods to deal with the children's mischief, and is good at discovering their strengths and weaknesses.
potential, encourage them, and guide them.
But he is not a successful person, he is just an ordinary and ordinary person among all living beings.
Why is this movie similar to "Cinema Paradiso"?
One is movies and the other is music! There is no distinction between them.
And if you look carefully, in fact, the projectionist in "Cinema Paradiso" is actually the same as Matthew, he is not only a teacher to the children, but also a "father"-like existence.
Such a father will, on the one hand, make many children's childhood full of warmth, but on the other hand, it will not bring them any pressure, so that they don't have to worry about being in his shadow!
What is similar but different is that many years later in "Spring of the Cowherd", when the successful conductor Pierre returns to his hometown and first sees Pepino, who has the same gray hair on his temples, he has forgotten the name of the balding old man.
As for Toto in "Cinema Paradiso", although he remembers Alfredo, he has not been back for many years.
And "Spring in the Cowherd Class" can be said to be more realistic, and it also highlights the "selfish" side of children when they grow up! This shows that they are selfish and take his good fortune and rain for granted, and do not need to repay them.
In fact, the important moments that changed our lives have been gradually forgotten after success. They remember that person, but they have forgotten everything he did, so that they can proudly tell themselves that all the honors I have achieved are
On my own, I owe nothing to anyone. This way I no longer need to be grateful.
Unlike "Cinema Paradiso" where there are almost no villains, the principal in "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" is undoubtedly a villain!
He is a bastard who only knows how to dominate in the position of principal. He always uses his power to the extreme. In his world, you can only choose to obey and do not allow anyone to challenge his authority.
When Mr. Matthew first arrived at the school, his personality was fully exposed by just a few words during the meeting. For example, when he replied, he would add the words "Principal".
When the school janitor was injured, he showed no emotion and even suspected that the bleeding old man was pretending to be pitiful.
In his world, there is no such thing as goodness or beauty, only interests. If it is good for me, it is good. If it threatens me, it is bad. It is absolutely not allowed. He represents our fear of mainstream society.
and contempt.
To some extent, he is also very similar to the warden from "The Shawshank Redemption"!
They live cautiously, guarding against his principle of "make mistakes and be punished", but in private the children will attack him with the most vicious words, steal his money, burn his house, and fight against him unyieldingly. Although this fight is destructive
, but as long as it can make him anxious and angry, why not do the children?
Let's talk about Pierre's mother: a beautiful and elegant single mother who made poor teacher Matthew love and pain, and finally sat awkwardly at a coffee table on the street and watched her get into the mechanic's car and drive away.
This is also the image of a mother in a child's subconscious mind. She is beautiful and will always be beautiful. She loves us unconditionally and endures hardships for us. We think that our mother only belongs to us. Therefore, in the film, the good-looking teacher Matthew can only have unrequited love.
Because the ordinary Matthew can only treat us like a father, but he cannot really be our father. His appearance and his career are not worthy of truly becoming our father.
Because he is too ordinary. We reject such people as pretentious, but we do not reject his love and care for us like a father.
In fact, no one can be our father. In the end, my mother gave up her favorite mechanic for me, and ended up alone all her life. She defended the image of virginity and virginity in our minds, but what about us? We didn’t return to our hometown until our mother passed away. , before this, do we really remember our mother? Do we realize that she gave up too much happiness for us, is this fair?
Pierre: He is the central character of the movie, and it is he who leads the whole story. In addition, he is undoubtedly the C position in the photo, "angel face, snake heart." The first half of the comment of the departing teacher is true, but the second half is not. A little bit vicious.
He is just a sensitive, self-respecting, slightly autistic child, just like us.
Since you are not praised by the "leaders", you will become an idol of the same kind, turn creativity into destructive power, despise all mainstream values, including truth, goodness, and beauty, and resist for the sake of resistance.
Stubbornly living in his own world, he, like us, will not take the initiative to ask for anything because he is afraid of being rejected, but we will secretly work hard for the things we like. If we are appreciated by others, we will study more attentively. Because I knew from the beginning that I had the ability and would do my best.
He gets along with everyone equally, including Teacher Matthew, and will not have too much contact with him because he is the one who changes himself. He always keeps a certain distance from others, on the one hand because of his aloofness, and on the other hand because of He is sensitive and suspicious. He believes that "other people are hell" and does not even fully trust his own mother. In the film, when the bad boy Meng Dan spreads rumors and insults his mother, he is not afraid to go up to him and confront the much taller man. Meng Dan started fighting, but then he ran out of school and stared in the rain outside the restaurant where his mother worked. Why didn't he go in?
Because he wanted to be an observer to secretly confirm that his mother did not do any immoral things. His behavior is worthy of forgiveness. After all, he is an illegitimate child. During his growth, he was exposed to all kinds of bad words and rumors. The slander must have never stopped. This was a knot that he never untied throughout his life. Even after he became famous, he chose to attend his mother's funeral alone because of his distrust of others.
When he discovered that Teacher Matthew loved his mother, he threw the ink bottle from downstairs and warned Teacher Matthew not to come closer.
Yes, he didn't want anyone to get close to his mother, which would hurt his self-esteem. At the end of the film, Matthew walked out of the school alone, and Pierre just threw down the paper plane with the other children, and nothing more Because he is Pierre, because he is us.
