In a movie, a pianist who has never left a cruise ship in his life plays the strings and lights a cigarette butt while fighting with a black man. What's the name of this movie?

Giuseppe Tonatore's The Legend of 1900

The story begins with poor trumpet player Max's monologue. The piano solo groove in a record is filled with infinite past events in his mind. 1 900 65438+1October1day, the black boatman Danny found an abandoned baby on the piano in the first-class ballroom of the Virginia cruise ship. He named the baby 1900. 1900 grew up freely and healthily in Danny's careful care and white lies. After Danny died unexpectedly, 1900 happened to come to the floor-to-ceiling window of the first-class ballroom, and he saw the piano for the first time, an instrument intertwined with his life. In the dead of night, 1900 sneaked into the ballroom and sat in front of the piano with his hands on the keys-so the legend of 1900 officially began! Without anyone's guidance, without anyone's teaching, even just hearing the piano playing, this is definitely a gift from heaven, and it is self-taught. In this way, 1900 met unexpectedly, showing his extraordinary piano playing talent.

One night when Max first boarded the Virginia, the wind was very strong and the waves were very big. The whole ship kept swinging from side to side, and Max staggered and vomited. It was then that Max met someone he would never forget. The man took him to the ballroom, sat in front of the piano, let go of the foot brake and played the piano. In the light and moving melody, the two of them glided in the hall like running water with the piano. So carefree, so relaxed and free, as if two angels were flying freely in the fairy tale world. They broke through floor-to-ceiling windows, slid across the corridor and crashed into the master's cabin in the fluttering Yue Xian. What a light dance, what a poetic romance! People who play the sounds of nature-yes 1900.

All kinds of people at the first-class dance, such as the old woman who murdered her husband, the middle-aged man who indulged in the past, the prostitute who saw through the world of mortals, and the third-class guest who stole the dress to expect an affair, have become inexhaustible sources of inspiration for 1900 when playing the piano, and 1900 also uses these inspirations to interpret the inner world of all beings. Everything on the earth is like a passenger on the Virginia, up and down, up and down again. It kept jumping back and forth between the bow and the stern. For 1900, the whole world has passed him by, and any disguise and mask are so vulnerable to the flowing music. 1900 Just reach out and stroke the keys, and a person can get spiritual freehand brushwork in music all his life, so although he is at sea, he has seen the prosperity and loneliness, glory and desolation on land.

Shelley, the originator of jazz, took a boat challenge 1900. The contest of three rounds is the climax of the whole film. Shelley played three jazz songs with exquisite skills, which were handy and skillful. I thought it was enough to kill 1900 people and make them unhappy. Who knows 1900 played a simple and fresh Ode to Peace step by step, and then released the music played by Shelley in the second round as it is. Only in the third round can you show your highest level and reach the peak. Especially the third paragraph, as fast as lightning. Bin? Depressed? Sincere advice? Hey? Sauce feed? Do you think it is too school? Do you think you have rich eyebrows? What is Zhang playing? Are you kidding? v？ 900 put the cigarette prepared in advance on the piano string which was rubbed and heated by the rapid performance, then put it in Shelley's mouth, and simply said, "This cigarette is for you, I don't smoke." The audience just woke up from a dream and the applause thundered. The old woman suddenly realized that her wig was lost, and the fat gentleman just felt the burning cigar in his pants. Shelley's reputation vanished with the embers on his lips, and the ashes on his leather shoes were as mysterious and incredible as the piano skills of 1900 at the peak. The whole climax is a wonderful and interesting part in one go. It fully embodies the director's profound skill and ingenious conception of the script. Such a hearty feeling can not help but make people cry.

Music producers learned about 1900' s extraordinary piano skills, so they came to Virginia to record 1900, intending to make a fortune. Just when 1900 was recording a record, a pure girl came into his sight by accident. The girl's face outside the porthole is particularly pure and moving under the blue sky and blue sea. When 1900 gazes at that angelic face, the melody flowing between her fingers becomes soft and soothing, such as whispering, infinite melancholy and infinite yearning. In this way, the on-site recording template recorded the sweet and green first love of 1900. He just wanted to give this unique record of his masterpiece to this girl, thus losing the opportunity to make himself immortal and crushing the dream of making money for music producers.

However, 1900 was not recorded after all. He just kissed the girl's petal-like lips when she was asleep. He just asked the girl to say hello to her father (the accordion player and the farmer who talked to 1900) when she was about to get off the boat. Years later, 1900 recognized the girl as a farmer's daughter. The girl kissed him politely. By the time 1900 wanted to express his feelings, his words had been drowned in the noisy voices around him. 1900 broke the record in the loss, and also broke the first love memory without any result.

Later 1900 wanted to set foot on land and find his love, marriage and career life in that strange place. But when he walked halfway down the gangway with his luggage, he saw the skyscrapers in new york in the distance, as far as the eye could see, and the air was filled with smoke. He got lost and finally returned to the boat. As 1900 himself said, "The city is so big that there is no end in sight. Where is it? May I have a look? I can't even count the streets. Find a woman, build a house, buy a piece of land, open up a landscape, and then go to a dead end together. Too many choices and complicated judgments, aren't you afraid of mental breakdown? The land is too big. It's like a big ship, a woman and a long route. I would rather give up my life than live in an endless world. Anyway, no one in this world knows me now. I stopped halfway, not because I could see, but because I didn't see ... ". Yes, although his floating city on the sea has limited space, the music world he created on 88 keys is infinite. With his love for music, he can fly freely in that endless country. Although he has seen through all kinds of sentient beings, worldly fame and fortune, human feelings are warm and cold, joys and sorrows, he still can't control his own destiny and grasp his future on land. He can only live a limited life in the land world that he thinks is infinite, and step by step to the end of the road in the limited life. If we were 1900, I'm afraid we would make the same choice as him.

So when the Virginia was scrapped and about to be blown up, 1900 chose to live and die with the giant ship, and Max's persuasion could not make him change his mind. The fairy who fell into the earth is finally going back to heaven. Is there a piano in heaven? There must be, because heaven is where there is a piano. Just before the spaceship was bombed, 1900' s hands were playing out of thin air, and the slender fingers rose and fell gently with the rhythm of the background music of the film, as if playing music that sounded the door of heaven.

"Boom", the soaring flame rushed up, like a blooming flower of life nirvana. It has drawn a perfect ending for this poetic and romantic legend. Since then, 1900 has spread all over the world, and only the mysterious record template was hidden in the piano by Max and pieced together by the owner of the musical instrument store.

In fact, there is still hope, 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 drifted away. He also has his trumpet, his story and his hope. I believe that at this time 1900 is playing the piano in heaven, looking at Max and giving him a knowing smile, and this smile is also directed at everyone who has gone through vicissitudes.

The three works of Italian director Tonatore-Cinema Paradise (also translated as Starlight Walk with Me), Legend of 1900 (also translated as Sound and Light Walk with Me) and Beautiful Legend of Sicily (also translated as True Love Walk with Me) can be defined as a trilogy of time and space or a trilogy of seeking. The director used the same narrative structure-"regression".

In Paradise Cinema, Duo Duo returned to his childhood town, and he returned to the truth of the film and his love that seemed to have vanished. In "The Legend of 1900", the down-and-out trumpeter returned to the abandoned ship with "1900" and returned to the music closest to "people"; In marlene dietrich, marlene dietrich followed her husband back to the town that brought her shame, and returned to her love for a person stored in the town.

/kloc-the legend of 0/900 years-the sea and jazz

This is a shocking biographical film. The difference is that it is not a description of the life of a specific character, but a record and expression of a certain aspect of many souls. As the author wrote affectionately at the beginning of the novel "John Christophe": Dedicated to the free souls of all countries in the world who suffer, struggle and win!

When the poor black boatman found the abandoned baby in the magnificent passenger ship ballroom with the feeling of treasure hunting. The starting point of a wonderful life is just around the corner. What about his future? Can he finally get happiness? Can he find his own value in life? The place where his life began was a passenger ship, full of people full of expectations and ambitions for the new world. His life began at the turn of the century-1900.

Movies full of variables are like an uncertain life. The kind and optimistic adoptive father, the black boatman, died suddenly in an accident. This unknown boy named 1900 was out of control and unloved. But magically, he has amazing musical talent. I have tasted the lonely soul since I was a child, and the precocious soul found an eternal apartment in the music full of changes and symbols. The variation of life began-he was so different and so ethereal.

The narrator of the story is a poor trumpeter who doesn't know the tune. A few years later, this kind of improvisational music containing bitterness and melancholy was called jazz. Penniless, he boarded the Virginia, a passenger ship that traveled between America and Europe in the early 20th century. He met the legend of 1900- 1900 in the stormy dark sea, in the dim light, on a strange passenger ship and in a daze and lonely vomiting moment. He was brought into improvisation and crazy spinning. It brought joy to the trumpeter who lost his future and ruined his life, and they became best friends.

The pianist 1900 presented to the trumpeter is a musical spirit above the player. He has unquestionable self-confidence and admirable talent. He often improvises wonderful and gorgeous movements regardless of the opposition of mediocre bands. He used the piano to keenly describe the unspeakable loss and joy of the boatmen on this ship full of hope and turmoil. Together with the trumpeter, he pushed impromptu music to the peak of making people laugh, cry and shock. He even drove away the flashy "jazz" master with the red key.

But his well-known "defect"-never going ashore-gradually developed into the main suspense of the film. Why? The trumpeter asked him, but he was noncommittal. When he was alone, his melancholy and calm expression simply refused to reveal the answer to this suspense. Has his life track never been entangled with the mainland? Until he met a girl, to be precise, it should be something that made his heart tremble. As if suddenly disintegrating his lonely spiritual defense, he decided to land.

The girl's father was a passenger on an early passenger ship. In his dream-seeking journey, he told his ensemble 1900 what made him reborn when he was desperate-the sound of the tide. That's the tidal sound that people who have lived on land for a long time have heard. It seems to have washed away all the sadness and burdens of his father and given him the courage and hope to live.

The face of a pure and beautiful girl is only once on a passenger ship. 1900 should get off the boat and look for it. Uncertain adventure is for eternal beauty, what an exciting and desirable change. The city facing the mainland stood on the disembarking steps. 1900, you let us down again. You came back to your home, your cage and everything so easily. The vicissitudes of the Virginia passenger ship broke the waves again and sailed back to the sea.

1900 silence, he is thinking, he is measuring. The long-lost sound of the tide, with the sound of saving and forgetting the sea, stayed in his fantasy and abandonment forever. It's not that he doesn't want to pursue it, but that this pursuit is as meaningless as running on a circular runway, because the starting point is the end point. I don't know how much time passed, but he said to the trumpeter with a relaxed and sincere face, "I don't want to land, never."

Many years have passed, and the trumpeter who keeps running around is still down and out.

When he sold his last companion, the trumpet, with regret, there was also news that the old passenger ship, the Virginia, was about to be scrapped and blown up. He has his best friend-1900, and his youth-jazz years. He looked for it on the wrecked ship like crazy. Attracted by the legend of 1900, the manager of the ship abandonment and handling company and the owner of the musical instrument store also pay attention to the final fate of 1900 with us.

Looking for him in the crowd, I suddenly turned around. 1900 seemed to have been there when it appeared. Like an angel who is not controlled by time, he hasn't aged at all. When the old friend met again, the melancholy and calm smile still permeated his face, and his gentle greetings soothed the injured and tired heart of the drummer. It's time to uncover the suspense. In order to persuade him to go ashore, the trumpeter once again looked forward to their brilliant future life after landing at 1900. But the trumpeter seems to be not confident, and his tired eyes reflect the pallor of the language. For a long time, 1900 quietly said the reason for burying it all my life: I can control the piano, which has only 88 keys. I can create infinite music with limited keys. I can understand everything in the passenger ship because it is limited. I can even understand the sea, because the sea I see on the ship is limited, and I can see the end of its horizon ... on land, the city is infinite, and every road has no end. There is a building behind every building, and there is a block behind every block. This infinity makes me at a loss. I choose every day. Why did I choose this? Why did I choose that? It's horrible just to think about it! I play infinitely wonderful music on the limited sea with limited keys. This is my life.

The trumpeter faces the angel legend of 1900 1900. His heart trembled uncontrollably, and there were no tears in his eyes, only sober melancholy. He left the passenger ship, left the city, left our field of vision, and continued his sober wandering without home.

And 1900, in the musical fantasy, with the explosion, his legendary life finally came to an end.

Reading 1900 seems to be experiencing the tragic sadness in every waking soul. This kind of questioning of freedom, yearning for home, persistence in vagrancy and preference for loneliness exist in people's hearts. They are all melted in the sad and broken melody of jazz, and their existence makes the sea in the film no longer an adventurer's world, an indifferent continental margin, or an image composed of deadly unpredictable sea conditions and turbulent waves. But the beginning and end of civilization, the birth and end 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 is carrying turbulent and confused human beings, sending them from dilapidated villages and pastoral areas to bizarre modern cities. They think they can build a solid new home. And this film profoundly reveals the futility of this effort and the absurdity of this pride. Maybe this is the essence of jazz.

/kloc-the legend of 0/900 years: a sentimental marine legend.

Born on a boat,

Longer than a boat,

Died on the boat,

This is an illusory miracle, a sad story and a legend about him.

Stories of sea, boat, piano, land, loneliness, friendship and genius.

Loneliness, since he was abandoned on the Virginia, has doomed the tragedy of his life.

Musicians who hear music from Danny's sea burial are doomed to be entangled with music all their lives.

Legend, since his first song "Self-taught without a teacher" came out, it was destined to be a legend of his life.

He has a long name: Danny Boatman T·D· Limon 1900.

Music is his perception of life.

His life is rootless. He spent his whole life in wandering Virginia and never set foot on land until his death. His life consists of a boat and notes. The most inseparable thing from him is music. He used spontaneous inspiration to compose the most affectionate music and interpret life.

He has amazing musical talent, which is an unconventional energy and a super keen insight. Different from Wang Lei Charles' soul song, Ray Charles uses music to complete his dependence on life, while he uses music to interpret and realize life. Although they all have extraordinary perception of music, they have different persistence. Ray charles put his life on music, but for 198, he interpreted the music that integrated into the world with his heart.

He is a genius of musical interpretation. His light fingers slid over the keys like water. Under his fingertips, it is not just notes, but sincerity to life. Affectionate and elegant style, beautiful and elegant flying, his music is sometimes exquisite, sometimes atmospheric, sometimes delicate, sometimes majestic, sometimes meticulous, sometimes bold, sometimes passionate and sometimes euphemistic. He uses music to embody characters, express emotions and tell life. He used notes instead of words to touch people's hearts. Listening to his music is like listening to life experiences. Listening to life is always, his hands are on the keys, but his heart flies with his own music like an obsessed musician. For the first time, I felt strongly that the world of music is so vast and the world told by music is so charming. This three-dimensional combination of music and life is really eye-opening and gives me another understanding of music.

Loneliness and his fate at sea

He has been at sea all his life, and that passenger ship is his home. His persistence is his attachment to the sea, and the sea is his destiny.

People come and go, joys and sorrows, and the reincarnation of the world is staged in front of him. He seems to have seen the prosperity, indifference, desolation and hypocrisy of this world and all life.

I would rather give up my life than live in an endless world. I stopped halfway, not because I could see, but because I couldn't see.

On land, he can't control his own destiny, nor can he control so many choices. His ability is limited to the world created by 88 keys, so he chose one. The ship is the place where he protects himself and imprisons himself, and it is also the place where he is isolated from the world of mortals. No identity card, no birth certificate, these are not cages to stop him from going ashore. The real prison pet is his heart, his eternal home. For the unknowability and uncertainty of the outside world, he has only fantasy, curiosity and great fear. The Virginia is his only direction. Here, he is sometimes like a naughty and comfortable child, but sometimes he is lonely and sad. Lonely artistic life and endless sea are his destiny.

I didn't believe in fate at first, but I realized after thinking deeply that character is not fate, but fate determines a person's life. For 1900, his fate is not determined by his personality.

He is a pure genius. His personality is a combination of genius and fantasy. He didn't get off the boat. He chose his fantasy world. His cowardice seems abnormal and incredible, but what is normal? At the very least, he chose his own way and lived for himself, but are we still struggling for some so-called distant ideals, are we still living for pressure and others, but we don't cherish what is readily available, and we haven't touched the beauty around us. This is also abnormal.

Friendship is the only warmth that the world gives him.

Since the appearance of light and shadow as souvenirs, there has never been a lack of love in movies, but this 1900-year legend is not so lucky. His attachment to the sea and fear of choice made him miss the only chance to love. He broke the record of first love and the fruitless memory.

Fortunately, fate deprived him of the power of love and gave him a rare friendship.

This is also a movie without a heroine. The film begins with the narration of Fat Max, and Max becomes the only button he actively associates with society. The friendship with Fat Max is also the most important emotional sustenance of 1900 besides the sea and music in the film. It is because of the existence of this old friend that we feel that his lonely life has a little warmth.

When the fat man looked for him on the Virginia which was about to be blown up, he held a record player in his hand and played nameless music tenderly. With the editing of the film, the fat man and tender music appeared in some old places on the ship. At this time, his behavior is not so much looking for it as recalling the days he walked with 1900 and the past light and shadow.

Why are you seasick? This is the first sentence of their reunion after many years and the first memory of their friendship.

Fat man finally didn't decide to discourage 1900. He knew that he had chosen the road of no return. What kind of affection is this? What would you do if it were you? Is it selfish to pull him off the boat or let him reach the ascension of his soul? When Max left Virginia silently with tears in his eyes, 1900 stopped him and told him a funny but touching joke. I also found that the conversation between men is so emotional, so touching and so sad. At this time, I have a feeling of sadness, a lonely sadness.

The soul of the movie that catches your eye

The atmosphere of the whole movie was created by this person. I have never seen such elegance as Tim Roth, and I have never seen such simplicity. His performance is so seamless, washed away, natural, arrogant and not impetuous.

He gave 1900 the greatest vitality. Not young and handsome, he gave the most powerful interpretation of the unpretentious, relaxed and elegant character of the legend 1900 with his childish performance, alienating the world of mortals. His eyes are close and distant, clear and sad. His description of the characters is meticulous, from point to area, "hidden" but not aggressive, carefree and elegant, but slightly childish and naive.

Under his interpretation, the son of the sea is like a lovable, naughty and rebellious child with a sad and lonely fate. This will be an immortal role, and this will be a real actor, at least in my heart.

The film reveals a quiet European style, which is not comparable to some Hollywood movies now. Although some memories set up to bring out the plot are a little abrupt and lengthy, they have not affected my love for movies. Although there is a seemingly absurd plot, the excellent performance of the actors gives the film too much connotation, which brings you into the story and makes people completely forget that this is a play, just a legend about miracles. When he looked up at the sky calmly, those eyes that penetrated people's hearts were unforgettable. I watched him sink to the bottom of the sea with the explosion of the Nirvana Virgin Virginia, leaving only sadness and sigh.

No movie has brought me such sadness. I want to write sad and delicate words, but my blunt writing can't be realized. The soundtrack of this movie should be the most valuable, because every flowing piece of music records his life story, which is wonderful but not melodramatic, but plain but memorable. His story is like the literal translation of the movie "The Legend of 1900", which is a miracle, a legend at sea and a sadness.

This song should only exist in the sky —— On The Legend of 1900

1900 is an orphan who was abandoned on the steamboat Virginia. He was adopted by a kind black stove man. That day happened to be New Year's Day at 1900, so the burner named the child 1900. However, the burner was killed in a maritime accident, and the 8-year-old 1900 was orphaned again.

1900 inadvertently came to the floor-to-ceiling window of the first-class ballroom, and he first saw the piano, an instrument intertwined with his life. From then on, the Virginia sailed back and forth between Europe and America with the music he interpreted attentively.

1900, never landed, deeply wary of the world of mortals. He said that land is too big a ship, too beautiful a woman, too long a journey, too strong perfume, and music that can't be started. He can't see the end of the land. Even if he met a girl who fell in love at first sight, he still couldn't get off the gangway. Until the end, his only good friend Mayquez told him that the abandoned ship was going to be blown up and he didn't want to leave. Finally, he has never left the Virginia 1900 Martyr at the bottom of the sea since he was born.

After reading The Legend of 1900, I have an impulse to know about 1900, even a little. Fortunately, with the development of modern electronic technology, we can clearly see 1900' s blue eyes, which are as pure as babies, even though they are separated by the TV screen, the distant years and the Wang Yang sea. The superb performance of actor Tim Roth convinced me that there really is such a talented pianist who has no relatives, no household registration and no nationality. He turned a blind eye to the temptations, fame and fortune in the world. Even love may haunt him, but even then, he only condensed the love of his life in an instant: the beautiful image of a girl moving outside the porthole, the dreamy soft and soothing music on a broken record, and a timid kiss in the third class. In addition, there are pianos, cruise ships and the sea, as well as the stability and tranquility in the waves. The infinite, wonderful and free music created on 88 keys enriched his limited and simple life.

1900 is an elegant man. Dark blond hair, complete silk pattern, spotless coat and hat bow tie, elegant posture, outstanding self-confidence and pure and refined angel face. How many beautiful women fell in love with him at his piano? He must be immersed in his own music and have no time to be distracted by things other than the sound of the piano.

1900 life is simple, but there is no lack of beauty in human nature. The short-lived feelings with his adoptive father, the fleeting love with the girl he met, and the friendship with Mequez, who has been with him for the longest time, all nourish 1900' s lonely heart. 1900 is a man with meticulous and profound feelings. His spirit and talent are devoted to the 88 keys of the piano. Who can understand his heart, who can read his melancholy and gentle eyes, who is his lover? Only the moving music notation flows through his fingers.

Compared with the secular life, the words and deeds of 1900 in the film are not true. For example, he has never been exposed to piano and music, but when his hand is placed on the keys for the first time, those touching melodies can naturally flow out; He has no orthodox education, but he can speak such a poetic and rich language; Even in the end, when my friend Mayquez found him on that battered and apparently abandoned cruise ship for a long time, 1900 Where did the food come from to sustain life?

I think we can only understand this film and 1900 with a poetic and romantic heart. The film deliberately puts aside the noise of material things, but highlights the blend of 1900' s soul and music, and at the same time guides the audience to the realm of * * * with wonderful or interesting music in the film.

Finally, a ray of light fell from the sky. 1900 raised his calm face, as if asking God, is there a piano in heaven?

1900 raised his hands and played devoutly in the air. The light and melodious melody swirled in the silent air like running water. In an instant, there was a loud bang and huge sparks burst out at sea-1900 soared in the sky with his unfinished music.