The Childhood Gene of "The Pianist on the Sea" (Part 1)

"The Pianist" is a great movie. I believe many friends who have watched it one or more times will think so.

I am no exception.

I’m ashamed to say that I was already in my thirties when I first watched this movie. After watching it, I felt like I wanted to talk to someone but didn’t know how to talk. It seemed that I was very excited, but also felt that Very calm; as if I understand, but also as if there are still many things I don’t understand.

So, as usual, I searched for various movie reviews on the Internet. There were many interesting points in the movie reviews that I had never seen before, which made me think it was even more interesting and watchable. Therefore, this movie became one of my favorites to watch again and again. The most movies; therefore, it is probably my favorite movie to watch now; therefore, I have been thinking about it and want to write down my feelings about watching the movie.

It is still not easy to actually write. There are really too many points for expression in the movie. The most direct one is the inevitable connection between the childhood life of the protagonist 1900 and his ultimate inseparability from the ship. Even if he sacrifices his life, he cannot leave the ocean and come to land. So, let’s start with the movie’s description of the significance of “childhood genes” to a person’s life.

Born in 1900 on a luxury cruise ship traveling between Britain and the United States, Dan, a black man who was the lowest stoker on the ship, discovered him in the hall when he was looking for the rich to leave anything good. .

He is an "immigrant bastard" who was adopted by the kind-hearted Dan and gave him a resounding name - 1900.

He grew up next to the coal-burning boiler in the bottom cabin, surrounded by bottom stokers, and the ship was his cradle. Dan was worried that he would be taken away without an identity, so the bottom cabin of the Virginia was his world. He had been hiding under the cabin since he was a child.

The earliest enlightenment reading in 1900 was to read the name of the horse racing in the newspaper. He asked Dan: what's Mama, Dan replied, 'Mama is a horse'" you know what I say Mama's the best horse in the world? "

Later, Dan said to 1900: "Too much reading is bad for you" "Everything off the Virginian is bad", and when he carried 1900 to lie down in the cradle, he said, "There is food on the land. "Human shark, don't get off the boat", "Orphanages are like prisons for people without children".

Later, Dan had an accident and died three days later. In 1900, he wrote "THANKS DANNY" on the white cloth covering his body.

Moments before Dan’s body was pushed to the sea, 1900 may have been on the deck of the ship for the first time. He saw the sky and heard the roar of the sea. He raised his head and felt the vast sky. and the sea, listening to the breath and response of the sky and the sea.

At this time, a female voice narrated "Music".

At this moment in 1900, Dan was lost and Music was welcomed.

In 1900, on a ship crossing the English Channel, he ushered in his own life as a pianist at sea, with friends, heavenly music, fame and fans.

Inevitably, land and life on land became the only way for 1900 beings to expand their territories.

1900 often looked at the land from the side of the boat, discussing the mainland with his friends, and the image of the mainland in his mind. Finally, he said, "I don't yearn for the land."

It was not until later that 1900 met another "father" who immigrated to the United States from England on the Virginia. He was shocked by the music of 1900 and came to the piano of 1900, accompanied by the gentle music of 1900. "A few years ago, I only knew farming, and my world was that piece of land. I had never seen a big city... I have a daughter, she survived, and for her I decided Fighting against bad luck,...I came to a small town, climbed to the top of the highest mountain, and saw the most beautiful sight in my life, the sea. I had never seen the sea before. A strong shock, I heard the sound of the sea. Sound. The sound of the ocean is like a roar, loud and violent, roaring continuously, as if the ocean is saying, you, brainless guy, life is infinite, don’t you understand? Infinite... I decided to change my life, to start fresh, change life .Start fresh."

1900 was tapping the piano keys casually while looking at the father thoughtfully.

We don’t know what kind of changes this father’s words caused in 1900’s heart.

The plot continues to develop. A few years later, 1900 met a beautiful and quiet girl on the ship, who seemed to be the only surviving daughter of the father. 1900 first tasted the taste and magic of love. This girl Finally, he got off the boat. Before getting off the boat, he left a kiss on 1900's cheek that made him tremble.

After the girl left, after another 12 round-trip voyages, at one point two or three days before arriving in New York Harbor, 1900 told Max that he was going to get off the ship.

He told MAX that he wanted to get off the boat to see the sea and listen to the sounds that could not be heard on the sea, "That voice is like a big scream, telling you that life is immense, Once you have heard it, then you know what you have to do to go on living." - This is exactly what the second "father" said to 1900.

1900’s words left Max confused. Max thought “the real reason you want off this ship is the girl”.

1900 finally walked towards the ramp leading to the mainland. However, when he was almost halfway, the tall buildings on the land were in front of him, and the busy and bustling land was almost at his feet. Stopped, he stopped, took off his hat, looked at the world in front of him, his eyes were full of unfamiliarity, with a trace of imperceptible fear, and soon a trace of ridicule appeared on his face, and he threw the hat as far as he could On the edge of the water, his face returned to the original complex expression of determination mixed with drifting in his own world, and he turned around and stepped onto the gangway back to the ship.

This was 1900's only attempt to move towards land. I don't know how many times he struggled with this attempt.

But in the end, the childhood mantra of "If there are man-eating sharks on land, never get off the boat" dominated him.

1900 survived the first love Dan gave him, and the spell accompanying this love made 1900 loyal throughout his life.

Finally, when the Virginia ended her glorious life and headed towards the end of being blown up, 1900 was also loyal to where he came from and the world, and ended his life with Virginia in the roar of explosives. story.

Before the explosion, MAX finally found him in a huge rusty hull. In 1900, among a pile of ruins, facing MAX's persuasion, he said: I can't get off the ship, but I can walk. Get off the stage of life. He begged MAX, the only friend who cared about him, to forgive him.

Finally, he said: "How can two right hands talk about the piano? I hope there is a piano to play in heaven."

I think "The Pianist on the Sea" can explore it from more and deeper angles Experience and interpretation, however, I decided to talk about the impact of childhood love and spells on a person’s life from the simplest perspective.

Undoubtedly, Dan’s simple and powerful love for 1900 is the basic condition and motivation for 1900 to grow up in a harsh environment and develop its own unique genius. However, in these warm moments full of love, his father The "spell" in the context of love and tenderness also created a prison that lingered throughout 1900's life.

Although as an adult, another father shouted to him in a similar gentle and powerful way that Life is immense, Start fresh, Change life, Start fresh, and even the power of human love came to help, In the end, these only motivated him at the "brain" level. Deep in his heart, "There are man-eating sharks on the land" brought a fear that has never been unlocked in the hearts of children, and has always been firmly bound to him. , no matter how rational and calm he became, the love prohibition of "Never get off the boat" prevented him from taking another step, and taking another step would mean abandoning his father Dan. It was he who adopted me and protected me when I grew up. How could I betray Dan for a strange, scary, continent that Dan didn't like and a continent that Dan didn't want me to go to? Therefore, when he was nearly halfway into the ship's side, he stopped, threw down the hat symbolizing the rational thoughts in his "brain" from a distance, obeyed his "heart", and turned back to the safety of the ship and his father Dan's house. embrace.