Luna, produced by Pixar, is a very romantic animated short with a very simple story, but there are many symbolic objects and actions in it that reveal the true theme of animation - breaking through the traditions of the fathers and finding the true self.
At the beginning of the animation, a boat named Luna appears from the left side of the screen. There is an old man, a middle-aged man and a child on the boat. These are the three components of a family and the three stages of a person's life.
Hat, is the first hint about self-exploration. The hats of grandpa and dad are the same, but the way of wearing it is different. The child received his own hat, but was instructed by grandpa and dad to imitate the way they wore it.
The star-cleaning tool is the second suggested prop. The tools of father and grandfather are like their own beards in the eyes of children. In fact, tools are a symbol of father and grandfather's thoughts and images. And both have argued that children should choose the tools they use, even leading to an argument.
Parents also have a deep influence on children. Children learn from their fathers to touch their noses and from their grandfathers to dig their ears. This is the process that children learn from their fathers, so from a certain point of view, it is the characteristics of the parents who shape the child's current state.
But in the first half of the whole short film, the child has no right to choose. The hat is the inheritance given to the child by the father and grandfather, and the inheritance child cannot choose; the tool is the choice of the father and the grandfather to help the child, and the child himself has no choice. right. That is to say, everything is given by the parents, but there is also a contradiction between the grandfather and the father. The two of them have different personal concepts, but the grandfather did not interfere with the father, because the father already has enough ability. Prove that you have the ability to judge, but the child does not have this process of proving. Therefore, the child has been in a passive state, unable to choose. Every attempt will be stopped. For example, touch the stars and choose the tool yourself.
But a giant star becomes the turning point of the film. A huge star that even the parents could not clean up was swept away by the child. Children use their own experience to clean up when their parents encounter hardships that cannot be broken through. After having an idea, the child's hat has also changed, and he has his own way of wearing it. Having their own way of wearing them means that the child has the true self. A true self-awareness developed under the influence of the parents.
The father and grandpa open their eyes after the child successfully clears the big star, the only time they both open their eyes in the whole film, which implies that they accept the child's abilities and are shocked by it, they recognize the child. Therefore, children have the right to choose independently and have their own cleaning tools.
There is no dialogue in the whole film, only music is used as a foreshadowing and contrast, and the dialogues between the characters all use onomatopoeia. It is as if all families, regardless of language or race, are faced with eternal choices, so the meaning of language is no longer important, but more important is the meaning expressed.
Behind such a seemingly romantic story is the epitome of a contemporary family. Every move of the parents is an important action to shape the child; the parents make the seemingly most suitable choice for the child because of their own experience; In the past, children would not be looked up to by their parents; and because of their stereotyped and outdated concepts, parents were often unable to face newer things.
Therefore, the film tells about each person's growth experience, from being guided to being recognized, and from being recognized to guiding the next generation. Luna tells the story of all people in a romantic way, a story of breakthrough and search, of exploration and discovery.
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