Those who are obsessed with Duras' novels are mostly not concerned about the plot, that is the part that has been deliberately cut. The expression and shaping of feeling is the skeleton of the article. Once shaped, it will be vivid, and if it is missed, it will be empty. The most important thing to avoid cavities is to say something, whether it’s a point or a surface where it’s landing. Not all concise content is powerful, and not all concise plots can be freely explored through artistic forms. Only by "reasonable" can the feeling of "silent is better than sound" does not appear hypocritical. But at the same time, the matter of "reasonable and reasonable" is really vague and ambiguous, and it calls for "resonance." So watching French movies is actually a very personal experience. Those who understand the connotation and resonate will find it deep, those who love the form will find it interesting, while others find it incomprehensible, dull, unintelligible but empty. Like or dislike is nothing great, so don't talk about artistic appreciation.
What does "The Taste of Plum Chicken" talk about? From his point of view, she is a neurotic wife who is actually worthy of understanding. Her dissatisfaction is severe and loving. A journey to find a first-class violin with his lively and innocent son. To pierce the daughter's innocent imagination of the doll show. The future fate of sons, daughters and even granddaughters. The relationship with his younger brother, Xiao was humiliated by his younger brother's excellence. The dying dialogue with the mother and the dialogue with the mysterious person who appeared by the grave. Encounter with death. The violin master's guidance. All of this may make the audience think, "Rely, is it interesting for a dying person to recall his life!" Well. Elaine appeared very far later.
Let's look at it now. What is the meaning of all the previous fragments, fragments, flashbacks, interspersed short stories, and stories in the story. Writing about the gap between the brothers’ childhood, we thought we would wait for a story about the two brothers’ grievances, but the relationship between the brothers was very good. Writing about getting along with sons and daughters, we thought he would be so attached to this kind of blood relationship with the image of a loving father. As a result, they were like a fart from his son, which was useless. Of all the fragmented fragments, the part that can drive the plot is always the part related to the violin. Traveling long distances is just to get the beloved violin. Among them, children, opium, and money are not important. Everything between husband and wife’s life is not important, quarreling, eating, and breaking the violin are very important. So later I thought that the reason this play was called "Plum Chicken" was probably because the plum chicken represented a tender and loving part of these unimportant life elements. Those clips in the film that are not completely unimportant, but have no special effect on the plot, are delicious but unintentionally enjoyable and can be discarded. So this title may represent a kind of "choice", and this film mainly talks about his "decision." Decide on death, decide on the cause of death. (Personal understanding, but may have over-interpreted.)
Why did he die? There are three fragments secretly explaining the reasons. Socrates’ answer that transcends the physical and spiritual eternal existence, the mother’s dense soul material turns into smoke above the grave, and the violinist’s saying that life is a sigh, all reveal the main proposition that "go" is to "stay." That is, life is just breathing, and we need to "catch that sigh." For Ali, this sigh of life is Elaine. When Ali shook his hand in the air, Elaine's figure appeared.
This is a person who is afraid of death but still insists on seeking death. The younger brother uses his favorite sexy movie star, and his wife uses his favorite plum chicken as bait, and he is unmoved. The prayers of my son late at night did not work either. It seems to say to the audience. Just look. This man has decided. However, in the face of the appearance of the god of death, he ran away, hid, and finally asked the phrase "is it a bit too late to restore now". "No, it's too late." Reaper replied. Regardless of whether you decide to go or stay, no matter how firm you decide, there will still be a moment of looseness. This is the human world.
Ali decided to commit suicide not because of the disappearance of this hopeless feeling, but because of the disappearance of this sigh. In the 20 years since the breakup, he was able to become a first-rate violinist, get married and have children, only because "his loss exists in every note." He caught this sigh and even survived. All feelings were sealed in the violin at the time until the moment it was broken. He tried to make up, to find a substitute, but the new violin no longer carried the old memories. He was lost. For 20 years, day and night, the pain and sorrow in my heart, all the full of emotions, love and talk to Elaine. lost. After changing any one, it is not the same audio frequency. Just like regaining the original love, the helplessness that can't recognize each other. Where does it mean. Imagine that 20 years of obsession will come to nothing at the end, but the things that you think you can keep can never be repeated.
Years ago. My first love gave me a bouquet of flowers. The bouquet was decorated with pink feathers. After all, the flowers and feelings would wither. I kept the long feather belt on it and hung it on the door handle. After I went to college, I went home in the dormitory. One week after I went home, I found it was gone. It turned out that my parents threw it away when I was cleaning the room. That kind of sadness and sadness. Now that I think about it, my nose is sore. So can you understand. Understand Alina for 20 years.
There are many stage theatrical performances in the film. Dramatic effects, dramatic life, only those who enter the drama can understand the twists and turns of their hearts. It can't be exaggerated, when you become an actor.
Twenty years later, Ali has young children, and Elaine has become the grandmother of others. He seems to be still young, and she is already pale. She pretended that he admitted the wrong person, then walked around the corner and started crying bitterly. After a tearful struggle, the wife who loved him walked in to appeal. In the feeling that she could not get an echo, she snatched the violin and smashed it to the ground. Her fierceness and sternness were just because she had taken on too much, and she was also a poor role. Daughter Lily couldn't forget her lover's car accident. She treated her pain with games, alcohol and cigarettes, and died of a heart attack. In the persuasion of others, she replied like this: Life, do you know how I think about life?
Then she vomited a puff of smoke.
Life is a sigh. We grab what we want. There is no need to consider what value and significance it has to other people.
Everyone made the choice in their hearts.
PS: There are many translation errors in the subtitle version I watched, and many lines are translated so unreasonably that they don’t make sense. Fortunately, the sentence is not difficult and can understand the original meaning.
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