Hong Lingyan's Curse

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Put on the red shoes, life will be insignificant
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In the depths of life, life is a layman, and art is a layman.

The 1948 old British film "Hong Lingyan" tells a story based on Andersen's fairy tale. Compared with "The Emperor's New Clothes" satirizing politicians, the story of the red shoes reflects on the artist and what is associated - life, love and relationship of faith. Wearing red dancing shoes will keep dancing until death. This is the curse of the clown, this is also the stubbornness of the dancer, and this is even more cruel in reality! What a terrible relationship is this? Water and fire are incompatible, but the relationship between the three sides is entangled from beginning to end!

Before writing this review, I have to mention the argument of Wilde, a controversial British writer in the 19th century, that "art precedes life". Wilde firmly believed in the independent life and value of art, opposed the utilitarian nature of art, and advocated that art was not bound by morality, and that artists should be absolutely free and independent. He said: "The artist is the creator of beautiful works... The artist has no ethical likes and dislikes... There is no moral immorality...." This radical assertion both accomplished him and sent him to prison. According to this argument, beauty is equal to nobility, and graceful posture is sentimental. Everything else is bullshit. Wilde was born 167 years before the film.



For Lermontov, the hero of the film, art is faith. First of all, he is a staunch single dog, and regards marriage as a piece of shit, not to mention marriage, it is a relationship, and for him it is also an unforgivable betrayal of art! What he wants is an unconditional dedication to art. In front of art, everything else must be far away. He is the watcher, screener and creator of art, and led his troupe to complete the creation of "The Red Shoes". As the head of the troupe, he is very good at discovering seeds and talents, and can cultivate and irrigate them to bear fruit. . From this point of view, he is undoubtedly successful and outstanding. On the other hand, he is also absolutely ruthless. In front of him, power and money are like dung, reaching the standard of "independence and pride" that Wilde said. He dismissed the "Countess", the patron of art, and gave her to her in public. Embarrassing, which in exchange for a "charming devil!" title. He also sneers at life and love, so that when the actresses in the group are in love and the pursuit of a happy life, they never get his blessings. He is so "really heartless". And when Peggy, his carefully nurtured "art treasure", flirted with musicians and flirted with him on stage, he thought it was a blasphemy to art! This is what he can't bear. It's not so much that he can't bear the fact that Peggy got married, it's more that he can't bear the betrayal of art by his creation. This is a huge blow and setback, so the film appears in the film where the male protagonist smashes the mirror with his fist Self-image shot.

On the other end, let's talk about the heroine Peggy, she really entered the world of Lermontov for the first time, that picture is irresistible for any fledgling girl, a car downloads her on the premise that she is not ready. Country house.



Crossing the winding coastal road,



through the steep valley,



to the villa by the mountains and the sea, I



crossed the gloomy iron gate and



saw the world of



smoky and creeping grass step by step. The entrance at the top is the temptation.



Yes, she got it. Red dancing shoes! She got the chance to star in a new dance drama! She will become a world famous big dancer! look! What a surprise in her eyes, I believe this is the dream of all those who are engaged in the art of ballet. It must be pointed out that, just like the way back, there is a high probability that this is an uneven road of desolation and thorns.

Then, the plot took a sharp turn, and when her career was on the rise, she went home - she was in love with a musician. This of course made Lermontov furious, but it was worth Lermontov's bet that she entered the marriage, but failed to find a home, and after the passion for marriage, the musician got up in the middle of the night to compose, and she quietly found her red dancing shoes from the depths of a drawer.

It was a rhythm that was destined to collapse. She came to Lermontov again, and Lermontov asked her: "Are you happy?" Answer: "Yes, very happy!" Then: "As a dancer, you Are you happy?" Peggy stopped talking.

In the showdown that drove Peggy to a dead end, the musician was actually the most ridiculous. He accused Peggy that although he loved him, he loved red shoes more, and asked Peggy to choose one or the other. Peggy just wanted to dance again. And Lermontov's complaint was even more serious: "In front of great art, life is insignificant!" "Let's go, let's go with him! Be a good wife and mother, and nurse some crying children. , never dance again!"



Poor Peggy's expression was different



from the happiness of their lives or the fame of the world? This is so troublesome! It will be fatal! Completely bewildered, Peggy, just as the train was about to pass by, jumped from the terrace where she was discussing the Red Shoes repertoire with the musicians for the first time, ending the brutal torture of her life.



At the end of the film, the red shoes without the heroine were staged. Yes, this film is such a play within a play made by God! The candles that were lit at the premiere are also dying. This means that we can even feel the same compassion of the Chinese poet Li Shangyin, "the silkworm in spring is dead, and the wax torch turns into ashes and tears dry." Art endows life with dignity and glory, and at the same time swallows her whole.

According to rumors, Jiang Qing, one of the founders of China's modern revolutionary model drama, has a unique love for this film and has watched it more than once. conjecture. The male protagonist's skills are exquisite and unique, and he is a wonderful product in the expression of body language. I hope it is a coincidence. If you pay close attention, Zhao Benshan, a Northeast sketch actor, has obvious reference to the male protagonist in his body expression, but the content is very different. That's it. Some people also refer to the film as an elegy for the artist. In October of the following year after the film was released, the People's Republic of China was officially established, and the spring of the revolutionary model drama came.

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The Red Shoes quotes

  • [Before the curtain goes up on the premiere]

    Livingstone 'Livy' Montagne: You're a magician, Boris. To have produced all this in three weeks, and from nothing.

    Boris Lermontov: My dear Livy, not even the best magician in the world can produce a rabbit out of a hat if there is not already a rabbit in the hat.

  • Boris Lermontov: Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit.