This is a bland movie, adapted from a bland novel. I don't know if those who have been brushed by fashionable words like "brain burn" and "exploded" over and over again can endure the long hour of more than an hour. It's hard to imagine that this novel is written by the same author as "Out of Africa". I don't know at what stage of the author's life the novel was written, but the short length spans decades of life without any trace of artificiality. From this point of view, the novel should be completed in the author's later years. Anyone who has read Out of Africa should know that the novel is based on the author's real experiences. After the author suffered the failure of love when he was young, he was so indifferent and calm at the end of the long day, which is somewhat inconceivable for the young boy who has no experience.
However, this transformation is not unique to the author. Cao Cao, a famous traitor, has made great achievements in his life, and before his death, he should have written a vigorous final stroke to his magnificent life. In the end, he distributed fragrance to the concubines in groups, and organized them to do Liu Huangshu's early life in Tongquetai in order to make a living. Su Shi scoffed at such a "surprising" performance. Layman Dongpo has been dashing all his life, and he designed a dashing ending for himself: holding a portrait of Amitabha Buddha, claiming that "this is Shisheng's official possession of the West", but unfortunately it is coming There is still one step left, and he has not been able to be reborn as a Buddha and become a patriarch. In this way, "returning to the basics" is easier said than done. Let's go back to the movie and the original book. Whether it is a movie or a novel, it is calm, there is no sensationalism and preaching, but it is two grand themes: art and religion. The literary works of Mr. A (art) and Mr. Fei (faith) have been plentiful from ancient times to the present, and many of them are masterpieces. Nor do our women writers seem to have the ambition to compete with the great masters. It's just a light and heavy point, whether it is art or religion, the essence is the expression of love between people. Only in this way can these two major themes have the power that will not be exhausted. It is a pity that since the era of the writer, the light of art and religion has been increasingly overshadowed by the hustle and bustle. Religious philanthropy crawls under the harsh rationality of human beings, and in the virtual world, people are thousands of times more vicious than the old believers of that small sect in Norway. Art, whether it is film or literature, only pay attention to the obscenity of form, and forget the root of art as art. Too many "Teachers" (a little more than masters) all look cynical and try to exaggerate the evil of human nature, so as to gain the reputation of "everyone is drunk and I am alone", but they are unable to give those who have fallen into confusion and pain. Sentient beings point out a way. Originally, religion took this as its own responsibility, but these masters wanted to step on religion and act as a stepping stone for them to ascend to the altar of vanity. With the most eloquent words, they weave a so-called "rational" literary web, blinding Qunmeng's eyes, making them take the medicine for saving the soul as a trick to deceive others, and allow themselves to be bound by viciousness and sharpness. Watching this movie and reading this novel again in this atmosphere will be invaluable. Babette's Feast is, after all, a feast of love, uniting art and religion. Because of this, although people always like to quote "a true artist is never poor" when talking about this work, what strikes me more is another sentence in the work "what we can take with us when we leave the world. , only our contribution."
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