Title: The Legend of 1900 ("The Pianist on the Sea" is also translated as "The Legend of 1900" and "Sound and Light Fly with Me")

Director: Giuseppe Toner Giuseppe Tornatore

Starring: Tim Roth

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Melanie· Melanie Thierry

Type: Drama Music

Duration: 114 minutes

Produced by: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

Premiere: 1998/ 10/28

Introduction:

The sea, cruise ships, and pianos—if these three things alone built a person’s life, what kind of world would it be? Bounce and wander in the deep blue, and comprehend life in the melodious music. The world is small, from bow to stern, in front of the piano in the ballroom, from left to right, there are a total of 88 keys; the world is big, under the blue sea and sky, the music performed with the soul is integrated into the world Various forms, vast and boundless. Giuseppe Tornatore's "The Pianist on the Sea" describes to us such a poetic and romantic life legend.

The story is narrated from the monologue of Max, a down-and-out trumpeter. A piano solo in a record brought back the infinite past events in his mind. On January 1, 1900, Danny, a black boatman, picked up an abandoned baby on the piano in the first-class ballroom of the Virginia cruise ship. He named the child 1900. 1900 grew up free from Danny's careful care and white lies. grow healthily. After Danny died in an accident, he accidentally came to the floor-to-ceiling window of the first-class ballroom in 1900. For the first time, he saw the piano, an instrument intertwined with his life and destiny. In the dead of night, 1900 quietly slipped into the ballroom, sat in front of the piano, and placed his hands on the keys - and the legend of 1900 officially began! Without anyone's guidance, without anyone's teaching, and even just heard the piano playing, it is definitely a gift from God, and he is self-taught without a teacher. 1900 met his fate unexpectedly, showing that he is extraordinary. piano playing talent.

One night when Max first boarded the Virginian, the wind was strong and the waves were rough. The whole boat was constantly swaying from side to side, and Max was swaying all over the place, vomiting into a mess. At this moment, Max met the person he would never forget. The man took him to the dance hall, sat in front of the piano, released the foot brake, and played the piano. In the light and moving melody, the two of them slid and swirled in the hall along with the piano. So carefree, so relaxed and free, as if two angels were flying freely in a fairy tale world. They burst through the floor-to-ceiling windows, slid down the corridor, and crashed into the captain's room in a whirlwind of joy. What a light dance, how poetic and romantic! The person who played the heavenly sound was 1900.

All kinds of people at the first-class ball: an old woman who murdered her husband, a middle-aged man obsessed with the past, a prostitute who saw through the world, a third-class passenger who secretly wore a dress in anticipation of an affair... these are all It became an inexhaustible source of inspiration for 1900 when playing the piano, and 1900 also used these inspirations to interpret the inner world of all living beings. Everything in the world is like the passengers on the Virginian, getting on the ship, getting off the ship, getting on the ship, and getting off the ship again. This goes on and on, bumping back and forth between the bow and the stern. For 1900, the whole world passed him by, and any disguise or mask was so vulnerable and unobstructed in front of the flowing music. 1900 only had to stretch out his hand and touch the keys of the piano to turn a person away. His whole life was expressed spiritually in the sound of music, so although he was on the sea, he had already seen the prosperity and loneliness, the glory and the desolation of the world on land.

Shelly, the originator of jazz, comes on board to challenge 1900. The three rounds of competition are the climax of the entire film's music.

Shirley played three pieces of superb jazz music with ease and ease. He thought he could kill 1900 people and turn them upside down. Who knows that 1900 took it one step at a time, first playing the simple and refreshing "Ode to Peace", and then playing the song that Shelly played in the second round exactly as it was. It was only in the third round that he showed his highest level and reached his peak. Especially the lightning-fast rhythm of the third section is like two hands playing at the same time. As the saying goes, this music should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the world? When the song ended, the whole audience was shocked and fell into silence. It wasn't until 1900 that he put the prepared cigarette on the piano strings that were hot due to the friction of the fast playing, ignited it, and then put it in the mouth of Shelly, who was already stunned, and said lightly: "This cigarette is for you to smoke, I Don’t smoke.” The whole audience burst into applause as if they were waking up from a dream. The old woman suddenly realized that she had lost her wig, and the fat gentleman just felt the cigar that was still burning in his pants. And Shelly's reputation also disappeared with the embers around his mouth, and the ash falling on his leather shoes was like the peak of his piano skills in 1900 - mysterious and incredible. The entire climax is completed in one go, wonderful and interesting. It fully reflects the director's profound skills and the exquisite conception of the script. Such a hearty and hearty feeling can't help but make people scream with joy.

The music producer learned about 1900's extraordinary piano skills, so he came to the Virginia to record a record for 1900, intending to make a fortune from it. It happened that a pure girl accidentally came into his sight when 1900 was recording a record. The girl's face outside the porthole window looked particularly pure and moving under the blue sky and blue sea. 1900 stared at that angelic face, and the melody flowed from his fingers. It also becomes soft and soothing, like a whisper, infinitely melancholy and infinitely yearning. In this way, the live recording template recorded the sweet and green first love in 1900. He just wanted to give this girl the only record that recorded his masterpiece, so he lost the opportunity to make himself famous and shattered the music producer's dream of getting rich.

However, 1900 failed to send the record after all. He just kissed the girl's bright petal-like lips while she was sleeping. He just asked her to tell her father for him when she was about to disembark ( The farmer who played the accordion and had a conversation with 1900, many years later 1900 still recognized the girl as the farmer's daughter) said hello. The girl kissed him politely and told 1900 their home address in New York. By the time 1900 was about to express his intentions, his words were drowned in the noisy crowd around him. 1900 broke that record in despair, and also broke the memories of first love that had no results.

Later, in 1900, I wanted to set foot on land and find my own love, marriage, career and life in that strange place. But when he was halfway down the gangway with his luggage, he saw row upon row of skyscrapers in New York City in the distance, and he could not see the edge in the smoke. He was confused and finally returned to the boat. As 1900 himself said: "The city is so big, there is no end in sight. Where is it? Can I see it? Even the streets are countless. Find a woman, build a house, buy a piece of land, and open up A landscape, and then we go to a dead end. Too many choices, too complicated judgments, aren't you afraid of mental breakdown? The land is too big, it is like a big ship, a woman, a long route, I would rather abandon it. I don’t want to live in a world where I can’t find an end. Anyway, no one in this world knows me now. The reason why I stopped halfway is not because of what I can see, but because of what I can’t see... ". Yes, although the space of the floating city on the sea where he is located is limited, the musical world he creates on the 88 keys is infinite. With his love for music, he can fly freely in that endless country. And even though he has seen through the world of all living beings, worldly fame and fortune, human relationships, joys and sorrows, in the end he still cannot control his own destiny and future on land. He can only live a limited life in what he considers to be an infinite terrestrial world, and in his limited life step by step he will reach the end of his rope.

If we were 1900, I'm afraid we would make the same choice as him.

So when the Virginian was finally scrapped and about to be blown up, 1900 still chose to live or die with the giant ship, and Max's persuasion could not make him change his mind. This elf who fell into the mortal world is finally going back to heaven. Is there a piano in heaven? There must be, because a place with a piano is paradise. At the moment before the giant ship was blown up, 1900's hands were playing out of thin air, and his delicate fingers rose and fell lightly with the rhythm of the film's background music, as if they were playing music that would knock on the door of heaven.

"Boom", the flames soared into the sky, like a blooming flower of nirvana. It brings a perfect ending to this poetic and romantic legend. Since 1900, the only thing that has been circulated in the world is the mysterious record template that Max hid in the piano and was put together by the musical instrument store owner.

In fact, hope still exists in the world. As 1900 said: "As long as you have a good story and someone listens to you, there is still hope." At the end of the film, Max's figure is in the world. Fading away, he still has his trumpet, he still has his story, and he still has his hope. I believe that 1900 is playing the piano in heaven at this time, looking at Max, and giving him a knowing smile, and this smile is also towards each of us who have gone through many vicissitudes of life.