We consume the fast food brought to us by popular culture every day, hoping to find a warm home for our souls while relieving stress. On the contrary, our souls have been sinking, and the warmth that should have been between people has disappeared unknowingly. Amidst the loneliness, fragility and confusion of existence, after watching the musical "Dancer in the Darkness", I couldn't help but bring up the classical and modern topic of friendship, love and family affection, and revisit the topic of friendship, love and family. of singing and dancing.
"Dancer in the Darkness" is the last part of the "Conscience Trilogy" by the famous Danish director Lars von Trier following "Breaking the Waves" and "Idiot". His inspiration for the trilogy came from one of his favorite fairy tales: a little girl goes to play in the forest, she has bread in her hand and toys in her pocket, but along the way she happily keeps everything together Pieces were given to the people around her, and in the end she had nothing left and was destitute. But she said, "Everything will go as I want, everything will be as good as ever." Lars used this self-sacrificing character as the foundation to shape the strong and optimistic image of Thelma in "Dancer in the Darkness." .
This musical is deeply touching in the vigor and vitality emanating from Selma's weak and disabled body in the daily life and work, in the midst of various difficulties and setbacks. Although it is short-lived but eternal, the lack of material, especially the worship of money, makes people lose the beauty of human nature and the light of morality that they should have, and cruelly destroys an artistic life that loves life and is kind and strong. Ma's sacrifice and dedication lead us to reflect on our own living conditions and learn from the art and aesthetics of his life. Selma's human beauty is so naturally revealed, warm and harmonious. She herself does not put the unhappiness in life on anyone, what she sees is the inherent goodness of human nature, and even if she suffers huge trauma in life, she can reach reconciliation with it in her own singing and dancing world. This state is enough to make the heroine pursue dreams even in a state of physical disability, and entertain herself with singing and dancing when she is depressed.
All social relations and beauty are actually about formal beauty with social content. Just as Kant affirmed the "dependent beauty", it is a conditional beauty, with a recognizable content meaning, and a moral social objective content. In addition to aesthetic pleasure, there is also moral pleasure, that is, the unity of beauty and goodness. This musical is a true artistic film based on the premise of carrying morality full of life force and inner spirit. It is not an ethical film purely reflecting ethics, nor is it blindly pursuing the refinement of external forms such as scenes, music, and colors. A beautiful film with minimal connotation, but a natural combination of the two, which is also the main reason why this film won the award. Although people regard the creation of form as their own purpose, people give things a formal structure, which is one of the signs that people are different from animals. However, if people simply pursue pure formal beauty, they will lack the beauty that is shocking and inspiring. In addition to letting us learn not to eat the fireworks of the world, try our best to detach from all the so-called fetters in real life, and excuse ourselves for not being brave enough to face reality, and excuse our own irresponsibility, will there be any real ways to improve ourselves? In this film, the heroine can capture the rhythm and rhythm of the music from all the sounds, and sing and dance along with it. Isn't this due to the heroine's keen awareness, recognizing or reflecting on the power of morality, and in the Structural connections found in intuitive things? When the structure of external things is in harmony with the life structure of the self, artistic forms such as dance and music will appear naturally in the behavior of the self or in the use of language. Therefore, "reliance on beauty" is the foundation of art, and the pursuit of formal beauty on this basis is the ideal art.
Sensitive refinement and sublimation of the seemingly unbearable people and things in life who are willing to devote themselves to the seemingly unbearable weight, and also enable the soul that was once overwhelmed to be elevated and surpassed. The touching way of life exists is a kind of calmness and faith, a kind of optimism and happiness, which is the beauty of morality. And to express it with rhythmic singing and dancing, this is also "dependency beauty".
Happiness is expressed in the form of art in the detachment of self-predicament, which is to experience great joy in the midst of great pain, showing the tenacity and unyielding of life. In singing and dancing, Selma, the female middle-aged woman, was soberly aware of the shortness of time that she could perceive the world with her vision, and knew the time limit of her son's inherited eye disease, that she raced so desperately against time, The schedule is very full, not only doing part-time jobs, but also working night shifts later. What is commendable is that she never gave up her study of musical theatre, even when she was blind, she still tried to rehearse. After all, this is the source of color that gives her life, and her gifted sensitivity to the rhythm of music, even the noise of a noisy machine, can inspire her and lead her into a dream, and if she pretends to be in it, she will find Get the rhythm and rhythm in the music, and then can't help sing and tap dance. This is a high-style state that is difficult to achieve. She deeply influences her co-worker, Gave, and always lends a helping hand to her. In order to save money, she raced against the clock to earn money, and she didn't even have time to make a boyfriend. Although Jeff treated her so affectionately, he couldn't let himself accept and enjoy this love. But just when Selma resigned and was about to accept this love, a tragic fate awaited her - Bill, her landlord, good friend, and someone who took care of her son and loved her son, but because of debts owed to the bank. Afraid of losing his wife, he did something absurd on the night Selma worked the night shift - he stole all of Selma's hard-earned money to operate on his son, and the reason Bill knew Selma had money was because Because she told him the secret one night out of friendship and compassion and comforting Bill. While she was recovering the money from Bill, during the argument, Bill pulled out a pistol in desperation, asked her to help him end his life, and begged her to keep a secret for herself, and Selma shot Bill. In the clash between the two, even after Selma shot Bill, we don't condemn their actions. Because the two are also facing the love of the world - the former is to treat his son's eye disease without leaving the regret of lifelong blindness, and the latter is in urgent need of money to keep his wife by his side. Under this circumstance, the two could not reach and compromise, and a very regrettable tragedy was staged like this. In court, the truth was not told in order to keep the promise and preserve the dignity of the dead Bill. When Jeff went to the prison to visit her, his affectionate confession "I love you", he searched for evidence of her injustice in the heavy snow, and Cathy still believed in her innocence after being sentenced in court. Next, Selma was arrested. Sentenced to hang, but refusing to save his own life with the expense of treating his son's eye disease, all shows the relationship between people The beauty of harmony in relationships. Touching and tear-jerking.
Selma entertained herself in every spare moment of her infernal torture, humming her misfortune and pain into songs at any time and tap dancing to the end of her life. How can this cultivation be obtained, so that life can transcend life and death and reach the realm of bliss? Undoubtedly, it depends on the beauty of rhythm full of vitality and the radiant moral beauty on this basis. As we fall asleep chewing on this ideal blockbuster of art, let us also establish a firm belief in the beauty of morality! Let our lives be as serene, optimistic and fulfilling as Selma!
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