Opinion: I watched "Blast Drummer" with admiration, but it reminded me of "Music Life"

I don't like "Pop", but if "Pop" is a satirical film that reflects reality, I will also admit that "Pop" is a masterpiece. The acting skills are on the line, and the intensity of "Teacher" Fletcher's performance is second to none in movies in recent years. The editing of the movie and the tight rhythm make people follow the plot closely after the movie starts without stopping for a moment. There is also the almost SM-like relationship between Andrew and Fletcher, which is puzzling but thought-provoking.

The reason why I don’t like this movie is that “Crackling Drummer” was introduced to me as an inspirational film. Before I watched the movie, I had already entered into the mentality of watching an inspirational film. I saw that many viewers positioned this movie as an inspirational film and used it as a comfort for themselves to "work hard and finally succeed." Opening Douban, someone recalled that he practiced musical instruments until he became ill, just to gain recognition from a well-known academy. Some people recalled their experience as a writer when they revised a manuscript until early in the morning, and the editor threw the manuscript in his face and still had to humiliate him. What I want to express is probably "how much hard work I put in back then to get to where I am today."

The irony is that the director said that the ending is actually a tragedy. From my perspective, this is indeed the case. The protagonist has changed from a music seeker who yearns for jazz to a "dream chaser" who seeks recognition from others and success. Although his skills have improved, his music has no soul. In the name of "helping performers to break through their limits", the instructor did everything he could to insult others. Finally, to vent his own anger, he arranged for the student to ruin his music career. Such people should not be used as guides on the road of music.

Fletcher wanted to ruin Andrew's music career

But after watching "The Cracking Drummer", I thought of another musical theme, but the expression The content of the documentary "Music Life" (also known as KJ Music Diary) is completely different.

This documentary records the thoughts and thoughts of Hong Kong music prodigy Wong Ka-ching who was born when he was 11 years old and who was obsessed with music when he was 17 years old. Like Andrew in "The Exploding Drummer", Huang Jiazheng also had a mentor who influenced his life: the famous Hong Kong musician Luo Nai-ching. In the video, he told the camera: "I believe one thing, anyone in this world can be a musician. The most important thing for you is that you have the opportunity to contact a good teacher when you are young. That's all you need." ”

What kind of teacher is Luo Naiqing? She would hold Xiao Jia's shoulders while he was playing the piano and feel the music with him. She told the orchestra directed by Jiazheng: "Music begins with everything being beautiful." She will use scarves and music boxes to inspire her students, allowing them to feel the music, and then boldly play what they think in their hearts.

This is why I had a deep dislike for Fletcher when I watched "Crackling Drummer" because I had seen a mentor who was much better than him. When Andrew's rhythm was wrong in "Crack Drummer", he threw a chair at Andrew's face and slapped Andrew wildly until Andrew could tell whether the rhythm was fast or slow. In order to get the students to knock out 400 times, he used insulting words and forced the students to keep hitting until they hit 400 times. By this time, the drum was already covered with blood. Although the students he taught were able to enter Lincoln Center, they were more or less anxious and hesitant. Music is no longer enough to make people happy.

And what kind of person is the Huang family? If you meet such a person in real life, most people will think that he is a bit abnormal, has social barriers, and is a bit arrogant. For most of his life, he has been thinking about how to use music to "guide through my life" and seek the greatest satisfaction in life in music. In his own words: "be a human being."

He was so obsessed that everything else seemed unimportant compared to pursuing the essence of music. He chooses a piece of music that will be deducted if it runs out for two minutes to participate in the competition.

Photography: What do you think of this piece tomorrow? So excited?

Jiazheng: Good luck.

Photography: Why are you so confident?

Jiazheng: Because, I didn’t expect that I could tell them all the meanings I thought. They can understand it and do it together. It's out of the world. Totally, crazy. You know. Crazy.

Photography: Do you feel confident in winning?

Jiazheng: Ah, I already knew the timeout when I came on (playing the piano keys) to choose this song. After the timeout, I knew they must have opinions. Come on, I just intentionally timed out and picked a song that no one else would pick. And then, to be honest, I don’t need to prove myself. Believe it or not, I am ten times better than them.

Jiazheng: Basically, I choose this song because I think we will learn a lot. Not because? I want to win this competition. Do you understand what I mean? Choose this song because you want to choose this song, not for the competition.

He said to his sister who was about to participate in the competition: "You will definitely be nervous tomorrow, so I will tell you something. The way to not be nervous tomorrow is that you don't need to tell anyone. Tell it to Just listen to it yourself. This is the last time in your life, OK? Huang Jiayao, you will be very busy when you reach Form 6, so I am sure that this time you will play the piano. The last time you will play the piano in your life, right? Spend? Play the piano for the last time in your life to compare, right? Bullshit, the last time you play the piano in your life you must play it for yourself. If you play the piano for the last time in your life and think about comparing yourself with others, you are not a human being. , hit it ten times and it will ignore you, it has no emotion, right?"

The camera asked him, if you keep doing this. I may have to "sleep on the street" in the future. He shook his head and said, "I don't think so, but it doesn't matter. If you sleep on the street, you can sleep on the street." He dismissed the team spirit everyone showed after winning the game. Because he believes that team spirit is for everyone to pursue better music together. He sometimes puts on a high profile and feels that he is using music to guide the lives of others. He said that music contains everything in the world and is the greatest satisfaction in life.

Huang Jiazheng and Luo Naiqing have the same temperament. They practice and work hard to feel music and pursue music. They are strict with themselves in order to fully express their lives in the world of music. The fame and fortune associated with music is not a goal to pursue. In Jiazheng, I see obsession. He asked us a question: "What is something worth pursuing with your life?" It is estimated that most people will feel ashamed. He only has music in his eyes, and the pursuit of music is the greatest satisfaction in life. Fame, fortune, and scores are by-products of pursuit and satisfaction, but they are irrelevant. But now more and more people are putting the cart before the horse. Although they say what they do is for lofty goals that benefit others, they still think about the benefits and reputation they can gain.

Huang Jiazheng's understanding of music: "Music is the greatest satisfaction in life. Music is life." It is hard to imagine that a 17-year-old boy would think so deeply. I mean profound, not the breadth of his thoughts. How can a 17-year-old boy have enough experience? Talk about life with knowledge. What shocked me was that although he had limitations in thinking, he tried his best to fully think and express life within his limitations. He thought so deeply within his limitations that it gave me a new understanding of what Mr. Yang Jiang said: "Your problem is that you don't read much and think too much": Most people don't read much. , not thinking much. He used his life to express fully in actions and words, just like burning his life in music.

Many times my thinking cannot get around one question: "The meaning of human life." I couldn't figure it out before, but now I gradually have a clue. Life is always exchanged with the environment. The meaning of human beings lies in fully expressing one's life.