The legend of 1900

“I was born on this ship, and the world passed me by.” He said, and he never getting off the ship just like we can’t get off our faith. He is 1900.

The sentence is from the film 《The Legend of 1900》,it’s director is Giuseppe Tornatore, made in Italy and it showed in 1998. It’s a film about social, music and romance. The main actors are Tim Roth—1900, Pruitt Taylor Vince—1900’s friend, Bill Nunn—1900’s stepfather and Mélanie Thierry—1900’s lover. And this film has a high rating in Douban as 9.1

1900, an abandoned baby which is taken care by one of the crews in the ship, but the crew dies several years later and everybody find that 1900 is a genius about playing the piano. When 1900 grown up , he meet a pure beautiful girl and fall in love . He wants to send the girl his record, so he practice again and again but he failed in the end. His friend suggest him to get off the ship so as to showing his music talent, but he never getting off the ship until he died, because he think the city is no end, he can’t live by.

Obviously, we love this film not only because of the story but also because of its music, its magic, movement music. Many piano music become famous because this film such as Magic Waltz (i am crazy in it), Playing Love, The Legend Of The Pianist On The Ocean, etc. Without these songs, this film can’t be so famous. But the same eyes would see different things, I don’t think it’s the sooner the better when a men playing the piano, especially when 1900 fighting with jerry. I don’t think the magic of music is only about the speed, sometimes the slower, lighter music can also touch our heart, so jerry failed because he put jazz music into a narrow passage.

Another aspect of the film I really like is the ship, yes, the Virginia. This film was produced in the ship totally, every scene, every people. I like it’s hall with so many people, it’s broad in a rainy day and even it’s glass which can used as mirror by our beautiful girl, and of course, the piano. The story start from this ship and end by this ship, it is not only a ship for 1900, and it is his family, his sprit bailment.

Every one should have his faith, his sprit. 1900 don’t like the thing which is no end, he just want “One woman, one house, one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, one way to die.” There are so many choices, it will make you confused, but just follow your faith, you will never lost yourself and will find the happiness and the peace.