If you have ever known Jacqueline du Pré, you will be filled with grief and pity whenever you hear the name.
In 1945, she was born in an ordinary family in England. After hearing the cello on the radio at the age of 4, she made up her mind to learn this instrument. At the age of five, she showed amazing talent, and then at the age of 11, she won the Suggia Award and became the most watched performer in England. At the age of 16, he officially began his playing career.
The gap between this dazzling talent and her young age makes all beings admire her. With such an open-ended personality, it is conceivable that she will be in the celebrity society all her life, surrounded by countless praises and applause, and then go down in history, and live a peaceful life with music all day. But genius always seems to escape the fate of being teased. In 197, nine years after dupre officially started performing, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 1971, she officially stopped performing. In 1973, after performing the elgar cello concerto in E minor, which has been passed down to this day and no one can surpass it, she officially left the stage. In 1987, Du Pulei, unable to speak, unable to swallow normally, gradually lost sight and often began to twitch unconsciously, died.
In the story about Du Pulei, there has always been a bridge that people talk about. It is said that when the Hungarian cellist Stack once heard the sound of playing the piano on the radio, he asked the people around him curiously who played it. Others said "Jacqueline Du Pulei" and Stark went on to say that "playing like her will not last long". Perhaps only the same kind of people can really detect it.
Just like Stark's evaluation, Du Pulei was born of music. Just like the name of this movie, after the fireworks bloomed brilliantly in the night sky, they dissipated everywhere without a trace. However, through this film, we can more intuitively feel the more lacking personality and gloomy side of the talented performer Du Pulei.
The film begins with a pair of sisters, Du Pulei and her sister Hillary, jumping and playing at the seaside.
Hillary is a flute player, and she has won numerous awards since she was a child, which is the pride of the whole family. Du Pulei Jr. is naturally keen on having such a sister, but watching her become more and more dazzling, Du Pulei Jr. naturally wants to have her own place in newspapers and magazines like her sister. So Du Pulei Jr. began to practice the piano crazily, whether at dinner or in class, even without the piano around, his little hand would constantly simulate the process of pressing the strings. Perhaps the hard work has paid off, or perhaps it is a gift. Slowly, Du Pulei's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, which seems to be bigger than her sister. When people introduce her, they no longer say that she is Hillary's sister, the flute player who is gradually forgotten by everyone, and gradually becomes the sister of the talented cellist Du Pulei.
Perhaps it is enough for an ordinary family to have a genius at home. Of course, this quota naturally belongs to Du Pulei. Du Pulei began to have better teachers and more expensive private lessons. From then on, my sister rarely picked up the flute again, and she wandered dismally in the conservatory of music. She was so nervous that she couldn't even play a note in front of the professor. She was no longer the flute player who could play calmly and confidently on the stage.
Du Pulei Jr. grew up and became famous. It seems that more and more people know her. More and more people want to give him an exclusive interview. The whole family is happy to have such a promising and disappointing daughter. But Du Pulei's mind seems to remain in his youth, when he knows his sister's love affair. And when she learned that her sister was going to get married, Du Pulei was very unhappy and still questioned her sister like a child < P > "Why do you want to get married? There are so many men in the world that there is no need to get married at all. "
" Because I want to marry him and I love him. "My sister responded very gently.
" You can't just leave me! " Du Pulei looks unhappy
"I won't leave you!" My sister quickly explained, "You will often be away from home in the future, won't you?"
"How do you know I won't give up the cello?" Du Pulei is still willful.
"Don't be silly." My sister seems to think that her sister has some whimsy. "You only know the cello, but you are just an ordinary person without it, just like I only know the flute. Although he always makes fun of me, he makes me feel special!" There is love in my sister's eyes
"He's just making you happy, and in fact ... you're not special." Du Pulei is still adamant.
I don't know whether Du Pulei is bored because that man took away his beloved sister, or jealous because her sister had a boyfriend but didn't. Du Pulei didn't want them to be together, but in spite of this, her sister finally got married, and Du Pulei naturally began to perform all over the world and started a brilliant life.
after her marriage, my sister led an ordinary life. I moved to a remote suburb with my husband and lived a simple and happy life.
But one day Du Pulei came to her sister's house. When she saw her, Du Pulei was very happy, but her sister looked a little surprised. Du Pulei seems to have some days when he was tired of performing. The better he was, the more lonely Du Pulei felt. It seems that only by staying with his sister can he find some comfort. My sister tried to ask Du Pulei and her pianist boyfriend barenboim, but Du Pulei always avoided this question.
The days of performing outside didn't make Du Pulei mature. She was as headstrong as ever, as fond of relying on her sister, and as disgusted with her sister and brother-in-law kissing me all day. Later, I even directly asked my sister to sleep with my brother-in-law.
Maybe Du Pulei really lacks love. Maybe she suddenly found out that her sister was taken away by others. Maybe her loneliness over the years is beyond words. Maybe she found that she really had nothing without the cello. Therefore, she chose this way, and chose this unruly and willful way to gain some attention and get some love that she thinks is love.
during her tour around the world, Du Pulei got too much applause and flowers, and everyone held her high. After a performance, she even got a piano given to her by someone else, named Daviddoff, which is now owned by Yo-Yo Ma. But the more dazzling, the more lonely Du Pulei felt. When a reporter interviewed her, she praised her for her bright future and wanted to hear her feelings. But Du Pulei said helplessly, "In fact, I don't want to be a cellist. I hate it. I just practiced at home, and suddenly someone invited me to perform, and then the schedule for two years was full." The reporter obviously couldn't understand her, and Du Pulei could only pretend to smile.
Du Pulei and barenboim met at a cocktail party. At that time, barenboim was playing the piano. He accidentally caught a glimpse of Du Pulei standing by, and asked the person next to him who it was. After being told, he went over.
"Are you Jacqueline Du Pulei?"
"Yes"
"I've heard of you, I'm daniel barenboim"
"I've heard of you, too" Du Pulei answered.
"Really? What have you heard about me? " Barenboim looked a little surprised
"I heard that you have glandular fever, which is contagious, so keep your distance."
"Really?" Daniel thought she seemed a little cute. After seeing the cello beside her, Daniel asked, "Are you a musician?"
Du Pulei looked a little surprised. "Of course, he is famous, knowing perfectly well past asking."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Daniel's good friend urged Daniel that it was time to go. But when Daniel just walked to the door, there was a beautiful cello voice behind him. Daniel turned around and looked at Du Pulei who played the piano and smiled. I still remember that scene vividly. I believe that although they didn't say a word at that time, their minds and souls had already collided for a long time. Later, the two of them appeared in many concerts together, and the intimate cooperative videos with tacit understanding have spread to this day and are still talked about by people nowadays. However, in the movie, I was most impressed by their conversation, that is, at the end of a performance, Du Pulei suddenly couldn't hold the piano bow, and his hands began to tremble involuntarily. After returning to his room, Du Pulei even smashed the glass to the ground.
"If I can't play the piano, will you still love me?" Du Pulei stood outside the door and asked Daniel, who was packing things in his room.
"If you can't play the piano, you are not you." Daniel said with a smile.
"I just want to know if you still love me." Du Pulei continued to ask, "Maybe … have you ever thought about retiring?" Her voice began to fade
"Retire?" Daniel thought Du Pulei's question was a bit funny. "Go to the country and find a house and raise chickens every day? Forget it, dancers and dancing are inseparable. "
Later ... Du Pulei's health went from bad to worse, and it was still extremely difficult to pick up the piano bow, let alone play music ...
At first, Du Pulei's body was still moving, and Daniel still let Du Pulei appear on the stage. He thought that as long as Du Pulei could appear, people would still like to see this talented cellist.
It is undoubtedly a great sorrow for Du Pulei that he can only play drums like a fool on stage. Later, the body can't move, and Du Pulei can only linger on his sickbed all day, and his condition is good and bad. I convulsed all day, unable to swallow and speak. My sister, who I haven't seen for many years, held her sister in her hospital bed and patiently said a lot. My sister, who had been convulsing all the time, finally stopped under her sister's comfort. Later, the film finally came to an end in grief when my sister heard the news of her sister's death in the car.
Genius ... I often think that it is a different group, not a group that can understand them with existing knowledge and concepts. There are too many things in their hearts that ordinary people can't understand, and their spiritual and cognitive world is more than ordinary people like you and me can perceive. However, in this world, there are many such people, such as Van Gogh, Nietzsche, Gu Cheng ... Everyone can always do something out of line, but everyone's talent is so dazzling.
Maybe it's because they were born differently, or maybe they got something that ordinary people can't reach in their whole lives, so they are so lonely. Genius is lonely because of Excellence, and ordinary people are happy because of mediocrity. This may be the same thing that the world gives us fairness, but it makes each other constantly envy each other.