Mr. Holland's Opus is a music teacher's story. He has always dreamed of creating a great work, but he couldn't do it because of his life and teaching. But when he retired, he discovered that his greatest work was to help many students embark on the right path of life.
Because I am a music teacher, there are many music clips in the film. There are two paragraphs that impressed me the most.
The music teacher, that is, Mr. Holland, loves music all his life, but he did not expect that his only son is deaf. He and his wife accidentally discovered that his son was indifferent to the noise of the outside world in a parade before they were sent to the hospital for examination. Holland asked the doctor anxiously how his son was, and the answer was that he was born deaf. At this time, Mr. Holland's calm but painful voice appeared in the film: "Among tens of millions of people, why did he choose him...", the background is the second movement of Beethoven's seventh symphony, the camera Switching to the past, I found that Holland was giving the students a music appreciation class when talking. With Beethoven's seventh polyphonic phrase slowly advancing, the audience could see Holland's grief accumulating bit by bit. . The last student asked: "But teacher, how can Beethoven be deaf and compose music?" At this time, the camera slowly moved towards Holland's eyes. Holland tried hard to restrain the tears that would come out and slowly said, "Because he is not, he was born. Deaf".
I always feel that the highest state of sadness is not crying. It is Beethoven's movement that can properly express this state.
There is also a passage on the day of John Lennon's assassination. Horan returned home in a bad mood, only to find that his son was busy in the garage. Horan said painfully: "Today a genius died", but seeing his son's confused expression, his instant love for music, the sadness he suffered when he was a child, and seeing his son grow up but he can't behave like a normal person. Communication and other complex feelings were intertwined, and Holland said angrily: "Oh, you can't understand these, you don't understand!". His son said angrily: "How much have you really cared about me?"
Holland was very shocked and sad. There is a section at the back of the film that he specially held a concert in the school for the students of the deaf-mute school, linking the frequency of the sound with the lights of various colors, so that the deaf-mute students can feel the rhythm and melody. At that time, he directed "Carmen Overture". At the end of the concert, Holland humorously said, "No one who is deaf will envy you now, because my voice is hard to hear", and then sang John Lennon's "beautiful boy". "close your eyes, have no fear, ....". It was a hoarse voice full of apologies and sincere love to his son. Holland sang very hard and earnestly. The son in the audience also looked at him calmly, nodding slightly, feeling something. When Holland finally sang and changed the lyrics to "darling, darling, darling, darling Gaoden", his voice got stuck.
"Mr. Holland's Opus" is an American movie in the 90s. It may be a proud film for the excellent teachers. In the last "retirement" concert, the former student is also the current governor. Said something, "Teacher Holland has a profound influence on my life, as well as the lives of many of us. It is said that he often writes symphonies, which can make him famous and profitable, but he is not well developed. He is not famous, except for people in the area who know him. So he might think that he was a failure, but he was wrong, because I think his success is more than the establishment of the name. Look around you, which one here People have never been influenced by you. It's all because of you. We have become better people. We are your symphony orchestra, we are the notes and melody of your works, and we are the movement of your life!" I think it's from them The respect and love for Holland in my heart is so touching, so exciting, so exciting.
Everyone has his own definition of life or is looking for it, but he doesn't know what his life will look like in the future. There are many possibilities. As long as you think carefully, don't let yourself do something regrettable. As someone said, "You can't change the length of life, but you can change its width".
