Question about the end of the movie
Maybe it's a stupid question,
but I have to know the answer.
Is he a pianist now
or just Miao Lin's agent?
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i figured he was just her agent/manager (and maybe boyfriend as well?)
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I thought it was a very sad ending. he never managed to fulfill his dreams, and ends up working for someone else again. This time not his father, but his girlfriend. It is all the same though, he is not the one on the stage, he is not credited with all the hard work, he can only enjoy watching his lover's performance, maybe imagining how he would play the piece. He still oves music, you can tell how his face brightens up, but this is as close to it as he can get.
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I think that at the end he's happy. He has found who he truly is: he's essentially a loyal obedient guy who wants to serve, and now he is serving something he loves instead of something that disgusts him. When he walked out of the audition, after he messed up, he didn't seem despairing or upset or angry -- he had learned something about himself, and that's why the movie can jump two years to show us what he has done with what he has learned.
Yeah, the scene after the audition is key I think. It shows him LISTENING, and enjoying it. Playing music, on the other hand, obviously caused him a lot of stress. Also important is that he's listening to the music of the NOW (i.e. electro or whatever as as opposed to his "mother's" classical music: the past in a sense). So the ending is definitely happy.
I disagree with Unicorn Blade. Not all of us were meant to be on the stage or in the spotlight, working for "ourselves" and our own gain (that's egotistical to boot). Is it "very sad" that all pianists are not (meant to be) concert pianists? I definitely do not think so.
That makes sense, than you, you and Nick!
shareAt first I thought after the audition he would turn around and go back in. I was a little confused with how easily he gave up, but he seemed so calm when he put his headphones on. I like the fact that foreign movies don't feel the need to tie everything up and give everything a happy ending like american films usually do.
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