1304 Unbearably bitter
In the evening, LeVine carried the big yellow cat to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grofiens, but unexpectedly met friends who came to the professor's house. The professor and his wife warmly invited LeVine to stay for dinner..
But here, LeVine seems out of place. Because this is a group of people who have received higher education and enjoy classical music; while folk music comes from the poor groups on the streets at the bottom..
After dinner, Lillian Grofiens enthusiastically invited LeVine to perform a song, even though LeVine was reluctant in every way - his music is not a ditty for after-dinner entertainment, but a kind of art and dream. pursuit; but Lillian invited her enthusiastically, and the situation was already a bit embarrassing. After all, he was still unable to refuse..
So LeVine took over the guitar and started playing the song "Waving Goodbye". He didn't know why he chose this song. Maybe it was a habit, a habit deep in his blood..
His fingertips played on the strings, a helpless arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he hummed softly, "If I could spread my wings like Noah's dove... I would cross the rivers and pursue my true love.……”
A touch of bitterness and vicissitudes of life were revealed in that deep voice. This song was clearly the second soundtrack of the opening, the vinyl record that LeVine found at the Grovefiances' house—— The song I sang with Mike.
But unlike the opening melody, LeVine's singing at this moment was so sad and lonely, and it seemed that the scars deep in the soul could be seen in the lingering sound. Emily couldn't help but slowly immersed herself in LeVine. In Wayne's world.
For the first time, she understood the shouts and roars deep in LeVine's heart. About Jane, about Mike, about music, about life, the power of the soul seeped out bit by bit, but she did not have time to immerse herself further. , a harmony came to my ears, coming from Lilian.
“Wave goodbye...goodbye……”
“my love... my love……”
LeVine's singing was interrupted. He took the initiative to stop playing and began to question Lilian..
Lillian said in confusion, "This is Mike's part.”
“Don't do this." LeVine's voice trembled slightly, revealing a trace of unbearable pain..
In an instant, Emily was defeated. Without any warning, she raised her right hand and covered her mouth, and her tears kept falling. She understood the sadness and bitterness behind this song, and she She understood the vicissitudes and scars in LeVine's singing, and she also understood the helplessness and confusion deep in LeVine's soul..
LeVine exploded.
Lewin vented all his anger towards Lillian and ruined Grovefiance's dinner rudely and rudely. The scene suddenly became ugly, but he didn't care and unreasonably told everyone All negative emotions were vented.
What’s even more ridiculous is that the big yellow cat is not Grofiens’ cat. Because their cat is male and the cat brought back by LeVine is female..
In the chaotic scene, Emily cried more and more sadly, just watching LeVine like a trapped animal, going around and around in the city of New York, but in the end she still couldn't Breaking free, his dream was like a dream of light, but in the end it still couldn't penetrate the layers of dark clouds and fell down, and the world still stayed in chaos..
At this moment, a handkerchief was handed to her right hand. Emily turned her head in shock, and then saw Steven Spielberg with a sad face..
Steven didn't speak, just shrugged slightly and handed the handkerchief to Emily. Without saying anything else, he turned to look at the big screen again, quietly integrating into the world in front of him. .The eyes behind the spectacles flashed with a touch of sadness, surging faintly, as if they were trapped in deep memories, unable to extricate themselves..
For young Emily, this is LeVine's story.
For the older Steven, this is his own story.
LeVine left New York for Chicago.
Al Cody mentioned before that a friend was preparing to go to Chicago, hoping to bring someone else with him to share the gas cost. LeVine expressed disdain at the time, and he was still more willing to stay in New York, but now, after all, he still Choosing to go to Chicago with the big yellow cat whose name and owner I don’t know.
It's been a very, very strange journey..
The driver was a taciturn, tough guy; the passenger was a fat old man who fell asleep the whole time. There was silence in the entire carriage. They didn’t even introduce each other, and they didn’t even know each other’s names. They just walked along the road..
The old man finally woke up. He was full of foul language and sharp, "Folk ballad? I thought you were a musician. Folk singer with a cat, are you gay?"？”
The old man was full of contempt and disdain for folk songs, and launched an attack with full firepower throughout the process..
But for the first time, LeVine spoke directly of Mike, his former partner, "who jumped off the George Washington Bridge.".”
The old man paused slightly, "Oh, damn, I wouldn't blame him. If it were me, I couldn't stand playing 'Jimmy-Crack-Corn' every night.）’.”
“"Jimmy cracks the corn" is an American children's song.
“Oh, sorry, please forgive me, but that's stupid, isn't it? "Just when everyone thought the old man was apologizing for the children's song, he immediately broke this illusion, "George Washington Bridge? Generally speaking, the Brooklyn Bridge is chosen, right? The George Washington Bridge? Who would do this? What happened to him? Idiot?？”
The old man’s views represent exactly one group.
They admire traditional music such as jazz and soul, and despise the new music represented by folk songs; they even go further, rejecting the poor lower class people represented by folk songs, and maintain their belongings with an elegant, proud, wealthy and decent attitude. A middle-class or even high-class life, refusing to join the ranks of those who live in Greenwich Village.
“"Clean-Asshole-Poems", just when everyone thought the tough guy was a mute, he spoke for the first time, "Orlovsky）.”
Peter- Orlovsky, a famous American poet and actor, a member of the Beat Generation, and also the poet Allen Ginsberg - the protagonist of the movie "Kill Your Darlings" - Lifelong Companion. The full name of the poem is "The Song of Clean Bastards and Smiling Vegetables"”.
“And then, in...'The-Brig.'" A surreal sixties drama about atrocities in a Marine Corps prison..
Obviously, the old man represents one group, the middle class who enjoy the comfortable status quo; while the tough guy represents another group, the beat generation; and the group represented by LeVine, the folk poets.
Three people, representing three groups respectively. They are all products of the background of the times. They adapt to, fight against, or integrate into this society in their own way, but they have become the cornerstone of the times and become a part of the times, intentionally and unintentionally. Promoting the progress of the times.
Then, the old man overdosed on drugs in the toilet and passed out while frothing at the mouth. LeVine discovered unexpectedly. Before that, he had to stop at every rest stop and every time he relieved himself. Super long, now everything has been explained - the seemingly indifferent old man was drunk and dreaming in his comfortable life.
Then, the three people were back on the road. The tough guy was suspected of drunk driving, and the police forced him to pull over. Although he had not drunk, the verbal conflict with the police still led to him being forcibly taken away. He watched as he walked away. Police car, LeVine also looked confused..
Then, Lewin got out of the car with his guitar. He looked into the eyes of the big yellow cat. After hesitating again and again, Lewin finally closed the car door, leaving the cat with the old man, and walked alone. Stopped a car on the roadside, got back on the road.
Three people, three endings.
In the dark, it pointed out the different directions and endings of the era. Emily subconsciously turned her head to look at Steven, and then saw Steven's expression lost in thought. Between the interplay of light and shadow on the big screen, It seems that the whole person has entered the whirlpool of that era and cannot extricate himself..
The camera returns to LeVine.
Alone in the ice and snow, LeVine arrived in Chicago. Without a winter coat, he was shivering in the cold wind, but he accidentally stepped into a snowdrift. His whole shoe was like a boat, and he was so wet that he couldn't get rid of it..
Huddled up in the cafe, filling his stomach with endless refills of bad coffee, taking off his shoes in embarrassment, gently rubbing the soles of his feet to keep warm, but a cup of coffee couldn't warm his body; later, he secretly gave Bud- The Gate-Of-Horn bar founded by Grossman called but didn’t dare visit in person..
After thinking about it, he turned around in despair and came to the train station with nothing to do. He hesitated whether he should go back to New York, but he fell asleep on the bench because he was too tired. As a result, he was spotted by the patrolman, who suspected him of being illegal. In the midst of chasing after each other, we came to the Horn Gate Bar again..
He was like a top, being whipped around and spinning, hitting left and right, but could never find his direction. The ice and snow in Chicago prevented him from finding any shelter, not even a decent coat..
After waiting for an hour, I finally got the chance to perform a song in front of Bud. I mustered up the courage to introduce myself and promote myself shamelessly..
But a soulful and moving song "The Death of Queen Jane", sung gently and affectionately, seems like even the warmth of the soul is hidden in the musical notes of the strings. It is sad and trapped, but only one sentence is exchanged, " I don't see any business value.”
“Okay." LeVine said..
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