The conflicts of a real composer, engraved in his music
Bolero: Eternal Melody
I've always loved movies based on real events and people. I'm particularly drawn to the process of people creating something amidst despair and suffering. One movie that really hit the spot for me was "Bolero." It's a musical film that depicts the process of composer Maurice Ravel completing his masterpiece "Bolero" and what happens afterward.
At the beginning, various arrangements of "Bolero" play, and at that point, the song is deeply etched in my mind as I watch. The next scene goes back to when the song still had no form or trace, and the sounds of factory machinery that can be heard there, and the painful memories of the past that Ravel ruminates on as he struggles with a slump, are all etched into my mind even more along with the music that continues to play in my head. I feel as if I'm suffering along with him, wanting him to finish the song quickly.
So when, midway through the film, his finally completed "Bolero" began to play through the cinema's dynamic acoustics, it was like something had exploded, sending chills through my spine. Apparently, the piano Ravel actually played was used for some of the filming. As it is fiction, it's only natural that it includes dramatization and originality, but there's something incredibly romantic about being able to experience the life of a real person in a documentary-like way.
I feel like a deeply moving movie experience is stored in my body. Like a sponge, if you squeeze it, the emotions from that moment will overflow again. I think that in this way, it can fill your heart again and again.
