The legend of 1900, a Italian film.

It is directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, it tells a story about after the Second World War, Max, a transplanted American, visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet. The shopkeeper recognizes the tune Max plays as one on a wax master of an unreleased recording, discovered and restored from shards found in a piano salvaged from a cruise ship turned hospital ship, now slated for demolition. This chance discovery prompts a story from Max, which he relates both to the shopkeeper and later to the official responsible for the doomed vessel, for Max is a born storyteller. Though now down on his luck and disillusioned by his wartime experiences, the New Orleans-born Max was once an enthusiastic and gifted young jazz musician, whose longest gig was several years with the house band aboard the Virginian, a posh cruise ship. While gaining his sea legs, he was befriended by another young man, the pianist in the same band, whose long unlikely name was Danny Boodman T.D. Lemons 1900, though everyone just called him 1900, the year of his birth.

The film's storytelling is by a man to show the entire story. And it uses cross-montage to make the audience watch the story. For example, when Max found a record in the shop, and it returned the scene how the record existed.

There is a scene I like most. It is in 76m52s, 1900 is showing to Max how he reads people, and fit it comfortable music to show people's feelings. I think it is a good way to show emotions.

Buy the way, the film is famous for a scene playing piano with a father of Jazz.

The director creates a intensive scene by the lights, positions and music.

 From the film I learn the important of music, and I will try to use music to show some emotions.