Before, I didn't know anything about this movie. I don't know if it's Spielberg's masterpiece, I don't know if it's a new film in 2005, and I don't know the theme of this film. I remember reading an interview with Spielberg in a gossip magazine before, saying that he had two dreams since he was a child, one was to make science fiction films and the other was to make war films, so when there was "Jurassic Park", We can also enjoy blockbusters like "Schindler's List".
The Munich massacre in 1972 has little memory for me. All I know is that it was a dark night in the history of the Olympic Games, and all I know is that 11 athletes were left out of their homes. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, whether it's a religious conflict, ethnic division or terrorism, just as I still don't know what kind of hatred between Palestine and Israel is. As long as it involves political issues, I have never been interested. Political things are boring and dirty in my opinion. There are no good people or bad people on the two sides of the confrontation. The most innocent people are the victims at the front desk. Who is responsible for whose life.
The film is based on this historical fact, and I don't know how much artistic it is. On the surface it's an art film, but it's actually a documentary, maybe. I think the word "on the surface" is very useful. As shown in the film, on the surface, it is a terrorist activity, but in essence it is an assassination of the nature of national revenge; A respected profession, even personable, elegant and erudite, but in fact they were
cruel ; on the surface, those Jews who claimed to be toy designers, text appraisers and drivers were actually all of them. Terrorists who have been tasked with assassination, the skillful hand of designing toys is also unambiguous when disassembling and assembling bombs. On the surface he is a CIA, but in fact he may have sold information to Kokob or Fatah. . . . . . . . . . Our eyes can only see what is on the surface, and there is so little truth that we can see, and even
less that we can believe. When the gains are beyond what I see, I only believe that I can hand over the power of judgment to God.
After reading Mr. Anti's film review, I found that unfortunately, I was also one of the cowardly people he described, which is what he called an unprincipled anti-war. In my opinion, as long as it is a war, there is no winner. Whether it is just or unjust, all are losers. Because the biggest sacrifices on both sides in the war will always be the innocent civilians represented by women, children and the elderly. "The director balances the cruelty of the Pakistani kidnapping and Israeli revenge, which is completely the basic practice of anti-war news around the world. After watching the
movie , it is the same as reading the Iraqi report of the "New York Times". It's a world where there are no good people and no real bad people, and all violence and war is evil."
The Palestinian Black September terrorist group planned the Munich Massacre, and 11 innocent Israeli athletes were sacrificed. In order to demonstrate, the Israelis sent a special team to assassinate the leaders of Black September one by one; but each time a leader was killed, the Palestinians retaliate against Israeli targets again. . . . . . . . Assassination, revenge, assassination, and revenge, this kind of revenge with violence and retribution, Xianglai is a time-tested method of revenge since ancient times, because it is simple enough to operate and rationalized to the maximum extent. Even the Bible says it's a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. In the end, we just saw more and more people die, including the leaders of the Black September, including the members of the assassination team, seeing Israel continue to send out groups of assassination teams, and seeing the Black September constantly updating the leadership. Organizations change and become more violent. And Avner, who was lighthearted at the beginning, went from the guy who started shaking hands with a gun to the last killing machine. His expression is tangled, his eyes are violent, he is often like a bird frightened, and he will wake up in the middle of the night for no reason. We often see the apparent death and destruction brought about by war, while often ignoring the trauma it inflicts on people's hearts. But the threat of war to human psychology and consciousness may be greater than the actual threat. Many members of the assassination team have gradually withdrawn because they can't stand the pressure, because they have doubts about their original intentions, their starting points, and their fundamental beliefs that guide their actions have been shaken. Just like what the bomb expert in the film said before giving up the action: "We are paying the price in blood, we are Jews, and Jews should not repay the enemy with grudges. After thousands of years of suffering will not make you decent , but we should be righteous, that's what's good. That's what I know, that's what I believe. That's all I have, that's my soul, and I've lost it now. "There is also a scene at the end of Avner and his wife having sex frantically, alternating between his wife's calm face and the terrified, deformed face of the Israeli before he was killed. He seemed to be caught in the phantom circle of war, unable to extricate himself, and his eyes were filled with fear and sorrow, like a drowning person struggling against the vortex. In the end, like a child who had done something wrong, he fell on his wife's chest and repented deeply, and her wife had the peaceful and peaceful eyes of the Virgin. All reversion and wordless sadness and despair. What war destroys is not those superficial buildings and lives, but the value system and worldview constructed by people's hearts. What has collapsed is the moral evaluation system of the entire society. That's the real horror of war. But I think it's warm
As far as the director is concerned, as many reviews have said, as a Jew, Spielberg is not biased towards Israel. He transcended political and religious disputes, overlooking the entire bloody vendetta from the top of a sea of clouds. Sage director, his camera is on the throne of God. His balance is indeed very good, from the alternating appearance of the victim list and the assassination list in the film, as well as the tragic situation of the assassinated and the despair of innocent athletes dying in the film, the humanized life fragments of the killer and
the ruthless execution of the murder, The usual gentleness and elegance of the Black September leader and the whole murder plot are a good balance. Maybe I'm a timid person by nature, so I automatically filter the bloody scenes in my memory, I only remember Avner's dinner as a professional chef, I only remember the bomb expert like a childish toy making, only remember the first A slain leader talking poetry on the street and a second slain enjoying family in a government mansion. What broke
the harmony of all this? Perhaps we can only attribute it to war. The different positions of the two sides of the enemy doom us to be friends who can communicate with each other to discuss issues today, but opponents who are doomed to death tomorrow. In war, you have to learn to forget, forget identity, forget justice, forget ethics, forget thinking, and become a real killing machine, so that you will not be so miserable.
The whole film is in blue-gray tones, which is very suitable for setting off the depressing and tense atmosphere. The only thing I remember is that Avner is in the home of the old man who sells murder information to the four intelligence agencies, and the light of the movie is warm. It was a big harmonious family, and people couldn't help but think of the clip of the Godfather marrying a daughter in the title sequence. The warm salary and warmth on the surface conceal the darkest transactions in this world. The world is like this, so people who have a beautiful dream must not wake up easily, because waking up will be very painful. There is another image that gives the impression that it is very bright. That's where Aner and his party broke with the bomb expert at the train station. For a dialogue between the two about morality, conscience and justice, the director used the practice of editing the back against the light, which makes people feel a little warm in their hearts, at least people's hearts do not completely destroy their conscience.
I don't talk much about politics, because to a person who doesn't care at all, what I say is nothing but remarks. For wars caused by competing interests, I think both sides are evil, and for wars against aggression and for freedom, I sympathize with the rebels. Just like Palestine and Israel, I can't say which side is right or wrong, but I may feel more sympathetic to the Palestinians, because all their efforts are only for state building. Jianguo, in my opinion
, is a very sacred word that cannot be profaned. In the film, when Annor, the head of the assassination, once asked a Palestinian killer whether he believed in his heart that he must retake the poor island at all costs, the answer he got was absolutely yes. "Maybe this process will last for hundreds of years, but it will last. That's what the Palestinian asked: How long did it take the Jews to build a state? How long did it take the Germans to build Germany? You don't know what it means to have no homeland. , that's why you Europeans' revolts always fail, because you don't have to mind failure, you at least have a home. And when you're in a world revolution, we just want a state. The homeland is everything." The state is the relationship To the dignity of a land, the dignity of a nation, and the dignity of thousands of lives. This is a moral position, not a political bottom line. So I think the Munich massacre is just the wrong method. What I protest against is the kind
of revenge that "attacks terrorists with terrorist means". There is a saying that is good: you must always have higher moral standards than the other party in order to maintain your own psychological balance. Otherwise, how can you be sure that you are on the side of justice? So no matter what time, it is the most important to maintain your inner bottom line.
Anti wrote at the end of the article: I am more and more aware that the balance of reporting stipulated by journalism professionalism is not the whole truth of the world, we also need the freedom of media opinion brought about by the freedom of the press. And the truth in the mind, the truth that consists of ideas, desires, that is driven by love and hatred, is equally true for all who live in this world. If I wish to see the truth about the Iraq War, I am not hoping
The New York Times gave objective reports, but went to the Wall Street Journal, Lebanon Star and Al Jazeera. I want to go into the extreme hearts of all parties, use this fierce diversity to make up for the lack of balance in reporting, and then choose my own position.
And what I just want to say is that, until I have first hand information, I just want to maintain this poor neutral balance, while hypocritically shouting: I am a pacifist, even if it is superficial, Even if it's not real.
In this troubled world, perhaps just as Father Jesus said, no one is innocent, and no one is truly innocent. We are all guilty.
Perhaps the 10-year-long Trojan War was really caused by the goddesses fighting over a golden apple.
If there is a God above all living beings, then he must be compassionate and compassionate. Then please give mankind more salvation and less suffering.
06.02.28
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