1957's Paths of Glory was a no-brainer. How glorious is the Path of Glory? Just like the bombshell in the poster, it fell from the sky and was fried. The theme of World War I is indeed very suitable for long shots, general inspections, night investigations, several sections along the twisted trenches, muddy and thorny roads, which give a sense of mobility to the movement, and you need to keep moving forward when playing games. Yes, the picture will look good when it walks. Kubrick disdains such tricks as showing off his skills. There are obvious traces of editing and insertion. As long as the story is more complete, technology is auxiliary.
When watching, I can't help but think of "1917", mainly because the time interval between the two films is too short. "1917" was on a mission to save 1,600 soldiers, "Path of Glory" was the opposite, launching an offensive war at the expense of soldiers and cannonballs for the so-called victory, the glory of officers. "1917" is about reducing casualties and looking positive. After Schofield completed the task, he looked at the photos of his family under the tree. He was moved while crying while performing the task so hard. Fortunately, although Schofield hated war, his sense of mission contained fragile hope, so he kept going. "Path of Glory" is directly reversed. On the battlefield, there are some lucky victories, and there are also some shameless dirty defeats.
Assault battles, like competitions, race against time. The entire story of "Road to Glory" spanned 4 days. On the first day, General Paul received an impossible task to prepare for the challenge. In the afternoon, he inspected the barracks and assigned the task to Colonel Dax. Dax had no choice but to provoke it. The heavy task was to arrange reconnaissance at night on the first day, and shelling at 5:15 during the day on the second day. After that, the first battalion set off, and the second and third battalions kept up, no later than 5:40. The calculation was accurate and the arrangement was carried out immediately. Soon, the mission failed, with heavy losses.
If the mission failed the next morning, Dax went to a meeting with the generals to discuss how to deal with it, choose 3 scapegoats, try at 3 pm, and execute the shooting the next day. Before the shooting, Dax was still fighting for the soldiers in the final battle, and the three scapegoats had a scene with the priest in prison about confession and questioning resistance. Logistical warfare is the same as fighting the front line. Time is raced, and there is no stop or redundancy.
Music soothes the heart. Like "1917", there is a song sung at the end of the road of glory. The soldiers sang it together. This group of old and young soldiers far away from home and their wives and children, the song made them go from noisy to silent, tired souls. Get a short break. The beautiful singing girl is from the German side of the enemy, but she is just an ordinary girl. She was captured in France, with two lines of tears on her face, and chanted, can her fate be better because of the war? Did the soldiers get braver because of the war?
Arno and Paris had a conversation the night before the attack. Arnold, like a chatter, asked Paris what kind of death was he afraid of? Shot, stabbed or blown up? Why do you care so much about the method of dying when you know there will be death? After all, no one wanted to die, and the urgency of the assault made people crazy.
Why is the Path of Glory glorious? Pig teammates are one reason. On the eve of the attack on the anthill, Lieutenant Roger received an order to lead two soldiers to investigate the direction of the anthill. Roger threw a grenade and ran back immediately because he was nervous and scared. Who would have thought that he would kill the soldiers he sent to the front to investigate. , and then wrote a sacrifice report. Roger said it himself, as an officer, my credibility and weight are always higher than that of a corporal. That is to say, Roger's ignorance and ignorance, cowardice and cunning, are no different from those of the big pig teammates, when they want honor, they are full of joy, and they fail. clown. The Path of Glory was shimmering red, someone took off their pants and urinated on the road, and the line was three minutes late to its destination.
What impresses me about Colonel Dax is not his positivity, of course, his positivity is worthy of respect, guarding his soldiers, reverence and compassion for life, to quote Samuel Johnson, put patriotism On the lips is the last refuge of the shameless. What moved me was that he knew that he could not achieve it, and he knew that he would hit the stone with an egg, but he still carefully planned the battle situation. The firepower was not enough, and the support line was disconnected. He went back and called on the soldiers to charge. Are you saying he's an unintimidating colonel? Did no one listen to him? Deterrence and influence must be built on the basis of rationality and hope, and Xiaozhu teammates can also see that this is death.
In the court trial, you can see Dax's bravery and deviousness. The difference in strength against the big pig teammates is too great, but he did not give up. After the trial ended, there was still a rescue attempt. Invert. Did Dax just fall apart? No, after listening to the chants of the soldiers in the tavern, he salutes the sergeant who came to report, and walks back to his office. In a few minutes, he will lead the team back to the front line.
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