Overall feeling: uncomfortable, aggrieved, helpless, everyday, tears in laughter, sadness, gleam of idealism
Ridiculous, scary, pathetic:
In contrast to the feeling of loss after watching the movie, I laughed a few times during the movie, and I already remembered the specific content, but I could feel the director's banter. This is not a happy laugh, it is more like a self-deprecating and self-pity. This is also a kind of light weight, which can make such a heavy subject reveal the unbearable lightness of life.
I don't know if it's the horror of war or the horror of human nature, every decision in the movie is creepy. Going to war, prosecuting, shooting, going to war again, that was the beginning of mankind's first huge mistake, and it has not ended. Today, it has just changed its face and continues to eat away at people's hearts.
Why people can't escape repeating the same mistakes again and again, is it the sin of ignorance that can be saved or the nature that can't escape no matter what. So, I can't accuse whose fault this is, as if everyone is sticking to their own truth, but it is inevitable that the killing will end. Reason, in fact, is not used to insist, but to question. Any reasoning with different opinions is too easy to get carried away.
Questions about "theocracy, legal rights, and human rights":
If you ask God for forgiveness, what you get is just a psychological poison, it can only accompany you to the execution ground, sermons that don't concern yourself, forgiveness from the sidelines, well, it will make people feel better, that's all . In fact, it is not easy for a priest. He needs to bear the weight of another life, rely on a more mysterious power to provide confession, and he cannot hide his inner fear and panic.
The scene of the military court is a complete contempt for the law. Those who respect the law are unwilling, and those in power are the makers and executors of the law. Here, the law has been reduced to another centralization. What a ridiculous self-questioning game, the solemnity of the venue is even more despicable.
Human power, once mastered by some individuals, will inevitably breed violations of the basic rights of ordinary people, and maintaining their own privileges is based on trampling on other people. But it seems that between stability and power, we are more inclined to the former. If this is a more appropriate method, does it prove once again that there are seeds of unfairness and selfishness in human nature? As a human being, what you need to do is not only to follow your heart, but also to respect and reflect.
Light Comes From - Apology, Song and Captain
The first thing that struck me in the film was the apology of the officer appointed as the executioner to the soldier he had chosen. I'm sorry, there is only one sentence left in the end. It's an admission of mistakes, a redemption for myself, and a farewell song to the victim. He will not be forgiven by anyone, including himself, but this sentence of sorry is so important. , moving, that is the remnants of human voice.
The reason why the German female prisoner's singing makes people cry is because of the real emotions in her singing, such as fear, fear, sadness, and poignancy. The most real emotions can always evoke the softest feelings in people's hearts. This song was sung for humans, and I was moved by not even knowing the content of the lyrics. The last bottom line of human beings is the most basic emotional communication between people, returning to relationship and connection, and feeling life. Without emotional isolation, I don't believe anyone could kill another life with their own hands.
Captain, the idealism that I insisted on last in my heart, he has adhered to the bottom line of being a person who has limited ability, but does not give in to his principles for the sake of power, mercy, and killing. It is even a little unbelievable. I feel guilty for not believing, this belief will become the reason why people are human and the reason to live. He didn't make a heroic resistance, he did what he was supposed to do, guarded his conscience and human feelings, that's all.
About the scapegoat
The three soldiers were the scapegoats for the failure of the battle and the general exoneration. Either by drawing lots, or because of unpleasant qualities, or by offending someone in power, guilty and innocent. Their execution was the complicity of the state, even of humanity. We cannot bear the great guilt and guilt, but comfort the fearful soul with blood. Does that really work? It's more scary. At this point, this will not be a just war, it will be reduced to the fear of being executed, not fighting for the country, for honor, for justice and love.
This movie is already the warmest expression of Kubrick I've ever seen. After "A Clockwork Orange" and finally "Eyes Wide Shut", he became more and more disappointed and desperate for human beings. From another point of view, he has been adhering to the idealism of the lieutenant, expressing his stern observation and thinking in movies.
What I can do, the easiest and the most difficult, is just to stay alive and practice the idealism that I haven't fully understood yet. Talk nonsense, mourn forward, be a lonely but not lonely lieutenant, fight a battle that is doomed to fail and must continue.
Other messy words: irony, ridicule, loop, nihility, empathy, emotion, art, politics, emotional contagion, anger, choice, persistence
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