"I was ashamed of being a human being."
Colonel Dax was sent to attack an impossibly high ground, and after the attack failed, three soldiers were singled out to be tried by a military court and sentenced to death for cowardice.
Politicians paved a path of glory in their rhetoric and swords: in this political show, soldiers were not afraid to fight to the death, sacrificing more than half of them to capture the anthill, General Paul was promoted to the military rank, General Brollard had a glorious face, and everyone Have a bright future.
According to Jun Mo's words to seal the matter of the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will die. But why should other people's lives be handed over in such a meaningless way? By patriotism?
"Patriotism is the last refuge of hooligans". This sentence comes from "Johnson's Biography" written by Johnson's friend and British biographer James Boswell. The original text reads: Patriotism having become one of our topicsks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strongly determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ' Paraphrase: When we started discussing patriotism, Johnson suddenly uttered a shocking epigram in a firm tone: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the rascal." He's not referring to genuine, selfless love for our country, but that kind of patriotism in disguise. Johnson wrote four political pamphlets in his life, one of which, "On Patriots," discussed patriotism. First, he declared that patriotism was not wrong, he said: "If a person is not a patriot, he is not entitled to a seat in Parliament." . "
He warned British voters that many were posing as patriots, blackmailing public opinion in the name of patriotism, and selling dangerous personal ideas. That said, Johnson is not against patriotism! What he opposes is the act of harming the country in the name of patriotism. The hypocritical pursuit of freedom will only destroy the stable political system and add chaos to the country. Generals Brollard and Paul are rogue speculators in patriotic veneer, they are hypocritical, high-sounding, utilitarian and speculative to decide a senseless attack, and finally to judge the cowardice of the three combat soldiers to throw the blame.
The speech in the Dax court was deafening: "I am sometimes ashamed of being a human being. Yesterday morning's attack is not a stain on the glory of France, and certainly not a shame on the French soldiers, but this military court is a stain on the glory of the country and France. Disgrace to the soldiers. The trial of these people is a mockery of human justice. Judges, convicting these people will be your crime and haunt you to the death."
There are thorns behind the glory, and all the princes are guilty. In the end, the execution of Dax failed to save three innocent "cowardly" soldiers. The evidence of General Paul was used as a weapon by Brollard to bring him down, and then he supported Dax, a weak colonel, to obey him. .
I have always expected Dax to turn the tide and keep people under the knife, but Kubrick is against the common sense of the movie mode, but it is so realistic that it cannot be refuted. This farce is extremely absurd. The film was shot here, and the thinking about human disappointment and tragedy has reached the extreme. At the end of the movie, Dax, who refuses to join forces, passes by the tavern in the rest area, where his soldiers are listening to a captured German girl sing, this girl is a little pearl pushed to the shore in the tide of war. Amidst the noise, German ballads were slowly dispersed or homesick in the tavern of the enemy's foreign country. The helpless girl shed two lines of tears, and the tavern gradually became quiet. French soldiers and German girls sang this ballad together. In this savage Shura field, the gleam of humanity scattered in the tavern stirred up the warmth that was hidden deep in the heart.
In a few minutes, they were about to leave for the next position to continue their path of glory.
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