Text | Friends of Wang Junjun's attention, hello everyone, at the beginning of December, a big show will be watching me. With uncontrollable divergent thinking, today I will come again to talk about cold knowledge with you at length. If you have watched "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", you may remember the perverted policeman in it
The actor Gary Oldman, also known as Uncle GO, left a deep impression on me when I was very young, and he adhered to the professional ethics of "only bad movies, no bad characters", and has performed for many years. A large number of classic movies - supporting roles.
Of course, there is no protagonist. Although Uncle Go was nominated for Best Actor at the 84th Academy Awards for his performance in the film "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" in 2011, although he can be regarded as the uncrowned king, he has never been It's a shame to win an award.
On the 1st, "Darkest Hour" was released, a month earlier than the UK. In this awards season, it is obviously for the Oscars, and Churchill, played by Uncle GO, also bears the brunt. It's a very solid biographical film, and Churchill's character is quite successful from a theatrical point of view. The whole movie feels like it wants to achieve its purpose perfectly, in every aspect. One of the biggest credits, I think, is Uncle GO's acting skills. The real one second into the play, even if I knew it was him before I watched it, I was completely taken in. I think that's what the real act is. Not a trace.
Including foreign media is full of praise, and even many people have already awarded this year's Oscar for best actor to him in advance. I believe that you can see a lot of recommendations for "Darkest Hour" recently, as well as praise and pursuit of Uncle GO. However, as good as the movie is, I still have two other perspectives that I want to talk about.
First of all, this movie is not suitable for all audiences, it requires a certain historical background and accumulation of appreciation for the movie. Secondly, there is still a difference between the Churchill in this movie and the real Churchill. In the process of watching the movie, half of the people left at halftime, and three people called. I don't know how many fell asleep. In Europe in 1940, Hitler launched a blitzkrieg and quickly broke through European countries. It was almost like no one else. At that time, the Soviet Union and Germany were allies. The only country still resisting. And almost all the 300,000 troops in the United Kingdom were trapped in Dunkirk and could not escape. They would face the fate of being crushed by German tanks at any time. The naval and air force could not defeat the German army. It seemed that there was no other situation except surrender and destruction. This is the darkest moment in European history.
At this time, Churchill replaced the former Prime Minister Chamberlain and was ordered in danger. Because he is the only one who has seen through Hitler's ambitions in the past few years. He and Hitler even scolded several times over the air. And Churchill's first month as prime minister was arguably the most gripping month for him and for Europe as a whole. We all know the end result. Through his moving speeches, Churchill inspired the people of Britain and even other countries to die, and finally defeated Hitler's fascism. Although the final victory of World War II mainly depended on the Soviet Union and the United States, the persistence of Britain-Churchill can definitely be regarded as the only light in the darkest hour. When you watch a movie, you will also have this feeling. The hero is ordered in danger, united as one, and join hands to fight against the devil to win. The character portrayed in the movie can be said to be excellent, especially true, and with Uncle GO's acting skills, it's a real treat. But our second question is, is the real Churchill the same as in the movie? Is this "real" really real? True, he smoked, he drank, he cursed, but he was a good leader. This is the side of Churchill in reality and in the darkest moments of the film. But the real Churchill, I am afraid, is at a higher angle. In 1953, Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature—yes, he also won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In books such as "Churchill's Autobiography" and "Memoirs of World War II", Churchill's image is fuller and closer to the historical truth. In his autobiography, he confessed that my speeches were all lies. I knew in my heart it was fake. For those seemingly shocking speeches, the inside story is even more boring. It is nothing more than thinking of a few big slogans, and then sensational, and occasionally interspersed with a few jokes. The real Churchill, in fact, loves war very much. He just doesn't take the initiative to launch wars and massacres like Hitler did. As the saying goes, a good opponent is a good confidant. Churchill was even Hitler's confidant from a certain angle, which is why he was able to see through Hitler early on, and therefore he was able to become prime minister. We watched this tearful hero biography film in the cinema. If Churchill himself watched it, he might just laugh at it. He spent a lot of money and hype it up with the big financial groups when he was campaigning, and gave him money through newspapers and media Gold on the face. In a word, although the movie is great and the acting skills are palace-level, the reality is still more complicated than the movie.
In the film, Churchill faced the darkness of the whole of Europe and made his voice, and the courage and faith needed is probably the most prominent theme of the whole film. But in fact, it is not only courage and faith that encourages the masses, you have to lie. This layer was not captured in the movie, and I especially don't want anyone to misunderstand it. Hitler was a lunatic, and Churchill was a lunatic. (By the way, I recommend that you can read the original book if you are interested.) Some people may ask, the reality is always a little darker than we think, so are the movies all fake? What exactly is true and what is false? In fact, this leads to another problem, that is, a person's legend to himself is different from a person's legend to a group of people. Here to introduce to you another very very unpopular knowledge. Another hero in this time and space.
Charles Lightoller
In Darkest Hour, we mentioned Dunkirk. And this year's other blockbuster, "Dunkirk" directed by Nolan, can be said to be the perfect match between the two films. In "Dunkirk", there is an old civilian captain, Mr. Dawson, with his son to rescue the soldiers trapped in Dunkirk. This Mr. Dawson has a prototype, he is Charles Lightoller. His life is full of legend and admirable courage! When it was time to requisition his boat, because he was too old, he didn't want him to go in person, and he said proudly, "If anyone can drive it, that person is me." His pride is not without reason, Dunkirk Great rescue, he used this 20-person boat to rescue 130 people without a single bullet hole in the hull. And this is just a small chapter in his legendary life. Further on, he was the second mate on the Titanic. The captain who sank an enemy submarine during World War I.
In 1912, when the Titanic hit an iceberg, and the lifeboats were only half full, he pulled out a pistol and shouted, women and children first! However, there was no bullet in his pistol. This scene was also performed in the classic movie "Titanic".
And the last scene in the movie that left a deep impression on me was when a band gave up the chance to escape on the boat and continued to play on the boat.
In reality, Lightoller is also one of the survivors who voluntarily gave up. It stands to reason that as the second officer, the manager who controls the situation, and the gun-wielding manager, he can escape completely. However, he chose to leave the chance to live to others! After the incident, the ship sank, and he was frozen to death. He was lucky to meet the rescue ship, just like the heroine of the movie, who survived the disaster. After being rescued, he immediately joined the rescue operation to save others.
Isn't this martyr-like consciousness an admirable belief?
In 1916, during World War I, the German air raid on London, Lightoller found the enemy's large airship, and immediately ordered the sailors to attack with machine guns without hesitation. Save countless citizens.
In 1918, Lightoller served as captain of the destroyer USS Gary and was instructed to escort the merchant fleet. After encountering a German submarine at sea. The German periscope exposed to the surface before the attack was discovered by Lightoller, who immediately ordered a depth charge to attack the submarine.
The submarine was forced to surface, but Lightoller gave the opponent no chance to attack and immediately ordered to collide. Although the "Gary" was flooded with water, it was almost impossible to return to port, but the German submarine was hit and sunk by him.
This incident was publicized by the military at that time as a typical example of courage and wisdom!
Then, in 1940, he participated in the rescue of Dunkirk. He used the 20-person boat Vagabond to carry 130 soldiers. In order to master the balance, he tried his best to master the balance, and combined with the words of his air force son, he escaped the attack of the German warships and fighter jets. Relying on technology, return home safely.
The Wanderer was later collected by the United Kingdom.
In the movie "Dunkirk", he said that his son was also in the Air Force and died fighting, which is true. And his other son, also in 1945, was killed as a speedboat commander. In 1952, the 72-year-old Lightoller died, he experienced two world wars, a legendary life. Full of courage and faith. This is a real hero. After watching "The Darkest Hour", the biggest emotion in my heart is not Uncle GO's acting skills, nor the excellent quality of the movie. Rather, between the real and the artistic processing, some inexplicable things are surging. Lightoller's legendary life seems to be the limit of an ordinary person. He seems to be more real and down-to-earth, but he is an ordinary person. And Churchill is undoubtedly a great man, but he also came into being. If there is no Hitler, I think his political career can only be mediocre. His courage and the ferocity of will and passion for war that rivaled Hitler were important factors in his success. But as a politician, it is inevitable to face the public with white lies. There are still many differences with the movie. I am not writing this to express any point of view, but there is no theme. I just want to share some things and information that others have not mentioned. Look at the problem from multiple angles, instead of blindly trusting the description of a historical character or even a piece of history in the movie. Sometimes we feel that when we enjoy a movie, especially a high-quality movie like "Darkest Hour", it is inevitable that we will be touched. After all, the performance of a movie star like Uncle GO is not something you can often see on the big screen of a movie theater. But I think that courage, faith, aesthetic appreciation of art, and wisdom to explore the world without artistic processing, are also full of charm. To be a qualified audience, to see clearly the inside and outside of the play, to see the truth of the world and history, and to understand all the motives and behaviors of every complex character, is originally the exclusive play of the palace level of every life. over
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