The Humanistic Feelings of "City of Extreme Cold" ——Themes under dazzling colors

Gilberto 2022-04-19 09:01:40

The main theme of the film is the humanism, and this is completely reflected in the heroine, and there are multiple close-ups, even in the dialogue between her and the French female agent. So what is the object of this humanistic sentiment? That is peace and people, which is why the film uses the US-Soviet Cold War as the background (of course, it is possible to have a theme first and then a theme). But the presentation of the subject is complex and dramatic. First of all, under this big theme, many small themes have been added, including the fate and resistance of small people, the darkness of people's hearts and the corruption in the system, and the contrast between big love and little love, etc. Several special characters demonstrate these themes. The first is the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Intelligence. In Posper's words, it is "an arrogant dog that never leaves his desk." This fully demonstrates the incompetence and corruption of these government officials. Not to stop the war, but to protect one's own face. This reminds me again of a novel, "The Fall of the Giants," and how similar the reason for the outbreak of the First World War there is to the meaning expressed here. Next is Posper - the director of the British agent - a complete lackey of the government, and the dramatic montage used in the film when he goes to kill the French female agent amply illustrates this. But he is also a complicated person, and his sentence "overwhelming water is hard to take back" also fully shows his inner struggle, and this is the second sub-theme - the fate of little people, and this fate is not only reflected in him, but also in him. It is reflected in the French female agents and even the heroine, but I think this is really reflected in the millions of people in East and West Berlin. Under the war, the people are just dolls. What I want to connect the heroine and the French female agent is the shared feelings of the two people under this fate - great love, and this great love comes from the little love between the two people. has been manifested. It is unfortunate that the French female agent died in this disaster in the end. After all, the fate is difficult to change. Perhaps this is also a kind of "overturning the water and it is hard to recover". No matter whether the overturned water is for justice or evil, the result is actually the same, and this kind of The tragedy of fate, or the contrast between the small and the big, really highlights the true theme of the film - humanistic feelings. In the end, the movie ended with a comedy, even with such a unique style, it still chose a cliché in the plot. At the end of the film, a bunch of information is revealed to answer the suspense set before, and it is set for the little person to control his own destiny, and he scolded the "boss", but I want to say that the reason why this little person can resist successfully is less Got the help of that CIA guy? Then this counter Can resistance really be called resistance? It's nothing more than just dealing with different forces. Perhaps the plot of the heroine as Saqiu's intelligence liaison to kill her to show her intelligence also just reflects the fact that this little person is still powerless no matter how much he resists, and it's still just an illusion. Reality. In any case, the film has a satisfying ending and fully expresses this humanistic feeling (although I am not sure whether the audience can appreciate this under the confusing narrative style and the color of chaos) theme), we have been baptized with positive energy. But there is still a question, do the humanistic feelings of such little people exist only in the little people, or in the hearts of all mankind? Do we think this way, this kind of humanistic sentiment is just the rebellion and pity of the little people when they are dissatisfied with their own destiny? Of course, in fact, we don't need to think about this issue, and all the director needs to think about is: when we watch my movie, will we have this kind of pity, this kind of love, this kind of humanistic feeling in our hearts? If it happens, it's a success. Movies are not masterpieces, and do not need to construct complex and profound images like Shakespeare's tragedies. As a medium for cultural propaganda, movies play a role in propaganda to a large extent. But film is also an art, any film should be independent and become an existence for itself. Just like Husserl's text theory, film should become the object of our interpretation. In this way, I think there should be a perfect value system to form a complete world. Complicated and profound images, as a medium for cultural propaganda, film plays a role in propaganda to a large extent. But film is also an art, any film should be independent and become an existence for itself. Just like Husserl's text theory, film should become the object of our interpretation. In this way, I think there should be a perfect value system to form a complete world. Complicated and profound images, as a medium for cultural propaganda, film plays a role in propaganda to a large extent. But film is also an art, any film should be independent and become an existence for itself. Just like Husserl's text theory, film should become the object of our interpretation. In this way, I think there should be a perfect value system to form a complete world.

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  • Lorraine Broughton: I've read your file. I've also read your dog file. So let's cut the crap, shall we? This whole hungover, show-up-late, don't-know-which-way-is-up act, I'm not buying it. I trust you about as far as I can throw you.

    David Percival: "It's a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

    Lorraine Broughton: Niccolo Machiavelli. It was on your shelf.

    David Percival: Oh my God, I think I fucking love you!

    Lorraine Broughton: That's too bad.

  • Lorraine Broughton: You've got some balls breaking in here.

    David Percival: You should see my balls. Then you'd be really impressed!