Lies and Conspiracies of War

Jordan 2022-04-23 07:02:48

Our generation has not experienced war. Everything about the war, you and I are the same, it's all seen in movies and read in books. Movies can restore the scenes of war, and books can record the process of war, but we have never been able to get the real experience of war, and it is not clear what war means to us personally. Because we are just a bystander.

So what about a person who is in it? If this person is not a Spartan warrior, but a plain-headed commoner who did not want to be involved in the war, but got involved involuntarily, then, for him or her, what is the truth of the war?

The movie "Black Book" took more than two hours to tell such a story, a beautiful Jewish woman named Rachel, who wanted to escape the slaughter of Jews by the Nazis during World War II, and fled from the Netherlands to Belgium with her family. Ambushed by the Germans, her family was killed, and she was the only one who escaped and was taken in by the resistance. The head of the resistance asked her to go undercover, approach the German captain and become his lover. She accepted the task with no choice, and after that, a dizzying scene of thrilling stories followed, far beyond the storyline that a 2-hour movie could convey. In the process, the theme of the war gradually faded and evolved into a Hollywood-style movie feast composed of conspiracy, lies, love, money, revenge, family affection, and pursuit.

I watched this movie in Huacheng by myself tonight. When the cast list came out, I suddenly had a feeling of being fooled. All the previous concepts about war were peeled off in an instant. After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, he came to a conclusion: In fact, there is no difference between righteousness and evil in war, and there is no difference between the enemy and our side. If there is, it is only out of political needs and the perspective of bystanders. For everyone involved, war is just one lie and conspiracy one after another.

I noticed several important episodes: Rachel, the heroine, was forced into war because she had nothing but the flames of vengeance. Because of this, she has no fear of war and death; the leader of the resistance organization asked her to go undercover, close to the captain's real purpose, just to rescue his son; the German captain knew she was undercover, and still had an ambiguous relationship with her. Because the captain's family was also killed in the war, the emotional world was extremely empty; the rescue operation failed, and all those involved, except Hans, the second leader of the resistance organization, were all killed. Before the rescue operation, the son of the leader of the resistance organization had been beaten and confessed by the Nazis, and even his father was the leader of the resistance organization. After the defeat of the German army, it was transformed into a mistress of a British officer in order to survive. The biggest lie was revealed at the end of the film. It turned out that Hans and the Nazi lieutenant had already secretly conspired, under the guise of war, to plunder the rich Jewish people in private. Money carried out a series of killings and shamelessly betrayed Rachel. And the real murderer who killed Rachel's family was Hans, who was known as a fighting hero; it is very ironic that after the British army had taken over the Netherlands, the German captain who was the most "unwilling to see death caused by war", Under the acquiescence and under the eyes of the British army, they were executed by the German army...

This is the essence of war-everyone who lives in it, for their own ulterior purpose-life, money, sexual desire, hatred, so they will It is a huge conspiracy that is compiled and paved with countless lies. And the truth of the war is hidden in it, just like the name of the movie - "Black Book".

This movie was recommended by a friend some time ago. He said it was a European version of Lust, Caution. I originally watched it with some ulterior motive, but I didn't expect to see the seductive heroine after watching it. In addition to the carcass of the war, by the way, the private parts of the war are at a glance.

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Extended Reading
  • Alvera 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    I admired the anti-war movie of Van Hoeven's sword and unique perspective. After watching it, I felt that the woman is really great. It started with some "color. The shadow of "Precept" turned out to be more and more powerful as it went on, and it became "Don't trust strangers" directly. It is hard to imagine that this is adapted from a real story. This kind of life is too legendary but too sad, and I have been thinking about it for many years. , after reading it is so desolate. As the sinful old lawyer said to the heroine, "You can't blindly trust others, that era is over." Who would have thought that he would fall in love with the enemy in the end, and who would have thought that his comrade-in-arms turned out to be murdering his parents What about dead comrades and traitors to lovers? Who could have predicted so many senseless massacres and deaths after the so-called "victory"? She pierced her heart and cried, "When will you be a leader?" She could imagine the heroine's final collapse, despair, disillusionment, and determination to take revenge at all costs. The ending was relatively mild, and the bad guys died too easily. Faith is a sin, forgetting is a sin, forgetting history is betrayal. ps, popular science, if you are injected with a lot of insulin by the bad guys, you can save yourself by eating more chocolate.

  • Janie 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    It's actually a very good work, but if you watch it for the first time, you can't notice many details. The film's description of the psychological impact of war on people can be described as nuanced

Black Book quotes

  • Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: [SPOILER]

    [Hans Akkermans is locked in the coffin, as a punishment for his murderous treason, struggling to get out by kicking and screaming]

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: We should actually get up and open the coffin.

    Gerben Kuipers: Yeah. We should...

    [both Rachel and Gerben remain seated, gazing at the river]

    Gerben Kuipers: What should we do with all the money?

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: It doesn't belong to us.

    Gerben Kuipers: It doesn't belong to anybody.

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: To the dead...

    [the sound of Hans Akkermans's screams stops, meaning he is now dead. Gerben raises his finger]

    Gerben Kuipers: He's quiet. Finally.

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: It seemed forever.

    [/SPOILER]

  • General Käutner: Obersturmführer, open your safe.

    Günther Franken: Of course. Which files would you like to see?

    General Käutner: None. You're suspected of killing rich Jews. There's nothing wrong with that. But you've been looting the bodies and keeping the valuables for yourself. Failure to turn Jewish property over to the Reich is punishable by death. Open the safe.

    Günther Franken: As you wish, Obergruppenführer.