Encountering love in cruel times

Laurine 2022-04-23 07:02:48

I finished reading Zwartboek ("Black Book") on the sofa over the weekend. The subtitles of the pirated discs were translated in a mess, and I didn't understand German at all, so I could only get a rough idea of ​​the plot by means of comprehension and anagrams. I found out that the movie was going to be released in December, and I immediately started regretting that I should go to the cinema. However, the whole film is full of Verhoeven's "dark temperament + brutal killing + fragrant sex", and I can't see the whole picture when it is released in China.

Like any literature or film that reflects the fate of Jews during World War II, the plot of this film is heavy and dark. Deceived by the traitors of the resistance organization colluding with the Nazis, the Jews escaped with all their softness, but were robbed and killed, and all their hopes of life were dashed on the dark river. The movie doesn't actually show too many scenes of blood or abuse, but when the Nazi officers carefully searched for a large amount of hidden gold and banknotes from the Jews who were shot, it was really a torment for the viewers: What is the use of wealth in the face of reversal of fate? But it is true that these riches were all that those who lost their lives had hoped for the future. I often wonder, why did the Jewish nation suffer such a catastrophe; and what caused them to suffer from such a wide range of discrimination and injustice for thousands of years? Read some books but really didn't figure it out. Is it the sin of Judas in the Bible? Is it their inherent shrewdness and miserliness? It seems that no single account can provide a reasonable explanation for the fate of the Jews in human history. Thinking of the various disputes that have occurred in the holy land of human civilization and religion in recent years, wrong, justice and oppression are the continuation of thousands of years of suffering. Living compassion.

Love needs resistance to burst into light. Most people's peaceful life determines that they can only have ordinary feelings. Therefore, I am often moved to a mess by some impossible love, even though I know that it is against the background of suffering, and it is sweet against the background of bitterness. For example, in this movie, I think the relationship between Alice and Mantz is a warm highlight. They should love each other, although they are Jews and SS who are incompatible. Heart-wrenching cries when Alice learns that Mantz is shot; when Mantz knows Alice's Jewish identity and still exposes colleagues to help her avenge; Such "expectations indicate everything that they may not even admit to themselves.

What should love be like? Who stipulates that only the righteous and the kind are worthy of love? In Lust and Caution, Wang Jiazhi fell in love with Mr. Yi, and the tears in Mr. Yi's eyes also revealed the secret of his cruel face. What is incomprehensible is why so many people criticize this as a glorification of traitors and blasphemy of revolutionaries. The changeable human heart and the complexity of human nature may be far beyond imagination. Everyone has a yearning for beauty in the bottom of their hearts. No one will refuse love, although they may not choose love in the end. After the first meeting on the train, Alice and Mantz turned back again and again. At this time, love has sprouted, right? But, in the end, that cruel era did not give them the chance to choose love.

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  • Melyssa 2022-04-23 07:02:48

    Verhoeven's storytelling is top-notch; "The girl is here again, this time she's like Jane Harlow"; "It's golden here too, you're such a perfectionist"; "In that play, Garbo ends up being Dead"; [Inglourious Basterds] also has a Jewish vengeful girl in red, I can't help but think of Quentin's injustice for [Showgirls]; ps I have listened to the national anthem of Orange for so many years, and it is the first time I hear the lyrics version of

  • Brent 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Germans are more unrestrained than I thought. At first, they thought they were similar to Lust, but later found out that he has more content than Lust and Caution.

Black Book quotes

  • Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: I never knew this would happen. To fear the liberation...

  • Gerben Kuipers: We will kill that girl! However, wherever, whenever.