true power

Ashleigh 2022-04-19 09:02:21

I wanted to watch this movie in a more relaxed mood, but as I watched it, as the picture continued to intensify, I felt more and more depressed. In this film, the picture is very clear and the attitude is neutral, but it also seems more real and cruel.
The harsh living conditions of the political prisoners, the naked clothes, the accumulation of food scraps in the cell, and the feces on the walls, are disgusting and sympathetic. Prison guards are also out of duty to force them to bathe, examine their bodies, but also clean off criminals of all kinds of filth. The two sides seem to be arguing with each other and not giving in to each other, but they are equally helpless. The criminals died on hunger strike in order to fight for their own rights, and the prison guards were shot to death when they visited their mothers. The experiences of both were equally tragic. The final subtitle shows that 10 people on hunger strike and 16 prison guards died, and I think that number says it all. For freedom, for their respective political positions, both sides have to pay a huge price.
The scene of the prisoner being beaten in the play is too realistic. Is the hunger striker really the same actor?

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Extended Reading
  • Aaliyah 2022-01-03 08:01:32

    Cold and blunt, the sense of separation and participation have the upper hand, and the strength is extremely powerful.

  • Arnulfo 2022-04-23 07:02:58

    The director exposed the wound and showed the suffering to the audience. However, right and wrong are dissipated in the calm and cold lens. This is the dance of the sword of politics, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Uncle Fa made me realize that there is a second Bell in the world, and that famous 17-minute long-shot conversation is actually the key to understanding the film.

Hunger quotes

  • Bobby Sands: I always felt that thief next to Jesus got off lightly.

    Father Dominic Moran: Ah, but he recognized his sins.

    Bobby Sands: Did he though?

    Father Dominic Moran: Aye. Said as much.

    Bobby Sands: When you're hung from a cross you're gonna say anything. Jesus offers him a seat next to his daddy in a place called paradise you're always gonna put your hand up and have a piece of that.

    Father Dominic Moran: Aye. Even when it's nailed to your cross.

  • Father Dominic Moran: [offering Sands a cigarette] Bit of a break from smokin' the Bible, eh?

    Bobby Sands: [agrees]

    Father Dominic Moran: Anyone work out which book is the best smoke?

    Bobby Sands: We only smoke the Lamentations. A right miserable cigarette.