Although I have seen many good films reflecting political issues in Northern Ireland before, I still know very little about this history. This film looks like a three-act play. The subtitle introduction at the beginning of the film fails to evoke a sense of history. There are basically no lines in the first third, and the plot is very scattered. Naked prisoners, everything is a line drawing of the life of the prison guards and prisoners, and it is impossible to distinguish the protagonist and the supporting roles. The impression of the first act can be described as chaotic.
The second act is mainly a shot, a 17-minute medium shot dialogue, the protagonist Sands and the priest quarreling about the hunger strike, and finally left with a resolute close-up of Sands, the priest slammed the door outside the camera.
The third act is Sands' death process. There is no dialogue, and everything in the camera makes people shudder. Jesus died to forgive ignorant people. Sands' death shocked everyone with his life, no different from Gandhi.
The 17-minute staged shot, and the last 5-minute deep shot of a prison guard cleaning a corridor with a fixed camera is not technically difficult for photography and set, but for actors and directors, it is very common to create such unedited dramatic conflicts Powerful. The 17-minute dialogue condenses all the dialogues in the film, showing the motives and aspirations of the rebels, and the rest is a silent resistance process. The 5-minute fixed shot shows the boring work of the prison guards who aim to complete the task. We personally experienced the disgust and helplessness of the person in the mirror, and recalled the many flashbacks of the injured hand soaked in water, and the death in front of the demented mother. The poor pawn also makes us sentimental. It snows, the world is separated by a wall, the hands outstretched in the prison play with flies, the guards in thin clothes are smoking cigarettes silently, everything is cold and terrifying, we found that all the participants are victims. The director did not abandon the 10 rebels who died on hunger strike and the 16 prison guards who were murdered.
It is difficult for the nationals of their own country to jump out of their minds when they tell the history of their own country. Even an artist with a rich worldview has a hard time expressing neutrality when he writes about his country's history.
After watching "Hunger", I can't help but think of "Nanjing!" Nanjing! ". Maybe we view "Hunger" like European audiences view our "Nanjing!" Nanjing! ", "Hunger" can shock all mankind, "Nanjing! Nanjing! "Also, but wonder if Europeans can believe in the history of the Nanking Massacre as we believe in the Irish Resistance?
I can't help but say that Lu Chuan is a bit overkill. For major historical events, of course, art can be used, but the room is very small. It is completely understandable that there is no way to be realistic, but it is difficult for people to accept false plots to express his biased views. , using easy-to-see examples to illustrate the truth will make it difficult for the truth to stand.
Steve McQueen's "The Hunger" did not arouse national sentiment among the people, nor did it pour cold water on the whitewashed peace. This neutral expression may not be applicable to historical events such as the "Nanjing Massacre", but this kind of The reverence and loyalty to history and the sense of responsibility for images are worthy of learning from film workers in our country.
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