I've been watching "The Hunger," "Bloody Sunday," "1971," and this one, "The Hunger," "Bloody Sunday," and this one. It's weird. I am very sympathetic to and even agree with the Irish democrats, especially the republicans. However, when you think about it now that we have Tibet and Xinjiang issues, I don't think it should be.
Religious issues in Europe have a long history, and the dispute between Britain and Ireland began with the dispute between Protestantism and Catholicism. As we can see in "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves", the priest is a very authoritative existence. Even if he hurts people in his early days, there is no forgiveness and indifference of the priest, but the people will walk out of the church instead of quarreling with him.
The brother in the film has always been a strong, at least leading role. Damien even regarded him as an idol, and felt that he was the one who did big things. The relationship between this group of characters is very similar to the situation of leaders in the Irish Republican Army. The IRA under Collins had been a leading, active role in the Irish War of Independence. But in the face of the Anglo-Irish agreement, Collins had differences with his former comrade-in-arms, De Valera, and even there were many dissatisfaction and break-ups within the Republican Army, but it was difficult to fight against his former comrades-in-arms. After the end of the Irish War of Independence, a civil war broke out in Ireland, which lasted for two years. Due to the retaliation of the Irish Civil War, the issue of Northern Ireland (six northern counties), which was treated separately in the pact, was ignored, which directly led to the later issue of Northern Ireland. The events of The Hunger, Bloody Sunday, and Fascination 1971 appeared.
We can't judge whose opinion is better. This kind of question makes later evaluations an afterthought. However, we see some interesting changes and emotional changes in the characters in the film. We can see that those who accepted the agreement were all the previous leaders, at least the small leaders. They began to instigate Damien, who was disgusted with the war and force, to join, and let him kill one of his own hairpins. The lad, then, when they saw a little benefit, they dropped him. The point in the middle is also very interesting. Regarding the judgment of the first court of the Liberal Federation, they believed that the businessmen should not suffer, because then they would not have the money to buy weapons. Interests.
And Damien, who has always listened to his brother since he was a child, is still a smart child, why would he rather die than change in the end? From the moment he killed his own teenage boy, he was closely linked to this cause. The film handled this very well. In the previous actions, Damian was not the protagonist. In the camera, don't you realize how outstanding he is, and after that, his status in action is gradually highlighted. When he raised his gun, he must have been thinking of comforting what he did with a good, independent and free future. But in the end, he found that what he was after had not been obtained, but his comrades in arms had to betray the revolution. Wasn't Rayleigh's death just because they exposed their position? He didn't want to be the one he killed with his own hands.
In the end, Ireland became independent, but the problem of Northern Ireland came again~~~
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