If the professor is in the People's Square subway station...

Precious 2022-04-21 09:02:51

Looking back at "Crash", "Crossing the Border", and looking at this
"Uninvited Guest", it seems that the theme of immigration, cultural integration, administrative violence and other topics can always be appropriately infecting the audience with New York as the stage.
On the other hand, looking at Shanghai, which is the most similar to New York in the Celestial Dynasty, the same topic is inevitably reminiscent of the humiliation of YP, which shows the huge gap in inclusiveness between Eastern and Western metropolises.
——The group differences in Shanghai, under the appearance of cultural contradictions, more reflect the economic class gap. Just as the observer in this film is an old professor, generally speaking, people who don't need to worry about life have time to carefully appreciate the connotations of different cultures and people.
Therefore, the group differences in Shanghai are actually a reflection of the class antagonism in China on a larger scale, that is, the so-called urban-rural imbalance. This century-old problem may be very reasonable to solve.

I highly recommend this humanistic film, which can serve as a good friend when the mind is quiet, and it can also be thought-provoking. Although, it has no realist value in our society.

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  • Olen 2022-03-20 09:02:14

    That last lens worked really well

  • Eugenia 2022-01-06 08:02:20

    The plot of the story is average, and the causes and results are all too ordinary. You say it's unfair, but how can there be such a fair place now?

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  • Ronald Cole: Sir?

    Prof. Walter Vale: Yes? Did you find him?

    Ronald Cole: He's been removed.

    Prof. Walter Vale: Removed to where?

    Ronald Cole: Deported.

    Prof. Walter Vale: Deported? When?

    Ronald Cole: He was deported this morning.

    Prof. Walter Vale: How can that be? No, he - Um, sir, is there any way that I could contact him?

    Ronald Cole: I don't think so.

    Prof. Walter Vale: You don't think so? What kind of an answer is that?

    Ronald Cole: I'm sorry, sir. That's all the information that I have. Now, please step away from the window. You can contact I.C.E. if you have any further questions. The number's on the wall. Sir? Step away from the window, please. Sir. For the last time, step away... from the window.

    Prof. Walter Vale: [Walks up to the phone number on the wall, walks back to the window] You can't just take people away like that. Do you hear me? He was a good man, a good person. It's not fair! We are not just helpless children! He had a life! Do you hear me? I mean, do YOU hear ME? What's the matter with you?

  • Tarek Khalil: Oh shit! We have to get home! Zainab's gonna kill me, I'm on Arab time again.

    Prof. Walter Vale: What is "Arab time"?

    Tarek Khalil: It means I'm late by an hour. All Arabs are late by an hour, it's genetic, we can't help it.