Sometimes it's better not to know the truth

Pasquale 2022-04-21 09:03:02

Pioneers are always unwelcome.

The four in the film are like pioneers, doing what both sides desire, and it is also the ultimate goal of the two camps. But in reality, it is unpopular and illegal, why? Very contradictory.

Unity, must it be top-down?

Since ancient times, isn't it that the people's hearts are backward and bottom-up? The unity of East and West Germany is also bottom-up. The people spontaneously rushed over the Berlin Wall, and it happened naturally. What's the crime? If you wait for the high-level decision, it may be a long way off, because you have to suffer to save face. The high-level people bear face, and it is the people who suffer. Is face above the nation?

The truth may never be known

If there is no question from the third-party heroine in the film, there may not be a few more lives, and absolute justice sometimes brings bad results. Back then, in the case of Taiwan's purchase of the Lafayette ship, a life was lost. Wanwan claimed to have shaken the country's capital and would have to investigate it. As a result, a few more lives were involved in the investigation. Why? Because the United States and France took the commission. Unexpectedly, when Wanwan bought weapons, Lu Lu also took a commission. How to check? Further investigation, the tacit understanding is gone, and the good life of some people on both sides is gone. On the surface, in front of outsiders, you will live and die in this life, but in private, you will love each other and stick to each other for decades. People who don't understand are still shouting and killing.

Don't go back, go forward.

At that time, both East and West Germany crossed the wall and opened fire. Both North and South Korea's Panmunjom crossed and shot. Back then, both sides of the Strait not only fired but also fired. East and West Germany are now unified. North Korea and South Korea signed an armistice agreement, but North Korea and South Korea still do not communicate with each other. The two sides of the strait are a wonder of the world. There is no armistice agreement between the two sides of the strait. In theory, it is still at war today. North Korea and South Korea should be very envious of it. This is the bottom-up wisdom of the two sides of the strait. The people go first, and things will come naturally. In the eyes of foreigners, the two sides of the strait are no different from reunification. It is a pity that some people on both sides of the strait are still clamoring for war and want to go back. The ending in that movie becomes a reality. You live and die, and continue to reincarnate for hundreds of years. Stop letting foreigners see jokes.

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Extended Reading
  • Toby 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    Addendum, unexpectedly good-looking. The structure of the four-person relationship and the construction of the narrative structure are both wonderful and appropriate. On the same land, the confrontation between the same people, under the boundless sky, is so absurd and so sad. They just want to fade away from the political color, seek the warmth of the boundary line as an individual, and try to figure out the temperature of human nature, and politics will always be Ruthless. Li Bingxian's acting skills are amazing!

  • Casey 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Re-watching "Common Security Area", no matter how upright the three views and how sensational the Korean style is, it is still too fake to watch it again after ten years. South Korean soldiers got acquainted by North Korean soldiers who stepped on landmines by mistake. Soldiers from the two Koreas and two Koreas became four brothers. It was impossible for them to open parties in the common security zone. It is typical of simplifying political issues for the sake of creation. When the issue of human nature is placed in an impossible story, it is unreliable from the beginning and lacks the weight of the artwork. Roberto Bernini’s "Life is Beautiful" treats the Nazi concentration camp as a game In the same way, it is also a false fiction. I want to use the two camps to represent the peaceful vision for the reunification of the peninsula. At the same time, I want to join Li Yingai, a descendant of Swiss from the Northern Dynasties, as a third-party perspective. The characters are functional and lack a true foundation. Park Chan-wook used a lot of panning and gradual changes in similar scenes to over-connect and recollect different times and spaces. Cross-editing is more personal. However, some starry sky special effects shots look particularly fake, and it is very counter-intuitive to include such a serious subject.

Joint Security Area quotes

  • Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil: Your shadow is over the line. Watch it!

  • Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: Hey Assholes! You just gonna leave me here?

    Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil: You told us to go.

    Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: I said don't come closer, when did I say to leave, you fuckers!