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Pamela 2022-04-20 09:02:49

In the film, red mainly appears in the following aspects: clothing: mother's clothes (red skirt, red high-heeled shoes, red hat), red beads on the nanny's neck, clothes and furniture: dark red floor, sofa, bed curtain, kettle, wine bottler, organ Symbols: Nazi flags, red armbands, red military hat brim Animals: skinned rabbits, tin drums with fish heads What does the red filter Oscar's perspective in Putin say? Oscar's perspective I think there are the following perspectives. ①Oscar, as a "normal person", sees the experience of war and reunion, which is also the perspective of most audiences and characters in the film. This perspective shows the cruelty of war and the powerlessness of dealing with politics. It embodies the trajectory of the insignificant life in the turbulence during that period. ②Oscar, as a person who "stopped growing", from this perspective, Oscar sees a more absurd world. A game and a gamble with a huge gap between reality-distorting morbidity and innocence. The overlap and nakedness of contradictions under the division between Germany and Poland. The existence of the character Oscar is special. In that frenetic era, we don't think how unforgivable the evil Oscar is when he acts. This dwarf in action expresses his dark mockery of the times with shouts and drums again and again. , contempt and shouts. This is the cry of everyone, "You can see through everyone's heart, but not your own." German films always have a kind of magic, not only films, but also German philosophy, painting, etc. are inseparable from their special national characteristics . After watching "The Tin Drum", my biggest feeling is that it is the product of extreme carnival and extreme calm. The protagonist's absurd life experience, witnessing his mother's cheating, witnessing the degeneration and madness of society, Oscar can only stubbornly beat the tin drum, keep shouting, shatter the glass that isolates the outside world, and shatter the glasses that disguise the hypocritical power. Shattered false fanaticism. Another German film "Deutsche Year Zero" blames all the tragedy for the crazy propaganda of the Nazis, and in "The Tin Drum" we seem to see the good and evil intertwined in the hearts of every well-dressed person. Schlondorf, who has a unique understanding of political films, is particularly "euphemistic" in his handling of politics, but he does not pass it weakly, but like a freehand oil painting with bright colors and many metaphors. Everything seems to be a product of art . Just like the upside-down picture at birth, upside down and swaying, Oscar seems cunning and evil but sticks to his own principles and properly confronts the world, constantly shouting but sadly, he is trapped in a three-year-old body and cannot let his opponents To face up to his desires and confrontations. That is the cry of all of us, our unwilling and ridiculous bodies cannot imagine the cruelty of reality. Sensitivity and taboo are the most helpless rests, and the absurd is indeed a transposition of the waltz.

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  • Toby 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Undercurrent of human nature, however, either die or accept. After watching this film, you may feel more impatience with your life. Hey, human nature-, although Oscar refuses to grow up, what is the difference between the grown-up adult world and children? I still can't control myself like a child, I can't control my desire for life, and I can only end up impatiently. Oscar and others are similar. Although he refused to grow up, he still accepted the rules of the game in the adult world in the end. Even if it was his own father, it didn't matter. If he was unhappy, he had to get rid of it. That shrill voice has been venting his dissatisfaction, even if it beats a drum that has one side. anti-Nazi. This film does not seem to be accusing the evil deeds of the Nazis. In fact, it reveals the spiritual history of the Nazis in people's hearts. People's hearts are not controlled by themselves, so they are easily instigated by others. If their desires are not controlled, they will lose themselves. With such a socio-psychological basis, the notorious Nazis can really be brewed. You must know that Hitler definitely did not jump out of a rock.

  • Lon 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    Joking, absurd, magical, Schlondorf denounced the sins of the Nazis, denounced lascivious mothers, cowardly fathers, denounced all evil in the world, and finally abandoned memory to gain a new life, but I think in the heaven we forget too quickly .

The Tin Drum quotes

  • Oskar Matzerath: There once was a drummer. His name was Oskar. He lost his poor mama, who had eat to much fish. There was once a credulous people... who believed in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really... the gas man! There was once a toy merchant. His name was Sigismund Markus... and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. There was once a drummer. His name was Oskar. There was once a toy merchant... whose name was Markus... and he took all the toys in the world away with him.

  • Jan Bronski: [Jan arrives and sees Alfred getting dressed in Nazi uniform] Going to the demonstration?

    Alfred Matzerath: Yes, at the fairground. A mass rally. Lobsack is speaking, and what a speaker he is. I tell you, these are historic days. A man can't stand asie. You've gotta join in.

    [looking at the newspaper Jan is carrying]

    Alfred Matzerath: You should read the Danzig Sentinel. Your siding with Poland is crazy. I've told you a thousand times.

    Jan Bronski: I am Polish!

    Alfred Matzerath: Think it over