To ridicule the absurdity of war and the confusion of human nature in a grotesque way. Oscar fights against adult turbulent relationships, the slaughter and ravages of war, with fiery, shrill drumming. The chaotic order of the original family has affected Oscar's growth, making his mind develop in the direction of morbidity and deformity, and his criteria for judging the world are also distorted.
In addition to the particularity of the times and environment, Danzig is a provincial capital city in Poland, but it is adjacent to other countries. It has a superior geographical location and is an important port and trade center, which makes it always a national war. focus of attention. The competition for local ownership has also blurred the boundaries of this place in Danzig. The entry, exit, and residence of people from different countries are political to a certain extent. If one party has the upper hand, the other party will be defeated. The massacre, and Oscar's mother was related to many men from other countries, which also involved the war. Oscar witnessed the secret between his mother and them, and then experienced the life and death of the war. His heart should be at a loss. Yes, but the expression is indifferent and calm, drifting with the crowd, cheering the arrival of the Nazis with the crowd.
The whole film "looks up" at the intricate and turbid adult world with the help of Oscar's perspective. Human nature, lust, and sin are wrapped in repressed cold tones and dull music, tightly holding the throat of that period of history. Terrible suffocation.
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