Many years ago, I heard a story about the self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam. The password of our army was known by the Vietnamese army at that time. This was related to the anti-US aid to Vietnam. As a result, soldiers from a certain area in Zhejiang were used as the order contact, although the words were direct. It spread, but the Vietnamese army caught the blind because they couldn't understand it, which ensured the victory of the battle. Later, when I watched "The Wind Whisperer", I didn't expect the Chinese story to have an American version, and the real story actually appeared in the World War II version. I don't know who the copyright belongs to. "The Wind Whisperer" tells such a story. During World War II, the U.S. and Japanese troops fought a decisive battle on the Pacific islands. Because the code was decoded by the Japanese army, they suffered a lot of losses. The commander decided to use Indian as the code and let the Indians Act as a translator and be assigned to all troops. At the same time, it is stipulated that these live passwords must be protected by special personnel. Once they are captured by the Japanese army, they will be killed and never let the live passwords be leaked. In this way, the movie version of the story takes people's attention in another direction, the value of people in war.
The role of man in war is obvious, not to mention everyone understands it, but the value of man in war, especially when one chooses between life and death and war success or failure, some ethical problems have emerged. There have been a lot of theoretical discussions, and some film directors have discussed more and more people's feelings in war. Including the domestic film "Assembly Number", which I haven't watched and I don't plan to see, there are also discussions in this regard from the introduction of the film content. I remember that when I watched "Saving Private Ryan", the praisers believed that this reflects the United States' concern for soldiers, that is, for ordinary people, and that the ability to do so in the war where morality and ethics is the least shows their moral height. But "The Wind Whisperer" is different. Here the Americans have also made a distinction. It is not whites or blacks but Indians. They can be human beings in the US military. But they are objects on the battlefield. If this endangers the success or failure of the war, their lives will not be cherished even more. The story of "The Wind Whisperer" revolves around this theme.
In this film, the image of Indians is shown positively. Although their status in the military is difficult to integrate into the mainstream, they have their own customs, national self-esteem, and hard-working products. Sex, a helpful style, even though they are always bullied, some are originally due to a disagreement rather than a so-called misunderstanding. However, by their nature, they endured humiliation, regardless of their own safety, and rescued their comrades. They won the sincerity of their comrades in times of crisis on the battlefield, and finally exchanged their understanding and sympathy so that the comrades who protected them could save and protect them as Ryan.
I don’t see many films that show Indians like this in American movies. As an element in Hollywood films, Indians are more of an embellishment in the film. I felt this way in the previous article. It was mentioned in the blog post. Although "The Wind Whisperer" has many unsatisfactory points, if it is only the first time I read it, there are some places that I still don't understand. However, it is not easy to describe the Indians, as a native American people, in a modern age where the status of the Indians is not as good as that of the blacks. I noticed that the director of this film is Wu Yusen, not European and American directors.
2010-01-23
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