Listen to the theme song before watching the movie. "Merry Christmas Mr lawrence" has a feeling at first glance at the name, it should be a very gentle song. After hearing it for real, there is always a feeling like listening to Xian Le's ears for a while, and after the gentleness, weeping blood every word, and going to the exciting place, people feel that there is a trace of sadness behind them that cannot be concealed. The melody in my head kept looping back and forth. After searching all major video software to no avail, I finally saw this film on a strange website. About three minutes into the film's opening, I heard the familiar melody, which immediately brought people into the slightly heavy atmosphere of the film. So the power of music is so powerful that it can intuitively affect people's emotions and emotions.
The clash of cultures and the evocation of human nature are what impressed me the most about this film.
Japanese officers and British prisoners were on an isolated island. All were men. There was no female character in the film. The only female impression left to me was a woman in the romance in Mr. Lawrence's memory. Places don't even show the slightest feminine element.
The clashes and differences of cultures more clearly demonstrate the cruelty and inhumanity of Japanese militaristic culture. It begins with a sequence in which a Japanese soldier is arranged to cut his abdomen because the soldier was gay and had sex with a Dutch prisoner. Japanese militarism is firmly opposed to homosexuality, and once found, it is either to be executed or to be cut off.
In their eyes, belly-cutting is an honorable act, and Japan's shame makes them extremely concerned about the opinions of others. When a "sinner" chooses to cut his belly and commit suicide, then he deserves respect and is honorable. This culture of shame may be based on the incomparable emphasis on the opinions of others, and behind this is the collective madness of Japanese militarism. My understanding is that Japan is an island country, and they themselves acquiesce that their power is insignificant, so they use the Collective power to continuously unleash the madness in expanding human nature. To survive in such a culture, they need to have a strong sense of shame culture, to be jealous and care about the opinions of others in the group, and they need to constantly maintain the existing culture in the group, and the individuals in the group are also crazy, They have no ability to think. This was true of militaristic Japan, and the same was true of the victorious nations who were on the so-called right side after their victory. It's all a suffocating self-righteousness, and sometimes victory feels heavy.
At the end of the film, Mr. Lawrence said to Sergeant Yuan that there are too many reasons behind the heavyness, and the most intuitive one is that countless fresh lives are passing away. The friendship between Mr. Lawrence and Sergeant Yuan is also a feeling between people across cultures, but under militarism, Sergeant Yuan beat and scolded Lawrence in front of the soldiers, extremely cruel, but behind them they were like close friends. Chatting together, going to see Jack together, and sneaking in the corner to watch yonoi come to visit Jack together. This kind of relationship is pure friendship between people and has nothing to do with culture. Even though the shadow of militarism is behind the original, he highly advocates the culture of shame. If Lawrence commits suicide, he will admire him even more, but Lawrence believes that suicide is the most cowardly act.
Standing today, we generally advocate the idea of people-oriented, but on the other hand, the seemingly crazy Japanese people don’t even care about their lives. How much energy is inspired by their courage. They live and die for their beliefs. Tragic and solemn is also a unique characteristic of human beings. We can create a kind of value and a kind of culture by ourselves. This kind of thing can surpass nature and give us something important - life. Such a force is terrifying and has done us great harm in World War II. But this kind of power was used in the right way, and it also inspired the prosperity and development of the Japanese economy in the future.
The human nature of the individual is extremely repressed in a militaristic culture. And when yonoi met Jack for the first time, his personal emotions began to be constantly stimulated. Maybe this is the charm of handsome guys, handsome guys attract handsome guys, but this handsome guy is really unusual. He has a free atmosphere. This kind of open-mindedness advocating the release of human nature, even in the face of life and death, also showed an incredible open-mindedness. The more a person lacks something, the more likely he is to be attracted to something. Jack is the evil spirit of yonoi. He finds food for everyone to eat during fasting and picks flowers to commemorate his dead friends. Jack also has his own shadow in his heart, that is, he destroyed his younger brother's musical talent, because of his cowardice and vanity, he did not save his younger brother, which became his lifelong regret. So when yonoi decided to execute the captive commander, he chose to stand up. He gave up his life, kissed yonoi, and at the same time saved the commander, and also completed his own redemption. This kiss is the redemption of the three people, and the impression that this kiss left on Yonoi will be indelible for a lifetime. Yonoi was incomparably complicated at that moment, with great pain and great joy constantly surging, and in this huge contradiction, he was overwhelmed and fainted. But in the end he succumbed to the cultural influence he had received for a long time, he chose to execute Jack, and left a strand of Jack's hair to entrust to Lawrence to help him enshrine in the shrine, yonoi is no longer the ruthless Japanese officer, he The deepest affection and truth have been completely released. Yonoi was executed after the war, maybe he will meet Jack on his deathbed and they will meet again, in the deepest part of his soul.
Lawrence! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Mr Lawrence! When Sergeant Yuan uttered this sentence twice, his and Mr. Lawrence's identities had already changed. At the same time, the broken English he had spoken four years ago had become more natural, how much heaviness was behind the joy of Christmas. In the conflict of human nature, we will eventually be wiped out, but at some point and somewhere we leave the most sincere feelings in this world. The movie ends with the original Sergeant's line "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", along with that classic melody that pushes emotions to the deepest corners of everyone's heart. After all, there is too much self-righteousness in this world, we can't resist, but no matter what, we must remember "Merry Christmas".
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