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Merry Christmas on the battlefield
Ebony 2022-04-23 07:05:23
Probably Nagisa Oshima's best work. The background of the film is the prison camp in the Japanese-occupied area of Java in 1942. The conflict between four Japanese and British soldiers in different positions and the collision of Eastern and Western cultures, through homosexuality, religious customs, family affection, etc., transition to face the real meaning of the war. Reflection, It is invaluable that everyone gradually abandons the so-called correctness that they have always insisted on, and reflects on the misunderstandings and the meaning of life and responsibilities of each person under the war machine. In addition, the joining performance of the legendary superstar David Bowie and the great composer Ryuichi Sakamoto makes the quality of the whole film full of extraordinary historical significance.
Extended Reading
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Green 2022-03-23 09:03:29
The ruthlessness of militarism and the harshness of the Japanese Bushido spirit could not cover up the original true love, and the shocking kiss of the evil spirit disturbed the heart of the samurai, and disintegrated all the pretense that hindered the self; let the dead The hair accompanies the soul of Yejing to return to the homeland, and the thoughts that are placed will also pass away with the wind. The flowers that bloom in the coming year will no longer have to face the bayonet, but only need to welcome the loved one | If you can go back in time, please do it again Bowie shaved a lock.
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Jakob 2022-03-21 09:03:27
The main line is that JACK planted a seed in YONOI's heart and continued to express it; the sub-line is that LAWRENCE planted a seed in HARA's heart, continued to hide, showed when drunk and at the last meeting, and overwhelmed everything. The repressed same-sex emotions (love and friendship) and cultural differences/way of thinking of different backgrounds intertwined in a depressing, isolated, hopeless background is sighing. The soundtrack is undoubtedly magical, mysterious, clear, and wandering.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence quotes
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[last lines]
Sgt. Gengo Hara: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence!
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Group Capt. Hicksley: [about something Yonoi just said] What the hell's Gyo?
Col. John Lawrence: Uh... It's a Japanese cure for laziness.
Group Capt. Hicksley: Laziness! Jesus Christ, what makes he...
Col. John Lawrence: Why don't you listen? He means *spiritual* laziness, and he believes that if he takes away the food and the water, then he also takes away the nourishment of laziness.
Group Capt. Hicksley: You don't believe that bullshit, do you?
Col. John Lawrence: I don't fucking know! Sir, I will tell you something that may surprise you! If *we* do it, *he'll* do it.