A movie made in Turkey in 2016 is said to have a total investment of only 600,000 US dollars. It has achieved IMDB9.9 score.
It is about a small unit of Turkish special forces being ordered to infiltrate Iraq to rescue a female journalist who was captured by IS. On the way back after the successful rescue, I encountered IS Daqing suppression. In order to save the villagers, they used seven people to block the attacks of more than 200 people from extremist organizations. It was successful.
The film can be regarded as the main theme of Turkey. Although the investment is not much, the filming is extremely serious.
The main line is the rescue mission of the special forces, and the secondary line is the training process of the special forces, during which political ideas are continuously disseminated. Perhaps these are normal preaching to Turkish soldiers, but to me, they seem to be very awkward and familiar voices. It has little to do with the plot. The deletion does not affect the integrity of art, but lacks political correctness.
The battle scenes in the film are very realistic, and the battle command, military actions, harsh training and weaponry are the same as those of the US special forces. Wrong, it is the same as American movies. Before filming, the director must have watched many Hollywood military films such as "Bowl Head". The traces of learning from the United States are very heavy. For example, in the encounter with extremist organizations, the use of dumb language and gestures to direct combat movements is much better than Zhou Xingchi learned. The sergeant chief's reprimand of filthy language to his subordinates during the training seemed to be playing "Full Metal Shell". When a soldier sees a beautiful woman, he must go to bed without three sentences. Even in a very secular Islamic country like Turkey, this type of thing is unique.
Most films that promote patriotism are highly respected within the country, such as the Soviet Union’s "Conquer Berlin", my country’s "Jiawu Fengyun", the United States’ "Escorting Chance", and Japan’s more, "Yamamoto" "Fifty Six", "Ah, the Navy" and so on. The first thing people pay attention to is not its art, but the nationalistic feelings buried in their hearts. However, these films have completely different perspectives in the eyes of foreign audiences. I want to rate movies like "Mountain 2", which is between 6 and 7 points at most. If it were to be performed in China, the box office would be terrible. On the other hand, if our country’s "Wolf Warrior 2" goes abroad, I think the situation is similar. How to perfectly combine patriotism with art and humanity is a big test for screenwriters and directors. Among them, the perfection is minimal, and what I admire the most is "The Dawn Here is Quiet".
The film also involves religious issues. During the retreat, the special forces rescued villagers who were almost killed by extremist organizations. These villagers believed in Christianity. The team leader of the special forces also believes in Christianity. The usual greetings in the squad are "Allah Bless". Of course I know that although Turkey is an Islamic country, it has always been more tolerant of religion. Istanbul was originally the capital of Christian Byzantium. There are many European descendants in the Turkish nation. Turkey is located in Asia, but it always depends on Europe. It has also worked hard to join the European Union in the past two years. However, the reason why the film deliberately promotes such tolerance is unclear.
The battle scenes in the film are also very strange. The sniper was aiming while reciting poetry. Between the shooting between the two soldiers, I still did not forget to play a little deep, and exchange romantic feelings eloquently. It also reflects the director's inaccurate grasp of "degree". It's not like being on the battlefield, it's more like performing on the stage. Maybe he was a drama director, right?
A key drama conflict in the film is that when the squad learns that the extremist organization is about to launch an offensive to kill these heretical villagers, they need to choose between completing the task and acting justly. It was originally a subject worthy of humanity. In the end, the squad leader's generous statement was diluted. He said: "In 1950, we called them the Turks in Iraq. Later, we were forced to call them Turkmen. For us, this is a land that needs to be guarded, and it is the land where our people live. Those villagers are our people.” In other words, they need to block extremist organizations because this is our Turkish land, and the villagers are the Turkish nationality. It can be clearly seen that the nation here refers to the Turkic tribe, and the land here refers to the original Ottoman Empire. The conclusion drawn from this is that the territory of the Turks’ dream is not only the territory of the Turks in Iraq, nor the borders of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, but the splendor of the Ottoman Empire that straddles the world in Europe and Asia. In our opinion, this typical mentality of national expansion is idiotic, but in the eyes of the Turks, it is the direction they quietly strive for.
Fengshui turns in turn, which has always been the law of historical development. The Ottoman Empire was gone, Hitler fell, and Japan was defeated. And they are far from giving up mentally. The last line of the film is: "It's time to save others." If today's world is not wary of this, there will be a "time" day. This, the Turks understand it from heart. It is also the hope of those restorationists.
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