There are actually three Zweigs in the movie, two of which are obviously "writers", middle-aged and young writers. But these two are at best a metaphor from the identity. The character that really echoes Zweig is of course the protagonist Gustave. In the film, Fiennes can also be seen from his appearance at some point that he resembles the temperament of Zweig in the photo.
To understand from several questions:
1) Why did Zweig commit suicide?
2) Why did Gustave die?
3) What are the characteristics of Gustave?
4) Where is the echo between Gustave and Zweig?
1) Why did Zweig commit suicide.
A large part of the reason is because of the regression and demise of Europa, which is the palace of culture, art, and humanity in his heart, and the world of his mother tongue is the executioner who destroys all of this.
Why do you say that.
In 1941 Zweig personally said before people "I'm here to apologize before you all. I'm here in a state of shame because my language is the language in which the world is being destroyed. My mother tongue, the very words that I speak, are the ones being twisted and perverted by this machine that is undoing humanity."
The subtleties of Zweig's language can be reflected in every aspect. He said that undo humanity, not a word like destroy, can be reflected in his eyes that Nazi behavior is not so much annihilating humanity and destroying humanitarianism, it is a regression of human spiritual civilization, so that such an act of destroying humanity can be done. . After the Nazis came to power, they blocked the works of Jewish writers and artists, but at the same time they crazily praised German culture and art. After the Nazis invaded France and other European countries, they spared no effort to seize artworks. This contradictory and extremely narrow behavior is not so much an act of total destruction, it is more appropriate to say that it is actually a retrogressive behavior that is opposite to the development of human spiritual civilization. That's why it is undo.
At that time, Europe was committing suicide in Zweig's eyes. His homeland no longer exists, and the one that exists is no longer his homeland. Even if you have no worries about food and clothing, and your reputation will not diminish, "homelessness" is the most terrible thing. The spiritual home is lost and there is no hope.
His last words say "I think it better to conclude in good time and in erect bearing a life in which intellectual labour meant the purest joy and personal freedom the highest good on Earth"
but what makes Zweig uncomfortable is that his In fact, many concepts of suicide have appeared in the works. But he still let the role in his book stick to it, just like Dr B in "The Story of Chess". To a certain extent, the torture he suffered was also the torture of Zweig, but Zweig couldn't hold on. NS.
2) Why did Gustave die?
3) What are the characteristics of
Gustave? 4) Where does Gustave and Zweig correspond?
Gustave said to Zero "You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity". The reason why this movie has a tribute to Zweig, I think this is one place. Believe that humanitarianism still exists, even if it is very weak.
Gustave is a very particular person, and he has to spray perfume on the way to escape. Buying a candle can be a lot of crackling talk, and even the rest of the money will be given to the shoe polisher with the broken leg.
He is a pure and kind-hearted person who knows how to appreciate beauty and has beauty in his heart. He pays attention to the color of Madame D’s nail polish. Don't forget to praise the snow scene when you escape. Even if he was to be shaken down from the edge of the cliff with only a few seconds of breathing time, he would have to read his favorite verse aloud.
When he escaped from prison, he asked Zero about your girl. When the siren sounded, he still bothered to say that I can't listen to you now because the siren sounded, but you must tell me carefully in the future. If you don't pay attention to this clip, you will probably think that why is it so awkward, mother-in-law, and talk nonsense when you should run away? Does the director deliberately make the audience nervous. I don't think it is. Gustave is such a person. He asked Zero how your girl is because he really wanted to know from the perspective of a friend, not because he just got out of prison and got close to you. He interrupted his friend's narration because he wanted to escape for his life. It seemed very impolite to people like him, so he explained sincerely and made an appointment to continue the lecture in the future.
This is also after he misunderstood the reason why Zero did not bring him clothes (Correction: At first, Gustave was slightly unhappy because Zero did not wear a fake beard and a fake nose, and he could not pretend to escape, and because Zero had forgotten his perfume. I was angry, and when I was angry, I was mad about where Zero came from and the status of foreign immigrants. After Zero explained that he had lost all his family members and became refugees because of the war), the very serious and almost exaggerated apology can be seen. . A large part of his apology was actually blaming himself, how he could think of others like that.
Looking back, why did Gustave die. He is defending his friends as well as defending himself.
Needless to say, defending friends.
Defending himself meant that even if Zero was not his friend at the time, he would not sit back and watch the soldiers' behavior. If he sat and watched the soldiers bullying Zero, or anyone else, he would have lost his personality and conscience, or in other words, the humanitarianism he thought the only remaining in this troubled world would no longer exist.
Gustave and Zweig have echoes, but he is not a reproduction of Zweig. This work is only inspired by Zweig [and works], not imitating Zweig's style. But you can also get some similar feelings from reading Zweig's novels, such as a sigh unconsciously after closing the book or a ray of sadness that you are not particularly certain about, such as being in the same tragedy mixed with an absurd celebration of life.
When I listened to Gustave, I had a similar ambivalence to reading Zweig. I was amazed at the unreliable, precise and graceful words and poems he used, and I didn't understand how he could say so long and half-heartedly, and I admired him for being just right at the same time when he thought that his rhetoric was just right. Just like he seems to be able to play with Madame D, but he really cares about this dying old woman who has lived in 18 (19?) years before and after.
When I read Zweig, I felt very conflicted, greed and stingy, excitement and calm. I want to read every word greedily, just like looking into my eyes is not enough. I don't want to read too fast and don't want to finish it. Excitedly want to accept the next turning point that makes you sigh. Calmly feel the gentleness and exquisiteness he wrote in such a sonorous and logical language.
If Hitler wants to hate a writer, Zweig must be on the list, a Jew who uses German to the best of the beauty of German and literature.
Digression: This movie is really full of big-name actors, it's a feast.
05/05/2014
put a review of USNews (http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/03/14/hints-of-history-in-the-grand-budapest-hotel ), watching movies before time did not pay attention to the place, about the movie Several statements about the Nazi image involved:
Note that after occupying the hotel in the movie, all the flags were replaced with the ZZ logo.
1) The English abbreviation of the Nazi SS is SS, and the German is Schutzstaffel. If you search for the SS logo and flag ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel ), you will see a very similarity to the flag in the movie.
2) The similarities between ZZ and SS.
3) Z can also represent the fictional Replublic of Zubrowka in the movie.
I don't know why I think these statements are quite interesting.
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