Three thoughts about this film

Katrine 2022-01-16 08:01:54

(1) The contradiction between the closedness of the small town and the openness of the youth is currently a topic of general concern for today's excellent directors. This is similar to Jia Zhangke's films with the youth of the small town as the background. With the cultural globalization in the era of economic globalization, the biggest problem faced by young people, especially those with higher education, is that they are difficult to integrate into the local closed and conservative culture with an open mind. This has created their ideological thinking. Anxiety and loneliness. In this Ceylon-style film, idealists represented by his father sink into the thrill of gambling after their dreams are shattered, in order to resist the absurd life. The college graduates represented by Ceylon still carry the idealism inherent in human beings that has not been worn away. They are striving to practice the dream of becoming a novelist and publishing novels amidst difficulties, but they are difficult to be conserved. The town understands that, therefore, the movie carries a strong sadness, which symbolizes the inner struggle of young people and the disillusionment of dreams. Perhaps only people with the same disease can understand each other in a real sense. Compared with the mother who expresses how to publish novels for her son but has never read the novel, the father of this useless gambler teacher not only collected the newspapers and magazines about this The introduction of the unknown son, and carefully read his son’s debut book called "Wild Pear Tree". This comforting power is like a clear spring in a hot summer day. (2) The debate about whether Islam needs reform in Turkey, especially the fierce turbulence in the Arab world since the Arab Spring. This kind of controversy in the movie is mainly concentrated in the dialogue between Suleyman represented by conservatives and Nazmi represented by reformers. Nazmi believes that Muslims have fallen behind in the drastic changes in the world, so they need to change to adapt to the trend of the times. He believes that the "Quran" does not deny change in the essential sense, on the contrary, the meaning of change will promote the construction of the ideal world in the "Quran". Regarding the freedom of religious belief, he implicitly expressed his doubts about the artificial freedom of religious belief. Suleyman believes that the world has not changed, and the Muslim community has not fallen behind. The interpretation of the Quran still applies to today's world. The mission of Muslims is still to follow the scriptures, behaviors and proverbs of the prophet, so there is no need for religious reforms. At the same time, he pointed out that once religion is reformed, it will inevitably open a door to people's illusions and cause believers to misunderstand Islam. Therefore, he believes that instead of making risky and crazy changes, it is better to follow the traditional peaceful model without any doubt. Regarding the freedom of religious belief, in a given religious belief, he believed that the wisdom of the prophet Hui has enough wisdom and limited people to realize that all that needs to be done is to follow these guidelines. Diversified human races and religious beliefs should be diversified in his view is absurd, which may be based on some of his cognition: he doubts whether human beings clearly understand themselves, and understands that human beings are born to pursue self-interest and stay away from religious beliefs. The sacredness's own flaws. This kind of thoughtful dialogue is what I like. Both sides of the debate are each other's devil's spokesperson. This kind of discussion can easily grasp the advantages and disadvantages of each other's arguments, which will trigger the audience's thinking. (3) The contradiction between belief in truth and belief in religion. This question is what I am confused about. The current level of answering this question is not enough. In principle, we need to think about the meaning of several words: the meaning of religion, the meaning of truth, the meaning of belief, the connection and difference between belief in religion and superstition, and the connection and difference between belief in truth and belief in religion. My current attitude is not to exclude religious beliefs, but I lack in-depth knowledge and believe in religion. This action goes against the pursuit of reason and will not do so. (✨ I will continue to watch movies from all over the world this year. I hope I can dig out the film resources of more countries. Although I can’t travel to other countries, I should travel to watch their movies.?)

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The Wild Pear Tree quotes

  • Sinan Karasu: Nobody's more dependable than a person who's alone with his conscience and free will. Because he builds this responsibility, he doesn't receive it. So he must undertake all the consequences of his acts.

    Imam Veysel: Who says free will is free? Even if it was, how could you trust it?

    Sinan Karasu: It's not for everyone. Isn't that why people without the courage choose servitude over existence?

    Imam Veysel: All rivers are born as furious waterfalls but grow calm on their way to the sea. But your raging rivers drag along lots of pebbles and sticks, too.

    Sinan Karasu: Just like strong characters drag underdogs and losers with them?

  • Imam Nazmi: Someone wrote that if the truth was proven to be outside Islam, he'd rather choose Islam than the truth.

    Sinan Karasu: Which proves the famous argument that faith is wanting not to know the truth.