People are willing to sing about the beauty of love, and they don’t want to regard it as a torture. In many cases, a weather-beaten heart cannot be calmed down and unforgettable. It is precisely this grinding love. If that love is mixed with life and death, betrayal, selfishness and greed due to extreme dilemmas, then if you want to say goodbye to the past, you will inevitably experience painful Nirvana rebirth. The final comprehension of the heroine Neri in the German film "Phoenix", but also because of the terrible war and the background of the extermination of humanity concentration camps, appeared to be particularly horrible, complicated human nature and beautiful love, when the disaster was approaching, Both show their essence.
Audiences who like the film "Barbara" directed by Christian Petzold and starring actress Nina Horse may also like this "Phenomenal", which is a joint collaboration between the two again, so to speak , On many levels, the two films show the same characteristics.
As far as the form of expression is concerned, both "The Phoenix" and "Barbara" have the same calm and calm style, the narrative is restrained and restrained, the picture composition is clean, only in terms of color, "The Phoenix" is more red than "Barbara" He Huang seems to give the audience a little warmth in the first impression, but that warmth seems lonely and desolate in the context of the special era covered by the film. As far as the heroine's characteristics are concerned, both Barbara and Nellie are confronted with contradictory images because of their tenacious demands for emotion and freedom. As far as the time background of the story is concerned, both are backgrounds of a great era with indelible pain. As far as the leading performance is concerned, Nina Hoth, who has a deep acting knowledge, has accurately grasped the heroine's inner drama on both occasions, and it is very touching.
As mentioned above, the plot structure of this "phoenix" also adopts the usual way of character's fate in the context of the big era, but still does not over-render the background of the era, set the layout to be relatively small, and the devastation and destruction of World War II The sequelae of the war that cannot be ignored is represented by Neri, a Jewish woman who survived the concentration camp. She was lucky enough to survive, but it was unfortunate that she survived. She seems to be her, but she does not seem to be her anymore. How can a new face regain the identity and emotions of the past? The unrecognizable Nellie is looking for herself in the unrecognizable post-war city, looking for the past, looking for her lost husband, and also looking for answers about love and humanity.
In the eyes of friend Lenny, after being lucky enough to survive, Nellie, who suffered a severe face injury in the concentration camp, has the opportunity to get a new face and a new name, and he can say goodbye to the past and start a new life, just like the Jews want to regain the country. Like Israel, Lenny also actively invites Nellie to live in Israel. However, as far as Nari is concerned, she cannot let go of the past. Without the identity of the past, she will not be able to construct the present. Without the emotions of the past, she cannot be put together into a complete her. The good times are forgotten, not to mention, her love and memories are the straw that has supported her through the years of the concentration camp, and how she can give it up.
However, the war ruined everything. In the ruins of the city, Nellie was unable to construct herself and her past life. The husband Johnny finally found was relatively unknown, but she still coveted the rich inheritance of the "dead wife", and even let her "come together". Nellie played the "dead wife" and planned her to appear in front of everyone as she returned from the concentration camp. Regarding the appearance of the survivors from the concentration camp, Nellie, who has been obedient to Johnny, finally refuted. She expressed the truth because she had gone through purgatory, but Johnny only wanted to give a return as people imagined. At this time, Nellie, who was almost unspeakable, had to recognize the essence of Johnny, "selfishness is not to live according to one's own thinking, but to ask others to live according to their own thinking." (From Oscar Wilde )
There is often only one truth, and the truth is often cruel. Nellie finally knows the whole story of her arrest and the status quo of her marriage. Her seemingly silent and depressive appearance already reveals the overwhelming and difficult understanding of her heart, "I can't help it. Back to yesterday, because I was a different person at that time" (from Lewis Carroll). Similarly, Johnny is also a different person. He is no longer a romantic pianist and a reliable husband. , The war has alienated many people. In the cruelty, love is just a ridiculous legend.
The film has an intriguing ending. It seems to reappear yesterday in Nellie's singing, but in fact, everything has already collapsed and collapsed, and the test of love and humanity has yielded imperfect answers. The song at the end of the film that plays a finishing touch is called "Speak Low". The composer Kurt Weill's German Jewish identity seems to be in particular in agreement with this film. The tune of "Speak Low" is mournful and the content of the lyrics is so beautiful. People sigh: "Time is so old and love so brief/Love is pure gold and time a thief/We''re late, darling, we''re late/everything ends too soon, too soon".
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