First, artistic techniques. It is recognized throughout the world that the parallel montage and cross montage created by this film have taken the art of cinema forward a big step. Without this great film genius, the consciousness of film art does not know how many years behind.
Second, the expression of racism. Regarding racism, this has been a proposition since the 1950s. In the era when the film was born, this was not a theoretical proposition. As the film text showed, blacks have no literacy and irrationality, so even blacks have mastered it. Power is just an abuse of power, such as deceiving people too much. Therefore, the film's care for reality is that reason and civilization are the medicine to expel ignorance. After all, the white people in North America are all European immigrants. At that time, Europe had already undergone the first industrial revolution and was undergoing the second industrial revolution. The quality of people has been greatly improved.
Third, the theme of the film. The opening of the film has already pointed out that it criticizes the cruelty of war. Indeed, put the love, hatred and family destiny of the individual in the historical context, flogging the cruelty of war, and alert future generations, do not start war casually. Only rationality and humanitarianism can prevent people from becoming hot-headed.
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