Ideals are always shattered

Leonora 2022-10-04 19:48:28

This kind of 6-hour feature film comes with a filtering function. Those who are not interested or dislike it may not be able to stick to it. If you can insist on watching it, you like this kind of movie. So much content is a bit like "A Dream of Red Mansions". Some people see history from it, some people see the intricate relationship between the Middle East and Europe, and they can also see the ecology between small countries under the background of the Cold War. Here I am. Talk about your feelings about ideals.
The previous part of Carlos’s people are very idealistic. Combined with our generation’s years of communist education background, it is easy to understand the pursuit of their generation of revolutionaries, in order to oppose capitalism and imperialism, and to throw their heads on the working people. Passionate blood, realizing the value of life, according to Chairman Mao, death is considered heavier than Mount Tai; but the ideal is full, the reality is very skinny, the abduction of OPEC in Vienna is very beautiful, but on the issue of Iran and Saudi oil ministers, Faced with the threat of life and the temptation of 20 million US dollars, he began to shrink back, and felt that the German female soldier "Nada" was a lunatic; in the later period, Carlos became more and more marketable and gradually moved away from his ideals. There is no big difference-it's just that the customers are bigger. In order to quell his comrades (or revolutionary comrades) doubts about behavior motives, he is also increasingly using "obedience to orders" as a prevarication, becoming more and more arbitrary, emphasizing the importance of discipline, and shooting his hand in the wall next to his daughter's room. .
Many young people admire Guevara, and most of them yearn for his free spirit. We are fed up with the rules of family, school and society. We are overwhelmed by academic, work and financial pressures. Imagine Guevara. Living only for ideals in that way makes life more meaningful. The same was true for Carlos when he was young, but combined with the history reviewed above, we can know that the passionate young man who advocated revolutionary freedom turned into a severe, cold and bloodthirsty killer. To put it simply: time finally turned himself into himself The kind of person I hate.

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Carlos quotes

  • Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos': What are these dumb Japs up to?

    Galeriste: What's going on?

    Galeriste: Time's up. No one's dead.

    Galeriste: Isn't Furuya in Holland?

    Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos': So what? There's no plane or crew! It's useless.

    Galeriste: What will you do?

    Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos': Act for them. Algerian-style. Sudden bloody terror.

  • Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos': I'm going to kill you. Not yet. You're a smart man and you know the ins and outs of politics the same way I do. You know that in the end of the day we're just pawns in the game of history, aren't we? Me, I'm a soldier. I don't have a home, I live in a tent, my only mission is to lead my men to victory. Today, I have 40 commando groups around the world, ready to act as soon as I give the order. They're men with determination and they're ready to sacrifice themselves for the cause and for the final victory. That's who I am. As for you, you're a strategist and the chessboard you play at is as big as the planet and I totally respect that because, actually, you and I have found ourselves many times on the same side. The side of the anti-imperialist struggle and the Palestinian cause. But unfortunately today we're not on that same side, besause by lifting the oil embargo you betrayed our cause. You sided with Washington and there always comes a time for man to take responsibility for his acts and that time, Sheikh Yamani, has come for you today. You're going to have to pay for Saudi Arabia's political desicions. And you know what's the treatement reserved for the traitors. Death. Now you pray. You know what, I'm gonna be straight to you, because you and I are men of the same caliber. You and I know that if the Austrian government doesn't respect our ultimatum I will have no choise and with no hesitation I will execute you personally and throw your body out the window. But I also know that a man of your intelligence won't hold that against me. Because, after all, you know our struggle very well. You're aware of it's greatness and nobility.

    Cheikh Yamani: How can you just sit there coldly, telling me that you're going to execute me and expect me not to hold it against you? What game are you playing? What are you trying to obtain from me?

    Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos': Why would I want to pressure you? At this very moment, why would I want to pressure you? I want to pressure the Austrian government to get away from here, not you!