That's not a telephone pole, that's a border! I like the color of this poster very much. The hot air balloon is flickering in the clouds, like a Kongming lantern carrying many good wishes...
I seldom see a movie praising freedom. What kind of an era was that, forcing people to flee one after another, even reluctantly to leave their families (the scene where Gant rode a motorcycle silently staring at his parents through the far window before he finally left, really tears).
The issue of the system has not been much new since ancient times. In fact, I think it is quite ironic, a person can tell a lie with such sincere eyes, and this lie is more pleasant than the truth (the female teacher faced the question of the secret police and said firmly that they were sewing the national flag, celebrating the The 30th anniversary of socialism), she just said something that is not wrong, the other party likes to hear it, but it is not the truth, and there are not many people in this world who are willing to tell lies.
To understand, the Berlin Wall from 1961 to the end of 1989, more than 20 years, may have blocked the youth of two generations. The love between Frank and Clara in the film was only sprouted a little, but it was snuffed out. Pity. In fact, I quite like the character of Frank, who is smart and courageous, much better than his father.
Originally from the same root, the decree to kill the defectors is indeed too cold. It is conceivable that the power politics of the East German government has completely lost its popularity, and there may be only followers who are brainwashed every day. Why? Through the mouth of the police, he also raised such doubts, "What did we do, those people tried their best to escape to West Germany?"
Although the economy of West Germany is much more developed than that of East Germany, I think that the economic gap alone cannot explain this battle royale. People's expectations for life scenes are not only at the level of food and clothing. And a regime that simply fills the chasm of economic disparity and establishes surveillance and advocacy is ultimately not enough to maintain its stability.
There is also information that in 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, there were still 34,000 West Germans who moved to East Germany. From 1961 to 1989, about 10,000 West Germans defected to East Germany each year.
The freedom we pursue, or our dreams, are all our inner expectations and desires. The result may not be as good as you hoped, but people still have no turning back.
There is a section in the film that I like very much. I like the mother in it. She always has a gentle firmness that makes people feel reassuring. The little boy was scared in the hot air balloon, her mother told him, you know, when I was your age, I liked to lie on the grass and watch the clouds, imagine the clouds turned into a galloping horse, I wanted to ride, and We are in the cloud now.
Ignore the people who will blow your dreams away. This sentence seems to be said to his husband, but also to herself. Because they were curled up high in the cold and dark night, they had nowhere to go.
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