The 92nd Academy Awards came to an end. Everyone knows the story of "Parasite". In addition, other nominated films also have their own merits. Among them, "Jojo Rabbit", which won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, is also very worth watching and tasting. The film features a young boy as the protagonist and a mother born as a widow. Beauty is hard to abandon, and the officer played by Uncle Sam is also a must.
The main label of "Jojo Rabbit" is comedy, and after watching the movie, you will find that this is a tragedy that becomes more tragic as you think about it. The protagonist is a 10-year-old boy, Jojo, who grew up in Germany at the end of World War II and grew up under the influence of war culture. His idol is Hitler, one of the famous war criminals in the history of World War II.
Jojo’s biggest dream in life is to join Hitler’s youth league, and even become Hitler’s personal bodyguard (by mistake). Like most fans, he put up Hitler’s posters and swastikas in his room every day. Put on a small military uniform and look in the mirror to admire yourself, fantasizing that he has entered Hitler's army with one foot.
We have seen a lot of war films with the background of World War II, and we have seen a lot of ridicule and analysis of Hitler's film and television works, but "Jojo Rabbit" is still a special World War II background film. He cut in from the perspective of a 10-year-old German boy to see what Hitler existed in his eyes.
Like many children, Jojo has a imaginary good friend. This good friend is Hitler, his idol. The Hitler he imagined is stupid, arrogant and childish. Some people say, isn’t this beautifying wars and beautifying war criminals? Nothing can be divided simply and roughly. The war is cruel, but it does not prevent a growing young boy from thinking about the meaning of star chasing during the war.
Star chasing is the same as love, especially for young people who are still immature in thinking. Since childhood, Jojo has been exposed to the boastful slogans of "Hitler is strong, Hitler is good, and Hitler ruled by everyone". When he opened his eyes, he saw the 4D flags waving all over the street by the Germans. He learned that his grandfather's hair was not golden. Can make him depressed for three weeks, such a simple little boy, can you ask him to get rid of the cognition of the growth environment from the beginning to deny Hitler? Too much confidence in the protagonist's halo.
Hitler, who Jojo had imagined, accompanied him to grow up by his side, and encouraged him to fight against the youth army who laughed at him as a counselor. To a certain extent, it played a positive role in Jojo's growth.
Just like when we chased stars in adolescence, no matter what kind of person our favorite star is in real life, in front of the screen, on the stage, and in the eyes of fans, he is the fun of listening to CDs during evening study. The light that lifted your head in the "Three Years Simulation of the College Entrance Examination"
It was the same for Jojo to follow Hitler. Qiao Qiao's father joined the army and went to the front line. Life or death is uncertain. Another sister has passed away. Only he and his mother depend on each other in the family. Such a little boy lacked his father's love and sense of security, and Hitler just made up for this lack of his heart. In Jojo's mind, Hitler was not only a great man, leader, but also a close friend and father.
No matter what Hitler did in the war or in history, he was in the German boy's dictionary as a "friend" who helped him through the confused fork in the road.
But people always grow up, and those imaginary beauty are always broken. Mom told Jojo that at your age, you should not talk about politics or participate in wars. You should climb trees, accidentally fall from trees, go to live, and dance romantically; you will meet love, and it feels like a butterfly Flying in the belly.
Qiaoqiao seemed to understand, until he met a butterfly on the street one day, he flew with the butterfly all the way, turned his head, and saw his mother's feet hanging in the air, the little boy's dream was shattered.
Recall, when was the moment when your dream of chasing stars was shattered? Is it the moment when you knew Andy Lau's hidden marriage? Was it the moment when Lu Han announced his love affair? Or was it the moment when Wu Yifan was exposed to the chat history by Gina? These moments are far too mild compared to the moment when Jojo saw his mother die. People living in a peaceful and prosperous age will never be able to appreciate the pain of people living in war years.
Even if the history books describe the scenes of World War II deeply and deeply, experts have thousands of interpretations of the terrible experience of prisoners of war. We can't enter the heart of a little boy who sees the sky full of war and howling in the wild. After Hitler, the idol who has always believed in it, has done so many unrighteous things, is he desperate in his heart, or is he fortunate that he is sober in time and knows how to return when he is lost?
Faye Wong has a song "Open to Tumi", the lyrics are "one by one idol / nothing more than this / idols who have been addicted to / disappear one by one / who has hurt the gods / who is God / we are waiting for / what miracle". These few lyrics sang the irony of the fall of the idol's halo and the collapse of the beautiful illusion, which is very suitable for Jojo's mental journey at the time. Hitler, who admired so much at the beginning, unexpectedly turned out to be a dictator full of conspiracy and tricks to deceive the people. The love and trust of these years, after all, was wrongly paid!
"Jojo Rabbit" is a war history film in the eyes of many people, but in my case, it is a history of the growth of a star-chaser boy. From ignorantly opening his eyes and obsessing with idols, he regards what he hears and sees as facts. After experiencing the idol mask being torn apart and hitting reality head-on, it presents the process in a gentle, cute and even absurd way. Starting from fairy tales and ending with social headlines, we must finally accept that life will never be a fairy tale. .
After that, Qiaoqiao completed a transformation from boy to man. The war forced him to grow up early when he was only more than 10 years old. After seeing the collapse of idols, the cruelty of reality, and the hypocrisy of the adult world, he finally learned romance Dance.
Qiao Qiao understood what his mother said, no matter how bad or chaotic the world is, protect your inner order, race against time in the chaotic gap, and be happy for every better tomorrow that may come, when you can fall in love. Hug your lover tightly, no matter what era you live in, the most important thing is what you are doing at this moment.
This article was first published on the public account: Nandu Weekly (nbweekly)
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