He hesitated for a few seconds before watching it, for fear that it was a bloody fascist massacre film.
World War II themed films emerge in an endless stream, and excellent directors have been finding new ways and trying to surpass them, so there are Summer of 1942 completed in 1972, Mediterranean in 1991, A Beautiful Life in 1997, Captain's Mandolin in 2001, 2002 The pianist of 2008, the reader of 2008, and Inglourious Basterds of 2009.
These are the World War II films that I especially like. The excellence lies in the expression from different angles. Several of the films were not enjoyable to watch, and I deliberately found the original to dig deeper. Except for Inglourious Basterds deliberately expressing blood (However, the bloody scenes are reflected in the form of YY, the German executioners were beheaded, scalped, and their eyes gouged out, and the clapping was extremely pleasing), the rest of the films tried their best to avoid genocide scenes. , mainly to reflect the love and family during the war, or to show the optimism and open-mindedness of the Jewish people, or to be tough and brave.
The good news is that this film has another breakthrough in human nature, and the expression of human nature is different from the previous descriptions of the Jews’ own tragic experiences or the love and family during the war, but a deep excavation of compassion, and at the same time, it is a one-off comparison of the kindness of human nature. evil.
The ugly puppet history of the French Vichy government has been tightly wrapped until 2009. On February 16, 2009, the French Supreme Administrative Court officially recognized that the French government had sent Jews on a large scale during World War II. to a Nazi concentration camp in Germany and apologized for it. The film came into being after the French government first acknowledged the shame of history, and the director made a bold statement about the puppet government.
The beginning of the film is very beautiful. France is like a big home for Jews. When the war in Germany and Poland was in full swing, Jews were undoubtedly lucky to be able to live in France. In addition to the bright sunshine and carefree smiles, the faint melancholy and worry were only passed through. Little Joseph's eyes showed it, but Dad always believed that the French government would continue to protect them. The benevolence, kindness and friendliness of most French people gave the Jews who were under the fence reason to believe that the French government would not abandon them. has yielded. The sharpness of the French director was revealed in the casual conversation between Hitler and his subordinates, which made people feel ashamed. I don't remember the original words completely, to the effect that compared with Spain's desperate resistance and unwillingness to hand over the Jews, the weakness of the French government is really weak. On the contrary, the more ruthless the murderer, the more revered the nation who bravely resisted.
Corresponding to the Vichy government's help and abuse is the kindness and beauty of most ordinary French people. Melanie Laurent is so holy and beautiful as soon as she appears. The nurse she plays is firm and brave. She is a French with a conscience in the July 1942 incident. represent. In addition, there are the soldiers of the fire brigade, the stadium guard who wanted to let the Jewish girl go, the police officer who tipped off the secret, the landlady who ran to tell the story, and the man who tried to cover the neighbor's child but didn't deceive the soldier. The kind wife, begged the mother to take the child of the neighbor brother. On July 16, 1942, the 7,000 lucky Jewish people who disappeared in the morning light of Paris, the history itself has already explained the brilliance of human nature, that is the faint light in the dark, precious and warm.
The Roundup is the least violent movie in the Jewish concentration camps. Although the narrative style is not compact enough and the middle part is a little procrastinated, the implicit feelings between Reynolds and Laurent are somewhat redundant. But it is always a good film with a different approach, and the Parisians who helped the Jews flee in the streets should be remembered.
(Note: According to Baidu, the "justice" in France helped three-quarters of the Jews in France escape the tragic fate of being sent to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. According to AFP statistics, 2,725 people in France had helped after the war. Israel was awarded the title of "International Justice" by Israel, second only to Poland and the Netherlands. There are still more than 200 "International Justices" in France.)
Those who help others are always helping them. I happened to see a news today that a Shenyang boss was looking for and repaying a strange aunt who did good deeds 21 years ago.
(Original by GS on October 8, 2014, Chengdu.)
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