"08 Noon East Bucharest" is a Romanian film, this strangely titled film explores from the side the revolution that changed Romania's color in December 1989. At 08 noon in the title, it was the most critical moment of the revolution. The dictator Ceausescu and his wife, who had ruled Romania for many years, fled by helicopter from the roof of the Communist Party headquarters building in the capital Bucharest, and were later captured and shot. Romania Changed from now on.
I have seen a documentary before, which was shot by Germans and edited from surveillance video and personal photography at that time. It was called "The Collapse of Ceausescu's Regime", which reflected the crucial seven days in Romanian history. See how a seemingly powerful regime can collapse in an instant. This film brings me back to this exciting history. In the winter of that year, the sky in Beijing was gloomy and cold, and the two heads of strong men on the ground made the faces of the gloomy people look excited. Everyone made a "click" gesture when they met, and they were full of longing for the future. This hazy winter seems like the sun is shining, and there is a hint of warmth.
The film is about sixteen years later, in a small town east of Bucharest, people think about the revolution. Has revolution ever happened in this small town? It's a question that small-town TV struggles to figure out, and it forms the backbone of the film. In fact, this is a pseudo-question with typical Eastern European humor. The revolution has become a reality, and everyone is enjoying the fruits of the revolution, whether it is good or bad, the revolution does affect everyone's life. On the poorly equipped TV station, the director and host, who was born as a textile engineer, persevered and questioned the alcoholic professor, who claimed to have participated in the revolution in the small town. His claims were refuted by the audience. The standard for a revolution in a small town is whether there are people gathering in the town square at 8 noon. The revolution is so simple. Before that, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and the possibility of being reckoned after the autumn is very high; after this, the dictator has fled, the revolution has won, and everyone is a revolutionist.
Judging from the documentary "The Collapse of the Ceausescu Regime", the real revolution is also very simple. Although the level of danger is much higher than that of the small town revolution, it is actually full of many accidental factors. On December 16, 1989, a violent clash between police and local residents occurred in Timisoara. The police fired on civilians, causing casualties. The incident quickly sparked massive demonstrations across the country. On the 21st, Ceausescu held a rally of 100,000 people in front of the Communist Party headquarters building to condemn the disturbance. However, a firecracker in the crowd and a slogan of "Down with Ceausescu" caused the crowd to riot, and the revolution began. People have been reluctant to listen to the dictator's repeated promises to clash with the police. The army is on the side of the people as the defense minister who did not want to shoot at the people is shot. In just one day, at 08:00 on the 22nd, the Qi family escaped and the revolution was successful. There were no organizers and no plans in the revolution, just a few random people who stood up in the crowd occupied the TV station, announcing the downfall of the Qi regime and the birth of a new regime. It can be seen from this that the weakening of Qi's regime and its downfall is inevitable; it also proves that the people, and only the people, are the real driving force behind the creation of history.
In "East Noon in Bucharest", after seeing the fall of the Qi regime on TV, the residents of the town flocked to the town square, chanting the slogan of Long Live Freedom. The alcoholic professor claimed that he had shouted this slogan with other professors before. This statement was only endorsed by a Chinese businessman who had not witnessed the situation at the time, because he believed that the professor's character would not lie. I also believe what the professor said, in a society that has been dull for a long time, a society that has been suppressed for too long, there will always be people who rush out to shout slogans. A shout from the crowd in Bucharest sparked a revolution; how could the professor in the small town suppress his resentment at that moment when the sparks were flying? The image of the street lights in the film is very interesting. Are the street lights gradually extinguished, or are they lit at the same time? Facts have proved that a single spark can start a prairie fire. Countless street lamps dotted with stars have gathered into a bright and full city.
Romania was the only country to change through violence in that wave of Eastern Europe in 1989. Generally speaking, the result of violence must be BAOZHENG, but Romania has a democratic regime since then. In the following ten years, political stability has not occurred again, and it has entered the threshold of developed countries. This is confusing. Perhaps because this revolution was unorganized, no one was competing for merit, and the natural fruits were shared by the people.
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