In the film, Lawrence's life in the Arab world during this period was once full of ambition, high spirits, and boundless scenery. Although it has gone through several ups and downs, it finally returned to helplessness and sadness. Perhaps it is the director’s realism tendency, or it may be limited by the length of the film. In the film, why Lawrence loves the Arab world so much, and the motives of several big ups and downs are not clear, which has become the focus of Lawrence's confusion for later generations. In my opinion, everything is rooted in the idealism flowing in Lawrence's blood. In other words, in the depths of Lawrence's soul, there have been several dreams floating around.
Dream 1: Pursuing the birth. When interviewing Lawrence in the film, the reporter asked: Why do you like this desert? Lawrence replied: Clean. Yes, compared to the secular world where you live, there is something cleaner than the yellow sandy desert?
Dream two: universal relief. The character of Lawrence in the film has a distinct personality. When Lawrence first met the new chief after he captured Aqaba, the new chief gave a brief overview of Lawrence before coming to the Arab world: "No self-discipline, no punctuality, several languages, music , Literature, knowledge...". It can be seen that Lawrence is quite talented, and quite rebellious, who does his own way. In the film, there is also a heavy ink splash of Lawrence's extremely kind and benevolent character. Precisely because of his outstanding talents, he is smug; because of his rebellion, he is quite critical of all seemingly inflexible reality. Because of his kindness and broadness, he has universal compassion; perhaps only such a person, when he sees the fragmented, ignorant and backward Arab world, will naturally give birth to the great dream of a unified Arab world and the freedom of the Arab people. .
Dreamland Three: Pursue your own existence. "Who am I?" It should be a question Lawrence has been pursuing all his life. Lawrence's personal growth trajectory is not mentioned in the film, but Lawrence has encountered several times whether he is a British or an Arab, or some other person. In this search process, there are two scenes that make people feel embarrassed. Picture 1: The first time Lawrence wears an Arabian headscarf, wearing traditional Arabic clothes and jumping and jumping in the desert; Picture 2: Lawrence lifts his clothes and points to his own. Faced with Ali, he shouted loudly, "Did you see, I am white! This can never be changed!" The generous Arabian costume once made him think that he had found his place. Unexpectedly, the white skin was again. He ruthlessly drove him away from the homeland he had pursued for many years. Perhaps, finding oneself has long been Lawrence's most distant dream.
Dream 4: Pursue your own perfection. Whether external or internal, flaws may be the last thing Lawrence himself wants to be discovered. Lawrence remained elegant even in a generous Arab robe. And when such grace was trampled by Turkish soldiers extremely rudely, Lawrence's faith also collapsed: It turned out that his compassion and dignity were nothing but Nanke's dream in the face of the ruthless reality! The moment Lawrence took revenge on the killing of Turkey, I would rather he never really walked into the endless desert.
The deep-seated beauty of the dream may be due to its faintly coming true. However, the dream will eventually wake up one day, and idealism cannot withstand the light blow of reality. Your life continues, you still exist in this secular world; you were born in England, you still have to go back to England to live and sleep; your intellect and bravery are endless, but the unspeakable ancient and mystery of the Arab world has been Far beyond your wisdom. After waking up from the dream, you are destined to be helpless and sad, and you cannot escape the same fate as a person.
If all these dreams make people feel desolate and impermanent, then Lawrence has not left any warm eternity in the yellow sand? Although there is no mention of Lawrence’s emotional world in the film, there are a lot of rumors about Lawrence outside the film, especially his preface to S.A in his famous poem "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom", perhaps it is We foreshadow his fifth dream, which is harder to be known.
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