Question: If one day, your body is imprisoned, will your soul still be noble?
In the last century, from the 1930s to the 1950s, millions of innocent people were exiled to Siberia by Stalin and the Soviet regime. The death and terror of more than two decades can only be incompletely presented in the accounts of survivors.
The film "Gray in the Snow" is based on the best-selling book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, a Lithuanian-American woman writer. It tells the story of how a family under the rule of the Iron Curtain was dismantled, followed by death, and the story of the "amnesty" survivor whose humanity has not been completely wiped out.
Although the background of the story is set in a horrible concentration camp, the picture is not gloomy. He has the artistic talent of pen depicting, the sunshine in the memories, love and the "sublimation of humanity" that have not been completely wiped out-therefore, some people commented that "a very deep history of suffering, being photographed so lightly and so shallowly, makes people Disappointed……"
When we are looking at the suffering history of others, what are we "watching"?
The baby who died on the transport train was easily discarded into the rotten hole in the carriage, making him disappear between the rails, and the crying mother was to be executed while looking for the back; the old man who died in the cabin on the way to the North Pole, Will be carried out of the sea of burial... the body has been tortured and imprisoned, but the soul?
The mother of the heroine Lina is proficient in Russian. The authorities in the concentration camp provide her with a warm and relaxed translation job that does not need to work in the field, but also fills the stomach. It takes not only great courage to say NO in the face of power. , You must also bear the consequences. In retaliation, she was told that her husband had been shot when a family member was taken away, and that she would be migrating to the cold North Pole with her two children, where she was about to freeze to death.
Winter in the Arctic means death.
Man is dead, but the noble soul is still radiating light.
When her mother was dying, Lina opened the letter of admission to the art academy that she was expecting to study with her father, and then watched her mother die in relief. Just now, she was told by her mother that her father had already died.
Art can illuminate reality, but "life is not art, it will always change."
The heroine of "Snow in Ash", Lina Wilkas, has an amazing talent for painting. She should enjoy the summer sun, the beach and the sweet love in her fifteen or sixteen-year-old girlhood, but she encountered that particularly sinful period. , I can only plan potatoes in cold Siberia, and meet a good guy who is in the same situation and has a good heart. In the end, relying on my painting talent and stubborn persistence, I and my brother were forgiven and survived miraculously.
The officer who signed the pardon was called "handsome young man with an innocent face, like an angel" by his superiors. Kolensky introduced himself as Nikolai. The "one eye is of Ukrainian descent." And the young man who fell in love with the heroine's mother hanged himself... His humanity was released when he died.
"Read more about Nazi subjects and suddenly switch to Soviet dictatorship (what's the difference). Death is a relief to those who deprive others of their freedom and those who deprive others of their freedom."
And I just think that the filming of the movie "Gray in Snow" was very restrained, because the heart is kind and humanity still exists. What is the reality of the horror of the Soviet Union’s centralized power comparable to the Nazi 2.0 version? I believe that many survivors can tell about their personal experiences and real feelings. In the past, it is important for us to reflect on how terrifying the crime of annihilating human nature is... After all, history may repeat itself.
Whether it is exiled Siberia or being thrown into a Nazi concentration camp, it is too far away from us. Their miserable world has their people to commemorate, and what kind of past have we had?
Clips, edges, ditches, do they count? In the past, I have seen the theme movie of the same name directed by Wang Bing, and I also remember the ugly and cruel content in it. I was so sick that I was about to vomit, but the feelings of those who experienced it felt superficial (because of the description of the movie) The suffering is far less than one-tenth of the real evil)...It seems that the famous director Chen Kaige mentioned in an interview that he sometimes recalled in the quiet night when he jumped in the countryside in Yunnan. From not far away in the night came the piercing cry and curse of the chained woman when she was raped-when the human conscience was extinguished and the animal nature was awakened, the world was at the tipping point of hell, and the sufferings you want to watch can be seen everywhere. .
Perhaps, movies such as "Gray in the Snow", "Clip, Side, Ditch", "Brave New World", "Schindler's List", etc., are not as complete (or perfect) as some people commented, but at least Part of the truth is revealed, so that the glorious humanity will not be wiped out into ashes in the dark night. Although some people will say that those sinful times are long gone, what use is it to repaint the ugly scars like this?
I personally think that every kind of criticism has meaning, because both sides of human nature exist forever. If you are not vigilant against evil, and when sinister intentions stir up evil winds and goodness is swallowed, people will encounter the miserable world of all evils again.
Postscript, I suddenly remembered that today is Valentine's Day in the West, but I have shared such a sad movie-in order to be timely, link a romantic and joyful film review "You fell in love with her for me".
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