There is no big scene, no big explosion, just a few people in a battle, and it is a very special group of underground soldiers, who do not fire or fire their guns, but constantly brandish the mine shovel, silently destroying the enemy or being wiped out.
The underground tunnels where they fight are dark and damp, narrow and low, the air is muddy, and rats are rampant. The only light comes from candles. If the candles are extinguished, death will come soon. The only sound is their own whispers. If they are heard by the other party, Life is just turning around. In the ground world, they have to guard against dark guns and cold cannons, but in the underground, it is even more dangerous. The god of death wanders in the dark, and may die by accident at any time.
The scene on the ground is always muddy and wandering in heavy rain. Soldiers in dark uniforms are like walking corpses. Fortunately, the protagonist’s second clue is advancing at the same time. Otherwise, I really can’t stand it. Australia is always sunny and green. Red flowers, neat and clean, beautiful girls in white clothes, houses, homes, horses, children, laughter...just like dreaming, like heaven, for people in the war and hell, the hometown is really heaven.
Bring in the opponents of the underground German army. , I think it’s a stroke of genius, which not only increased the tension, but also did not symbolize and demonize them. They are living people. Like these Commonwealth soldiers, they are ordinary soldiers in the war, worried and fearful, and miss their family and hometown. , Longing for the end and survival
of the war, this special theme of the miners and soldiers recruited in the war is very special. This is the first time I have seen that the director always uses a realistic approach, calm and objective, and the dialogue is short and powerful. Containing without revealing, but the power and emotion contained in this silence are very abundant, just like the original soundtracks in a movie, there are thousands of words to talk about.
There are two favorite shots. The first is a few seconds of silence before Oliver presses the switch. The second is Tiffin holding a candle alone in the underground tunnel waiting for death to come. Both of them are silent like this and accept themselves calmly. Destiny, maybe--men who have witnessed too many deaths in a long war will be so silent, because there is no revolutionary optimism and no heroes in the war.
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