There is a scene in the movie "Gulliver's Travels" that makes viewers feel sad: after experiencing a series of travels, they have witnessed the "yehu" (meaning ugly humans) After seeing through the nature of the world and the nature of humanity, Gulliver frustratedly lay on a raft and drifted with the waves when he encountered a large sailing ship. When the crew tried to rescue him on the ship, he in ragged clothes resisted desperately—he didn't want to return because of his hatred and hatred of the ugly human world.
In the original book "Gulliver's Travels", the British writer Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) revealed the "yehu"'s special preference for diamonds-"in its country (that is, the country of Huisi) certain In the fields of this place, there are stones of different colors and gleaming, which "yehu" people love very much; sometimes a part of these stones is buried in the soil, and they will use their claws to dig out the stones all day long. Then he transported back piles of ground to hide in his own nest, but while hiding the other side, he had to look around very carefully, for fear that his friends would find their treasures. My master (namely Hui Si) said that he never understood How could they have such an anti-natural desire? What use are these stones for "yehu". But it now believes that this may be due to the greedy habits of humans as I call them."
What use are these stones for "yehu"? This question may appear in the mind of Solomon Fandi (played by Jimon Hughes) in the film "Blood Diamond" standing in front of the London diamond jewelry shop window. Solomon Fandi, an ordinary Sierra Leonean fisherman, the biggest wish in his life is that his excellent son Dia can become a doctor in the future. Unfortunately, he was born in troubled times, and the domestic rebellion continued for 11 years. The purpose was to control the country's diamond trade and to obtain huge profits, weapons and rights from it. This catastrophe brought hellish human suffering to the people there. "This place abandoned by God" did not completely quell the rebellion until September 2002. "If You want long life, never touch the diamond!" (local proverb), the production of diamonds did not bring people here a good life, but instead caused killings and wars. In this disaster, Solomon Fandi’s wife was scattered, and he was arrested as a miner. Then, his son was captured by the rebels and used as a baby soldier...
"Every American bride who gets married wants a shining one. Diamond ring..." This is Danny Archer (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) when confronted by the American journalist McGrady Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly). Danny Archer, a white descent born in Zimbabwe, has painful childhood memories and inhuman military experience. He travels around Africa to make a living in the diamond and arms business. Wherever there is profit Appear. Experience and experience made him more aware of the nature and suffering of war on the African continent than anyone else. He was tired of being trapped in this recurring transaction. His lost soul seemed to want him to find a way out of Africa. Therefore, when he learned that Solomon had a hidden pink diamond, he immediately realized that this might be his only chance to leave Africa forever, and he began to contact Solomon.
McGrady Bowen is a journalist with a sense of justice and rich experience in field interviews. He came to Sierra Leone to expose the dark side of the blood diamond trade. When she saw the refugee camp with millions of refugees, she sighed to Danny Archer: This is the second largest refugee camp in Africa, and it also has a one-minute appearance on CNN... McGrady wants to use Danny as a search The blood diamond is a clue to the truth, and Danny needs to use her to help find Solomon's family, so as to induce Solomon to take him to find the pink diamond...
The plot, steps, rhythm and mood of the film are in line with a high-level American commercial film model, and it appropriately creates an urgent and heavy atmosphere suitable for the plot, whether street shootout, jungle escape or plane bombing, whether shooting women and children like It is as ruthless as grass, or the teenagers are quickly turned into small killing machines, which give the viewer a visual and auditory stimulation, and also make people understand that once the weak possess violence, they will be more bloody and cruel.
Solomon once told Danny a story about the red soil in Africa—the bloody and slaughter among the tribes in the distant ages formed a land soaked in human blood and nourished. At the end of the film, on the ridge, the seriously injured Danny finally returned the pink diamond to Solomon and asked him to take his son Dia to leave. When the plane carrying Solomon and his son glided overhead, Danny ended the conversation with Tracy McGrady. Finally, he glanced at the green and cloudy land. The blood slid from the fingertips of Danny’s left hand, dripping into Africa. Among the red clay.
In the film, faced with a small piece of pure land in the charcoal of war and an African man trying to save the children (who was unfortunately shot and wounded), McGrady once sighed: "How can a person change this place?" Indeed, the suffering in Africa , Not one or two people can change, but at least some people are still working hard. The heroine in the film "Out of Africa" has a famous saying-Africa is too difficult for a woman. Africa is also too difficult for Africans who have stayed here for generations and live endlessly. Perhaps because of this, this land that has been repeatedly trampled on will be reborn like a phoenix after going through the vicissitudes of life. Perhaps, Solomon's son Dia will realize his dream of being a doctor in the future.
At the end of the film, when the subtitles are released, there is a song that is lyrical after the first rap. Listening quietly, you can feel a bitter sweetness——Everybody wants Heaven but nobody wants dead/ Everybody wants Diamonds without the Bloodshed……For For consumers wearing dazzling diamond jewelry, perhaps they only saw the bright light, but did not see the red blood.
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