In recent years, the film competition for each Academy Awards always involves black films, which are nominated or won. For example, "Moonlight" directed by Barry Jenkins won the best picture at the 89th Academy Awards. The film is about the growth of a black boy and the love between the same sex; the nominated film "Fences" at the same time is also about the right and wrong of the black world. Another example is "Get Out" directed by Jordan Peele, which was nominated for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards. The film revolves around racial conflicts in the United States, and has similarities to the "BlacKkKlansman" discussed today. The timeline goes back to the 91st Oscars, which just passed this year. There are even more movies involving black people. For example, "Green Book", which won the best picture, tells a road story between a black pianist and a white driver. The films "Black Panther" and "BlacKkKlansman" also unified the black as the protagonist of the film, and a black as the super hero Come to Worship, a film directed entirely by a black director. The difference between "BlacKkKlansman" and other films is that Spike Lee pushed both whites and blacks to the front of the screen and put them on an equal position. Here equality is not racial discrimination caused by the characters' different recognition of racial concepts, but Refers to the recognition before and behind the scenes, you may have a question, aren't films such as "Green Book" equal? In film stories, they are of course equal, but it has to be said that "Green Book" is more in line with the mainstream consensus view of the audience and judges. The structural context is simply summarized as: whites discriminate against blacks-whites and blacks help each other-become friends and end in harmony. This is a story routine that the public likes to see and is also a formula commonly used by directors and screenwriters. Like many films, white people are more or less at the height of ideological guides, and the producers behind the scenes have also fallen behind to become the justice of racial equality. but perhaps only they themselves know whether the film is for audience love or for the selfless cause of racial equality, as Hollywood has always been. And "Black Klankman" is entirely directed by a black director, telling about the religious and racial conflicts between the black policeman Ron and the KKK. The man behind the film became Spike Lee, but he did not add additional skill halo to the protagonist. His personality and actions did not show strong resentment and fierce actions against the KKK, and the white police and the black police worked together to play a role "Ron" undercover to the KKK and successfully destroying one of its chapters. Serious yet witty. Frankly speaking, director Spike Lee is a very sharp and sensitive black American director. The director's first work "Surely Win" made him a rookie director who has attracted much attention in the American film circle, and later directed "Jungle Fever" and "Malcolm X". On the road of creation, he is very keen on a series of issues of black race, and his works, without exception, discuss the way out, development and racial discrimination of black people. The film "BlacKkKlansman" is based on the 2014 autobiography written by Ron Stallworth. The story tells the story of a black Colorado police officer Ron and his colleague Flip Zimmerman in the late 1970s. Ron was responsible for the telephone communication with the KKK, while Folipp played the role of white Ron to negotiate with the KKK. They successfully infiltrated the local KKK organization and went undercover and cracked the branch's bomb attack to the KKK leader. David Duke hit the ground running. The plot is not difficult to understand and it seems that there is nothing new, but it is obviously not the best Oscar. The nomination of the best film, the film's own labels such as the KKK and racial discrimination give the film a sense of political seriousness and a sense of racial contradiction in American history, but Spike Lee is obviously not satisfied with this. First of all, at the beginning of the film, Scarlett from "Gone with the Wind" is used to find Maddie among a group of war-wounded soldiers. The close-up, long-range, and then the overhead shot of the big rocker arm is accompanied by Scarlett's line of "Saving the Confederacy". The movie starts. Some viewers may be confused about this kind of beginning. In my opinion, one is Spike Lee's interpretation of the American Federation. There are many clips in "Gone with the Wind", and Spike Lee only takes the United States' defeat in the war, which is ironic. It goes without saying, secondly, Heidi McDaniels, who played Scarlett's heartfelt slave in the film, won the Oscar for Best Performance, and Ron also mentioned it in his conversation with the KKK leader in the film. Alluding to the low status of blacks. You see, Spike Lee buried a sarcastic pit to begin with. The next piece of news satire also revealed the theme of the film, black racial discrimination and racial equality. Secondly, the cooperation between black Ron and his white colleague Flip has a certain coincidence. This coincidence is shown in that Ron is the "nigger" in the white population, while Flip is the "damn Jew", the KKK They are all disgusted. Flippy's Jewish identity seems to allow him to hold on when faced with the potential danger to his life of an undercover mission, avoiding any false heroism and noble sentiments, and pulling human nature to the world. . And this is not only a mockery of the KKK's internal racial discrimination and self-proclaimed arrogance, but this back-to-back homology also symbolizes the unity of blacks and Jews, and also brings out serious religious and class contradictions. In the conversation between Patrice and Ron, the film mentioned dual consciousness, that is, being an American and being a black person at the same time are two opposing personalities in the black spirit. Ron hinted that equal rights can be obtained from the system without Violence must not have been required, and Ron did so and won a personal victory, until the chief told him to destroy all evidence of the Klan. So has Ron changed the status quo from within the system? It can only be said that if the part of the whole is changed, if it is successful, there will be no news clips that directly hit reality at the end. When Ron told Patrice that he was an undercover policeman, he said loudly: "Don't think I don't wear a black hat. , don't wear black jackets, don't wear black glasses, don't shout every day to kill white people, I just don't care about us black people." At that time, Ron probably thought he had chosen a correct method, but when he left the police station must understand that he and Patrice is just a different choice. One thing I appreciate about the film is that the director's handling of Ron and Patrice's emotional relationship is not a happy ending, but leaves an unsolved problem due to differences in political views. emotional problems. In addition, Spike Li Mingming and boldly satirized Griffith's "Birth of a Nation", with the help of bystanders who witnessed the evil deeds of the KKK, saying "Because "The Birth of a Nation" led to the death of the KKK And come back to life and criticize black people with abhorrence". Anyone who studies film history will know that "The Birth of a Nation" has an indelible position in film history, and it will be written in any film history book. The video art shown in the film is indelible forever. As a black man and director, Spike Lee also made a double awareness of this. On the one hand, as a black man, he satirized "The Birth of a Nation", and on the other hand, as a director, he used Griffith's parallel montage to interpret the film. Bystanders complained that white people did evil to black people and the Ku Klux Klan watched "The Birth of a Nation" and cheered "Long live the white people". They used "Last Minute Rescue" to deduce the climax of the bomb attack and the successful rescue. Finally, at the end of the film, the burning cross is used to connect to the editing of real news, so that the humor of the film is all dispersed, and the audience is heavily drawn into reality. The news revealed that racism still exists, various riots are still being staged, Trump's rise to power has promoted the "white supremacy" trend, David Duke is still alive and giving speeches, and the August 12, 2017 The violence resulted in the death of a white girl, Heather heyer. The reality is far more convincing and shocking than the film. Spike Lee disdains to warmly incite the masses to resist in the film. He just gave a fatal blow at the end of the film. The film ends with the upside-down American flag changing color to black and white, just like Scarlett's chanting "Save the Confederates" at the beginning. Spike Lee uses methods such as film-in-film or intertext to add additional embellishments to the film. This is not only an extension of the film's themes of religion and racial discrimination, but also Spike Lee's thinking on the overall connection of black films. Obviously, his goal is not only to It's just a rejection of the KKK's behavior and a new interpretation of black exploitation films. The violence of 12 resulted in the death of a white girl, Heather heyer. The reality is far more convincing and shocking than the film. Spike Lee disdains to warmly incite the masses to resist in the film. He just gave a fatal blow at the end of the film. The film ends with the upside-down American flag changing color to black and white, just like Scarlett's chanting "Save the Confederates" at the beginning. Spike Lee uses methods such as film-in-film or intertext to add additional embellishments to the film. This is not only an extension of the film's themes of religion and racial discrimination, but also Spike Lee's thinking on the overall connection of black films. Obviously, his goal is not only to It's just a rejection of the KKK's behavior and a new interpretation of black exploitation films.
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