#leftist film# Fascism is the descendant of the old man

Kayleigh 2022-01-29 08:07:08

#leftistfilm#A story between the petty bourgeois left, the revolutionary left and the peasants, the landlord class, fascism. If The Companion reveals how fascism gained the support of the middle class, "1900" shows how fascism gained the support of declining landowners. Towards the end, the protagonist of the revolution proclaimed at the trial assembly that "Fascists are the descendants of the lords". As a traditional ruling class, do the landlords condone fascist crimes because of cowardice, or do they need such watchdogs to prevent the red peasants from rebelling because of their interests? Maybe both, appeasement and alliance. But sometimes the single character displayed by the fascist villain in the film can easily lead people to mistake the fascist nature for its brutality, brutality and desire for destruction.

More interesting is the three-group relationship. Nearly three slogans in Bertolucci—

There is no love without revolution: social relations profoundly shape micro-human relationships, and abstract love cannot transcend concrete class relations. And this is something that the inner peace spread by the bourgeoisie and even the hippies cannot be resolved.

There is no beauty without revolution: the flexible camera schedule shows the beautiful Italian countryside, but it becomes a beauty to observe especially under the revolutionary melody of the peasants and the red flag, otherwise the land is only a link and object in the process of labor expropriation .

There can be no more complete liberation of individuality without revolution: the question of the relationship between revolution and individuality is raised from the perspective of sexual freedom. The most flamboyant Ida is precisely a petty-bourgeois left (artistic left-style "modern" and "avant-garde"). The peasants are still largely portrayed as a collective group. To a certain extent, it may mirror reality. It must be admitted that capitalism brings about the liberation of the individual, but this liberation is still far from sufficient (closer to Trotsky here). Ida suffers from it, and at the same time Ida can't solve the problem (a situation that is fully displayed in "On the Eve of the Revolution", but focuses on the indecision side, which is ultimately a betrayal of the revolution). Response: Does socialism really need individuality? Of course, and the individual must be superior, but this superiority must be through a revolution against capitalism.

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Extended Reading
  • Myron 2022-03-25 09:01:21

    As a contradiction between classical glory and revolutionary passion, Bertolucci is fully equipped with the quality and ability of objective narrative. Through the veils of various doctrines, morals, and class divisions, the element of distribution of interests clearly emerges. 【9↑】

  • Mattie 2022-03-21 09:03:15

    In 315 minutes, Bertolucci used the friendship of two men in different classes to illustrate an important core change in the process of Italian history in the last century; That broad and bright red flag was deeply imprinted in the audience's mind. #Impressed several places: frog necklace/recumbent track bile test/ear cutting protest/three-person love/molestation of young children.

1900 quotes

  • Ada Fiastri Paulhan: [indicates their servants] They are all related?

    Alfredo Berlinghieri: Yes. A whole family of Dalco's. They've been working this land for generations.

  • Alfredo Berlinghieri: [all three are lying naked in bed: Alfredo takes a glass of wine] Drink some wine, eh?

    Neve: [pushes the glass away] No, please, no.

    Olmo Dalco: [looks annoyed at Alfredo's persistence] She doesn't want it.

    Alfredo Berlinghieri: [forces the wine into her mouth] Drink, you little whore.

    [Neve swallows, but soon goes into a seizure]

    Alfredo Berlinghieri: What the-?

    Olmo Dalco: [realization appears on his face] Oh no, she's an epileptic!