There are generally three ways to open historical film and television dramas: one is a documentary, the other is a deductive method like "Kangxi Dynasty", and the other is a point-to-face. The narrative method of such works is often from a Small openings are introduced, step by step, and then suddenly enlightened, the pattern is not large, but it is all used ingeniously.
"The Last Dictatorship" belongs to the third situation.
The beginning of the movie is very much like a romance story full of routines.
He, a young Scottish doctor, was white and beautiful, with a face like a peach blossom.
He lives the same boring life every day. Although he obtained a doctor's license at the age of 23, only he knows in his heart that everything in front of him is not what he wants. Life should not only be about the things in front of him, but also poetry and the distance.
One day, he made up his mind to leave his hometown. He joined a medical condolence mission and came to Uganda just to experience a different life.
He, a great dictator from the military, Idi Amin, the president of Uganda, he has a legendary life experience, he is ruthless towards political enemies, and he runs the country with an iron fist policy.
By chance, the young doctor was fortunate to provide treatment for Amin. Unexpectedly, the president was deeply attracted by his beauty (mistakenly) and forcibly took him as a personal doctor. The poor little doctor had to start a period of humiliation. , The unique experience of "accompanying you as a tiger" .
Although the little doctor is a main character in this story, the protagonist of the movie should undoubtedly be the then Ugandan President Idi Amin .
With the help of a fictional character, the film restores a real third world dictator in history, and because the audience unconsciously observes and experiences the environment from the perspective of a little doctor, it is better than any similar film. It should be captivating and captivating.
The black actor Forest Whitaker (Forest Whitaker), who played Armin in the film, won the Best Actor Award at the 2006 Academy Awards for this film and became the fourth black actor in Oscar history .
The person who plays the Scottish doctor is the famous European and American porn giant Zhan Yimei (James McAvoy). At that time, he was only 27 years old, but he had an 18-year-old face, red lips and white teeth, as if there were stars and sea in his eyes, and he spoke with a smile on his face. With a little Scottish accent, people are frail and easily overwhelmed.
When you look at such a prosperous and beautiful face, you can't imagine that after a few years, he has grown into a person who is serious and open-minded and can let himself go anytime, anywhere. Or maybe he was, and we've all been deceived by his looks for years.
Historically, Idi Amin was poor when he was young and only attended four years of primary school. Because he was born with good physical conditions, he was a hockey player for a period of time and later joined the British colonial army. That was the only chance for him to stand out. .
He soon rose through the ranks and was favored by then-President Milton Obote, who later used him to fight his political opposition.
In 1971, Obote was afraid of the military power in the hands of Amin, and planned to "death the cunning rabbit and cook the dog", so Amin did not do anything, gathered his own army, launched a military coup in Uganda, and overthrew Upper Milton. Obote's regime .
The story of "The Last Dictatorship" began at this time. At that time, Uganda was under British colonial rule. Amin claimed to lead the Ugandan people to strive for independence, and would take a series of poverty alleviation measures, improve social welfare, build public facilities, etc., Return economic rights to the people.
In the early days of taking office, Amin eliminated potential dissidents through executions and forced exiles . He also took advantage of the differences between Uganda's various tribes to divide and rule them, leaving the country in a state of disintegration so as not to threaten his rule. Furthermore, he mobilized the army to legitimize violence in order to assert his rights.
In 1972, he drove more than 70,000 Asians out of Uganda.
In 1975, at the United Nations General Assembly, he called for the extermination of the nation of Israel.
In 1978, Uganda's economy was in chaos. In order to divert people's attention from Uganda's economy, Amin launched a war of aggression against Tanzania.
Folklore has it that Amin can eat human flesh , but others believe that this was just a campaign he carried out to consolidate his rule. He was forced to live in exile for a long time after the failed war of aggression in Tanzania, and died in 2003 of multiple organ failure caused by high blood pressure.
Of course, all we can know is the big events that record the annals of history. For the little doctor in the movie, he is facing a dictator who is close at hand.
Amin has the cruelty and cruelty that came out of the primitive tribe. This man firmly controlled him and tried to persecute him. One by one, the people around him were slaughtered by Amin, pushing him into a desperate situation step by step. The fear he felt at this time, like being strangled by someone's throat, could directly destroy a person mentally.
The beginning of the movie may be like an African tourist scenery film, but as the plot deepens, the sense of oppression and fear brought to the audience by the character Amin will make people nervous and sweating, and the fate of the little doctor is always present. It affects your heart, only to find that there is no exciting action scene, no shocking disaster scene, and it can be so frightening.
This change in rhythm also reflects the change in the little doctor's own mood. He came to Uganda with a heart to experience life and feel the customs and customs, but he got himself caught in a historical event, and finally his life was hanging by a thread.
Every time I watch this kind of movie, I am grateful to the protagonist for leading me to experience a two-hour exciting life, and at the same time I am glad that I live a peaceful life.
If you choose poetry and distance, it means facing such a crisis, I think the present is also very good.
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