A basic understanding is that war films should be anti-war. The "opposition" here has two meanings: one is "opposition", opposing war, more strictly speaking, opposing unjust war, opposing aggression. Obviously, we should not oppose resisting aggression, using war to stop war, and aiming to achieve peace. The second is "reflection", reflecting on the meaning of war, the value of war, of course, more of the meaninglessness and negative value of war. Just talking about the movies about World War II, we watched the most, but most of them were made by the victorious party—original, the victorious king loses, the winner takes all, and the victorious party naturally has the right to speak and interpret. It belongs to the victorious side, and can naturally interpret and recall the epic and arduous past, and proudly "oppose" the war; as for "reflection", that is the icing on the cake, and we are the righteous side, and the war was not provoked by us. Who should reflect on who has won or lost? In addition, the strength of the victorious countries headed by the United States is there, the arrogant Hollywood leads the trend of movies, and the movies reflecting World War II are basically set by it. So you have to admire this 1981 German film "From the Bottom of the Sea" (originally titled "Das") Boot") original courage and its enduring value. An anti-war war film made by a defeated country. It's more of "reflection", which allows you to object after you have finished reflecting. At the beginning of the film, a set of data is used to reflect, "During World War II, 40,000 German soldiers served in the submarine force, of which 30,000 never returned." Three-quarters of the death rate - data can speak , and has a highly direct generalization ability, without seeing the picture, the audience has already obtained two key information: this is a movie about a submarine story, and the war the submarine participated in must be extremely tragic. What follows is a story of more than three hours. It doesn't take three hours to really tell the story. The function of time is to give us enough time to experience the underwater battle and life of the submarine force (this is still the director's cut version, which was released later.) The TV series has more than five hours), confined space, narrow world, long voyage, boring schedule, dangerous battle, the submarine force will always face the hardship of life and the fear of death, there is nothing better than naked Life and death are more intriguing. Characters are very important. Only scenes and stories are not enough. There must be real and living characters for the movie to come alive. The film has put a lot of effort into character building, and it is also very successful. It must be shot for the whole world, including the former enemy of course, but the protagonist is the enemy of the enemy. As the defeated party, how to position and deal with the characters It seems to be a difficult problem, and it is also our biggest question before watching the movie. If the image of the German soldier is shown too high, it will be a no-brainer. If you deal with it negatively, it will appear to be flattering and then offend your own people. Whichever side you choose will violate the theme of the work. And the original intention, fortunately, the creator is sober-minded and firmly grasps the word "true". All characterizations are drawn closer to the truth, and use the power of truth to win the widest audience. In the face of sincere truth, the audience often returns the greatest amount. It is said that when the film was released in the United States, it was well received by the Jewish community. Several paragraphs also show the creator's careful thinking: the decadence and indulgence of the German army at the party before the expedition shown in the title almost expresses the war-weariness of the defeated; the new chief mate of the submarine is a Nazi, but not very Being treated by a group of old people, they naturally differentiated their identities and achieved political correctness; witnessing the British soldiers who fell into the water after being attacked by torpedoes, some people on the submarine moved their compassionate hearts and wanted to rescue them, but the captain did not. Give justification and explanation for not being able to rescue. Also, unlike our common war films, the film never makes a specific "enemy" appear, and cleverly avoids and solves sensitive issues - the "enemy" as the victor
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