That is A Hard Way

Trystan 2022-01-26 08:03:55

Sitting in front of the computer for three hours for this movie is too tiring to watch. As mentioned at the beginning, "A person's life cannot be expressed in one movie, we can only take the best part." But it seems that three hours are not enough.
The beginning of time is when Gandhi launched his campaign of non-violent non-cooperation in South Africa until his death. After watching this film, I realized that Pakistan and India were originally one family (and added some historical knowledge). I always thought that a genius and a lunatic are actually the same, but a genius will be more rational and will try to control himself, while a lunatic can't. When we do things and live according to the logic of most people, it also means that you will only have an ordinary life, coming and going silently in the long river of history.
The appearance of Gandhi is both accidental and inevitable in history (as Marx said), and the person who appeared by accident is called Gandhi, and it is inevitable that such a person will inevitably appear. Seeing the difficulty of Gandhi just starting his movement in South Africa, I thought of the speech given by the protagonist of "Scent of a Woman" at the end: "When I stand at the crossroads of my life, I know what way to go. That's right, but I know it's too difficult to take this road." Facing a series of difficulties, Gandhi showed his courage and walked on bravely, but the difficulties and tribulations on this road are very important to us. We can never experience it, we are happy for him and sad for him, but we are always just onlookers one by one.
The British did not defeat India, but were defeated by their own people. This also confirms the old saying: "Fortresses are always breached from within!"

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  • Robin 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    Achieving independence also faced issues of domestic power distribution and religious conflicts, and even the Mahatma probably never expected to die in such an unexpected way. ps: Extreme people are scary. Religion is always a tricky issue.

  • Llewellyn 2022-03-22 09:01:21

    The story of the spokesperson of human conscience, I hope this movie is a restoration, not a product of deification from another perspective

Gandhi quotes

  • Conductor: [stopping Gandhi on the train in South Africa] What are you doing in here, coolie?

    Gandhi: I reserved this car. I have a ticket.

    Conductor: How did you get hold of it?

    Gandhi: I sent for it by post. I am an attorney.

    European Passenger: An attorney! There are no colored attorneys in South Africa - move your black ass into third class where it belongs!

    Porter: I'll take your luggage, sir...

    Gandhi: No, wait.

    [he takes out his card and shows it]

    Gandhi: You see? 'Mohandas K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law.' I am on my way to Pretoria to conduct a case...

    European Passenger: Didn't you hear me? There are no colored attorneys in South Africa!

    Gandhi: Sir, I was called to the bar in London, and enrolled in the High Court of Chancery. I am therefore an attorney. And since I am, in your eyes, 'colored,' I think we can deduce that there is at least one colored attorney in South Africa.

  • Kasturba Gandhi: Sora was sent to tell me I must rake and cover the latrine.

    Gandhi: Everyone takes his turn.

    Kasturba Gandhi: It is the work of untouchables!

    Gandhi: In this place, no work is beneath us.

    Kasturba Gandhi: I am your wife!

    Gandhi: [coldly] All the more reason.