"The Last Dictatorship" is an old film. It won the Oscar in 2006. For some reason, I haven't heard much about it in China. It may be that I am ignorant. The three-day long holiday, it rained every day, and it was very depressing. Just watched this depressing film. The film tells the story of Amin, the Ugandan dictator in the 1970s, from the perspective of a young Scottish man.
All dictators, in fact, have similar characteristics. National worship, speech blockade. When combined with the fact that the dictator is the military, there is often terrorism. At the end of the film, a sentence from the doctor summed up Amin's character: you are a child. Indeed, Amin's moodiness, terrorism, and inability to listen to negative news are all like an immature child, full of fears about life. When a frightened, immature child is unfortunate enough to have power, he abuses his power and uses violence to quell his fear; it's no different from a child sitting on the ground hoarse and crying.
The film hints at the origin of Aming's dark psychology. A bullied childhood, a love-hate-fear of the British (this is why he chose this young British man as his personal doctor, and sometimes trusted him, and sometimes humiliated him in every possible way). A civilian with psychological problems will bring misfortune to the people around him and himself at most; while a dictator with psychological problems will cause psychological problems for the entire nation.
The way Amin seized power is another reason for his terror and violence. In history, those who achieved power by abnormal means were rarely not in a dark mood; it was like a nouveau riche who suddenly went from having nothing to being able to do whatever he wanted. He would not know how to direct his desires, and he would be even more afraid of what he had. things that pass away too quickly, just as they come too quickly. A usurper is most afraid of being usurped.
Speaking of young doctors.
Nicholas, who just graduated, is uneasy about the stable and comfortable life expected by his parents, and chooses to come to an unknown African country. He believes that life is a game, let's have fun. A young man full of dreams and energetic.
Young people are always full of dreams and energetic, always looking for a place to release their energy. Fortunately, colleges, despite being boring and empty, can at least give a group of energetic people who don’t know what they want to have a place to go and an entity to complain about; fortunately there are so many talent shows that can let “dream” people go. "achive dreams. The role of the entertainment industry has contributed to the stability of society.
It is human nature to be competitive and aggressive. According to Darwin's theory of survival, all human genes are aggressive and aggressive, because species without these genes have long been eliminated by cruel "natural selection" . Without the Olympics, there would be more wars. Perhaps to a certain extent, human beings prove their existence through war.
Everything has its two sides. Where there is sunshine, there must be shadows, and shadows prove the existence of sunshine. Therefore, every time I watch such depressing and dark films, I feel that reality is so beautiful. It's like being grateful when you wake up from a nightmare, it turns out that's not reality.
At the end of the film, when the black doctor released Nicholas, the expression on his face was very moving. It was an expression of fear and pain. The so-called hero is not that he is not afraid or cowardly, but that he still chooses to do the right thing when he is afraid and cowardly. If you haven't experienced pessimism, it doesn't matter if you choose to be optimistic; if you haven't owned it, you have no right to give up.
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