"Don't be afraid of credit, because the way we refuse is very polite," read the hotel's counter.
It's a thought-provoking film, because even though human beings have been around for so long, there are still people whose existential interests remain unprotected. The film tells that the Franco-German war entered a stalemate during World War I. In order to break through this status quo, the French government handed the 701st regiment an almost impossible task - to capture Anthill. In the end, of course, it failed. In order to punish the army, the enraged general found three scapegoats for military law.
But why are these three people dying, why are these three people dying, just because the company commander chose them?
As the majority, they believed that although these three people were pitiful, they deserved to die. When there was no progress in the war, the masses and politicians were dissatisfied. Therefore, in order to calm this domestic dissatisfaction, the army decided to launch a war that was bound to fail, even if more than half of the soldiers were sacrificed. When the war is lost, of course someone has to bear the blame, and of course those who bear the blame will become those inferior soldiers (they are so pitiful, they are either killed by the enemy or their own people).
And the only person who is truly awake, Colonel Dax, is powerless in this general trend. Because apart from the three dying people themselves, almost no one else cares about their lives. Humans, this very intelligent group, are at their most dangerous when they become numb.
Director Stanley Kubrick is known internationally for the film, and it can be said that this is his famous work, which we can see in the movie. The director is also wandering in the camps of the two sides, indecisive. Are we sacrificing our personal interests for the good of the majority? And should we always ensure that the rights and interests of every individual are not violated.
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