Comments on the American movie "The Reader": In the film, Mike said to his daughter, "Actually, I've never been honest enough." Whether to others or to himself. "The Reader" gives us insight into the truth of an era in the "honesty" from generation to generation. Catharsis also harbors an indescribable emotion. How convincing do we have to be convincing today when confronted with some of the history we’ve always avoided? Comprehensible? It's just that the dust of history is brushed away, but the heavy truth can't make you and I accept it calmly. So where does this honesty go? The many passionate scenes of David and Kate in the film are indeed based on sex, but it seems reasonable that such a large age gap occurs. The performance of the two actors does not make people feel strange at all, which in my opinion is the reason for the special atmosphere created by the film. In such an environment that feels wet and dry even in summer, a young man and a pure and cold young woman, in a gentle bathtub, in a naked sexual intercourse, even at that time In the eyes of outsiders, the "mother and son" outing will not appear awkward. On the contrary, just like the impact of this relationship on the life of the two, they seem to miss and support this emotion in the rest of their lives. The director's candid grasp of such an emotion, and the three actors' subtle interpretation of such an emotion, all played down the incongruous trouble of this terrifying love itself, but moved us instead. However, what really takes us through the emotional proposition is the introduction and sublimation of the true theme of the film. When discord and conflict inevitably appeared in this unrequited love, Hannah chose to leave quietly. Years later, as a law student at a hearing on Nazi crimes in World War II, Mack was dismayed to discover that Hannah was a war criminal accused of murdering 300 Jews. So far, there are two major themes that support the second half of the film and lead the sublimation of the whole film. One is the humanistic reflection on that dark history, and the other is the reflection on the proposition of knowledge itself. Hannah in court, instead of denying her guilt like the other co-incriminated criminals, was staunchly and unusually candid. "Yes, I did it". When we were amazed at her "cold" and "ignorant" attitude, we couldn't help but follow her to look back at the dark age when everyone seemed resentful. How many innocent Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp. Hannah is also one of the executioners. Indeed, having seen the film, we cannot forgive her for her ignorance at the time, and like the surviving writer in the film, we would never forgive her. However, in terms of breaking through the moral and emotional norms of individuals and rising to the collective unconscious of a frenzy era, isn't Hannah herself a tragedy and a victim? The norms she stubbornly followed and the duties she adhered to were actually her defense of watching 300 people burn to death by the fire. Her question to the justice, what would you do if it were you? In fact, it will leave everyone speechless. Is it not the source of our tragedies that have been replicated time and time again, accustomed to criticizing and examining the collectives of others from a certain moral height and the perspective of "others"? Presumably the director and the audience, including you and I, will never forgive and forgive Hannah's actions, but she can be understood. And her example can also be awakened by us and the times. However, compared to the real criminal who sat in the dock with her and conscientiously pinned all the blame on Hannah, Hannah's foolish stubbornness seemed so candid and true. After the film came out, the biggest criticism that the director Stephen Dardry received was that he used an artistic method to put a warm coat on the cruel history, and even stood on the stand of understanding sin to depict the character of Hannah. However, I feel that the director really understood that era, and there were also such characters who were pushed and shoved unconsciously in those blood-stained hands. He did not understand sin, but the helplessness of human nature and the times; he did not want to set things right for Hannah, but hoped that when we cherish, criticize, and criticize those unbearable years, we need to have a kind of vigilance. An honest look. Therefore, if the director is really criticizing and spurning someone, it must be those "confessors" who were sentenced to 4 years in prison with laughter and tears. The role of Mike is actually a perceiver sandwiched between history, emotion, morality, and reason. His relationship with Hannah made him believe in Hannah's character, but his rational understanding of history made him unable to avoid moral and legal criticism of Hannah. Therefore, when Hannah was sentenced to life imprisonment in the film, Mike couldn't help shedding two lines of tears, and he witnessed the panic during the trial, and he went to visit Hannah and finally turned away. The whole film enhances the power of humanistic care. Like a blindfolded goddess of law. I don't want to go along and say that this is the warm coat that the director wears, because in my opinion, this is exactly the love and strength that the director has in his heart when he is honest with history. Another theme about the film, but also a superficial theme that runs through the film: reading aloud, but allows us to look at the characters of Hannah and Mike from another layer and another side, as well as the thought that the whole film puts on . When Hannah and Mike met, he asked Mike to read a novel to her, and only then did he have sex with him. When she was guarding the Jews, she also chose a little girl to read novels to her. In fact, Hannah is illiterate, but she is thirsty for knowledge, and she will be happy and cry when she listens to novels. However, in the face of the accomplice framed by such a person, in order not to let others know that she is illiterate and to maintain her last dignity, she would rather choose life imprisonment. This setting of the director is a kind of criticism for ignorance and a noble sustenance for knowledge. Ignorance itself is not evil, but knowledge is often used by people with ulterior motives. Like Hannah of the guards, she may just want to be a guard properly, but she has become a prisoner in the frenzy of the times. And during the Cultural Revolution in our country, weren't there many Hannahs who were confused as executioners? Another theme about the film, but also a superficial theme that runs through the film: reading aloud, but allows us to look at the characters of Hannah and Mike from another layer and another side, as well as the thought that the whole film puts on . When Hannah and Mike met, he asked Mike to read a novel to her, and only then did he have sex with him. When she was guarding the Jews, she also chose a little girl to read novels to her. In fact, Hannah is illiterate, but she is thirsty for knowledge, and she will be happy and cry when she listens to novels. However, in the face of the accomplice framed by such a person, in order not to let others know that she is illiterate and to maintain her last dignity, she would rather choose life imprisonment. This setting of the director is a kind of criticism for ignorance and a noble sustenance for knowledge. Ignorance itself is not evil, but knowledge is often used by people with ulterior motives. Like Hannah of the guards, she may just want to be a guard properly, but she has become a prisoner in the frenzy of the times. And during the Cultural Revolution in our country, weren't there many Hannahs who were confused as executioners? Another theme about the film, but also a superficial theme that runs through the film: reading aloud, but allows us to look at the characters of Hannah and Mike from another layer and another side, as well as the thought that the whole film puts on . When Hannah and Mike met, he asked Mike to read a novel to her, and only then did he have sex with him. When she was guarding the Jews, she also chose a little girl to read novels to her. In fact, Hannah is illiterate, but she is thirsty for knowledge, and she will be happy and cry when she listens to novels. However, in the face of the accomplice framed by such a person, in order not to let others know that she is illiterate and to maintain her last dignity, she would rather choose life imprisonment. This setting of the director is a kind of criticism for ignorance and a noble sustenance for knowledge. Ignorance itself is not evil, but knowledge is often used by people with ulterior motives. Like Hannah of the guards, she may just want to be a guard properly, but she has become a prisoner in the frenzy of the times. And during the Cultural Revolution in our country, weren't there many Hannahs who were confused as executioners?
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