l Reading aloud in life - "The Reader" film review (1)

Vanessa 2022-03-22 09:01:28

The American film "The Reader" released in 2008 was nominated for
Best Director at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. The director is British Stephen Dedley, screenwriter David Hale Benhard Schlink, starring Kate Winslet, 124 minutes long, also known as "Reading for Love", "Reading for Life and Death", this year's Oscar-winning film, adapted from the German novel of the same name, the original book is the first ever to be on the "New York Times" bestseller German books on the book list. The film adapted from the book "The Reader" closely follows the spirit of the original, expressing the entanglement between the younger generation and the older generation in Germany after World War II, involving the themes of guilt and redemption. Starring Winslet won an Oscar for her restrained performance in the film. The film conveys to the audience deep thoughts on human nature, war, redemption, love and other aspects.

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Extended Reading
  • Sidney 2022-03-21 09:01:33

    Been wondering what was the most shameful part about Hannah? In fact, it is not her identity as a Nazi concentration camp administrator, but that she is illiterate. This is shame within shame, and it dominates her life consciousness more fundamentally than sin recognized by the world. For a long time, I didn't understand why Hannah was reluctant to get out of prison and reconcile with the real world. She has learned so many words during her sentence and learned to write. She can start her life again. But maybe it's because knowledge can open people's conscience, she feels that she has no face, and the world (actually the representative of this world, the little boy who has been with her for a long time) is unwilling to accept her. In the face of true love, the proportion of shame and conscience is very large, so large that a person can voluntarily end his life because of shame.

  • Hilda 2022-03-23 09:01:33

    The movie must have hired an American legal adviser. I feel that the legal part of the trial is quite accurate, and it makes people feel how unfair the original legal system is to the poor who have no access to legal terms/resources. The trial part is the best and most prudent in the whole film, while other parts are too procrastinated and superficial, and I feel that many of the inner emotions expressed in the book have been ignored. The line "Camp is not a university" is wonderful.

The Reader quotes

  • Michael: What's your name?

    Hanna Schmitz: What?

    Michael: Your name.

    Hanna Schmitz: Why do you want to know?

    Michael: I've been here three times. I want to know your name. What's wrong with that?

    Hanna Schmitz: Nothing, kid. There's nothing wrong with that. It's Hanna.

    Michael: You looked so suspicious.

    Hanna Schmitz: What's yours, kid?

    Michael: Michael.

    Hanna Schmitz: Michael. So I'm with a Michael.

  • Michael: I sat in the second carriage because I thought you might kiss me.

    Hanna Schmitz: Kid, you thought we could make love in a tram?

    Hanna Schmitz: Is it true what you said? That I don't matter to you?

    Hanna Schmitz: [shakes head]

    Michael: Do you forgive me?

    Hanna Schmitz: [nods]

    Michael: Do you love me?

    Hanna Schmitz: [nods]