Aside from the messy labels of political correctness, main theme and chicken soup, Spielberg once again contributed textbook-like works. There is not much suspense and reversal in the plot. It is not difficult to guess the ending. The story, the right lens and soundtrack, plus the blessing of a group of acting schools, all elements perfectly cooperate to create a fine movie in Spielberg format.
If the film is not based on historical events, the audience probably won't buy Spielberg's account. After all, an American lawyer defended a Soviet spy during the Cold War because he believed in "fair trial" and "free spirit", no matter how you look at it. It's the explosion of Our Lady of the Heart, or the movie forcibly selling chicken soup. You must know that it was the Cold War at that time, and even children were worried that the Soviets would throw nuclear warheads on their heads. Donoman, a lawyer who was arranged to go through the procedure, had to do thankless work under everyone's pressure. From defending Soviet spies to saving American college students despite the opposition of the authorities, under the premise of sanity, if there is no extraordinary belief to support him, he cannot insist that what is invisible and intangible exists only in propaganda slogans and chicken soup" Humanity", almost alone and the whole world can't get through.
If defending the Soviets was motivated by what Donoman believed to be "insurance for future hostage exchanges," then insisting on exchanging two Americans for Soviet spies in East Germany was purely humanistic. Donoman's mission to East Germany was to trade the Soviet spy he had defended for the captured American pilot, but he insisted on taking the American college student in the East German prison, who had been tacitly abandoned by the authorities. . Just as he likes to classify "five insurance accidents" as "one thing" at the beginning of the movie, he doesn't care about the pragmatism of the conspirators, in his eyes the two Americans still in German prisons are "one thing". matter", he insisted on bringing back the college students, just as he insisted on defending the Soviets, because he had his principles, and in his opinion, the two Americans and the Soviet spies were the ones who needed to go home, That's all.
Thankfully, Donoman had a happy ending, with a successful hostage exchange, a successful return of the Soviet spy to his family, and the return of the two Americans to his homeland. His persistence paid off. At the end of the movie, Donoman fell asleep on the bed without taking off his clothes. Maybe only he knew how tiring it was to let the three of them go home.
Donoman's insistence on "free spirit" is as great as Prometheus stealing the torch, but it is ridiculous. There are always strange people in the world who, for certain beliefs in their hearts, can steal the holy fire from the hands of God; they can also stand aloft among the mob and police; Criminals are not killers... They are willing to do stupid things that no one understands, and they turn a blind eye to the so-called interests. We occasionally call these people heroes, and more often call them fools.
A fool is not necessarily a hero. Heroes are mostly fools. Donorman is a fool because he knows he can't do it. He is also a hero because he insists on doing the right thing. Precisely because some things are ridiculous and difficult to do, people don't classify such things as "correct", almost no one dares to touch them, only a few people try it, and their solitary figures are ridiculed by people, Laugh at their quixotic charge, but if these people don't do it, the right thing will never be done.
We need fools, but we also laugh at fools, which is inherently foolish.
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