From Dao Bai's Autobiography

Rickey 2021-10-22 14:30:58

1958 Oscar for Best Picture, Director, Editing.
Summary of the story: World War II, Burma, British vs. Japanese. The Japanese army wanted to build a bridge on the River Kwai on the border between Myanmar and Thailand. The Japanese army asked British prisoners of war to build the bridge, and the officers also had to contribute. British officer Nicholson believed that the Geneva Convention had been violated and did not implement it, so he was detained. Nicholson is not there, and the prisoner of war behaves negatively. At the same time, the Japanese army was unable to do so and had to release Nicholson. During this period, a US prisoner of war named Shears escaped from this camp. He was given a mission by the Allies to blow up the bridge on the day it was built. Nicholson did his best to build the bridge, and then the bridge was blown up.
Feng Xiaogang mentioned one thing in his autobiography "I Dedicate Youth to You": Ma Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen had a disagreement over whether the starring role of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" was David Niven, and they had to bet if Jiang Wen lost If Jiang Wen is wrong, let Jiang Wen admit that he was wrong in front of everyone; if Jiang Wen wins, he can do anything to Ma Xiaoqing.
Jiang Wen won because he didn't like this film in general.
The supporting role of the protagonist in this film is not clear. William Holden (US prisoner of war) is too charming, but the protagonist is indeed not him. The difference between Ma Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen is actually that of Alek Guinness (British military officer) and Daejeon. Wei Niven looks too alike. The difference is that Alek Guinness’s face is longer than David Niven; David Niven’s pupil is wider than that of David Niven; Alek Guinness doesn’t like to laugh, probably because he is an illegitimate child. Wei Niven laughed but was awkward, and felt his muscles twitching; Alek Guinness was more fanciful, but he never won the Oscar for Best Actor, David Niven won the Oscar; Visually inspecting Alek Guinness 5 cm taller than David Niven.

1. The bridge built by Nicholson finally blew up by himself;
2. Shears thought that he was pretending to be an officer and was not seen through. He did not expect that he would still have to go through fire and water to deepen his game war. He also said that war is a game, don’t bear it. Too much responsibility;
3. Nicholson and the bandit officer chirped crookedly on the built bridge to confirm his feelings for the bridge and deepen the ambivalence of blowing up the bridge with his own hands;
4. The water level of the river in
Gouri actually dropped. This section of the bridge is particularly interesting and real; 5. Nicholson bombed the bridge only when he fainted. The art was hypocritical;
6. Various countries and languages, war films Sure enough, it is a good way to demonstrate globalization;
7. The military doctor in the film is a small onlooker, but it is in place. It is estimated that he is the spokesperson of the director. He does not participate in, nor likes, resisting the war;
8. The second last shot rises in aerial photography It’s the height of a space voyage, a game of humans, hehe later. The women and the scenery are very good;
the whistle of 9.2 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds is the "March of Colonel Porkey" ([English] Alford, 1914), because it appears in this film, also known as "March of the River Kwai", Jiang Wenzai It's also used in "Let the Bullets Fly";
10. Feng Xiaogang teased Jiang Wen for a day or two. This has annoyed me a lot. I should have known that he was full of bad water and took Xu Fan away from Wang Zhiwen. I Never watch "I Dedicate My Youth to You". But if I don’t watch it, I won’t know about it. I will not write about it today.
War films all contain anti-war ideas, but the war never disappears. The Vietnam War should come or return.
Therefore, war films cannot be more hypocritical and pale on the level of "anti-war".
Therefore, I feel that anti-war war films always reveal a kind of hypocrisy.

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  • Nico 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    A special work in war movies, with a unique perspective, dignity, perseverance, and desire for beauty are linked to war. The act of building the bridge is just to build momentum for the enemy. This magnificent project on the ruins is like the sand in the river. Sen is deeply immersed in it, and the last touch has been accompanied by death. The lens faces the sun many times, and gives different hues of sunlight and characters to participate in the characterization and narration. The scorching, distant sunset is a human attribute.

  • Robyn 2022-04-23 07:01:26

    The whistle is so beautiful, for a bridge built with painstaking efforts, for more other feelings, sacrifice and betray the motherland. Makes me angry, but luckily the bridge was bombed

The Bridge on the River Kwai quotes

  • Colonel Nicholson: It is quite understandable; it's a very natural reaction. But one day - in a week, a month, a year - on that day when, God willing, we all return to our homes again, you're going to feel very proud of what you have achieved here in the face of great adversity. What you have done should be, and I think will be, an example to all our countrymen, soldier and civilian alike. You have survived with honor - that, and more - here in the wilderness. You have turned defeat into victory. I congratulate you. Well done.

  • Colonel Nicholson: What have I done?