Thoughts on "Alara Mountain"

Reagan 2022-03-19 08:01:02

1. History accumulates layer by layer. Too many pasts are buried, obscured, forgotten or suspended, and those who are fortunate to be told have various appearances. The more we say, the closer we are to the truth. The history of nation-states and individuals cannot be truly obscured, even if the new born in the newly expanded land in another country still has an old soul. When Armenians and Turks with the same nationality and living in the same city return to history through filming, they have to face many doubts outside the film.

2. The nation can be destroyed, the traces of history can be argued, and the works of art are still there. Anne has been interpreting a painting for ten years, and she still has to continue her research. Behind the picture are the cobweb-like intricate thoughts of the artist and the historical sighs as heavy as strata. Art history, national history, and personal history are inexhaustible. To get the soul out of the ruins requires an artistic path, a painting or a book or a film. The weight of the word "art history" is so heavy.

3. Pain and hatred have a beginning and an end - if we have the courage to face reality and the confidence to understand it, and at the same time have the patience to talk to all questions and assumptions. History and reality, death and life, love and hatred, the communication between parents and children, the communication between people of different races, beliefs, ages, identities, and sexual orientations, although the twists and turns are long, it is worth the effort. Diversity and diversity are prerequisites for knowledge and understanding. (You may wish to take a look at the current news of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation)

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  • David: [takes out pomegranate] You can't bring this in.

    Edward Saroyan: [endearingly] Please.

    David: No fruit or vegetables, that includes pomegranates. it's on your form.

    Edward Saroyan: I like to eat the seed of this fruit. One each day. For luck.

    David: I'm sorry, that's not allowed.

    [Mr Saroyan takes out his penknife and cuts the fruit open]

    David: What are you doing?

    Edward Saroyan: This way, I don't need to bring it in. I eat it here, at the gate of your country. Look

    [takes a bite and nods agreeingly]

    Edward Saroyan: So, I bring luck in my stomach. Will you try it?

  • Raffi: Were you serious about what you told him?

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What?

    Raffi: That you don't think it happened?

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What, the genocide?

    Raffi: Yeah.

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Are you gonna shoot me or something? Look, I never heard about any of this stuff when I was growing up. You know? I did some research for the part. From what I read there were deportations and lots of people died. Armenians and Turks. It was World War I.

    Raffi: But Turkey wasn't at war with the Armenians. I mean, just like Germany wasn't at war with the Jews. They were citizens. They were expecting to be protected. That scene you just shot was based on an eyewitness account. Your character Jevdet Bey, the only reason they put him in Van was to carry out the complete extermination of the Armenian population in Van. There were telegrams, there were communicators...

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look I'm not saying that something didn't happen.

    Raffi: Something...

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look, I was born here. So were you right?

    Raffi: Yeah.

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: This is a new country. So let's just drop the fucking history and get on with it. Noone's gonna wreck your home. Noone's gonna destroy you family. Hmm? So let's go inside and uncork this thing and celebrate. Hmm?

    Raffi: Do you know what Adolf Hitler told his military commanders to convince them that his plan would work? "Who remembers the extermination of the Armenians?"

    Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: And nobody did. Nobody does.

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