Accidentally read a great work (Melville's "Shadow Army" essay

Marlon 2022-03-13 08:01:01

The Fruit of Executing Mathilde Explains the Tangled Fruit of Executing the First Traitor.

The seemingly consistent and tenacious protagonist Jebier also changed from being aloof at the beginning (high morality) to betraying reason for the sake of life (betraying the morality of survival, and under the persecution of German officers, he joined other members of the French resistance group in a fight. Escape during machine gun fire).

The seemingly illogical plot is to let the characters choose the outcome together with the audience, such as Jebier's first escape from prison, the two rescues of Camp Mathilde, and the execution of Mathilde after the mutiny by Saint Luc. etc.

The Germans formed a background panel that clearly showed the various portraits of the French underground. The Germans had no specific images, either in motion or flashes with exaggerated background sound effects.

Francois accidentally joined the resistance organization and his elder brother Saint-Luc, who is the leader, is located at the top and base of the "pyramid" respectively. The top represents rational existence, and the base represents romantic dedication.

Mathilde chooses betrayal between the enemy and the resistance for her daughter, and despite her excellence, her only flaw is love.

Jebier, who was heading for death (the desperation of death), recalled three meaningful scenes: the British female soldier who was still singing and dancing under the bombing; the execution of the young traitor and Mathilde walking on the street. Represent others, cause and effect, and choice, respectively.

Jebier, who escaped from prison for the second time, picked up Saint-Luc's books in his solitary shelter: "On Problems in Mathematical Theory", "On the Principle of Abstract Sets", "On Logic and Scientific Theory", and "Axiomatic Methods" and Formalism, these philosophical works are the top-down edification of French spiritual leaders.

There is no battle of wits and courage, only one failed rescue (rescue of Dresek), all the stories are the self-entanglement of the members, regardless of right or wrong, but they are all hesitant.

Finally, Jebiya's confession: This time, I didn't run away. The deaths of all members bring a tragic end to the film.

Jay: There are resistance groups everywhere, they need me, I can't be replaced.

Ma: When you are arrested, you have to be replaced.

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Extended Reading
  • Justina 2022-03-23 09:03:28

    (5 stars in 20160316) Photographer Pierre Lhomme was still young at the time and had not taken important works. After "Shadow Army", he took Bresson's "Four Nights of a Dreamer", Erstache's "Four Nights" The Mother and the Whore, Avery's Maurice's Lover, Nutan's Rodin's Lover, etc. He said that after working with Mayville, he felt that he had truly become a photographer. Another older than him, Walter Wottitz, who was in charge of planes, ships and special effects photography, later filmed Mayville's "The Great Dawn". Although the tone design is consistent with the film, the lens scheduling is much inferior. . Demarsan's composition in this film and "Red Circle" is admirable. The film's structure is loose, and while each paragraph is interesting, the ideas that run through it are less perceptible, and of course, the title makes a good statement. The old man of "Silence of the Sea" also participated.

  • Joana 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Abandoned heroism and injected more reflection, the performance is quite tense, but it looks a bit rigid, four and a half stars

Army of Shadows quotes

  • Philippe Gerbier: See you later, Comrade.

    Legrain: ...You're a communist?

    Philippe Gerbier: No. But I can still have comrades.

  • Claude Ullmann dit 'Le Masque': Still thinking about the others?

    [referring to the resistance fighters, who, like him, were targets in the German shooting gallery]

    Philippe Gerbier: No, I was thinking of the officer who was sure I'd run too. Like a scared rabbit...