Crossing over, or can you cross over her heart?

Bryce 2022-03-24 08:01:05

【Crossing Over】
You just can not cross over her heart.

Years ago, I was looking forward to the film released in 09.
Looking forward to Transformers Iron Man Wolverine, looking forward to the progress of the unscrupulous bastard Sherlock Holmes incident.
Before I know it, half of 09 will pass
. About a lot of new movies have been released
, but I haven't watched any
of them. What have I watched,
or have I been paying attention to in the past six months? I
won’t go to the cinema to watch it anyway, so let’s wait for the clear version on Thunder. Yes. I'm a boring person who only watches movies. I guess the most hated movie distributors are people like me who download movies. I think so every time. So it is always dragged to the list of new films and become old films. I just consciously wanted to see it.
kindness. This half year. I think I've definitely watched more NBA games than movies.


Therefore, [Crossing the Border] can be said to be the first new film I watched in 2009 in the true sense. It is
about green cards, about immigration, about the yearning for the United States of America.
Americans are dreaming about the American dream. How many people have the American dream?
very many. I also have the American dream. I also said I was going to LA to watch a game at Staples Stadium, and I watched Kobe play when he was too young to play.
If you want to say, give me a chance to become a legal resident of the United States of America, I promise to leave China for the United States without looking back. I am not unpatriotic. I love my country. Deeply in love with everything here. My blood comes from here. But I also have the American dream.
The director is Wayne Kramer from South Africa, with his own script, realistic themes, and the bloody history of illegal immigrants.
Harrison Ford
Cliff Curtis has
multiple narrative lines, reflecting the problem of illegal immigration from the perspective of an immigration officer . Probably not strong enough and not critical enough. The narrative method is obviously cumbersome, the beginning is cumbersome and procrastinating, and there is never a climax to attract attention or attention . The director uses a lot of overlooking shots, like a high-profile outsider, watching everything with a cold eye and can't get straight to it. People's hearts, this makes the film not so believable. For the rest , about the yearning for the United States, since I was a child, the country on the other side of the ocean that I have come to know and contact with is a symbol of wealth and freedom. Youth , opportunity, freedom, human rights, The Statue of Liberty, the symbol of the American spirit, and even everything about this country shines like gilded gold. Here, everything seems infinite. Then I grew up a little and realized that of course there is a lot of evil in this country. Drugs and guns Abundance, racism and repression, extremely high crime rates . Growing up a little bit, we know more, and we know the meaning of power politics and interference in other countries' internal affairs. I know all about the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and even Witnessed the Iraq War firsthand. Start to look at everything in the United States rationally, and stop worshipping blindly. And probably all the Chinese people are secretly competing in their hearts. China will one day be as rich and powerful as the United States, or even more rich and powerful. But no matter what, this cannot stop our American dream, or it cannot stop the world's prosperity. The American Dream And what is the essence of this American dream, the yearning of the American spirit? Yearning for Liberal Democracy? Can you get everything you want in this free country?




















In the process of learning English language for more than ten years, especially when it comes to culture, all teachers will repeatedly mention the word identity, the so-called identity authentication. In addition, I prefer to understand it as a spiritual sense of belonging . It is said that foreigners are very concerned about this identity issue.
Of course , immigrants, when they come to a new country, must look for identity verification in the system, become legal citizens, and enjoy all the freedoms of this country. Immediately to integrate into the local culture and the like, to be accepted by the so-called native Americans.
In fact, there's always going to be culture shock. At the end of the
film , those immigrants who swore under the Stars and Stripes, people of various countries who became legal citizens, were certified in status, and then what? Can it really be accepted and accepted by those native Americans?
Most Koreans run convenience stores, laundries, fruit shops, flower shops,
Mexicans are always criminals and always live in slums.
People in Middle East Arab countries suffer more hatred and discrimination after 9/11.
Even Australians and British are coming.
Not to mention that there is
no ? Fuck, how many people believe it, or how many of the above hot people from different countries have not been rejected by the native Americans.
Like the korean boy in the film said, you think so you Just won the respect, no, no, only guns will convince them that


an Obama came out, it doesn't mean there is an immediate solution The problem
is still there, the world is still in a panic
These illegal immigrants who have suffered so much in America's prosperous history or It is legal immigrants, one after another, crossing the sea and the desert, waiting for a free, happy, democratic and prosperous life on this new continent. But most people have experienced physical pain, tortured souls, forced separation of families, forced to sell their bodies, censored, hunted down and expelled, struggled hard, and lived a long life. However, when they were in their hometown, how comfortable their lives were
How much did these immigrants, who suffered so much, contribute to the prosperity of the United States of America?
The contribution is indispensable, but they suffer the same way, and most of them still fail to receive the respect they deserve.
On the historical wheel of human development,
no country was able to close its doors back then and today, but no country was absolutely tolerant of human nature when it came to the system. It is absolutely necessary to accommodate outsiders, the perfect and harmonious life of local residents and outsiders, there is always local protection or there are always cultural differences. The system is a million times harder than steel. The system can be improved. But it is impossible to be eliminated. If
the world wants to be harmonious, it is estimated that it is impossible for eternal life.
This world is for struggle, not for once and for all. The
mainstream is peaceful development, and we all move forward together. Small tributaries are people all over the world struggling together,


so a director made a film like this, and many small people watched
a piece of news reporting such a fact, and many small people watched it,
so many small people were very concerned about those in this world. They don't have access to the parts they haven't understood yet, and they have a relevant understanding
. Okay
, maybe there will be some changes in the future,
but
the world will


still struggle. Cheers for
the struggling people.

I must be roaming.
So he said so many things I didn't know why.
actually. I have so many thoughts after watching this film. I just talk too much. Too many words seem to be unreasonable. Therefore, our ancestors said, be cautious, it is very sharp, very forward-looking
I only know.
Oh. I watched [Crossing Borders] and I got it. The bloody history of these immigrants.
But for most people like me. Nothing has changed. I just got it. But nothing has changed for me. After watching the movie, everyone is supposed to do what they want to do.
But this is definitely not numbness.

Actually. After watching the movie, there is only one thing I want to say.
You are crossing borders. But can you reach her heart?
Crossing over, or can you cross over her heart?

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Extended Reading
  • Vella 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    Several stories are intertwined, showing the contradictions, clashes of cultures, love and hate that they created in this country as they pursued the American Dream. Amen~

  • Adrain 2022-03-31 09:01:09

    The cups of various illegal immigrants in the United States really sacrificed everything in order not to return to the backward third world. Kind of like "crash". But such a straightforward film won't win an Oscar this year. It must be said that politics is in line with mainstream thinking in order to be best. tragedy. Ashley Judd turned into a big mom, that wrinkle. . How beautiful it was back then

Crossing Over quotes

  • [in order to convince the immigration adjudicator that he is entitled to receive Green Card, Gavin is requested to demonstrate his familiarity with the Jewish religion by reciting "Kaddish" prayer - a Jewish prayer, most of it Aramic. Since the atheist Gavin has little knowledge of Jewish religion, he recites instead a mishmash of prayers, blessings, hymns and non-religious songs in Hebrew]

    Gavin Kossef: Baruch ata, Adonay, melech haolam...

    [= Blessed are you, Lord, King of the universe]

    Gavin Kossef: Hevenu shalom alechem...

    [= We brought you peace]

    Gavin Kossef: Bore pri hagafen...

    [= Who creates the fruit of the vine]

    Gavin Kossef: Vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel shabat...

    [= And commanded us to light a candle of Sabbath]

    Gavin Kossef: Melech haolam...

    [= King of the universe]

    Gavin Kossef: Hevenu shalom alechem...

    [= We brought you peace]

    Gavin Kossef: Adon olam asher malach...

    [= Eternal Master, who reigned supreme]

    Gavin Kossef: A-a-a-men.

  • [first lines]

    Max Brogan: What do you want me to do?

    San Pedro ICE Processing Agent: Look, it's not my problem.

    Max Brogan: All I'm asking, Stevens, is did the old man get seen to? He was sweating and shaking when I put him on the bus. He said his arm felt numb.

    San Pedro ICE Processing Agent: Jesus Christ, Brogan, everything is a humanitarian crisis with you. You've signed off on more orders of recognizance than the rest of your unit combined.

    Max Brogan: Don't give me that shit. The man's about to have a goddamn heart attack. I want him seen to.