The film revolves around the "circumcision" of Jewish men and the need to hide their true identities during the hard years of Nazi persecution. Women are very close to the body itself, ignoring the proper distance from the body, while the first identification of men is not with the body itself, but with other signification systems. Horan defines the identity of the protagonist from the male body itself. Although the protagonist Solomon is tricked by fate, and identities such as Aryan, communist, member of the Soviet Communist Youth League, member of the Hitler Youth Team, etc. are imposed on him, the body itself has always reminded him. Solomon's own true identity is a Jew, and "circumcision" has become a thing that has plagued his life. Holland's cognition of the body is keen. In the film, Solomon tried to change his body structure by tying a thread, so that the sexual organs and other Hitler's The youth team members are no different, but after all, they are just a pool of pus generated offline. Because they cannot change the definite identity brought about by "circumcision", they can only push her in the face of the ardent desire of the beloved girl. open, and bear the stigma of impotence and incompetence. Holland's exploration of the body itself did not stop there. In the German military school, the teacher Godek Natang's course on how to identify Jews at the first time made the audience feel ridiculous after the thrilling, and the director's attention to the body even used various Metal utensils for measuring, including measuring the length of the head, etc., and the final conclusion is that Solomon was an Aryan.
In the understanding of women's desire, women's sexual development is always produced under the repression of men's desire. Because of their lack of male organs, distress, jealousy and even anxiety arise. Women's desire is only in the sense of passively accepting male organs. can be satisfied. From this level, women's desire in the film has never been stretched. The conductor, Miss Barcia, has a plump and round body. From the perspective of cultural psychology, Barcia gives the audience a feeling of strong vitality and fertility. The director made a close-up of Barcia's struggling calf at eight minutes and fifteen seconds of the film. , When Solomon picked up Barcia, one hand was stuck under Barcia's plump chest, and the other hand was on Barcia's buttocks. In the male-female binary model, males are a priori presupposed to exist actively and aggressively, as can be seen in the above-mentioned relationship between Solomon and Barcia. In the beginning, Solomon's awareness of the war was very vague, and he even held an indifferent attitude, because the beginning of the war could divert the police's attention from the problem of Solomon's bicycle accident. Barcia was the first Solomon to fall in love with The girl, in the theater, he subconsciously stroked his hand on Basia's back, and his eyes were fixed on Basia, because the war had only just started, and the war had not destroyed Solomon's sexual libido too much. With the further aggravation of the war situation, Barcia and Solomon were forced to separate, and when the war became more intense, Solomon thought that he could immerse himself in love with Lenny to temporarily escape the troubles of the war, but he had already been wiped out because of this racial discrimination war. On the one hand he could not satisfy Leni because he had been "circumcised", and on the other hand he slapped Leni in the face because of Leni's stupid and blind hatred of the Jews, from the initial Solomon offensive male Characterized by a timid refusal to escape, as a female director, Holland undoubtedly revealed the destruction of human nature by war in a subtle way.
It should be noted that the director Horan's father is Jewish, the director was born in Warsaw, and has successively studied with Milos Forman, Zanussi, and Anjay Vajda. "Europe, Europe" is based on real people. Things change, based on real events, showing a simple realism style. Germany once refused to send the film "Europe, Europe" to the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. In Horan's film, all female characters appear as supporting roles, while the protagonist is a male. War has become an extreme manifestation of male violent discourse, which is entirely due to the murderous nature of males. Movies about war have always been "male themes", and many female directors have been shelved. Since the 1970s, with the rise of feminism and the development of feminist criticism, some female directors have had new views on the interpretation of war themes, not so much the description of war scenes, but the yearning for the theme of peace. The "Europe, Europe" released in 1990 carried women's thirst for peace, whether it was the portrayal of Solomon, the protagonist for survival, or the man-made god Hitler who appeared many times in the film, all expressed Holland's pursuit of peace beyond religion. comprehension. In the film, Solomon once dreamed that he took the Nazi armband to go home to reunite with his family. The family was very indifferent to Solomon while eating salted eggs
. The other person in hiding is Hitler, which is the same as each of us's original impression of Hitler: the image of Hitler in the film's dream has such a playful interpretation: "He always protects his hands Up front, he was also a Jew!". The saying that Hitler's father was Jewish has existed since ancient times. Compared with the incident of the film's protagonist Solomon's concealment of his identity and his life, the director of the heinous crime brewed by Hitler also deliberately made fun of it in the film. This is a cold joke about war, but in the special era, it is fate.
Director Holland not only revealed the cruelty of war, but also thought about the existence of God. Isn't the confusion of the protagonist Solomon the director's own confusion? When Solomon joined Stalin's Communist Youth League, he was faced with a difficult choice of whether to believe in God. A young Jewish man scoffed at Solomon's betrayal. When he shouted: "God give me candy", it was the most embarrassing time. And the young Soviet instructor said that when Stalin gave us candy, the candy miraculously floated down from the skylight, and the children were immersed in the joy of getting the candy. Although the film does not reveal why this is the case, we can deduce from a scientific point of view that Stalin is not a god, and Hitler is not a god, but God cannot satisfy our desires. People begin to try their best to deceive themselves, and the candy incident must be a man-made arrangement. Well, under this powerful summoning power, people lose their instinctive qualities and do many inhumane things under the guise of patriotism. Thinking about the existence of God is a major proposition, which made me think that "1942" directed by Feng Xiaogang in 2012 also reflected on this proposition, An Ximan once asked Father Megan: "If this Everything is not arranged by God, so why did he not do anything?" In the face of survival, belief and ideals are all false, and only oneself can redeem oneself. Some viewers may think that Solomon was a speculator, and some people think that Solomon was able to bend and stretch his wisdom to save his life. I personally prefer the latter point of view. There is a scene when Solomon raised his gun and was reprimanded by Hitler's teammates for shooting at Jews. He is too late, he has no intention of hurting his compatriots, and similarly, everyone's life has no right to be ignored.
The addition of female directors is a supplement and adjustment to the film world permeated by male hormones. Female directors have life experiences that male directors can't experience, and clever female directors are among the mainstream movies, cleverly using conventions and traditions, but It contains the delicate and delicate feelings unique to women. In the first 39 seconds of the film, the hero of the film appeared. A young man with a Nazi armband swam underwater to the direction of the audience. He swam to the opposite direction of the audience, until the black screen cut in, the subtitles faded out, the protagonist seemed to break free from the boundless nightmare, and the distorted face under the water made people see the hideousness in his heart. At the beginning, it is clear that just a few seconds of footage covers the whole story, a story of id overcoming ego, and a story of identity pursuit. But the director Holland did not jump out of the conventional narrative method. It can be said that "Europe, Europe" undoubtedly points the way for the further development of feminist narrative films, which is similar to the one advocated by Johnston in the early days that challenged the narrow tradition, but was equally entertaining. function, which is completely different from the confrontational film mode in which avant-garde films and left-wing films form alliances.
The ultimate goal of feminist film development is to overcome binary opposition. Female directors have a different perspective on major subjects than men, giving people a multi-faceted thinking. Female discourse is not an extension of male discourse, nor is it lack of respect The independent existence of women can talk about politics and war very well, and "Europe, Europe" is enough to prove this.
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