The film "Thin Red Line" is based on the American writer James Jones (James Jones)'s 1962 novel of the same name. The film's name "Thin Red Line" seems to imply the lifeline of human beings. Life is on the battlefield. . An American proverb once said: "Between reason and madness, there is only a thin red line." It is very appropriate to use this to describe war. The film is directed by Terrence Malik, starring Sean Penn, Elias Cortez, Jim Caviezel, and Ben Chaplin. The film won the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award; 1999 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Photography Award; 2000 Australian Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film Award; 2000 Film Xunbao Best Foreign Language Film Director Award. The story tells the brutal scene of the fighting between Japan and the United States in the South Pacific during the Second World War in 1942. It contains a lot of reflections on human nature. The "Charlie Infantry Company" of the US Army was ordered to land on Guadalcanal and lay down the 210 positions occupied by the Japanese. Young American soldiers and Japanese soldiers fought in the flames of war. From this we can see the fragile side of human nature, the cruelty of war and people's yearning for a better and happy life in the peaceful era.
People’s panic and anxiety before the onset of the war, the capture of the soldiers’ expressions and psychology in the language of the camera, the dialogue between the soldiers, these scenes make people feel a sense of anxiety at all times, death is approaching, one Between breathing and breathing, the soldiers shuttled between the wind and the grass, the light and shadow changed and drifted away, life disappeared in time, the meaning of time and life to life, the cruelty and ruthlessness of war, as if clouds were shrouded, artillery bombardment, corpses Traveling across the mountains, breathing and heartbeat, one by one, the vivid life may be about to stop in an instant. The detailed capture of many environmental factors in the film has been very well used in montage expression. The US military in the grass not only had to face the Japanese army but also the natural creature snakes. The birds suddenly flew up from the grass, which caused great panic to the soldiers' psychology. The director's grasp of these details is amazing. Natural creatures also have many symbolic meanings. For example, the struggling of the young bird on the ground symbolizes the wounded and dying soldier, the captured crocodile symbolizes the captured Japanese war criminals, and the goshawk hovering in the sky symbolizes freedom and hope. Hovering in the sky and waiting patiently, it is very possible to bend over to the ground at any time to chew the dead bodies. The confused eyes of the koala on the tree do not know what is happening at this moment? What he saw was a scene of bloody wars and killings. The bats hung on the tree as if they were asking what human beings want to do. Every creature seems to have its own expression, its own language, and its own symbolic meaning.
During the war, we saw the soldier's hand touched the mimosa and then the mimosa retracted. The language of the camera grasped that detail like soldiers hiding everywhere under the roar of a cannonball, and the sound of the artillery sounded like a finger with power. Soldiers It's like a mimosa. They stretched out in the sun, and they also retracted their heads under the blast of artillery fire. What a symbolic expression in response to this situation. In this world, human beings not only have to face nature and survive, but also face persecution and threats of the same kind at any time. Life is like a battlefield, full of blood and cruelty. It was right that Captain Staao disobeyed Lieutenant Colonel Dole's order, because he was in the front line, and Lieutenant Colonel Dole was in the rear, and did not know the specific situation on the battlefield. Staro didn't want to see his brothers rush to death in vain. Starao is not afraid of death, but embodies his wisdom as a commander and care for life, and also embodies his reflection on human nature. On the other hand, Lieutenant Colonel Dole believed that the soldiers on the battlefield should put life and death aside and move forward bravely, while Staro had different views and opinions from him. In the eyes of the lieutenant colonel, he did not have the blood of a soldier, and he was finally dismissed from his post. The wounded were returned to their hometowns, but the soldiers still had to invest their lives in this bloody war in exchange for the victory of the final war.
The fear of child soldiers before death on the battlefield, the portrayal of their facial expressions in the language of the lens, the expression of film music and light and shadow are the last rays of light before death, the sunlight cast through the leaves full of wormholes, this shot The filming was very good, as if the heaven that the unfortunate child let him ascended to heaven was filled with warmth, no more gunpowder and war, no more fear and panic, but peace and love. He seemed to have returned to his mother's arms, sleeping in heaven forever.
The narrative of time and space flashback Stalau is proceeding in front of the grass, always flashing before his eyes that he and his lover spend a sweet and beautiful time together, this kind of time and space flashing narrative, this love and this scene makes people more nostalgic for beauty and happiness. Time, it seems that the past life is especially precious. Jack’s girlfriend had been able to get along with a captain because he had been fighting all year round. He wrote him a letter and told him all of this. In the letter, he confided to Jack about his loneliness and loneliness. At this time, Jack read the letter. Extreme pain, like a knife, I don't know how to vent my emotions at this moment. Reality immediately shredded the goodness of the past in front of him, and the bitterness in life was swallowed deeply by himself alone. He still has to use his life on the battlefield to defend the safety and happiness of the country and the people.
Through the war, we do not reflect on the good and evil of human nature. Through the narration, we are always thinking about this issue objectively and calmly. At the same time, it also allows us to ask ourselves: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where will we go in the future? Death is ruthless. How to make life more meaningful every day of our lives is worth thinking about every one of us. When death is approaching, we choose to sacrifice bravely or to survive in a sluggish manner. What is life? If in our lifetime, we are not in this world, leaving the footprints and wisdom, kindness and great love, beauty and freedom that we have lived in, what is the meaning of life? I hope that every life that has been lived will bloom with the brilliance of humanity.
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