First, this is the red line of history. The film is set against the background of the battle between the US and the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of World War II for the strategically important Guadalcanal Island. It is like the military dynamics of the two sides marked on the battle map by the red and blue lines. You can experience the ups and downs of the war in the past. Blood and fire. The US military is on the offensive side. This should be indicated by a red line with an arrow.
Second, this is the red line of fate. The soldier Witt was fascinated by the life of the paradise on the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. He was fascinated by the sun, coconut groves and beaches. The deputy company commander Welsh found him and took him back to the company. He had no choice but to step into the killing field with his comrades. Finally, he died in the jungle. In fact, his comrades-in-arms and even Japanese soldiers are nothing but this. No one can escape from this thread. Everyone is just a pawn of fate. In this world, a man himself is nothing (in this world, a person is nothing at all), when Welsh brought Witt back to custody, what he said to Witt.
Third, this is the red line of life and death. It can be described by the four-character words in Chinese characters, "Life hangs by a thread"! On the battlefield, in the rain of bullets, life is so unbearable. To quote the words of Private Ashe in the film about Wales-No matter how much training you got? how careful you are, it`sa matter of luck weather or not you get killed. Makes no different who you are, or how tough a guy you might be. If you `re in the wrong spot at the wrong time, you `re gonna get it. (No matter how much training you have, no matter how careful you are, you will die if you are not lucky. Who is it, or how brave and good at fighting, as long as it is in the wrong place at the wrong time, you will be dead too). In the offensive, the company commander Staro finally captured the Japanese stronghold after paying a lot of casualties. The dead will last for a long time, and the living will continue to fight. Perhaps in the next battle, yesterday’s survivors will become New victim. The shot of the dead Japanese soldier in the film showing a face in the floating soil is shocking. This layer of floating soil is a red line that separates life from death!
Fourth, this is the red line of emotion. Every soldier is not a mere fighter machine. They have their own inner world. They have had different lives in the past and grew up in different environments. Witte didn't like war in his heart, he chose to escape at first. But does Wales really expect to fight? No, from his conversations with Witt, we can know that he has certain approval of Witt’s desertion behavior, otherwise he would have sent him to the military court a long time ago. Among them, who really likes war? Except for the commander of this battle, the Colonel Jordan Tao who said he had been waiting for this war for 15 years. Colonel Jordan Tao doesn't need to go to battle in person. At the beginning of their ordinary soldiers walking on the battlefield, everyone was panicked, anxious, and nervous, but in the end they bravely threw themselves into the battle with the enemy. At the beginning of the battle, they will think of their closest person, yes, maybe in the next second, a bullet will end their lives and everything related to it. For example, Pvt. Bell, who recalled the good time spent with his lover. After the victory of the battle, Wit’s inner monologue expressed his hatred of killing and the confusion of human beings' constant strife. More soldiers chose to release themselves by carnival, yes, no one can guarantee what will happen tomorrow. In short, this "thin red line" is actually a reflection of the mental journey of every individual in the war.
Fifth, this is the red line of human nature. Private Bell, during the rest of the army, he thought of his beloved lover again, worried about whether the relationship between him and her would continue to exist-You get something twisted out of your insides by all this blood, filth, and noise. I wanna stay changeless for you, I wanna come back to you the man I was before. How do we get to those other shores? To those blue hills? , Back to you with the original me, how can we gain peace and return to the green mountains and green waters). It is easy for people to cross the red line of humanity. For example, after they captured a Japanese fire on a high ground, they beat two Japanese soldiers who had surrendered alive to death, and repeatedly threatened to kill in front of other Japanese prisoners. Up them. When Witt returned to that native tribe as an American soldier, the kid who had played and swim with him in the sea alienated him...
"The Thin Red Line" is known as the most poetic war film, A large number of empty and long shots are used in the film. Realistic pictures and reminiscence pictures are interspersed with each other. The soundtrack and the characters’ spiritual expressions are intricately expressed. The film not only embodies the war scenes, but also portrays the bright scenery of the island. This may be director Terrence. · What Malik wants to tell people-if it is not war, what a beautiful paradise, if it is not war, everyone should have all this beautiful. The war scenes in the film may not be the most enjoyable among the war films. What this prose-style film tells us is that the human soul is what we need to explore and understand.
I remembered a short paragraph from a magazine that I saw many years ago: a soldier walked in the trenches after a fierce battle, and saw the setting sun, sunset clouds, and a few floating clouds on the horizon. The soldier was silent, but thoughtfully. Looking at these images, but at the moment a shell hit, the soldier died in the explosion. This soldier did not die like a soldier, but like a poet. Witt did the same. Faced with the encirclement of the Japanese army, he raised his gun resolutely at the enemy. He was hit by a bullet fired by the enemy and fell in the clearing of the jungle. He died, but he didn’t. Like a soldier, like a poet.
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