Exploring the Aesthetic Features of "On the Other Side of Life"
〔Abstract〕: We are all on one side and the other side. This may be the two sides of the scale. Love and hate are equal, so what kind of attitude do we have to face life? We send love to others, and even if love does not return to us, it will return to our loved ones or relatives, and the same is true of hate. Going out to see smiling and gentle people is always different.
[Key words]: aesthetic features, Turkish immigration, European Union
introduction
The aesthetic characteristics of the film run through the philosophy expressed in the film, the religious thoughts and international contradictions revealed in "On the Other Side of Heaven" are also a kind of humanistic aesthetics.
A study of aesthetics
1. The aesthetic style of German films
German movies have always been serious and serious, and the lines are also regular dramas, and there is little humor. Germans are also famous for their rigorous attitude in doing things. In my opinion, the drama "On the Other Side of Heaven" is a tragedy. The inevitable staggered deaths and the incomprehensible life are all extremely nervous.
2. The beauty of the environment of Germany and Turkey
Turkey has always been a relatively well-known tourist attraction in the country. "Romantic Turkey" has been punched in the itinerary of life. There are not too many complicated shots in the film, just ordinary scenes and people on the streets.
3. A depressing tragedy directed by the director, thinking about life and life.
The director of "On the Other Side of Life" is Faith Arkin. Most of his films are inseparable from the Turks who immigrated to Germany, their love and life in Germany, their hometown that they can't get into and can't go back to. In 2004, he directed the first part of the "Love, Death and Demons Trilogy", "Go Forward", which is about the love of Turkish immigrants living in Germany; The helplessness of the local people in life and the redemption of guilt; in 2017, he directed the feature film "Out of thin air" again, focusing on international issues and family relationships, telling the story of a Turkish immigrant in Germany who took revenge for the Nazi terrorist attack on his family The story of the road.
Faith Arkin focuses on how Turkish immigrants survive in Germany. He is sensitive to the collision between Turkish and German cultures. He tries to provide a space for film to accommodate those frustrations in life, and to provide a solution to disputes with love . He is accustomed to expressing the reality of inter-ethnic existence with the help of the theme of "returning to the hometown", and uses short fables, documentaries, feature-length films and even some kind of musical films to discuss the two cultures but cannot live in the two cultures. Find out the living conditions and spiritual world of the trans-ethnic people who identify with them.
2. International Contradictions
1. Turkey and the European Union
Turkey has applied for EU membership since 1987, and relevant negotiations were officially launched in 2005. However, due to various reasons, its road to joining the EU has been quite bumpy: first, under the opposition of Cyprus, Germany, and France, the negotiations stalled in 2007; then in 2016, at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis, Turkey and Canada looked at it again. There was hope, but after the attempted military coup in Turkey in July of that year, the large-scale purge campaign launched in Ankara caused dissatisfaction with the European Union. The EU blames Turkey for violating human rights, while Turkey criticizes the EU for supporting terrorist groups. The EU announced in 2018 that Turkey remained "a candidate" for membership, but negotiations "almost stalled". The EU considers Turkey ineligible for membership in many areas.
Turkey has to join the European Union, no doubt because of the various conveniences that the European Union has as an organization among western developed countries, which will help to improve the country's economic development level, and it also has a big tree to enjoy the shade politically. For the EU, Turkey, as a regional power across the Eurasian continent, has an extremely important strategic position. Joining the EU will greatly contribute to the EU's influence in the region. At the same time, Turkey's economic development has been good in recent years, and its vast The market is also favored by EU countries. So why does the EU keep preventing Turkey from joining itself?
First of all, an important condition for joining the EU is that member states must not have territorial disputes, and Turkey just has territorial issues with Cyprus. In 1974, a civil war broke out between the Turks and the Greeks in the Mediterranean island country Cyprus. In order to support the Turks, Turkey took the opportunity to invade Cyprus and occupied more than one-third of Cyprus' territory. At the same time, there are serious differences between Turkey and neighboring Greece on the demarcation of the territorial waters between the two sides in the Aegean Sea, and Greece is precisely a member of the European Union.
Second, there is the "human rights" issue that the EU often talks about. In addition to the consistent criticism of Turkey's death penalty, authoritarianism, and cultural exclusion, EU countries also believe that the Turkish government has committed humanitarian crimes against the Kurds on the Kurdish issue.
2. Religious conflict
Of course, the most fundamental thing is actually the fundamental contradiction between Turkey as an Islamic country and a Christian country in the European Union. The Ottoman Empire has historically stood on the "opposite" of Europe, and the most fundamental reason is religion. One of the most important criteria in traditional European self-identification is religious Christianity, and that of the Church of Rome. Although today's Europe has been transformed by secularization and political correctness, the religious color has been very diluted, but the concept of white + Christianity still exists in the bones. This alone makes it difficult for Turkey to become a member of Europe.
As the successor of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey has embarked on the road of secularization under the governance of Kemal in modern times, but the foundation of Islam has always been quite stable in Turkish society. Especially after Erdogan came to power, he vigorously promoted pan-Islamization in Turkish society, which greatly negated the achievements of secularization and turned into an extreme Islamic country again. If Turkey joins the EU, it means that the EU will have more than 70 million Muslim citizens. According to EU regulations, these Turkish Muslims can travel unimpeded throughout the EU. This is obviously because they have suffered enough from Islamic illegal immigration in recent years. unacceptable in European countries.
The most critical point is mainly cultural differences, although the Turkish constitution clearly stipulates that Turkey is a secular country, and until 2001, no religious party came to power. But Turkey is after all 97% of its population is Muslim, within the EU, most are Christian countries, and Christian culture is a huge part of Western civilization. If Turkey enters the country, it means that there are 70 million more Muslims in the EU countries, which is unacceptable to most European countries. After all, the EU cannot become an Islamic EU. As Turkey moves further and further away from the road of religiousization, it becomes more and more difficult to join the alliance.
What's more, in history, the Ottoman Empire was the enemy of the entire Western Christian world. It conquered Constantinople, annexed Eastern Europe, and invaded Vienna. The whole of Europe was afraid of Turkey's invasion. Turkey has almost become a synonym for barbarism and aggression. This historical factor has also become a lingering shadow in the process of Turkey's accession to the EU.
3. Ethics
The problems of every family are deeply reflected in everyone in the family. Similarly, everyone has pain, and they all open up and say how good it is to understand and tolerate each other. It takes a lot of experience to wake up. .
Incomplete family and incomplete love make everyone ups and downs in the world, like a lonely canoe.
The first half of "On the Other Side of Heaven" is so helpless and heart-wrenching. Even if the director gave a happy ending, I still can't accept it. Love and tolerance may be the only means for us to reconcile with this world and this life.
references:
1. "Principles of Aesthetics" Ye Lang. Peking University Press.
2. "European Commission says Turkey is getting farther and farther from joining the EU". German "Welt" reported on April 14.
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