Why do I say that this drama is Ge Shitai's maintenance record? Wouldn't the world be better like the Weimar Republic? Fitting the title of "babylon berlin", let's talk about the title first. This brilliant title directly establishes the excellence of the whole drama. Adding a babylon in front of berlin makes it hard to understand. As ignorant as I am, Baidu googled babylon, and the explanation I got is: Babylon, a city of luxury and lewdness, any large rich or sinful city. A simple title reveals the writer's literary literacy, Mom, it's too superb, isn't it just to talk about the luxury and extravagance of the city of Berlin at that time, all metaphors are used, and the first and last letters of the words babylon/berlin are still there. In the same way, by the way, it gives excellent directors another chance to design exquisite titles.
Well, let’s continue to talk about this title that made me “can’t put it down”, because well, babylon and berlin have the same initial and last letters, so they can form a circle. The combined circle is designed as a kaleidoscope. Each frame of the image is presented in a kaleidoscope, one representing the ten thousand worlds in the city of Berlin, and the other representing the division, madness and confusion of the people in Berlin at that time. Therefore, the title and title of the title are precise and ingenious, but this is only one-tenth of the excellence of the director and screenwriter.
The script of the show that fascinated me, with its kaleidoscopic dizzying intricacies and grand setting, was further complicated by the variety of subject matter. To put it simply, this is a criminal investigation drama set in Germany before Hitler came to power after the First World War with a variety of political backgrounds. It can be said that it combines historical themes, political themes, criminal investigation themes and suspense. The entire storyline is driven by the case, with side-plots staggered. The main case of the first season is the mission of destroying the pornographic tapes (a political mission), and the sub-plot is mainly a train carrying illicit goods, which leads to the existence of many political factions in Germany at that time, including the Trotskyites, German Communist Party (Red Fortress), Amelia (Underworld), the ruling Social Democratic Party, etc. The explanation of the political background is still vague in the first season, and the motives of some main characters are not clear, so the main story of the first season is the presentation of Vientiane, the capital of the Weimar Republic at that time. As a prelude to the second season, it It shows not only those political factions or organizations, but also the representatives of various classes from the bottom to the top in Berlin at that time. The chaos under the glitz and the absurdity behind the grand scene opened the curtain of the city of Babylon. From the second season, the main line of the story turns to the trains carrying private goods. The branch lines are mainly political struggles that are becoming clearer and clearer. Political factions have emerged one by one from the extreme left to the extreme right. In addition to the Loskyites, the German Communist Party, and the Amelias, the royalist or nationalist identities of several main characters in the play are gradually revealed, and finally various gangs with different political identities all focus on the train incident. Therefore, although the background of this script is complicated, it has made a dramatic coincidence, telling a detective story in a complicated political background, and then involving political struggles from the investigation process, and all this is caused by the train and ends. Draw a circle that can justify itself, perfect.
Such a complicated script really tests the director's scheduling skills. In my opinion, the first season as a foreshadowing is even better. This season shows the life of Berlin, the city of Babylon, through the unfolding of the plot. This is the corruption of the Weimar Republic. And the beginning of its decline, and it is also the objective environment maintained by the Gestad. Will this make you think about whether fascism chose Hitler or Hitler chose fascism? Anyway, I thought about it. In fact, it is so shallow that I don't even know what a Nazi is. It is very difficult for me to understand this TV series. But the ability of a TV show to arouse my political aversion to the history of the Weimar Republic is a testament to the ability of the director and screenwriter. Going back to the director's lens language, I saw the beauty of a flower of evil with a breath of death from his lens language. The so-called beauty is beautiful, but it is also despair. For example, in the opening of a certain episode of the first season, accompanied by a beautiful Rhine minor, the camera cuts across the river surface of Berlin's moat in the early morning mist, the tone is rich and cold, and then the camera sinks into the river, which is a pale corpse , this is the tone of the show, the BGM is beautiful, the tone is beautiful, but it shows chaos and death. What the director is particularly good at and uses most well is editing and montage. The interlacing of the main line and various sub-plots is often a song and a quick montage. The killing and carnival are carried out at the same time, which easily pushes the story to a climax. .
Finally, back to the characters, which is also my theme, the Gestapo. This is the theme that gradually emerged in the second season after the first season kicked off, and gathered on the characters. The two policemen in the play, Gereon and Bruno, are the most full-fledged, multi-faceted, and real characters. They all have a side of kindness and sense of justice. As policemen, their business skills are not bad. At the same time, they also participated in World War I. , Gereon took part in the First World War with the disgust of his parents and the pain of his beloved woman becoming a sister-in-law, but came back with the psychological trauma of the war and the self-blame of not saving his brother; and Bruno, although he didn't explain it, I guess he brought it with him. The Kaiser's mission went away but failed, bent on reviving the majesty of militarism. So the difference between them is also obvious. Bruno is a royalist with firm political beliefs. He joined the Black Defense Forces in an attempt to launch a coup to restore the monarchy. The purpose of restoring the monarchy is to continue the old road of militarism. Gereon is just an executive. He has no political ideals. He first came to Berlin to carry out the task assigned by his father. If he has any ideas or concepts, it is what Bruno told him in the last episode "You will only follow the rules", People like Gereon, under the hands of the Social Democratic Congressman Benda, can successfully prevent a coup, and under the hands of future fascists, he is the legendary Gestapo, which also shows that he has indeed become Hitler. The head of the secret police organization in front of the stage.
So babylon berlin, which originally seemed to be a TV series that revealed everything in Berlin's society, but in the male protagonist, we can see a story of Ge Shitai's maintenance. And Gereon, the predecessor of the Gestapo, doesn't look like a character that will make people grit their teeth and hate it. In the last episode of the first season, he and Bruno have no hesitation to burn several volumes of high-level officials' pornographic tapes that can be used as life-saving charms. , screaming in the sky together, Gereon saw that his father also appeared in the yellow videotape. He was disappointed not to return to Cologne and stayed in Berlin. Although this pair of troubled two heroes could not change the chaos of the Weimar Republic, but I I also hope that at that moment, they still retain the pride and dignity of the police, instead of turning against each other for the political groups they represent.
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