I can't see fanaticism in his eyes - "Heaven Now"

Amani 2022-03-24 09:03:52

I started to pay attention to this film very early
because I liked its poster
and I was very curious about the story told in the film.
After all, what I know about the so-called bomber in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only limited to the news.
Thinking about it now, it was mostly a hug. Let's watch this movie with a curious mind.

It's after it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Maybe it's because "Munich" Zhuyu didn't give me more shocks in the previous "
Heaven Now". It is the same theme of Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the

Jewish director , but compared with Stephen's "Munich", it is a completely different angle and style In addition to the extremely depressing atmosphere of people , it is Ali's eyes in the film. Although Spielberg positioned the Pakistani personnel as very warm when dealing with the characters, perhaps this will make the members of the assassination team question the value of the action? But when Ali talks to Eric about the meaning of "land", I can clearly see the frenzy in his eyes. It's the look of a martyr. "Heaven Now" is a different feeling. It's different from "Munich" because Basically the filming is from the run-down streets of Nablus , the abandoned buildings and the dusty air . From the very beginning, the film presented me with a restless environment . Looking down on this crowded and noisy city from the grass on the hillside, I couldn’t see the slightest bit. It's hard for me to imagine the shadow of heaven , in a place where there will be firefights at any time and life is not guaranteed






















What kind of hope can people have for the future,
and who can analyze and make long-term plans as calmly as those scholars who stay out of it.

Sade is such a young
man. He is always ready to give his life for Allah.
He believes that only in this way can he enter Heaven
, but life is always full of surprises
. In a trivial and hopeless life,
he met an angel

. It was a French-educated girl.
Although she was the orphan of a "martyr",
her temperament and thoughts seemed to be incompatible with this place
for no reason. , they are attracted to each other.
Maybe a beautiful story begins
and his fate can be changed

. However, "the gates of heaven" opened to him at this moment:
"it's tomorrow, in Tel Aviv"
"tomorrow?
" That's right, are you ready?"
"Of course, obedience to Allah"

The later changes in the story are no longer important
to me. According to my way of thinking,
one begins to have hope in life
and begins to question this suicidal attack
After the twists and turns and the many opportunities to choose, it
is difficult for me to understand that he still has to choose this road of no return at the

end of the film The camera slowly advances
on a swaying bus and finally freezes in the eyes of Thad and then A blank in his eyes, I can't see any emotion... ps: this movie is very strange, and it has been strongly opposed by both israel and palestine at the same time







I don't know if it's because he expressed a real resemblance or something else

: Arabs are still more handsome with beards

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Extended Reading
  • Scot 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    It is very compact, not boring for a moment, and at the same time it gradually reaches a climax, finally adding a heavy burden to the mind of the viewer at the last moment. Human nature is so beautiful, but in the end it is still distorted by absurd politics. In the last twenty minutes, my eyes filled with tears, and I almost cried a few times.

  • Pete 2022-03-29 09:01:09

    In my impression, this is the first time I have watched a film about the Israeli-Palestinian war. It is very heavy, very heavy, very heavy.

Paradise Now quotes

  • Said: Is it true that your father was Abul Azzam? They say he was a hero. You must be very proud of him.

    Suha: Rather than feeling proud I would prefer that he were alive.

    Said: Thanks to what he did our cause is still alive today.

    Suha: Well there are always other ways to continue the cause.

    Said: It's not our option. The occupation picks the direction of the resistance.

    Suha: Well resistance can go in a lot of directions. But we must realize they we just do not have any military clout here. So we have to find other alternatives.

    Said: And pay the price for our grandparents defeat? Accept the injustice?

    Suha: This discussion is obviously going no where...

  • Said's Mother: The world changes. Everything changes, but God. You'll see.