The protagonists of the film are eight top students from private public schools who have achieved excellent results in the college entrance examination. In order to establish the reputation of the school, the principal arranged for them to participate in the entrance examinations of Oxford and Cambridge, and hired an old Oxford student to give special training to this class of students. This teacher who is practical and aiming at exams, and the original instructor of the eight students, went south and north with the idea of absorbing culture and understanding the essence of literature. The plot of the film is the story of the students finding their own direction from these two completely different philosophies, and the psychological struggles of the old and new teachers with their homosexual tendencies.
As the name suggests, the protagonists of the film are students majoring in history, and the discussion on the philosophy of seeking knowledge revolves around how to interpret and understand history. A class of students and the new teacher visited the First World War Memorial, and discussed the scene of the holocaust with the two teachers; the old teacher used activities such as reciting famous poems and acting in French to let the students experience the beautiful culture and the new The teacher explained to the students the rules of the Oxbridge game, how to break through the class of the candidates, etc., which fully brought out these concepts.
Another feature of this film is its depiction of gay men. From the innocence of growing up teenagers, to the old teacher's addiction to strong boys, and the old teacher's efforts to suppress his interest in boys, etc., the movies are all mentioned, and there is a student who teases the teacher and asks the teacher if he is interested. A scene of blowjob for him. There is this kind of gay plot, which is also an anomaly in mainstream movies. To a certain extent, I also doubt that Hong Kong's electrical inspection office will allow this film to be painted in Hong Kong.
Although the content may be boring to friends who are not interested in history, the performance of the original cast of the stage play allows the film to retain some of the tension of live performances. The conversations between the beautiful students and the new teachers, and the exchanges between the youngest students and the old teachers, the performances were all very exciting. But the best performer should be the chubby old teacher, and the female teacher who connects all the characters and the plot. British stage actors are really good at these academic roles.
When I saw the ending, I suddenly thought of some classmates from the English Literature and Ancient History class in middle school. The school I went to in high school is somewhat similar to the private public school in this film, and the protagonists in the film also remind me of the extraordinary literary talents of those years, from wb yeats to wh auden, marlow to brecht All catchy classmates. I heard that one of them went to the Netherlands to study medieval architecture. I wonder what happened to the others?
Remember the dead poet society? the history boys is like a dead poet society without Hollywood icing. Movies with this theme have become British style in the 21st century. For those who are interested in English literature and history, and don't mind watching bl content, this film is definitely not to be missed.
ps The following are some lines of dialogue that I think are very police:
"All Human Knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use." quote from ae housman
"Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." hector
discusses the entire subjunctive history. Too bad I can't find the original...
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