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Garnet 2022-03-21 09:02:21

I got up this morning and watched the award-winning film at this year's Cannes Film Festival - "The Wind Blows the Rice Waves".
This kind of movie, I did not catch a cold. The bland posters, rice fields and a man whose face cannot be seen clearly, do not have much visual stimulation. Stories without excitement, wars and nations, have been told a thousand times over. So this DVD was pushed below the other films and was at the bottom of the watch list.
But after reading it today, some of the ratios are out of balance...
It turns out that in the face of the war, our things are so small and sad. When a specific contradiction hangs over the sky, our little personal grievance suddenly seems humble. In the 1920s, Ireland was trampled by the British, and national hatred became more and more intense. Every day is life and death, how should I resist? There have been films with this theme before, but this time, the director used an immersive narrative method. The rhythm and intensity have been worked hard to allow people to personally participate in this melee.

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  • Henderson 2021-12-26 08:01:08

    Sometimes the ridiculousness of the "perspective" is here, and it is also about telling historical stories around the 1920s. The British soldiers in the World War I movies were all righteous and full of justice, but they all became recognizable in Irish movies. They are hideous, and they are often the same group of people... Generally speaking, the characterization of this film is more facial, not as objective as "Bloody Sunday".

  • Justina 2021-12-26 08:01:08

    Damian shot Ruili and said, "I have crossed the line." It is true that once a person crosses the bottom line, he is destined to face a terrible fate.

The Wind that Shakes the Barley quotes

  • Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.

  • Finbar: [the IRA have just gunned down several Black and Tans] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverbarate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!