Everyone has a dream, from getting a piece of candy in childhood, to living in a villa with a swimming pool when they grow up; from tasting delicious food in the world, to ecstasy to achieve a career... The dream is that the earth is not only "blue" , another important unique property.
However, the road of chasing dreams is often not smooth, and sometimes you have to give up in order to get it - this is the price of dreams.
After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, my college classmate finally succeeded in immigrating to Canada before his 50th birthday. When I was young, I also had this thought. At that time, Canada and China at that time were absolutely taller , richer and more attractive than China at that time. Strength , not like today, the two countries are compared again... It's a matter of opinion.
The film "Balloon" is about "immigration" - moving from East Germany to West Germany, which the East Germans called "defection", and according to regulations, can be shot and killed. But for the hardcore West German fans, even at the cost of their lives, because their hearts are already overgrown with grass and everything in East Germany is not pleasing to their eyes. When the leaders spoke, they sneered and thought they were all mandarin and clichés; they sneered at the oath of the coming-of-age ceremony, thinking that it was absurd to make children swear allegiance to an imposed belief; the neighbors were government officials, neither pretentious nor shrewd, but open and closed. It is to build relationships and go through the back door; secret police and "enthusiastic citizens" are everywhere, and everyone is in danger. In fact, the Gunter family lived in a villa and drove a car in East Germany, not only far beyond the contemporary China, but also compared with the current China... Check the data yourself.
The rhythm of the film is fast. Not long after the beginning, the Gaunt family's first balloon flight failed, leaving a lot of clues to the police in a hurry. Next, the film splits into two strands: re-creating a bigger balloon and the police investigating the case scrupulously. Due to the skillful use of montage techniques, the tension of the film is intensified. "Can the two families escape smoothly? Will they fall short and be caught by the police?" The audience has always been drawn by this suspense.
The film does not deliberately praise or criticize, it is as rational as German industrial products, but from the perspective of the main actors, it is still somewhat inclined. The little secret police chief disapproved of mobilizing the army to catch the fugitives - the class enemy wanted to run, let them run, because
The kindergarten aunt accidentally learned that the children's parents were sewing large objects (Peter's wife explained that they were sewing tents), but when she was questioned by the police, she told a white lie - the parents were sewing national flags because National Day is coming soon. These episodes are like what the judge said in the trial of the border policeman who shot the defector: "The police are guilty of not following the orders of their superiors, but they are not guilty. As a sane person, you have a gun at that time. The right to raise your mouth by one centimeter is also an obligation of conscience that you should take the initiative to undertake."
I give this movie a 7. Well-made, skilled, objective expression, but lack of novelty and aftertaste.
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