Sunlight provides constant supply for the earth, and all things depend on it to exist. The sun shines, sterilizes and dispels pathogens, and drives away the haze; while the summer is hot, the scorching sun is scorching, the high temperature is heatstroke, and the skin is sunburned. What is the scorching sun in the film is a metaphor. If the film is called "Poison Sun", it will be better understood. The sun shines on the earth, but because of its too much energy, it severely damages human beings. The sun here is said to be smaller to represent Stalin’s individual, larger to represent the system, and larger to represent a wrong kind of love, and there is as much love as there is harm.
In fact, Stalin himself never appeared in the whole film, only the huge portrait displayed at the end of the film, but the aura of the leader is everywhere. The colonel easily reported his military exploits in the car, and at the same time reported Stalin's personal contact information. This is a kind of love based on trust between people. The reality is that the secret police reciprocate with a punch. It can be seen that even though the glory of the year can bring you closer to the leader, the closer you get to the sun itself, the more the heat of the sun will burn you out.
In general, the whole film is warm and affectionate, a group of relatives are fighting, the parents are short, and they are on vacation, which is really uncomfortable. There is also a large piece of golden wheat swaying in the wind many times, majestic and majestic, I think it can be understood as a family and an agricultural society. In contrast, the film's secret police and tanks represent modern society and industry or the military. The golden ears of wheat were trampled on, as if the secret police had executed the colonel, who was or seemed so vulnerable. And the existence of Stalin's portrait is a kind of higher power, dictatorship or imperial power. If it is also contrasted with another character in the movie, it is the little girl, innocent and innocent. A little girl's love for her father is simple, while the love between the colonel and Stalin is complicated.
The scene of the colonel being taken away by the secret police was extremely cruel. All the family members died without the slightest precaution or concern. However, the real purge of the Soviet Union back then was more complicated than this, and the movie only reflects the tip of the iceberg. Similar to the concept of governing the country of the emperors and ministers of the Chinese dynasties, the Red Soviet Union under the leadership of Stalin also killed the donkey. It is said that as long as there are capable generals around, few can survive with him until the Second World War, so that when the Soviet Red Army invaded Germany, unscrupulous generals were available, and they had to learn war in the war and paid a huge sacrifice.
Stalin led the Soviet people to win the Great Patriotic War and prevented the Soviet people from suffering the pain of national subjugation. However, the "Great Purge" also caused many innocent deaths. This image is like the sun in the film, it nourishes you and poisons you, making people helpless.
In fact, there are many similar contradictions in the world. For example, the atomic nuclei made by human beings have huge energy. If you use them properly, you can improve your life. If you are not careful, you can instantly destroy life. There are many more, cloning technology, genetic cultivation, artificial intelligence, etc., the runaway ending heralds Game over. Humans will not only create tyrants with their own hands, but also create Satan with their own hands, and eventually set themselves on fire. This is fate.
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