"When we went looking for captives yesterday I suddenly remembered the little boy who dreamed of saving the world from the devil When we came back I realized I was the devil the devil I wanted to save the world from"
This "elite" school has a uniform and draconian system everywhere that advocates sacrifice for the nation, the country, and the leader. Teenagers are taught to "forget humanity" "sympathy is nonsense" "Never apologize! Fight!" The boy who cared about peeing his pants was humiliated in public, but ironically, he became a brave hero, and each boy was taught to be a "devil" here, and he didn't even dare to say goodbye
There are some metaphors in the processing of the audition of the film. In the performance of the school, the light is bright, tall and solemn. In the middle and late stages, the light is dim. The school is like a gloomy castle until finally Frederick turns back to the school. The change of disappearing in the heavy snow contrasted with the change of Frederick from the beginning of yearning to confusion and doubt until the final awakening of consciousness. Another point is that when the two were forced to punch, the dark red light seemed to be stained with blood. That Eichert was "killed" once
When Frederick participated in a boxing match, he finally weakened the ambient sound and replaced the picture with soft background music, but everyone stood up and cheered and kept switching. The footage of his decision not to fight the Nazis, punches and punches are all the relief Frederick seeks
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