In the movie "Schindler's List", there is a scene that can be called a magical stroke: when the Nazis massacred the Jews, a little girl in red slowly walked through the crowd, but in the solemn black and white image, this scene A unique touch of red seemed to be non-existent to the people around her. Except for Schindler, no one noticed her.
In the documentary "Spielberg", the director of "Schindler's List" Spielberg commented on this scene: He wanted to use this lens to show the world's indifference to the Holocaust.
Why is the Nazis mentioned in the movie Citizen of the Earth? I think it's not just about treating animals like concentration camps and the Holocaust, but also because of our indifference to the abuse and killing.
Sometimes, as individuals, there is very little we can do, and if we do, it is too trivial to make a real difference.
Here I don't want to say anything like "doing less doesn't mean not doing it" and "no meaning doesn't mean not taking action". I want to say that inaction doesn't mean you don't see the truth.
This is a work from 15 years ago, and this may just be the truth of 15 years ago, but using "this is an image from a long time ago and cannot represent the present" to convince yourself to ignore and deny everything shown in the film, and What is the difference between denying the Nazi genocide of Jews?
Before you can "do", you have to "see".
Of course, the Nazi massacre of Jews is a thing of the past, and we don't need to "do" anything to stop the Holocaust after we "see" it. But is the truth shown in "Earth Citizen" really in the past tense? I believe no one dares to say that, at least the kidnappers don't think so.
As for how to do it and how much to do, the answers to these questions only exist in each person's own hands.
But at the very least, empathize with the lives that suffer the pain they shouldn't have.
We are still human, and we should still be human.
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1. "Vegetarian" is a very wrong summary and expression of the theme of the film
There are countless creatures on earth, not only human beings, who eat meat.
Being vegetarian is certainly a reasonable way of eating, but eating meat is not wrong either.
Do carnivores not inflict pain on their prey in the process of killing them? Although I'm not a zoologist, I think it should be painful, but can a lion skin a fox alive and then eat it? Probably not.
2. Is this movie extreme?
"Humanity itself is wrong", "Human civilization should not exist"... Such views are extreme.
Acknowledging that human beings are also citizens of the earth, and believing that human beings should live in more harmony with other beings on earth and be more kind to other beings, I don’t think this kind of thinking is extreme. To a certain extent, it is “ideal” , may be more appropriate.
2020.07.23
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