war, and the instinct of love

Jamil 2022-03-21 09:03:27

Lawrence was the first Blu-ray I watched. I love a UP master called "The Naive and Sentimental Novelist". In a certain movie promotion video, the floor of the study room was filled with a variety of movie discs that he had collected from all over the world over the years. It really makes me envious. During this period of time, something went wrong at home, and at some extreme moments, I had to think about propositions about life and death. I figured that if one day I felt fatally near death, I might want to spend the last of my life in a room full of DVDs, records, and books. For this purpose, I began to try to collect some DVDs and records. The crisp picture quality and uncut footage on the Blu-ray disc was a pleasant surprise to me. Before today, I have never seen this film on other resource platforms, and my knowledge of this classic is limited to this anti-war film and the original soundtrack composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto for the film. The casting of the movie is a godsend. I don't think I'll ever forget David Bowie's beautiful eyes. His tall and straight body, handsome and cold face, firm eyes and unquestionable voice made the audience believe that he was Major Jack. I really liked the scene in which Jack appeared. Facing the three Japanese officers who were pretending to be in court, he remained calm and rational, his clothes were appropriate, his demeanor was straight, and his eyes were calm in the face of fate. This scene is actually very important. Its mission is to not only establish Jack's image as a leader with great courage and courage, but also to show his fatal attraction to Yonoi. If these two drama missions Failure to do so will lead to a tedious movie-watching experience at first, and many subsequent plots will lose their basic motivation and persuasiveness. In this highlight of Jack's debut, David Bowie has contributed an excellent performance, so we can understand Jack's consistent courage and courage, and understand Yonoi's hidden and deep love for Jack. Yonoi is a complex character. If we talk about it from the perspective of drama, it is because he bears two main drama lines. The first is that Yonoi is looking for an arms expert among prisoners of war, and the second is His emotional line to Jack, these two lines are always intertwined; in terms of character color, Yonoi is a typical Japanese warlord during World War II. He is iron-blooded and rude, and his beliefs show an iron-clad conservative and iron-clad wall. He is firm, but aside from his identity and cultural background, he is a person, he will be tempted without warning, he will visit his injured sweetheart in the middle of the night, and he is completely powerless in the face of a sudden kiss. When Jack kissed Noi's cheek, he was vulnerable, and his expression was the panic, shyness, and even reluctance when his wish was suddenly fulfilled, although he immediately understood that Jack's kiss was not out of love. A knife sliced ​​open Yonoi's tyrannical skin, revealing his true nature as a human being. Jack took Yonoi's love as a weapon, and took this kiss as a last-ditch effort to protect his companion's life. He never indulged in Yonoi's eyes, but when he was about to die, he felt that Yonoi had cut off a small strand of his. Hair, will he finally understand what kind of deep love this oriental solemnity represents? In addition to the classic clip of the close-up kiss, there is also a scene between the two of them that I like very much. A prisoner of war died, the Japanese banned all the prisoners of war food for two days, and Jack secretly distributed some steamed buns and flowers. , Jack sneered and held up the red flower, Yonoi swallowed in panic, his heart pounded, and quickly armed himself with the majesty of an officer. Beside them, Mr. Lawrence was being beaten by Sergeant Yuan. Lawrence groaned in pain. Sergeant Yuan stopped his violent hand, his eyes were confused and panicked. In this clip, Sergeant Yuan and Yonoi are condescending abusers, and in the director's meaningful close-ups, we can glimpse the briefly revealed humanity. Those who clamor for violence, and those who have been humiliated, are all human beings. Mr. Lawrence was a truly noble man, who had suffered countless slaps and sticks in prisoner-of-war camps, and was reluctant to commit suicide for the insults. Lawrence wants to live, he said, victory is not easy, he wants to live to meet victory, so no matter what kind of violence he faces, he is so calm, he can even talk freely with the former sergeant who has bullied him. That Christmas, when he escaped with Jack and was caught, the former sergeant drank too much and said to him in broken English, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence! He laughed in that dangerous situation, "Sergeant Yuan, you are a real person now!" "I admire Lawrence immensely, he is so tenacious and sober, he understands that all the chaos and violence is just because of the war, so he never hated the original sergeant, even four years later on the night that the original sergeant was executed. When I visited him, there were no so-called prisoners of war and soldiers at that time. After being devastated by the war, two broken, tired and helpless souls cuddled with each other in the middle of the night. They had a slightly bitter memory of that year's Christmas. When they were about to leave, Sergeant Yuan suddenly stopped Lawrence, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence! Merry Christmas!" The simple face is filled with real peace and relief. Takeshi Kitano's performance is really moving, the original Sergeant he plays is not as handsome as the other three characters, but it affects my heart the most, maybe He represents many ordinary Japanese soldiers who were numb and tyrannical in the war. Sergeant Yuan's iron blood and brutality make me sick, his faith and loyalty are really ridiculous, but his flushed face after drinking, and the occasional gentle eyes, It's heartbreaking. The last frame of the movie was fixed on Takeshi Kitano's unattractive face. On the night of his brief reunion with Lawrence, the former sergeant finally ceased to be affiliated with the Japanese government and no longer obeyed the captain. He can finally be himself and a man. Although the story takes place in the tropics, there are few flowers on the screen, and there is only a suffocating dark green. Flowers are a symbol of love and beauty in the film. In addition to the scene where Jack pays tribute to his companions with red flowers, the image of flowers also appears in the latter part of the film. Jack is dying, and in a trance, he seems to have returned to before the expedition. Jack reassured his brother who was worried about him, and they walked side by side through the wisteria vines Backyard with Rose, back to the cottage decorated with white curtains. Lawrence said that Yonoi's love for Jack was like an earthquake, and he and the former sergeant lived in this aftershock for the next few years. Humans are inherently We should love each other, regardless of gender, country, race, or political stance, because love is human instinct, and it is the light that shines through the gaps under the haze of war.

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence quotes

  • Sgt. Gengo Hara: I get it. You think they'll all want to bugger him. So, it's true: all Englishmen are queer.

  • Sgt. Gengo Hara: You're all afraid of queers, aren't you? Samurai aren't afraid of queers.

    Col. John Lawrence: War strengthens bonds of friendship between men, but that doesn't mean all soldiers turn queer.

    Sgt. Gengo Hara: You're not genuine soldiers. You're lowly POWs. That's why you lack discipline and beg me for favors. You should be ashamed.

    Col. John Lawrence: Sergeant Hara, I have nothing to be ashamed of.