go forward

Thurman 2022-03-24 09:02:38

One of the best German films of the 21st century, directed by Fatih Akin, won the 2004 Berlin Golden Bear. Hot, violent, and furious, it vividly shows the saving power and destructive side of love. A story of two German-Turkish people who gradually developed from a fake marriage to a true love, a story of a misunderstanding between an old man from the bottom who was excluded by the modern mainstream and a girl from a rich family who was bound by traditional habits. A story that begins with suicide by accident and ends with each being forced to enter life. Reason finally overcomes emotion, and willingness to think helplessly loses to reality. The rhythm of "Going Forward" is very well controlled. The life trajectories of the male and female protagonists in the story seem to have gone in different directions after the intersection. The characters of the two have also exchanged, and the values ​​of tradition and modernity, East and West are in their hearts. The status, after all, has a high score. This is also the theme that Fatih Akin, who is a third-generation German immigrant director of Turkish descent, constantly explores - the dilemma of self-division and identity of immigrants, who seem to be destined to be at a loss between the two cultures and find it difficult to balance. The music of the film is remarkable (including the scene in Figure 3 that appears six times, the melody is different each time, and it also indicates the plot and emotional tone of the future), and the character building is also a model. A Facebook-like character or tool person.

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Only the Brave quotes

  • Duane Steinbrink: I know you boys are looking for sympathy. You'll find that in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphilis.

  • Eric Marsh: Fire's making a run for our line, and by the time she gets here she's going to be too strong to hold. Gonna crown that ridge, spot over and run straight into town. If we back burn this side of the mountain, by the time that bitch comes over it won't have no fuel to feed into.

    Evaluator Hayes: That's a godawful idea. All the conditions favor the fire, and when that blaze comes down that mountain it's gonna kick your ass and use your burn to get even stronger, we won't be able to stop it.

    Eric Marsh: Well our line's not gonna hold unless we burn it off.

    Evaluator Hayes: Well then slow it down until we get more resources up here.

    Eric Marsh: What you don't understand sir...

    Evaluator Hayes: What you don't understand is forty years, son. I was on the job when you were still shitin' yellow, so if you think you're gonna to make a big move and impress me, i'm tellin' you right now, don't!

    Eric Marsh: Due respect sir, you are just an observer, so let us do our job...

    Evaluator Hayes: No, you...

    Eric Marsh: No no no! Step off, now! Step... off!