Recently I watched several movies "The Boys of World War II", "Persian Lessons", "Rebels", "Operation Bernard", "French Suite", "The Hunt for T34", "The Charm of Ordinary Years", " Book Thief, etc. I didn't deliberately look for similar films, but it was a coincidence that several films were war themes. After watching it, I have a common feeling. The films are all expressed with restraint and restraint. Under such circumstances as war, death, escape, etc., the brilliance of human nature is depicted to the maximum extent, and the desire for life and the hope of a better life are adhered to. Ji, this is the most emotional and moving place, and the sense of strength is stronger. The backgrounds of the film are all terrifying killings, concentration camps, etc., but they are all cut from a small perspective and small people, describing their attitudes towards war and suffering, capturing the kindness and warmth in human nature, and giving the greatest warmth and moving, so as to make people feel. Reflect. "The Book Thief" was the last of the films to watch, but I was deeply caught up in the situation. I haven't read the original book, so I was terrified by the bombing at the end of the film, the little girl facing the death of her adoptive parents and friend Rudy. Watching this type of film, I pay special attention to the time line that appears again and again in the film, such as: November 1941, January 1945 and other points on the screen, because I think the closer the war is to the end, the more the suffering will end soon. . The adoptive father of the little girl Liesel has survived the draft, was injured, and finally returned home. The bombing made everything come to nothing. This is the huge damage caused by war. In The Book Thief, there is a common perspective, that of the mother. The first mother to appear in the film is the mother of the little girl Liesel, who took her and her younger brother by train to take them to an adoptive family. On the way, her younger brother passed away, and at the humble funeral, she picked up the first book. After that, she mentioned her mother many times and wrote to her mother, but her mother did not appear again in the film. The second mother is her adoptive mother. The violent woman in her eyes makes no secret of the purpose and dissatisfaction of the little girl's arrival. But there is a clip where the adoptive mother learned that the Jewish youth Max who was hiding at home woke up and survived. For the first time, she dressed up, left the kitchen, walked out of the house to the little girl's school, told her the good news, and was still in her classmates. Pretending to instruct her in front of her, this scene is enough to make people cry. This woman who originally had strong emotions, but was weighed down by war and suffering, became more and more irritable, and the truth and warmth she occasionally showed had a stronger impact on her heart. The appearance of the third mother is Mrs. Herman (the mayor's wife). Sitting in the car, she saw the little girl pick up a book in the fire of burning books from a distance, and she did not take any action, so she predicted that this was a woman with a story and her humanity was not annihilated. Sure enough, when the little girl went to the mayor's house to deliver the laundry, she appeared. This is a mother who has been immersed in the grief of losing her son. She opens the study in front of the little girl. The whole room is full of books, all of which her son likes. She said the little girl was a brave child, and so was her son. She had very few conversations with the little girl, she spoke slowly, and watched the pictures quietly, accompanying her reading silently. But the maternal brilliance in her eyes overshadowed everything. There is also a mother who is Hitler's mother mentioned in the dialogue between the little girl and the Jewish youth Max. The little girl asked Max: Do you think my mother really loves me? Max answered her: Of course, every mother loves her child, even Hitler's mother. The little girl asked again: Will she write to him? Max replied: Dear Führer, I am waiting for your father to come home and love your mother. I was completely blown away by this episode. Max, a Jew who was frantically hunted down by the Nazis headed by Hitler, a mother who left the hope of life to his youth, hiding in Tibet, seeing the light of day, his life may be lost at any time, but in the heart of the little girl A touch of sunshine made her feel love and warmth, instead of planting a seed of hatred. Movies have a kind of power, and filmmakers have a responsibility. The more good you convey, the more beautiful you will have no place to live. The more warmth you give, the easier it will be to get through cold nights. 2021.10.20F-flat
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