In the dark journey of Afghan refugees smuggling to the UK in "in this world", Michael Winterbottom left a deep impression on me. He's good at making jokes about cruel life, black.
In "9 songs", in the manic-depression and dissociation of eroticism and rock, I was surprised that Michael Winterbottom was able to pursue love very delicately and erotically, and analyze the little things between men and women.
In "The Road to Guantánamo", Michael Winterbottom returned to the perspective of humanitarian care, and in the voice of the memory, he presented the inhuman experience of prisoners of war in prisons.
Quoting a passage, [director Winterbottom said: "The purpose of making this film is to remind people how absurd the existence of a facility like Guantanamo is." He added: "I think the film is in that respect. It's not an anti-American film. We're not saying Americans are bad, all we're trying to convey is that
the fact that Guantanamo exists is appalling and terrifying, and it shouldn't exist."] After the film, when I read this passage again, I have more doubts.
Is that what the torture is all about? Appalling? It's not bad. Suppression by force, intimidation with firearms, handcuffs, confinement, stimulation of noise and light, prohibition of prayer, and prohibition of conversation. . Is that all it takes? As far as I know in the news, and what I feel in the book (the mercenaries in the wolf pack use skinning, meat cutting, tendon picking, and electric shocks!!), in comparison, the tortured prisoners of Guantanamo in the camera are a little afraid to go bloody , more of a civilized mental abuse. And where did the brutal physical abuse in news events go? ? ?
Guantanamo is their ultimate prison, and the director reminded them in every possible way, even using the inhumane facilities highlighted in the title, not to mention that the inhumanity of Guantanamo in the camera is too much whitewashed, most people will pay attention to a poor man in a wronged prison In terms of events, such an impact can easily blur the focus of the creator's vision. I do, personally, focus on the poor plight of Muslims who have been wronged as members of al-Qaeda. They were so pitiful and aggrieved that at one point I felt that even if they were to clear their grievances, they should immediately join bin Laden and bombard the Americans with a few bombs.
The film involves the United States, a superpower that loves to manage and fight, and Afghanistan, a country that is anti-American and dares to fight against the United States, involving war and prisoners of war, so the "anti-American" film began to follow this film ambiguous. In fact, the British did not dare to intervene much in the way the United States treated prisoners of war, because the three captured English-speaking Muslims unfortunately immigrated to the United Kingdom. The British dare not take that responsibility for harboring or shielding terrorists if they are really terrorists. If we really investigate further, if these three poor Muslims are really related to Al Qaeda or members of other terrorist organizations in the UK, then the British are forced to consider national security and the public's fear of terrorists, saying Possibly more ruthless than Americans. So, there is no need to overdo it. It seems aggrieved to say that An American mulitary interrogator has since claimed that he was the british officer who interviewed Ruhel Shafiq and Asif in Kandahar. Is there any anti-American? I'm not sure. But vilification and intensifying the international disputes and image of the United States have indeed been done a lot.
3 poor Muslim friends finally got their grievances, they chose to continue to settle in the UK. (Hey, that's what movies always do). . But their perception of the world is no longer the same. What should they do when they once again set foot on the familiar and somewhat terrifying land of Pakistan? I want to help think. With their later, different from the clean and decent image of the new immigrants, they turned to the bearded, bushy Taliban must-have symbol image-beard, I imagine, they will join the Taliban and fight with their Muslim brothers.
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