[Marriage of Maria Braun] is the first work of Fassbender, one of the "Four Heroes in Germany" that I have seen. The second time was in the primary school term, but watching movies in different periods had the same shock to Germany's forbearance and freedom of national will.
Maria and Herman got married in the turmoil of the late World War II, and Herman went to the front the day after the marriage, and has not been heard from since. In order to maintain the survival of the whole family, Maria has served and liked each other for an American soldier Bill and a French businessman Oswald. After the war, Herman unexpectedly returned home, but was imprisoned for Bill's death, betraying Maria to Oswald for release and money. In the end, Maria and Hermann died amid the explosion of liquefied gas and the frenzied cheers of Germany's Women's World Cup victory on the radio.
Behind the siege of a precarious, crumbling marriage in this film full of "loyalty and betrayal" hints at the reason why a nation, a people, miraculously emerged after a devastating postwar - Germany's clinging to America, France, etc. Other countries have achieved economic recovery and leaps, but they have not lost the fundamental spirit and traditional qualities of the country, and have adhered to their original beliefs and national will.
I have also watched other movies about Germany recently: there is the [White Ribbon] which alludes to the formation of German fascist youth groups in the pre-World War II period, recreates the dying struggle of the fascist forces in the post-World War II period and Hitler's fantasy [Destruction of the Empire], reflecting the East Germany, West [Eavesdropping] and [Goodbye, Lenin] in the period of German split and return, telling the [wave] of frenzied riots after the awakening of fascist consciousness in today's Germany. These films have no nationalism in a narrow sense, but comprehensively and three-dimensionally interpret Germany and the will of Germany. The grandeur and great unity make people feel emotional and bloody. This feeling is the main theme of a harmonious world. The gymnastic ode to joy and entertainment films Small family temperament and small emotions can not give.
"Movies are not just an opportunity to eat popcorn." Today, China is facing unprecedented pressure on issues such as freedom of speech, judicial independence, economic transformation and political reform. Public opinion is surging and reform is urgent. If the status quo has not been changed, the real root cause cannot be solved, and the only way is to wait for the public anger to rise up. When will China's film industry be able to reflect the current situation as truly and profoundly as German films, inspire people's hearts, and inherit the spirit of the Chinese nation, there is still a long way to go.
Until then, in a world of joy instead of sadness, we will look at the sea fish and birds with excitement and smile, instead of the resentment in our eyes, "Seeing him raise the Zhulou, seeing him feasting guests, seeing his building collapse. ”.
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In the process of interacting with other men, Maria has always believed in the difference between "like" and "love". She would say to Bill, "I like you and want to be with you, but I can't marry you." And to Oswald, "We can't get married, but I can be your lover." And to her Her husband, Herman, has always had unwavering love. But her husband's betrayal left her disillusioned at the last moment. She sacrificed a lot for her husband and her family, succeeded in her career, and ended up with nothing emotionally. Women rebuild the world from the ruins, only to be engulfed by it. As Fassbender said, "Love is the most sophisticated, cunning, and most effective tool of social oppression!"
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