A place where the local culture is not strong enough is naturally easy to be invaded by foreign cultures. Therefore, some people converted to the humanities department of southern Europe, such as Juris Evans, and some people obeyed the Hollywood business department, such as Paul Verhoeven, the director of this film. , so the overall style of "Black Book" is an audience-friendly Hollywood drama, abandoning some of the metaphors and obscurity that are often common in European films. The story of a female spy who infiltrated the German army but ultimately failed due to betrayal by a traitor. This is a film recommended by a Dutch friend. It was released in 2006 and has won some awards. It can be regarded as a national film in the Netherlands, and its status is comparable to the "Farewell My Concubine" of my dynasty. Although the overall narrative follows the Hollywood standard, it has a very non-Hollywood idea: self-examination, a European-style introspection that is different from the main theme of the American style, but also different from the anti-Japanese dramas:
1) The military is a little cowardly: "The British army is here. We are saved." The German army invaded the Netherlands, and the latter gave up resistance within five days. The Dutch royal family went into exile abroad. The guerrilla group resisted and fought stubbornly. The remaining civilians hoped that the British army would step on the colorful clouds to rescue. The security and hope of one country completely depends on another country. This kind of unglamorous thing can be expressed calmly in a national movie, which can be regarded as a kind of mind and tolerance that "if you want to change, you must face it squarely."
2) In fact, our country also has racist tendencies: "Will the lives of 20 strange Jews be more important than the lives of orthodox Dutch people?" When I was on the verge of losing my beloved son, it was this blatant racism that instinctively wanted to blurt out. In the absence of institutional constraints, human nature cannot be trusted. On this point, Orwell stated as early as in "Animal Farm": It is not necessarily the good people who overthrow the wicked, but perhaps the more wicked. There is not much difference between human nature and human nature, and there are some subconscious evils. Most of them will suppress these consciousnesses with acquired education and self-moral restraint. Once the situation conflicts with other interests or the power space is infinitely enlarged, Without institutional constraints, some subconscious evils will be released. Latins and Germans in Europe do not like Jews. This is a fact that they are unwilling to admit but cannot avoid. When you are good, people with conscience can sympathize and help the disadvantaged Jews, and the life of their beloved son will suffer Threatened, sorry, I will not accompany you. The experience of the heroine after being wronged and imprisoned is the second scenario model that Paul tries to emphasize: after the power space is infinitely enlarged, the evil consciousness can easily be released to be more rampant. Those who have been oppressed in the Netherlands have abused the traitors in prison (there are traitors, there are traitors) and military prostitutes in prison. It is impossible to look directly at them, just like another group of Nazis.
In reality, there are very few people who can really put morality above their own desires. Therefore, Paul Verhoeven frankly expressed a view: Today is Hitler's opportunity to be in the center of power, creating an extreme Nazi, and tomorrow an anti-Nazist will come to power. If there are no strong institutional constraints, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not be another dictator.
3) Moreover, there are shameful betrayals in this organization: Jewish female spy flickers all the way to clear customs and fight monsters, and even the dark color of her private parts should be highlighted in gold to avoid people’s eyes and ears, although she successfully won the trust and even love of German officers in the end , but in the end it fell into his own hands. Ma Zheren said: With 100% interests, people ignore the law, and with 300% interests, people are not afraid of committing crimes or even death. This is the case in peaceful and prosperous times, not to mention troubled times.
There are two kinds of movies, one is about feelings, the other is about stories. If the storyteller can tell the story clearly and express an attitude by the way, it is a success.
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