In the grand view of history, talk more about the current situation and less about the heroes.

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The historical trend of human society is to link and unite ordinary people all over the world, regardless of skin color, ethnicity, or gender. Through means of transportation, communication tools, and the Internet, let human beings become the most powerful living beings in the universe through unity.

For thousands of years, a religion that advocates universal love has been the most powerful way.

For a long time, it was easy to fall into a trap in the creation of biography. Draw a circle on the hero, and then contest the art in this circle to see who can portray more dramatic and who can explore more deeply. Just like the two excellent classic films this year, the theory of everything and the imitation game. So often due to many limitations, they can only stop at the tip of the iceberg in front of a very good subject.

It is said that the times create heroes, can we talk less about some heroes? The movie Selma Selma is one such movie. The design of the film is to draw circles around Martin Luther King, the news of his experiences, his friends, his comrades, his wife, his enemies, his times, his religion, and occasionally Martin Luther. Kim himself.

When the dots depict Martin Luther King himself, it's not about his unusual childhood experiences, or any kind of god-like spiritual qualities. But the piety, piety, piety of an ordinary person.

The religious idea of ​​advocating great love underpins Martin Luther King. It's not so much that Martin Luther King led the black movement. It is better to say that there is an invisible big hand behind it, which is promoting the integration and trust between races in American society, making American society fairer and stronger. The religious ideas created by human beings, and the American society in which he lives, through a very small point in him, have realized the trend of history and the optimization of society.

When the film spends a relatively large amount of time showing how the people around Martin encouraged him, and when it goes to describe the large numbers of white people who also joined the march,
Martin Luther King Jr. is gone. Who Martin Luther King Jr is doesn't seem to matter anymore. But at the same time an extremely good, extremely profound film about Martin Luther King Jr. was born.

Over time, we often feel this way. No matter how weird I am, I am just me among friends, me in culture, me in times. Rather than discussing me, the deepest self-reflection is talking about us, analyzing us, and thinking about us.

No matter how peculiar a hero is, it will eventually become a joke if there is no current situation. No matter how ordinary people are, they can achieve a great career according to the times.
Talk more about the current situation and less about the heroes. It is hoped that the artistic innovation of the film Selma can leave some thoughts for friends who support the Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong.

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Selma quotes

  • President Lyndon B. Johnson: And we shall overcome.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.: What happens when a man says enough is enough?