Everyone is a thief

Angela 2022-09-06 04:30:13

An annual dance, a beauty contest with no one on stage, a sudden fire that failed to rescue, a fundraiser that everyone stingy, a group of incompetent firefighters, all the villagers are thieves. Criticizing any detail in the movie to make in-depth criticism will be rewarded. Unlike the impossibility of Soviet Korea and other countries, in Eastern Europe the only possible and safe way to tell the distortions of the system and the misfortunes of characters in a moderated way is comedy. Czech political satire films occupy an unparalleled height in the history of cinema.

The film itself needs no elaboration for those who are still in it in reality. The incompetent bureaucrats and the masses under the control of their leaders are still performing similar stupidity and absurdity every day. People who are in it will not think this reality is funny, only people outside will think it is a funny comedy. So I guess Foreman really, really, really dislikes his country and its people. When a man can handle all that is worthy of anger and pity in a comic-like comedy, his coolness comes from an objective eye detached from himself.

Analyzing Eastern European films in a political context has almost become a conventional way of watching movies, and Czech films featuring satirical comedies serve as the perfect object for this way of watching and analyzing. Many people are happy to express what they think is the correct political view through the interpretation of these films, the egg and the wall, always stand on the side of the egg. But the real situation is often that black and white cannot be easily distinguished. What's unique about this film is that Foreman points out: all people are thieves.

Comedy has become a popular genre in the Chinese film market in recent years, but unfortunately these comedies only stay at the level of gag sketches. John Nesbitt, who wrote "China's Megatrends," once said that you have great stories, but you didn't tell them. If there were still people who had the urge to tell the story of their own country in the early years, now, people with such urges should have disappeared. History has passed anyway. It is better to quickly embrace reality. The tighter the hug, the better the reward. rich.

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The Firemen's Ball quotes

  • Ball Emcee: Attention please! Attention please! I ask all the chosen candidates for the beauty contest, all these comrades, should come to the room behind the bar. I repeat: behind the bar!

  • Ball Emcee: And now, at last, the long awaited moment has come. We shall now elect the beauty queen. She will then hand over an honorary present to our former chairman. Now I ask the chosen candidates to come to the stage. Music!... Comrade candidates, please come up here to the stage.