As a battlefield photographer, he finally died on the battlefield, which is considered to be a well-deserved death. It's an unspeakable grief for the family, but the deceased is often seen as a hero. This emotional confrontation itself has a cruelty and absurdity, not to mention that in this story of "Fighter than Artillery Fire", the female reporter who died in the war also hides more secrets.
After the death of the hostess, the husband and two sons continued a peaceful life. The eldest son has graduated with a doctorate and has become a university professor. The younger son is in puberty, estranged from his father, indulging in games and music. move. What's more troublesome is that the mother's "deeds" will soon be "revealed". Her colleague was about to write a memoir to accompany an upcoming memorial exhibition, but he wanted to tell the truth that his colleague died by suicide, not war. When the halo falls, will the fragile pillars and spiritual connections in this family that are already in jeopardy collapse?
"Fierce than Cannon Fire" uses an ingenious presentation method of replacing the main line and the branch line. It turns the main line of the mother's death in the battlefield into an ambush that is not triggered. The family in panic, which was originally the background, has become Become the protagonist who was directly attacked. Hitchcock said this when explaining what suspense is, letting people see that there is a bomb under the table, and two people sitting down and talking without knowing it, this is a kind of suspense. Yes, the so-called suspense is nothing more than "unresolved", and all unresolved things are full of possibilities and will inspire more possibilities. The cause of death of the female reporter became the "bomb". It made the family's peaceful life completely "unresolved".
Judging from the introduction of the film, many people will instinctively think that it is another work that reflects the theme of the battlefield, full of gunshots and beliefs, with a little reflection and criticism of the war, but in fact, this is a calm film family drama. Its main scene is that neat house, school, neighborhood and street. People talk and eat calmly, with intricate and subtle expressions, and there is no trace of war at all. But when you see the state of the male host after the truth about his wife's death is about to be revealed, and when you see the two sons indulging in their own world and predicament, you will understand the ferocious power of the words "fierce than artillery fire". The triviality and truth of life, the time and details that seem calm and soft, are actually far more violent than the artillery fire on the battlefield. The artillery fire is direct, you can dodge or counterattack, everything can be prepared in advance, but those silent injuries in life usually penetrate you silently and slowly, in a wear-and-tear way, and The way of non-frontal conflict catches you off guard. You look around in a daze, you can't find enemies or opponents at all, and eventually you find that what you are fighting against is only life itself, and the biggest enemy is yourself. You can never escape the "gunfire" in this life.
The three characters in "Fighter than the Fire" are lost in three different emotions. The father doesn't know how to get along with his son. He tries to get into the child's heart in various ways, but he is always resisted. He struggled to register. The game that the younger son often plays, plays a role, and wants to communicate with his son in the virtual world, but at the moment of meeting, he is slashed and killed by the son's character, and he turns to follow his son in reality, wanting to see the boy In the end, what he is thinking about and doing every day is discovered by his son. He has a new relationship. The woman is the head teacher of his son. He wants to hide it, but he wants to hide it. Ex-girlfriend, old love revived, to a certain extent, this is not reminiscence, nor indulgence, but more like escaping, escaping from sudden identity changes, escaping from being overwhelmed by facing responsibilities and heavy pressure; and the younger son is addicted to it every day. In fantasy, memory, and virtual space, he is resisting something that he can't even explain himself, the longing for his mother or the incomprehensible adult world. At the same time, they discovered their mother's extramarital affairs, her mother's depression, and the cracks that had spread long in the once seemingly harmonious family life. She has returned to the battlefield time and time again. In the eyes of many people, she is considered brave, but to a certain extent, who can say that it is not an escape? Escaping the shackles of life, escaping the repression of intimacy, escaping the daily trivial closure that cannot be penetrated. On the battlefield, black and white are stark and incompatible, which is far simpler than life itself.
The director of the film is Joachim Thiel, who was already known for "Oslo, August 31," and this time, he co-wrote the screenplay with his old partner Eskill Vogt, and then The actor also attracted much attention for directing the bizarre "Blindsight". They are especially good at distilling a certain "peace of fear" from the hidden details of life. The same is true this time. This unresolved life is really fiercer than artillery fire.
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