Another World After World War II: Japanese San Francisco and German New York

Crawford 2022-12-16 06:18:57

Last month, my friend Amway watched Amazon's first self-made drama, based on Philip Dick's 1962 novel "The Man in the High Castle", and I was initially attracted by the background setting that opened my mind -- the first World War II ended with the defeat of the Allies and the world was divided among the victors of the war, Germany and Japan.

I just finished watching the first season, and I feel that the plot (I really can't stand the traps that are set up to keep you watching) and the actors have a lot of bugs, and I especially focus on daily trivialities, so I can't support such a grand idea, but in the film A lot of scene details are great, Japanese-style San Francisco, Japanese fonts on store signs, and phone booths with swastikas, etc., which are particularly enjoyable.

I heard that the level of the second season has been sublimated, and I can't wait to watch it. It is really a magical drama that evokes people's desire to understand history.

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The Man in the High Castle quotes

  • Joe Blake: [noticing ashes falling like snowflakes] What is that?

    Nazi Police Officer: Oh, that's the hospital.

    Joe Blake: The hospital?

    Nazi Police Officer: Yeah, Tuesdays, they burn cripples, the terminally ill. Drag on the state.

  • Mark Sampson: I don't plan on dying, Frank. But you can't live your life in fear. I was back east at the end of the war, in Boston.

    Frank Frink: Oh, Jesus.

    Mark Sampson: Yeah. You had to see it to believe it, Frank. Overnight, lynch mobs were murdering Jews because suddenly we were less than human.

    Frank Frink: And what did you do?

    Mark Sampson: Well, those of us who came out in one piece. We buried service weapons underground, well wrapped in oil, and we vowed revenge. I got a life to lead, got kids to raise. And Hitler and the Nazis - I mean, I don't care how it looks. They won't last. One thing I realized about my people is we got a different sense of time. These may be dark years, but we'll survive. We always do.