The movie "Thirteen Days" condenses the 13-day Cuban missile crisis into two hours, telling the story of the White House crisis caused by the deployment of nuclear missiles by the Soviet Union in Cuba. Fang fought his wits and courage, and effectively and successfully carried out crisis management, thus avoiding a story of an imminent global nuclear war, and showing the concepts of faith, justice, mission, trust, and responsibility.
The real trigger for the Cuban missile crisis was the Bay of Pigs incident. The Bay of Pigs incident is a completely wrong policy policy implemented by the United States on the Cuban issue, and the Soviet Union's establishment of a nuclear weapons base in Cuba is also a follow-up measure because they are afraid of another "Bay of Pigs Incident". Therefore, during the Cold War between the United States and Russia, if they did not deal with the Cuban missile threat this time, it is very likely that the fuse of the Third World War will appear.
There are three core characters: US President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O'Donnell (played by Kevin Costner), and Attorney General Robert Kennedy (the president's younger brother).
In the past, too many films of Kennedy have revolved around his scandal, assassination and his wife. This time, the film starts with his attitude and response to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. And Kevin Costner is also a very sincere actor. At first, he saw such a resolute and vigorous show. Although the film started the plot from his point of view, at the same time, it highlighted President Kennedy's tolerance and calmness. Although military figures generally propose air strikes and invasions, and use force to solve the problem, Kennedy, as president, understood that once force was used during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a third world war was inevitable, and the nuclear weapons possessed by the United States and the Soviet Union were enough to end the history of mankind .
Blockade the waters off Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from continuing to deliver weapons, and later called Adre to get him tough on the Soviet Union at the UN meeting, etc. President Kennedy's basic attitude is to keep the peace with isolation and deterrence, however there are many stakeholders who need to be persuaded, and these outgoing calls are actually about persuasion. The purpose of the televised announcement is to stabilize the hearts of the people and make the following actions more easily recognized and accepted; telling the Air Force lieutenant colonel not to be hit is to avoid giving military personnel the pretext of firing Cuban as a reason for the U.S. side to go to war. In addition, the president also met in person. They have either avoided or strongly denied their proposal for aggression against Cuba; the demand for the effect of the UN conference is a tendency to win over international public opinion.
I was really attracted by the tight, tense and tense atmosphere created in the play! In that emergency situation, the president has to face enormous pressures from inside and outside. If one's belief is not firm enough, as long as one small mistake can make a big mistake! You remembered the scene where the fighter plane was shot down, and at that moment his breathing was almost stopped! What's even more amazing is that the director has created such a tight atmosphere for us without using a knife or a single shot, like the art of walking on a tightrope.
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