German Magic Realism

Gerda 2022-03-26 09:01:14

PS Coming to the library early in the morning is definitely not for the purpose of finding out that there is no paper, and then I can only start to supplement the film review.

The comma function of this computer is still a question mark.

The way this movie opens is definitely not what I thought it would be. I heard about Günter Grass's tin drum a long time ago.

But this book has always been the serious literature that must be read in the mind of law students, and it turns out that this is a child like a bad boy.

He has a pair of evil eyes, and I have to admit that he does look like a dwarf, but he is very small but obviously has experienced a lot.

The setting for this story is in Danzig. Danzig was originally Polish, but the port city was assigned to Prussia when Russia and Opp divided Poland for the third time. After the First World War, Danzig became a free city, managed by the League of Nations proposed by Wilson. Hitler used the Danzig corridor problem as an excuse to invade Poland, and after World War II, Danzig was placed under Poland.

So there's a lot of World War II elements in this movie, Oscar's biological father is Polish, and Oscar's adoptive father later joined the Nazi Party. His biological father, Bronski, was executed for defending the Polish post office during the Polish War. The adoptive father was killed by the Soviet Red Army when the Soviet Army arrived. The owner of the grocery store was a Jew who committed suicide following the death of Oscar's mother. Oscar follows the dwarf Bebra as part of a troupe for Nazi Germany, specializing in Screaming Broken Glass.

This is a magical world in the eyes of children. Children's thinking is really completely different from adults. Oscar didn't want to enter the adult world, so he fell down the stairs and never grew up. In the eyes of the mother, this is the problem of the adoptive father. He didn't close the door of the cellar, so he let the child fall and not grow up. The magic of this movie is that sometimes people are in real situations, but they can be very stereotyped. The deepest impression is that Oscar's mother eats fish. When she was first pregnant, she was very disgusted with fish, eel, and then suddenly changed. She ate it until she died of poisoning. Implicit in it is that she is a traditional woman who blames herself for being unfaithful to her husband. But what it shows is a very exaggerated disgust for fish and desperately eating fish. Reminiscent of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", which is reminiscent of Latin American magical realism, Remedios took to the sky. In reality, it is impossible for her to ascend to heaven. But in the novel she ascended to heaven, and there is a connection between this and reality. True and false, false and true, not only feel very interesting, but also feel the real cruelty behind it. It's just that no one tells the truth, all magic is just metaphor.

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For us, without experiencing the history of the Second World War, we cannot feel the weight of the history we carry. Traveling to Europe, there are many famous attractions, which is to recall the painful experience of Jews entering concentration camps. Whether it's the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Jewish shoes by the Danube in Budapest, or the Jewish Memorial in Berlin. In the cramped room, Annie's family lived quietly for two years, one by one by the Danube, lined up to the desperate Jews. The most touching thing is the family letter in the Berlin Memorial. The moment I saw it was really sad. Because I can feel that they are living people. When they know that they are about to die and have no hope of surviving, they will still say "Mom, I love you, take good care of Dad", which is the most simple emotion.

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There was no contact at first, and I really thought that this sad history was a long time ago. Because for us, we really feel that this is more of a history in words and not so influential. But for the Germans, the Jewish Memorial is not just an attraction. This tragedy is remembered in the hearts of every German, and it still flows on every German now. This is truly not forgetting history. 60, 70 years will not let people forget, even if it is heavy, it still has to be faced. No one pretends not to remember, or deliberately avoids it, which is disrespectful to the deceased.

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A story is just a story, combined with the background, is the spirit it really wants to express. Just like when I read the book "Gone with the Wind", it was only about the love between Scarlett and Rhett, but when I grew up and read it, I saw that Scarlett, even a noble lady, was so brave and strong in a down and down environment. There is also the liberation and independence that women showed during the Civil War at that time.

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  • Maximillian 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Absurd and real, innocent and lewd, child and adult, confrontational and helpless, tin drums and screams are stupefying

  • Sophia 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    The first few minutes made me happy (I admit, I rewinded it twice), and it seems that the so-called "sexy" is universally applicable. Absurdity from start to finish, throughout. It's nerve-wracking. It is said that the original work is more exciting, but unfortunately it is a big tome. I don’t know if I can have the patience to read it.

The Tin Drum quotes

  • Oskar Matzerath: There once was a drummer. His name was Oskar. He lost his poor mama, who had eat to much fish. There was once a credulous people... who believed in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really... the gas man! There was once a toy merchant. His name was Sigismund Markus... and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. There was once a drummer. His name was Oskar. There was once a toy merchant... whose name was Markus... and he took all the toys in the world away with him.

  • Jan Bronski: [Jan arrives and sees Alfred getting dressed in Nazi uniform] Going to the demonstration?

    Alfred Matzerath: Yes, at the fairground. A mass rally. Lobsack is speaking, and what a speaker he is. I tell you, these are historic days. A man can't stand asie. You've gotta join in.

    [looking at the newspaper Jan is carrying]

    Alfred Matzerath: You should read the Danzig Sentinel. Your siding with Poland is crazy. I've told you a thousand times.

    Jan Bronski: I am Polish!

    Alfred Matzerath: Think it over