I like this movie very much. Although the war and the cruelty of human nature in the middle made me unbearable to watch it, Uncle An described the American Civil War from a rare southern perspective and the perspective of two outsiders. After watching the whole movie, I feel that no matter whether the South or the North, people have no victory in the face of war. Later, all I feel is confusion and confusion. Who are you fighting for? Why World War II, the reasons are becoming more and more obscure... The film left me with a few deep impressions. When invading the town, he killed an old man who had just finished milking the milk without asking the reason, and the child raised his gun to kill The drunk intruder died, Jack didn't shoot Pitt in the end, Holt finally said goodbye to Jack... In short, Uncle An was indeed Uncle An, and in the end, I really liked the warm ending after the war.
After watching the movie yesterday, I read Uncle An’s autobiography today, the section “Riding with the Devil” in “A Dream of a Movie in Ten Years: The Biography of Ang Lee”, and I have a richer understanding of some things in the movie. In the book, Uncle An He believes that the Civil War in the United States was a kind of "inner war". The encounter between Jack and Holt, two outsiders, expresses his observation of freedom from the perspective of liberating black slaves and liberating people's inner shackles. Sometimes people join the war and follow them. Idea doesn't have much to do with it, as long as you want to prove your self-worth in the group, just like cheering for the team, you must be on the side of your hometown, not necessarily a rational judgment.
In the movie, the black slave Holt originally fought for his former master's current friend, but until the master died in battle for him, he gained true spiritual freedom. Daniel felt this: "The master treats me kindly in everything and regards me as a friend. , the debt I owe is the crux of making me a slave." It was this remark that touched Jack, making him benevolent to his own situation and identity. They are both slaves in "relationships". One is a German and the other is a black slave. They are both "servants" in the master-servant relationship. Both are struggling in the servant-servant relationship, and both are "on the wrong side". These commonalities are the biggest reasons for them to identify with each other, and they build friendships and become close friends who share weal and woe.
Looking back on it, in fact, it is not only the slave system that has the distinction of master and servant. Even in today's society, there is still a distinction between master and servant and class, but it is no longer so obvious. Discussing slavery still inspires us. In the film, Uncle An is reluctant to regard the institutional change of liberating slaves in the Civil War as the ultimate goal. In fact, if we investigate further, isn't there a kind of unfreedom in interpersonal relationships and social groups? Each of us is a slave to relationships: slaves to family, friends, country, ethnic group, etc. Negro slaves are just the most extreme example. This is the shackles of human nature. Uncle An himself is interested in topics such as the master-servant relationship, the shackles of human nature, the shackles of relationships, whether people have absolute freedom after all, and the evolution of a culture and civilization. Especially in a helpless situation forced to accept the complex state of Yankee culture, a lot of feelings.
People fought such an absurd war, and in the last few people, a little girl calmly reasoned out the truth. Jack and Holt, blacks and whites, can communicate with each other and interact equally with each other. They are no longer the masters and servants of the top and the bottom, let alone who forgives the other; while Su Li's attitude towards blacks has changed before and after, white old women and blacks Eat at the same table. The old lady came to collect the black plates. From these daily behaviors and changes in attitudes, it also reflected that race relations had changed.
If it weren't for this war, this adjustment might take many years, but the war forced people to quickly enter a new situation. After the war, the South accepted the concept of the North, and everything was carried out in a calm and silent manner. Try to find the balance point of mutual acceptance, and achieve a tacit understanding in peace.
In fact, disputes over cultures, regions and concepts boil down to freedom and equality in the end. Today, the slave system has been abolished, but racial inequality and class divisions are still fighting. In the new world, how should people get along with each other, and what are their rights and obligations? This is what requires long-term thinking and struggle to adapt. We are still looking for ups and downs.
Many of the above are excerpted from the passages in the book that I think are good, and save them for myself.
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