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Life and death
Cecelia 2021-12-22 08:01:27
The narrative technique of this film makes me naturally think of "Rashomon". An event is said to be changed from several different mouths into several different stories. These stories seem to be the same but contradict each other. Whether or not the final truth is understood by people, it is always there, and it will never change. It’s so rare that I found a touching movie. It taught me: Sometimes, overcoming difficulties is not the most important thing. Whether you can bravely face and endure the painful reality is the decision. The threshold of whether a person grows up or not. ——"Life and Death"
Extended Reading
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Joel Walden: [to LTC Serling, after Anne Marie saw him and ran away] Men dressed as you are came to the door to tell her her mother had died.
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Nathaniel Serling: Will there be a public statement of the facts when the Al Bathra investigation is over sir?
General Hershberg: There's been a decision not to release any of these findings until every case has been thoroughly reviewed.
Nathaniel Serling: [pause] Well how long do you imagine that will be sir? I mean the next time I see Lieutenant Boylar's parents, I'd like to be able to tell them the whole truth.
General Hershberg: Do you want to know how many grieving parents I had to deal with during Vietnam?
Nathaniel Serling: With all due respect sir, this is not Vietnam. Lieutenant Boylar's tank was hit by uranium-depleted shells. We're the only country in the world that uses them. We got these reporters from the Washington Post sniffing around his parents, looking for the truth, and the only person that knows the truth is not allowed to say it because these investigators are dragging their backsides. Someone has got to be accountable for this.
[pause]
Nathaniel Serling: Sir.