On "Trombo"-Freedom and Restraint

Lottie 2021-12-20 08:01:05

In a parliamentary lobby 244 years ago, a middle-aged man gave an impassioned speech, and at the end he threw a golden sentence that has been handed down to this day, "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" Die!" Then, thunderous applause went through every place in the lobby; every inch of land in North America, and every American's heart. Soon, a country called the "United States of America" ​​was born, and it proclaimed itself synonymously with: freedom.

Freedom seems to be something that people have always dreamed of. Throughout the vast history of mankind, we can find the shadow of pursuing freedom. In the process, countless people have paid a heavy price for this, and even their lives. What is freedom? Why can freedom make people give everything?

If we want to understand freedom, perhaps we should first understand the opposite of freedom: bondage. Regarding bondage, perhaps everyone is not unfamiliar with it, because bondage accompanies us all the time. Only from the movie, we can clearly see where Trumbeau is bound, and this bondage is indeed based on On top of his beliefs, further speaking, Trumbeau’s freedom of belief has been deprived of restraint. From this we can infer that restraint is a kind of suppression of relative (but all aspects) freedom, and the existence of this freedom is also due to one thing. In short, a certain kind of freedom undermines the interests of those who oppose this kind of freedom in a relative sense, so this kind of freedom has been suppressed to some extent.

So is this restraint consistent?

"Trombo" stills

To give two examples: one is that the US government in the movie blacklisted Trump and banned any of his scripts from entering the film world, just because he believed in gcism in that era; the other was that a certain country’s zf was completely eliminated. Go to Chelun Gongli and put any of its activities on the prohibited list. From this we can clearly see that there is an essential difference between the two constraints. In summary, freedom is not only a personal, autonomous, and public order, but also a loose, An illogical and illegal existence. At the same time, the application of restraint also needs to be defined in accordance with objective existence.

So far, I would like to quote a famous quote by Montesquieu to give the final explanation for freedom: "Freedom is the right to do anything within the scope permitted by law." And this kind of law is like restraining those freedoms that are not in the same public order. The definition is the same, it should be the relatively most objective existence in modern society.

Returning to the preface and movies, the United States, even under the premise of emphasizing freedom, used illegal means to cause great harm to people who believe in gcism during the Cold War. Because of this belief, tens of thousands of people lost their jobs and their wives were scattered. Suffered from discrimination by the whole society, and finally on the road to suicide. This is obviously a conflict with his spirit, but it is against this background that Trombeau strives to pursue freedom with an uncompromising spirit—the freedom to believe in gcism.

Trombeau himself

So this is also a side answer to why freedom makes people pay all the price.

Today, society is still full of injustices and freedoms that violate the law, regardless of race, individual rights, or hidden in every aspect. Please guard the last trace of rationality before you go. Promote the creation of your own freedom.

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  • Bridie 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    The screenwriter of Roman Holiday…

  • Loren 2022-04-21 09:02:25

    This is an absurd and pointless war, no one cares about right or wrong, no one cares about evidence, they just want to know your political stance, human rights are nothing but empty talk, and the blacklist is undoubtedly a dirty piece of Hollywood history , you watched the big stars you once admired come on stage one by one, and they have done disgusting things. As Trumbo said, in this war, there are no villains, no heroes, only victims. As far as the screenwriter is concerned, perhaps the most terrifying thing is not to let him write. At the end, "Spartacus" with his name on it is reflected in his eyes, making people cry with Trumbo. He finally got back his own honor, but no one can repay those long lost. "This is just a worthless golden man, but it is stained with the blood of my friends."

Trumbo quotes

  • Frank King: [Agreeing to hire Trumbo] All right, when do I get my goods?.

    Dalton Trumbo: Three days.

    Frank King: A hundred page screenplay in three days? Are you trying to fuck me? 'Cause if you fuck me I will fuck you.

    Dalton Trumbo: Mr. King, I've heard this speech.

    [pause]

    Dalton Trumbo: It was better in jail.

  • Dalton Trumbo: [V.O] What the imagination can't conjure, reality delivers with a shrug.