The content of the whole film is really cruel, including the domineering and brutality of Mo Na in his youth, as well as the politeness and patriotism of the Japanese. After watching a lot of positive theme movies in China, it was even difficult to adapt for a while.
Dutchess: "Boss, isn't it bad to be ruled by the Japanese? We now live a civilized life, with schools and post offices, and we no longer have to rely on savage hunting to survive as before. Is it bad to be ruled by the Japanese? Mo Na: "
Is it okay to be ruled by the Japanese? (We) men are forced to bend over to move wood, and women are forced to kneel to help maids to accompany drinks. All the money that should be received goes into the pockets of the Japanese police. Except for me as the leader How can I pretend that I can't see or hear when I get drunk every day?! The post office? The store? The school
? The deepest line.
On the surface it seems that the Japanese brought civilization to the aborigines and took them away from barbarism. But what is civilization? is knowledge? is progress? Maybe not. . .
After watching the movie, it's hard not to think of the song "Where there is oppression, there is resistance", which has the lyrics: Education, can, change, what are we?
What does knowledge and education bring us?
Is it civilization?
Do Japanese people have no education and knowledge? Yes, because of the knowledge, they were able to overcome these savages in their eyes. But are they different or barbarians? They became "noble barbarians"
The word nobility has always been a very empty word
, but the word barbaric has always been with human growth.
Because of the reality of the movie, we see that the Seediqs do exist and they are barbaric On the other hand, even a group of innocent Seediq children raised butcher knives towards a group of Japanese women and children. Because this is the blood sacrifice of ancestors, go to another world and be friends with us. . .
Isn't this the result of education?
Because of the education of Japanese children, he can say without shame: What is your hunting ground, our hunting ground? Isn't it all the hunting grounds of our Empire of Japan? Also because of their education, the Alpine police can beat and scold Seediq people for no reason, because they are noble, and Seediq people know lowly savages.
So what can education do for us?
It was not only the Seediqs and the Japanese invaders that were impacting, but also two different civilizations. A simple aboriginal thought, a foreign thought that considers itself noble. The two words savage have one thing in common.
Going back, Mona said: The post office? shop? School? When will the life of the clan be better? Instead, let people see how poor they are!
Why poverty? Because there are more material desires
, the conversation between Dutchess and a few Seediq people outside the hotel is like this, Da: You make so little money for a day of work, and you also use it to drink! Sai: What else can I do with this money besides drinking? We are savages, how do we know what money is?
Before the Japanese came, they really had no concept of money, and they didn't need it.
What does it take to be happy in life? I think probably not too much material. . .
British explorer Captain James Cook, referring to the impact of the European civilization they brought on Tahiti, said: "We lure them into spiritual depravity, we bring them objects and diseases, and these objects and diseases can only disturb The happiness and serenity that they and their ancestors have always enjoyed is of no use, and if anyone denies this fact, please tell me what the Native Americans got when the Europeans traded?
All the men in Tahiti needed to do in their life were planting four bread trees, and the rest was just picking fruit and falling in love.
Civilization has brought a lot of things that life does not need, computers, the Internet, otaku, toilet paper. . . And makes us lose ourselves in matter, doesn't it?
As a future urban planner, I remember that generations of planners have made unremitting efforts to make people's lives better, promote urban development, and find a reasonable model for the city. . . Why do you always miss the urban vitality of ancient Greece and the humanistic feelings of the Renaissance?
This is no longer a question that I can answer. I
remember what netizens said when they ridiculed the theme of the Shanghai World Expo "Cities make life better": Cities make people die faster!
If it goes too far, perhaps civilization is the evil fruit we planted by ourselves, and will eventually poison ourselves. Reminds me of the vulgar saying: Happiness is not having more, but needing less.
Finally, I quote a poem by Haizi: I have a big house, facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming
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