a Changgu: The product of the short-term friendship between the United States and South Korea. After the war, his father never returned, and his mother and him lived a life basically isolated from society on a bus. He has the blood of the United States and South Korea flowing through him, but he was abandoned by the Americans and rejected by the people of Nanbangzi. This feeling of disapproval makes Changgu the most painful person in the film. He is always called a bastard. Although he has a strong tendency to violence when he appears, in fact, he is a very kind person, even a little silly and naive, except for his good friend, the silent Changhua, Everyone is isolated and exclusive to him, so it also heralds the final tragedy. Perhaps this also implies that although the United States and South Korea had a short honeymoon period during the war years, they buried deep hidden dangers as a result, indicating that the future is also doomed to destruction. Now the Korean peninsula is still in a state of division for the last 60 years after the war. The savior of the people of Nanbangzi country has gradually deteriorated (this can be seen in the general protests of the people of Nanbangzi country). Falling into the embarrassing situation of being dominated by a big country but unable to control the future of the peninsula by himself, perhaps like Changgu, this beautiful flower of love born in the political era is also destined to wither in the hypocritical power politics after many years.
b Two delinquent youths and Enluo's older brother: They represent the lost generation of the post-war Nanbangzi Kingdom. They are even more disappointed with the majority of their motherland. The motherland has become decadent under the artillery fire for many years. However, The United States on the other side of the ocean has brought dollars and playboys in a steady stream. They have lost the ability to introspect and choose to continue to live in confusion. The Korean-style English that often appears actually shows that a considerable part of this generation is right. The United States is still in a state of flattery. They bully their compatriots in English, which is showing that this group is politically pro-American, and they do not hesitate to exchange the pain of their compatriots for short-term happiness. On the other hand, because of the special history of the Bangzi Kingdom - it was attached to China for a long time, and was later colonized by Japan for a long time, and finally the United States helped the army to garrison the war, so there was a heavy servile thought in the national character, and they could not face up to the root cause of their own nation becoming a servile thought. . Whether Playboy is also showing the US cultural aggression against other countries, I think it is self-evident. For many years, the mainstream American culture, with Hollywood, Grammys, and American TV dramas as symbols, has guided the trend of world culture, and described the United States as a beautiful society with freedom, democracy, and legal system. At the same time, the prosperity of the cultural industry has also brought the United States. Great economic income, and playboys are a typical example, they poison the young generation of other developing countries with the corrupt culture of capitalism, and also rob a lot of money. Enluo's older brother is more representative of the people in Nanbangzi who have lost their national dignity. He did not hesitate to trample on his and his sister's personalities in exchange for dollars. He also expressed the humiliation of the people of Nanbangzi during the post-war reconstruction. If a country's economy is underdeveloped, the nation will inevitably go to a position of inferiority.
c Changhua: It refers to a generation of people in the Nanbangzi country who have gradually sobered up after the war. They have realized the various benefits offered by the United States. At first, they seem to be as sweet as honey, but in the end, they need to use their own to pay back several times the income. So she told Enluo, don't go with the American soldier, he will not treat you well, and the result is unfortunate. Because this group of people already had enough knowledge, they began to try to cut off various ties with power, but unfortunately they were still very powerless, so in the process of history at that time, they only played a tragic role, and they were powerless. Change. In all democratic trends of thought, the first to stand up are the unarmed progressive students. When they try to change the world with their own thoughts and beautiful fantasies, they often get scorching pain in exchange. However, it is this group of people. Only the blood of other people in a state of ignorance gradually wakes up (pulls away).
d Changhua's father: The older generation who are still living in the war years, they were passionate about the world-scale war in the middle of the last century, but they were blinded, and they didn't even know that it happened on this piece of their own land. something. He always shows them that he once killed three communist bandits, and his former compatriots and brothers have become the capital of boasting to others, which is really sad. He is pedantic and still feels superior to his kulak origin. In the end, I finally got the medal I dreamed of, and I have the capital to show off with my friends. However, when my son shot an American soldier at the end, I found out that war heroes are worthless in this era. This also happens to show a government's servile thinking towards the United States. Changhua's father was a generation who was deceived by the Rhee Syngman government. The place where the egg was bigger was torn into two countries, and he was labeled as a hero or a bandit. It was really a tool of those in power. tragedy.
e American soldier: On the one hand, he is a typical representative of the long-term American troops stationed outside the country. When a small team was in an actual combat exercise, he said something: What are we doing in other people's backyards? One sentence reveals the sadness of the foreign team. When the US government seeks the great cause of establishing global hegemony, these small roles have completely become pawns at the discretion of those in power. In fact, except for a few who want to be gilded in political experience, most of them are also the middle and lower classes in China. They left their hometowns and came to unfamiliar countries at a young age full of vigor and dreams, and they didn't even know what to do. So the long-term boring life in the barracks made them confused, irritable and even degenerate. For many years, negative news such as torture of prisoners, torture of recruits, drug addiction, suicide, etc. in the US military stationed abroad has been heard. this group). At that time, it was a period of high anti-war sentiment in the United States and the "Beat Generation". It is true that it is extremely ridiculous to let a generation of young people who yearn for freedom and degenerate shoulder the beautiful dream of maintaining world peace. The soldier pointed his gun at his head and shouted: Mom, let me go home. In fact, they have already seen through the hypocrisy of the United States in their hearts, and now their only wish is to simply go home, even if it is their own body that is brought back. On the other hand, the soldier represents the mighty power of the United States. The fact that the American soldier took Enluo to see a doctor actually reflects the delicate relationship between the United States and South Korea. He just wanted to conquer Enluo and satisfy his desires, so most of the communication with Enluo was about physical relationships, which gradually escalated into violence. When doubts and emptiness could not be resolved, Enluo only became a tool of violence by soldiers. There is also the black soldier who did not show his face in the United States. He also abused Changgu's mother and carved the words "conquest" on his breast. As a result, Changgu was born after a brief union with her. After returning to the United States, he died audio.
2. It is obvious that f Enlo represents Korea. The trauma of childhood just hints at the tragic history that Korea has experienced. It happened that he was injured by his own brother and wounded his eyes with a gunpowder gun made of wooden boards with US printed on it. Persecution, then the elder brother and younger sister here are just a metaphor for the love-hate relationship between North and South Korea in the last century. The advent of the United States became the savior of South Korea in that era, making Enluo's eyes bright again, and her eyes were restored, but she saw a more cruel reality, when the American soldier proposed to stab him with a humiliating At the time of the imprint, she chose to blind her eyes, and South Korea was in the same role as Enluo and Changgu's mother, supporting South Korea's war against North Korea, and the economic support after the war, all of which were in a short honeymoon period. The only thing is the tyranny of power. Koreans are also gradually realizing this, which just expresses the awakening thought within this generation of South Korea. This may be a necessary process for South Korea. If you want to be independent, you must pay a heavy price, and you must pay a heavy price for the long-term survival of the United States. The connection is torn apart. It may be a short-term pain, but it is the beginning of the awakening of a nation's self-consciousness.
3. About the theme: Compared with the delicate and beautiful intentionally created in the later films of Jin Ji-de's early works, this film gives people more coarse-grained depressive feelings, as real as the "Guling Street Teenage Murder Case" I feel that this is not the director's immaturity, but an intentional act aimed at creating a true state of post-war Korea. Although five shots were fired throughout the film, only one shot was not fatal. But that doesn't make it one of the greatest anti-war films ever made.
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