My previous view of it was that this is a film that is almost perfect in audiovisual and narrative, and its status as a classic has long been established. But for one thing, I think all the best war movie themes should be anti-war. Like "Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now" and "Field Platoon", in the environment of war, the alienation of people is certain, and alienation leads to the carnival of all people until the collapse of human nature. "Saving Private Ryan" obviously does not belong to this category: the main theme of the American flag that appears at the beginning and the end, a lot of sensational passages, and even I often half-jokingly tell others that after watching this movie, I often have the urge to put a gun in the next moment. Killing the enemy on the battlefield is suspected of beautifying the war. So I thought, Saving Private Ryan was particularly good, but not that good.
Today's rewatch, in addition to enjoying the audio-visual experience, I noticed in the middle of the story that Captain Miller said: I just know that every time I kill one more person, I am farther from home. I've seen this clip countless times before, but none of it gave me a great feeling and shock this time. I felt that my previous views on this film were very biased for a moment. An important reason is that the anti-war attitude was reflected in the alienated mental illness in the war films I thought in the past, but here, the director expresses it through the mouth of a normal person. The former is very hard, and the position is very clear, while the latter is easy to drown in the audio-visual language.
Spielberg does not understand war and anti-war, but here, he shows the precise control of the theme of the film as a director. "Saving Private Ryan" is about saving one out of eight. From splitting to one-heartedness to sacrificing to redemption, they are all action lines that must be clearly explained. The so-called alienation and darkness of the so-called anti-war theme that is too heavy is completely contrary to the spirit of the previous script, and it will fall into a situation where you want to take care of everything and explain it clearly, but in the end you can't understand anything. I thought of when I was learning editing, the first principle was to learn to let go. A scene you shot very hard, beautiful, dazzling, and attractive, you put it in, but it might conflict with the feeling of the whole film. , will you let it go? Seems like a simple question, but most people are reluctant to give up.
Written here, I want to be obsessed or even over-explain the choice of the next director. The anti-war theme is indeed an important element of war films, but in this script with a very main theme, brotherhood and redemption, how to add it? The director's choice is to shoot the war scenes with the most real and unabashed blood, and then the shaping of the character of Lieutenant Miller, his hesitation, his guilt, his choice, his sentence "Kill a person and leave home." The farther" is the director's attitude. So we saw the first 13 minutes of the movie that was rated as the most realistic reaction to the landing at Omaha Beach by World War II veterans. The American Classification Association MPAA rated it as "extremely exaggerating war violence". The director made the picture the most cruel, let you see Terrible war. It's a pity that I was watching these cruel pictures with the desire and repressed state of an adolescent boy for violence, and it was extremely refreshing.
In our historical education in the past, the judgments were often absolute, which caused us to form our own mindset about things. I often give myself the example of North Korea to remind myself not to get caught in a vicious circle of thinking: We compare our own lives to the lives of others, and feel that North Koreans tend to live in hot water. Yes, their standard of living is terrible, but does that mean they are poor and unhappy? Not to mention that the source information is often unilateral and opaque, we always ignore another possibility, that is, if the North Koreans adapt to their ecological environment and adapt to their survival laws, will they be happy instead of what we think? Everyday frowning?
So far away, what I'm talking about is the mindset. Before, because I watched "Apocalypse Now" and "Field Platoon", I felt that war has forced people to become mentally ill. The war is so dark and depressing, so after watching "Salvation", I was a little happy about the process. The film creates doubts, preconceived ideas and then affects the overall understanding of the film.
It's messed up, I feel like I'm messed up, the next sentence is to myself: When watching movies in the future, think of yourself as an idiot, don't think you know what you know and what standards are there, avoid preconceived ideas, and think about it after the last minute. judge.
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