A flower of humanity in the fire of war

Casper 2022-04-19 09:01:17

March 1, 2015
The background of the story is Zweig's novel "beware of pity".
I like the movie very much, there are many moving and heart-moving details.
1. The silent dialogue between the author and the reader at the beginning, the
little girl presents the cross key and takes out the book with the pink cover. These subtle movements and objects symbolize her worship to the author, and the act of presenting the key is an expression of her inner sense of belonging.
Before his portrait, read the entire book, which underscores the call to mind resonance.

2. Pink, beautiful, flickering humanity 3.

Black and white, Nazi, struggling pursuit

, repeatedly emphasizing the pursuit of a beautiful freedom of consciousness.

Even in the midst of war, the pursuit of refinement, the pursuit of freedom, even if it is to pass on, at the expense of life. If the first time was a fluke, then the second time he expected not luck, but perseverance, hoping that Zero would pass on.

5.Zero's name is also interesting.
The inescapable fate of human beings is that knowledge and consciousness cannot be accumulated through gene replication, and they return to "0" zero with death, and come again.
By telling a story to the author, in order to turn this Zero into 1, (like the spine of a book), it continues to spread and inherit.
What is passed down, what is passed down is not to tell you, human nature and freedom, but to tell "1": consciousness.
and find your successor.

6. The film also involves some anti-Nazi metaphors.
How should I put it, I think it is a debate between the pursuit of spiritual independence and the pursuit of material power.
The painting is not the point, it actually expresses his awareness of self-protection, so much that he forgets the real "protection" behind his self-suicide note; the painting is just like himself.
Power is not the point, it represents barbarism and stupidity.
In this war, the freedom and beauty of human nature blossomed; but it ended in black and white death.

Is it important?
It doesn't matter anymore. Let go of everything and pursue the beautiful and delicate.
Even if the whole body stinks, don't be afraid to spray cologne delicately.

I haven't seen such a good movie in years.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel quotes

  • Agatha: [about M.Gustave and Zero] Whence came these two radiant celestial brothers, united for an instant, as they crossed the upper stratosphere of our starry window, one from the east, and one from the west.

    M. Gustave: VERY good.

  • M. Gustave: [pointing at an armful of flowers] These are NOT acceptable.

    Hotel Employee: [bearing flowers] I fully agree.