"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Anastasia 2022-04-21 09:01:16

After watching "The Grand Budapest Hotel", I have seen Zweig's "Yesterday's World", I was moved by his affectionate eyes on the past life and the world, and I was taught a lesson about the new world and the old world: the two are not Splitting up, you can't depreciate or praise one of them across the board, you have to learn from experience... In general, "Yesterday's World" is a large group of pictures that cannot be easily summarized, while "The Grand Budapest Hotel" shows a A more concrete cross-section: the annihilation of the individual will not only bring about boredom, but may also bring about war. On the one hand, Gustavo is self-disciplined, strict, upright, and has a strong sense of service. On the other hand, he is exquisite, witty, and optimistic. His distinctive features seem to be one foot on the orderly and dull end of the 19th century, and one foot on the changing Blurred early 20th century. He has always believed in the bright and beautiful side of human nature, loyal to friendship, upholding justice and dignity, but died innocently by the gunshots of soldiers who routinely checked the border. Because the second transit did not have the same luck as the first, and did not encounter acquaintances to settle disputes. With the passage of time, more and more people have lost their personal identity. Ordinary soldiers are typical representatives of the lack of personal identity. They are only parts of the modern state machine. A person without self will join the war machine to find the meaning of existence, and will hide in the so-called nation. Behind the so-called justice, numb killing. The element of war is not directly reflected in the movie screen, but its shadow once shrouded the dreamy Grand Budapest Hotel: the character Zero is a war refugee. Because of the war, his relatives are zero; The war news in the newspapers was not of interest, but ended up dying at wartime border checks. Zweig had the experience of living in many countries and knew friends from different countries. He was always reluctant to believe that one nation could have so much hatred for another nation. He opposed the Nazis and the war. On the anti-war stance, both the film and the book align. We movie viewers and readers who have not experienced war should also stand in the same position. A society under the rule of law accuses the human society of being intimacy and alienation as unfair and unsuitable for large-scale cooperation, but a human society is better than disorder and war. A person with personality and identity is a specific person. He cares about his lover, friend, mentor, neighbor, friend of friend's friend. He has occupation, responsibility, hobby, and hope. He can't hate or kill for no reason. kill another person. In the movie, the young Zero once asked Gustavo, who was also a teacher and friend, if he also had a master, and the answer was yes, lobby boy Zero later inherited Gustavo's status and responsibilities; Gustavo, who was in distress, called his friend in the icy phone booth, begging for help, and then the other party found his friend, and then the friend found his friend in a loop, All this was carried out in an orderly manner, and Gustavo was also helped; on the snowy mountain, the master and the apprentice said that they would observe a moment of silence for the dead loyal servant, but in fact they also vaguely sympathized with the thugs who were chasing them. These pictures constitute the warmth in the old human society. Of course, no matter how nostalgic the old society is, it is impossible to copy it now, otherwise the efficiency will be reduced and resources will be in short supply. Just like in the movie, the writer asked the manager why he kept this unprofitable hotel, and the other party said that it was not entirely to keep the Gustavian social style, but because he and his wife had a happy time here. time. What we really need to learn to inherit is the kind of concrete and loving connection between people, to make people into people with characteristics and ideas, and beware of nationalism and war.

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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.