I have always believed that in the video culture, movies are the only possibility to become classics. Good movies, like classic novels, are absolutely worthy of the word art. The so-called condensed life, the meaning lies in this. In this film written, directed and starred by Italian national treasure Nini, the protagonist Gidu is a small person who looks even a little wordy. But it was he who gave his wife the greatest happiness and the most powerful protection for his son. There are several clips in the film that I have watched hundreds of times: the protagonist rides a bicycle with his wife and children through the alleys of Rome; in the concentration camp, Chito calls out through a loudspeaker: "Good morning princess"; of course , and the father deliberately pretended to be a clown when he was about to be shot through the mailbox where his son was hiding. In this film, the indictment of the Nazis, the fear of death, and the struggle against reality, these traditional World War II movies must have been strongly portrayed, all of which have been diluted to a certain extent, and only the greatest human emotion is highlighted: love. I especially like movies and actors that portray little people, so among Chinese filmmakers, I really like Ge You's style. He also won the Cannes best actor award for "Alive", the background of the two films is similar: the Nazis and the Cultural Revolution are both human catastrophe. But "To Live" only shows the suffering and the Chinese people's submissive character. The sense of humor in the film "America" is not so much a satire of the Nazis as it is an optimism about the quality of human beings, an optimism that human beings can finally get out of confrontation and mutual hatred.
In the past, I especially liked the movie "The World of Truman". Try to learn how to fight against fate, shouting "Is this what you can do? You can only succeed by killing me!" But in all things, the biggest taboo is to go too far. My fighting character finally tends to be hysterical, and even subconsciously creates a psychological suggestion that people in the world will blame me, and staged a series of tragedies in my life. In fact, the greatest part of personality is not the kind of tough guy style that doesn't give in, but a kind of casualness and concealment, not the appearance of perseverance that needs to be shown from time to time. The real steel man is not tough on the outside, but tough on the inside. There is a detail in the movie: when the protagonist, who is always smiling, sees his non-Jewish wife boarding the train bound for the concentration camp, his face is cloudy. But he has been trying his best to hide his true feelings, and he is still chatting with his son in rambles, which is no different from usual.
The child finally won the tank in the "game" and was reunited with his mother. He had no idea that this was a catastrophe, the most cruel and ugliest catastrophe in human history. At this time, the great father may not even be able to find the corpse. The narration under the background music is very touching: "This is my experience, this is the sacrifice my father made, this is the grace my father gave me..."
The film ""America" lost the final prize to ""Sarah " Weng Qingshi>>, did not win the best film in OSCAR, but Schopenhauer said that "because of the existence of mediocrity, great works need time to be discovered", so I believe that time will make this film more and more popular. Some respect.
Postscript: I have always wanted to write something to express my respect for this film, but I always feel that it is obscenity to write hastily on such a classic. Admiration and defilement of holiness. If obscene is necessary, I hope this article is the latter.
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