The only thing you can't avoid is yourself

Myrl 2022-04-22 07:01:03

Did weapons make the world have war, or did it have weapons because of war? Did weapons kill people, or did war kill people? Or do people kill people? A weapon is a tool, and only when it is in the hands of people, and only when people use it to kill, can the tool of the weapon itself be brought into play. Whether it is weapons or wars, what is behind it is always the human nature, greed and fear. Yuri, the male protagonist in the play, finds that his best thing is to be a smuggling arms dealer. Is that really the case? In addition to the characteristics of the business itself, it is better to say that the high profits of the arms business made him feel the thrill and excitement in the avoidance and response time and time again. He enjoys this process and maximizes his experience of life and death. interval. He found various reasons for himself to continue doing this business, but the kind of human conscience in his heart made it difficult for him to escape his deep guilt. His younger brother couldn't stand this kind of torture and chose to take drugs to escape, while he himself chose to escape by marrying the lover of his dreams. In the end, as he said, both addictions made them unable to extricate themselves. Can't forget the melancholy eyes of Nicolas Cage who played Yuri, the kind of sadness that seems to penetrate into your bones at once. When he plausibly defended himself countless times, only with those eyes, you can see through the fear and anxiety in his heart. Maybe one person can deceive everyone, the only one who can't is himself.

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Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: [Offering Sierra Leonean natives free guns, rocket launchers and ammunition] help yourselves no charge everything goes free, don't forget the bullets you can't shoot a gun without bullets EVERYTHING GOES FOR FREE

  • Mbizi: [to Jack Valentine, holding a machete to Yuri's neck, while restraining his arms] Can we make him disappear? Around here people disappear all the time

    Jack Valentine: No, don't do it

    Mbizi: Look where we are, who will know?

    Jack Valentine: We will, his going to get what's coming to him

    Jack Valentine: [to Yuri] what are you doing in Sierra Leone?

    Yuri Orlov: [lying] I'm on safari

    Jack Valentine: [amused] Oh really? You're hunting wildebeest with a Submachine gun?

    Yuri Orlov: You also work with the park service? Hunting without a license? Is that the charge?

    Jack Valentine: Why are we playing games? You traffic arms

    Yuri Orlov: [protesting his innocence] Trade

    Jack Valentine: Trade, traffic you get rich by giving the poorest people on the planet the means to killing each other