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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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Troy 2022-03-22 09:01:16
Watching Cage's performance is a very strange thing. The role of the arms merchant can be a hero, a madman, a petty petty man, or an inspirational man with ups and downs, but only Cage can play him as an urban scholar with white hands. This kind of contrast or stupidity, perhaps extremely clever, the question is whether you like him or not. And I, like contrast, like restraint, and of course, also like Cage.
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Laney 2022-03-22 09:01:16
there r only 2 tragedies: 1st is u cant get wut u want, 2nd is u get it.
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Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.
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Yuri Orlov: [in an interrogation room] The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year - sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil.