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Reginald 2022-04-23 07:01:20
I always think of that passage: "In Germany, at first they hunted down the communists, and I didn't speak—because I wasn't a communist; then they hunted down the Jews, and I didn't speak—because I wasn't a Jew; later they Chasing union members, I didn't speak--because I wasn't a union member; Then they hunted Catholics, and I didn't speak--because I was a Protestant; at last they came for me, but no one stood up for me again Speak up.” This is a short poem inscribed on the Boston Jewish Holocaust Memorial in the United States by a German Protestant priest named Martin Niemoller. "Inaction" is often a sin.
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Ernestina 2022-03-24 09:01:20
The credit editing is great. The portrayal of war in the film is basically an objective standpoint. There are not many positive descriptions but it is expressed through fragments. However, the nature of human cannibalism is reflected in the greed for money and power outside of war. The terrible protagonist cannot escape. , This is not just wealth, but a human instinct. When the protagonist finally said "Don't fight with yourself", it already foreshadows the powerless submission of human beings.
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Monserrat 2022-04-24 07:01:03
This kind of narrative is a kind of adventure, the so-called success is also Xiao He and failure is also Xiao He. Fortunately, this narrative graces the film.
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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.