Humanistic war film

Alexandria 2022-04-22 07:01:04

Spielberg continued his usual style of humanistic war movies, from war to talk about human nature, talk about society, talk about government, and talk about pattern.
Tom Hanks also continued his tradition of speaking for America, for the government, for justice, and for the common people.
I really like the way Spielberg describes the opposing sides in the war. There is not too much description of right and wrong, and stories and contradictions are started from their respective interests.
From the contrasting perspective of children jumping over the Berlin Wall and New York children jumping over the garden fence, I think of Singler's list, the two-tone shot, almost the same perspective, the expression is simple and clear, but it always feels a bit deliberate.
At the end of the film, the child reacts a bit quickly when he sees his father's heroic deeds. It seems that he has no doubts and directly decides that it is his father's contribution that disrupts the rhythm and ruins the story.
In general, Spielberg's war movies always reveal a deeper humanistic reflection, and it is undeniable that there is much prejudice against the Communist side.

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Bridge of Spies quotes

  • Rudolf Abel: Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.

    James Donovan: And I remind you of him?

    Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. "Stoit i muzhik," I remember them saying... "stoit i muzhik." Which sort of means like uh, 'standing man'. Standing man...

  • James Donovan: [forced to leave dining room before eating his meal] Enjoy your big American breakfast.