Desert epic! Under the lens of David Lien, white sand, sky, sun, reefs, camels... all kinds of elements constitute a charming desert scene, full of a scorching noble elegance, but also with a mysterious unknown, so beautiful breathe.
Follow Lawrence, a foreign British, to go deep into the desert hinterland, and explore the limits of people in the desert with the Arabs.
Under the vast image, it is an extremely delicate excavation and presentation of the role of Lawrence. He represents a person from modern civilization, possessing all kinds of brilliance and virtues of human nature, man is sure to conquer the sky, advocating freedom, not ignoring life, respecting and sympathizing with each individual, and at the same time full of wisdom. These qualities made him appear superior and calm in the face of conservative "backward" desert peoples in the early days, and he was regarded as a "prophet" after several victories.
But when he gradually moved towards the status of "God", his body and mind became humble and unable to support him. At this time, compare the desert peoples. They have their own rules and beliefs, and they act according to the will of the Lord, and they will not feel guilty. And all Lawrence's standards of judgment are self-constrained. Ordinary people's bodies have to bear the turbulent emotions of all living beings. He couldn't control it, his eyes were red, and he couldn't achieve the peaceful detachment of God. People can conquer nature, but they cannot customize the thousands of tangled mourning in their hearts. At the end of the film, he is already in pain and dazed, and just wants to be an ordinary person. Sadly...
Just thinking from a small angle is not enough to fully understand the grand meaning of this work. The greatness of this work that I am amazed at is that, first, it is photography, but it focuses on the fragility of individuals in a grand context, and the confrontation in the context of dislocation of different civilizations and cultures. No one can shoot such a classic anymore.
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