It's a very good movie about the Middle East, but unfortunately it has become a dead end, and so far it has not been able to make a second such work. The polite British English is really nice, but unfortunately English is too absent throughout the whole process. A group of Arabs talk in English, read the Bible in English, and shout charge slogans in English. This film basically looks at the Arabs at the same level, and the restoration of them is not in place. Unlike later Western film and television works, they look down at them with innate arrogance, and the performance is in line with street talk and stereotypes. Yes, savages, pagans who look like monkeys to Westerners. Lawrence's life is too wonderful and too complicated to be covered by a single film. This film selects the key fragments of his participation in the Arab revolution and restores at least half of his life. If the movie can take more than half an hour to film Lawrence before and after the Paris Peace Conference, it will not only be able to film the tragic side of the hero's end, which is in strong contrast with the blood boiling in front of it, but also give a complete account of the great cause that Lawrence fought for. After all, when Britain and France were playing tricks and betrayed the interests of the Arab nation, Lawrence was not idle, but tried his best to help his Arab friends, fight for the freedom they deserve, and do his best. This last personal effort, though insignificant in the long history of history, is indeed vital to the individual.
If the Arab revolution had been helped by others, it would not have been possible to achieve such results. If it had been led by others, I am afraid there would not have been an Arab revolution, much less the great achievements of Lawrence. Lawrence's success, in addition to his personal factors, is inseparable from Faisal's influence among the Arabs. If Faisal did not lead some tribes to rise up against the Ottoman Empire and achieve high personal prestige, Lawrence would have nothing to do. to be aspirational. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the film downplayed Faisal's influence, probably to focus on the performance of Lawrence, and not want to affect Lawrence's halo because of Faisal's prestige.
Finally, I recommend Mr. Lu Shuxiang's translation of "Desert Revolution".
After leaving Arabia, 1922.2, Lawrence worked in the Colonial Department of the British Empire. After working for a period of time, Lawrence felt that he had done all he could, and there was nothing to help his Arab friends, so he repeatedly resigned, but was kept by Churchill, who was the colonial minister at the time, and Lawrence had to be forced. Flow down, but declared, no longer pay salary. Four months later, Lawrence begged to go, and told Churchill that there would be no problems in Arabia for at least seven years, and Churchill let go.
In August of that year, Lawrence changed his name and went to the Royal Air Force as a soldier. This is RAF Sergeant ET Xiao.
As early as the Paris Peace Conference, Lawrence began to write about his life, and named it "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom". "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" was originally the title of a book that Lawrence proposed for his travels in the Middle East written before the war. It corresponds to the seven cities he traveled to in the Middle East and wrote the "Bible". The "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", a travel journal, was not published, because Lawrence felt that the book was not mature enough. As a result, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" was placed on the head of his own story.
"Desert Revolution" is an abridged version of Lao's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", which was edited and edited by Lao himself during his lifetime. After Lawrence wrote "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom", only eight copies were originally printed to give to friends, but it was very popular. Therefore, under the persuasion of friends, it was printed and sold on a large scale. Lawrence set a rule that he would not reprint the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" during his lifetime, but he didn't realize that "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" could not make ends meet due to the sophisticated book production and low price, which made him owe a lot of debts, a full 10,000 pounds. In order to repay the debt, Lawrence had to abridge and publish the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", which is "Desert Revolution", written in 1927.
Before publishing "Desert Revolution", Lawrence set up a committee in advance to deal with the surplus income. After the "Desert Revolution" was published, it was also very popular, and there was a surplus in income.
Lawrence said that he did not make money from the Arab revolution, and he practiced it faithfully, so that when a French publisher came to his name and wanted to sign the copyright of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", Lawrence replied, yes, but A sentence must be written on the cover of the book: "The royalties of this book are for the relief of the Arabs under the tyranny of Syria and France". As a result, the publication of the French version of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom was put on hold.
On May 19, 1935, Lawrence Motorcycle crashed; three months later, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" was republished.
When translating "Desert Revolution", Mr. Lv Shuxiang made certain deletions (the deletions were purely for the content that was relatively unimportant in the whole book), and summarized the deleted content according to the two Lawrence biographies. Insert relevant sections. Lu Shuxiang's translation has the advantages of being natural and smooth, without traces, and without losing the charm. In addition, his unique handling of the content of the book makes reading "Desert Revolution" a feeling of watching a movie. The relevant part happens to be the narration of the movie, which is so wonderful. As for Mr. Shuxiang's translation of "Debt" after "Desert Revolution", it not only explained the movement of Lawrence after he left Arabia and returned to the UK, but Mr. Lu Xiang wrote the hero's disappointment and loneliness through his own brilliant pen. With helplessness, it can make up for the half hour that is missing in this film, which is worthy of solemn recommendation.
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