I remember watching this movie because when I watched Spielberg's biopic, Old Si said he would re-watch "Lawrence of Arabia" every year.
I think rather than a glorious epic of heroes, I'd rather believe that the three-and-a-half-hour movie is full of prejudice, hypocrisy, and ugliness. Lawrence said at the beginning that if the Arab nation is not united, it will never be able to achieve unity, but even at the end of the film, the Arabs do not have a concept of Arabia in their hearts. They only know that the Haris and Harvey Tat hate each other, and in the end they will be captured. After Damascus established the parliament, it only took half a day to disperse. There was no trust among the various tribes. Lawrence tried his best to bring freedom to the Arabs, but the Arabs did not even know what Arabs were.
Generals and kings each have their own abacus. I thought it was shameful that Oda took the Turks' money to serve them, looted the train and then left Lawrence and Harris to leave, but then I found out that he was just Akari showing it all, the others were just better at it Play political tricks. "If you get what you want, you'll leave too" Are there really so many people willing to fight for the sake of national pride and the justice of the international community? "It's good for both of us now that Lawrence is dead." "I thought I was more ruthless than you." "You're just a general, and I'm going to be a king." His Royal Highness Feather faced Lawrence a second ago The back said that I owe you too much and even left tears, and said so to the general a second later. And the officer who thought Lawrence was an Arab slapped him and called him a bastard, but when Lawrence came out of the general's office as a colonel, he shook hands with him with a smile on his face: "Have we met before?" "I don't think so. Well, otherwise how could I forget such an honor." It really made people want to laugh.
And Lawrence himself, he is a romantic person, he first won the Akapi that others thought impossible, and then when he was going to cross a desert, Oda told him that it was impossible, he said that Moses did it. But he later found out that he wasn't Moses, he was just an ordinary person, and when Dolby got stuck in the quicksand, he couldn't do anything at all. He miraculously rescued a Harris man who fell in the desert, risking his life, But he had to kill the man again, "You gave him life and took it away, this is God's will". He found that he liked the feeling of killing. When he attacked Damascus, Ali told him to stop, but he couldn't stop. "Go back and tell them that the Arabs are a people who love killing." Ali told the American reporter that he was ironically claiming to be civilized. The British are not much better. Lawrence thought he could disguise himself as an Arab and not be discovered, but he was caught without walking a few steps, tortured until he was thrown into a stinky ditch at night, and then rescued by Ali. The general negotiated terms to let Damascus return to Arabia and then went back, but the Arab parliament was nothing but a farce, so it seemed that he achieved the result he wanted, but his heart was even more lacking in faith. "Do you love him?" "No, I'm afraid of him." "Then why are you crying?" "If I'm afraid of him, then I love him too. You can see how much he hates himself by seeing how much he is afraid of himself. already."
Lawrence wanted to do a great thing, but he accidentally realized that his heart was just as dark and ugly. The first time he killed him, he was heartbroken. The second time his little valet fell into quicksand, he was much calmer, and the third time he killed himself. Another incompetent valet was extremely decisive, and the fourth attack on Damascus simply couldn't stop firing. He found himself enjoying this sinful process, but disgusted and despised himself for it, so Lawrence here is not a hero but an ordinary person who is tortured by contradictions and cannot extricate himself.
In addition, I have always felt that Lawrence is a person who lacks a sense of belonging. He is an illegitimate child. "Then you are free to choose your own region and surname." Ali said. Lawrence also thought that he could find a sense of belonging in the desert, but this was not the case. Where he belonged was stipulated to die, but although it was stipulated, he was never allowed. Although he felt happy wearing Arabian clothing, he was later on. Gradually found that he couldn't fit in with them, he wanted to restore their glory, but they stopped believing him as long as they failed a little, because he was just an Englishman in Arabic clothes, and finally when Colonel Lawrence changed into his military uniform and went back Without faith and without belonging, this is the real desolation.
His favorite character from the beginning to the end was Ali. He was a real nobleman. He said he was studying politics, but he still couldn't stop himself from revealing his true feelings. Later, the people he believed in also changed, and he also embarked on a path he never thought of.
"I'll stay and study politics."
"It's an inferior profession."
"I didn't expect this to happen when I started following you."
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