Forty years later, the Germans picked up this bridge again and changed it into the movie "Welle, Die".
The adapted script transfers the situation to the current Germany. Ron Jones becomes a lonely, stubborn, and slightly neurotic "Mr. Wenger"-this character setting is easily reminiscent of the moustache Great dictator. What’s more interesting is that Wenger in the film was originally a radical leftist and a die-hard fan of the Annazi movement. The script also keeps pace with the times and mentions the intensification of neo-Nazis and anarchism in today’s German society. Conflict.
In an ordinary middle school in an ordinary city, the students are like all the children who are in the rebellious period. They are self-willed, do their own things, and are scattered; the water polo team always can't win the ball, the theater troupe is always arguing, even a decent drama. Can't rehearse. This state of listlessness continued until a certain "State System" theme event week. In the classroom of "dictatorship", Lena Wengel faced dozens of students who only wanted to mix credits.
"You think the dictatorship cannot be repeated in today's Germany, right?" Mr. Wengel was energetic, "Then let's try it."
Soon, the students were asked to trust each other, help each other, sit in a standard posture, and have uniform uniforms. Even answer questions with the same tone and speed. All this is novel and interesting, and opinionated people are quickly isolated and rejected.
With the establishment of the "wave", the effect of collectivist education is almost immediate; "the students are full of energy"-Wenger's experiment has been acquiesced and supported by the school. But at this moment, the situation is no longer under anyone's control...
The thought changes of several main characters in the film are very representative. When the "wave" swept across, the first people who felt uncomfortable were the smart, beautiful, and self-conscious Karo and Mona. Because the uniform requirements dilute their original aura, they hesitated, withdrew, and even Become the opposition. It is difficult to say whether their initial motivation was a little selfish, but their vigilance has finally become a rare bright color.
On the contrary, the ones who gained power in collective sports were the students who were generally mediocre and unobtrusive. The reason why they became the most loyal fans of the "wave" is precisely because the aura of collectivism concealed their original weakness, and by this they gained respect, attention and trust that they had never received before. This attachment to group identity has become a dangerous seed. When the "soft-footed shrimp" Tim finally pointed his gun at Wenger, Wenger just calmly said: "You kill me, no one can lead the wave." One sentence made Tim a complete breakdown, because to him In other words, the meaning of survival is not in himself, but in a powerful collective and a powerful Ling master-and he knows that he can never be such a role.
Fu Shi two people, blood flow five steps. Mr. Wenger finally fell into endless perplexity in the police car—how a classroom experiment aimed at exposing the harmfulness of dictatorship politics showed the deceptive nature of "one heart, profit and money", and even made him himself lost. direction? How did a liberal who has participated in countless street movements become a dictator who responds in a few days? Why would a mutually-helpful and progressive atmosphere be completely shattered by two gunshots, leaving everyone lost and unwilling again? Looking back at the slack and dying school before everything happened-it may not be the best state, but is it the safest state?
As far as the film itself is concerned, the treatment of the subject matter may be superficial, but the sense of responsibility and the sense of worry it exhibits is still worthy of respect. In the past, in a series of film and television works and even video games-whether it is "Return to the German Army Headquarters", "Hellboy", or even earlier "Vampire Nazi Zombie", there has been a tendency to demonize Nazism, so recklessly Forgetfulness is speechless. The struggle between liberalism and despotism has never been a struggle between the best and the worst, and the Nazis are not at all a political monster that descends from the sky. It is an individual’s basic demand for "homogenization". Between people's thoughts; there is no need for a special culture medium at all, and if you don't pay attention, it will thrive and swallow everything. A frustrated painter and an ordinary teacher can bring it back to life. It is not only Germans who should be sufficiently sensitive.
At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Ron Jones, Wenge's prototype, attended the world premiere of "Welle, Die". In a previous interview, Ron Jone said earnestly: “Many of us are lonely, lack family warmth, collective care, and a sense of belonging to a group. Even if we put this experiment on today, we will get The same result..."
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