One word —————————————————— "Black"

Misael 2022-04-20 09:01:22

I thought it was a sniping movie, but I didn't expect it to be so "black". The name was about the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, but it was actually a black Soviet communism. It was a film with ideological opposition and concealment. Aside from ideology, the failure of a war of aggression has its inevitability. The first is national character. Under a strong national identity, being eliminated means the demise of the nation, a loss of national self-esteem, so desperate resistance is inevitable; second is national strength. In the contest of military strength, Nazi Germany is very strong, and the Soviet Union is very large. In terms of so-called morality, in terms of strength, this is a protracted war. In a word, whoever persists to the end will win. There is also the legend that the time and place are right and the victory of the Soviet Union has its inevitability.

When it comes to ideology, the Cold War is the confrontation between the socialist camp and the capitalist camp, and I will not express my position here, but this film uses the perspective of capitalism to measure and vilify communism everywhere. Of course, we must admit that in the current stage of human social development, private ownership is absolutely dominant, as is human nature. This is Lenin in the eyes of Marx. In other words, at the current level of productivity development, the transcendence of social relations needs to be carefully maintained. The film takes pains to "black", from the rude Khrushchev, the heroic shaping of the newspaper, the expulsion of the Jews, the family background of the commissar, the commissar sacrificing himself for his love but the country, the indifference of the nurse, in short The Soviet Union is a mess. On the other hand, in Nazi Germany, it was a small soldier who secretly stole the ring, because he made a contribution to stealing the little red book, and was saved from death. In short, the military discipline was strict.

Two protagonists are just two props, so there must be a story to tell. The colonel is handsome.

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Enemy at the Gates quotes

  • Vassili Zaitsev: On this day, September 20th 1942, a young shepherd boy from the Urals arrived in the city of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. His name is Vassilij Zaitzev. Like thousands before him he came to answer comrade Stalin's call. Armed only with a rifle, he quickly made the fascist invader realise that from now on he would be punished for every step he took in the motherland, that from here on the only way was back.

  • Vassili Zaitsev: Shouldn't we try and make the point that I'm not the only one fighting?

    Commisar Danilov: That's an excellent idea. We can take it even further though. Your battle for the production of coal is as worthy as mine. There's no 'k' in coal. Just one 'l'. Tell me if I'm going too fast.

    Vassili Zaitsev: No, you're not going too fast. Is there any other improvements?

    Mother Filipov: Why don't you get some rest? These letters can wait until tomorrow.

    Vassili Zaitsev: We should carry on. We're not tired. Thank you, Mrs. Filipov. These people took the trouble to write to us. Tomorrow we might not be around to write back.