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Because I have always been a fan of historical events. At the beginning of the film, the director began that dusty history in the first person, bringing people into that era and feeling the changes of people and the impermanence of society in that era. ...
At the beginning of the film, the director linked the great famine in Henan with the world news in the same period as Song Meiling's visit to the United States, Churchill's cold, Gandhi's hunger strike and the Battle of Stalingrad, suggesting the influence of the great famine in Henan.
Through Lao Fan (the owner) and Boltley (the long-term worker) and a blind donkey family, the film condensed the image of the affected people in Henan at that time. Through the luxurious entertainment of Chongqing government, journalist Bai Xiude, pastor, president of Henan Province and commander of the war zone condensed the social environment and political outlook of that era.
The film runs through the authentic Henan dialect, which makes people very excited and instantly brings the audience to the scene of that era, which is very infectious. ...
Guided by the class contradiction between the bottom people and landlords, the film reveals the nature of all beings after the great famine in Henan Province.
A class conflict killed Shao Dong in the riot, and the blue bricks and green tiles instantly turned into rubble.
The former owner is now on the run like those poor people, but he still has money and food.
On the way to escape, the film depicts several details well, which clearly reflects that the psychology of each protagonist is constantly changing, from contradiction to happiness.
Lens ①:
Afterwards, he said to the priest, "Why can't God defeat the devil? Then why do you still believe in him?" ! "shows the godfather's vacillation of faith and inner helplessness. ...
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Lens ③:
Bad military and political affairs made the disaster worse.
Explain that under the disaster, government decrees are unreasonable, local corruption, false reporting of the disaster, and military and political disunity lead to national mourning!
Lens ④:
Bai Xiude, a reporter, was robbed of donkeys and biscuits by a "blind donkey tied to a stake" on his way with the victims. Close-up of the "blind donkey" killed by the national army and the "bolt column" robbing cookies;
In order to find the child, Boltley was killed by the Japanese army ... The victim under the camera put down his dignity just to live, there is no right or wrong. It also highlights the greatness of the mother and cannot forget the child!
Lens ⑤:
When the train arrived in Shaanxi, there was a passage from the old club:
Finally, I met a little girl whose mother died crying.
This film shows a natural disaster in Henan province through multiple shots. Due to the government's ineffective disaster relief and the turbulent times, the government has lost its trust in the people, and the contradictions at the bottom have intensified, making the people have no faith and can only live like walking dead. ...
Written at the end of the article:
The author thinks that for that disaster, we should set up an article in Huayuankou, Zhengzhou, just like the Nanjing Massacre, to commemorate the people all over Henan in that disaster and let future generations take a warning! !