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Chapter 735 In the name of riddles, does human nature really shine?

The many discussions about "Life is Beautiful" at the Berlin Film Festival were not deliberately hyped up a certain topic, and even the parade of female boxing and so on can be compared.

Among them, the many riddles that appeared in the movie and the attitude of the German doctor caused endless debate among fans and the media.

Some people think that the German doctor's riddle has a deep meaning. He wants to save Guido's family, but he can't, so he punches the table angrily.

Some people think that this guessing game is just a guessing game, without any metaphors.Because from the beginning to the end, the doctor has always been obsessed with riddles. In the hotel, he can forget to eat and sleep for a riddle, so that in his mind, nothing is more important than his riddle, including the family of Guido. life and death.

There are many interpretations on this point.

"The answer to that riddle is obviously a duckling, but the veterinarian told him that the answer was wrong, but both we and Guido knew that the answer was a duck, obviously the veterinarian lied to him, but the doctor can no longer tell whether the answer is right or wrong , he only believes the answer given to him by the person who gave him the riddle. Then it's like he judges whether the **** racism is correct!"

"I think it should be through riddles to tell the male protagonist that although platypus and ducks look alike, they cry differently, just like children will be exposed when they speak, so the doctor wants to tell the male protagonist through riddles that he is powerless. "

"I think the doctor is an ironic character, a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies, a symbol of insensitivity, self-centeredness, and a cycle of extreme rationality, which brings fleeting hope to the protagonist and the audience and then falls into deeper despair and helplessness Among them. There is no need to obsess over kindness and kindness. In such an environment, numbness is a safer choice than kindness, and the dramatic reversal can make people feel the sadness."

In fact, from this aspect, "Life is Beautiful" has been successful, because only when fans really watch it, and really go deep into the movie, will they make various interpretations of the details in the movie.

"Daily Screen" reported on "Life is Beautiful" in the special issue of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Famous Hollywood film critic Alan Berger interprets and comments on the film starting from several riddles in the film festival special column of "Daily Screen".

"The first riddle: the more of what the less invisible?—Darkness"

"Guido was unwilling to tell his son the truth and let him accept the miserable life prematurely. He set up the biggest scam, telling his son that this was just a game, and the reward of the game was that whoever got 1000 points first would get a brand new car. tank.

In the depressing and even cruel days that followed, Guido was always optimistic and smiling in front of his son.He played hide-and-seek with his son, took his son to eat biscuits with German children, and told his son the cruel methods of persecuting the Jews as the rules of the game: moving things, doing coolies, poison gas baths, and burning. Covered up by such ingenious lies, my son has been growing up happily, never knowing what a bad era he is living in.

What is more invisible?The answer is darkness.Cruelty, persecution, and death happen every day. According to statistics, during World War II, the Communist Party killed about 600 million European Jews, including 150 million children.Throughout World War II, about 580 million European Jews were killed by guns, which is two-thirds of the European Jewish population.

What a huge amount of data, what a shocking history, in Europe at that time, the darkness of corruption enveloped everything.And because of his son, because of love, and because of hope, the great father skillfully turned all kinds of darkness into games and light.Man is great, justice is immortal, Schopenhauer said, the role of will is great, because we have this will, we can overcome all darkness. "

"Second Riddle: Mention Me, I Disappear: Silence"

"The father and son who were playing hide-and-seek were discovered by the German army. Before parting, the father and son repeatedly told the son to be silent and made the son swear. As long as the son opened his mouth, he would reveal his identity as a Jew. What the father did to silence the son The decision is a kind of protection, but also a kind of helplessness. Because of silence, the son escaped the massacre.

At the end of the film, the father silenced his son again and told him to hide in a small iron box, and he couldn't come out until there was no one outside.When the German army escorted Guido to death, when the son was hiding in the small iron box, the father walked past funny and made a last grimace for his son.Father was led into a corner.The gunshots rang out, but we still only heard the sound, and did not see the scene of Guido being shot to death. This is also an ingenious arrangement. We did not witness the death of our father with our own eyes. We were not born in that war-torn era. I have never experienced persecution or massacre.But even if we didn't see it with our own eyes, we all know that history, the torture is not forgotten, and the history is not forgotten.What disappears when you mention it?The answer is silence.

In the end, the Communist Party failed, the Communist Party ran away, and the American tanks came in. Silence, once mentioned, would disappear. The people replaced silence with resistance, and justice finally won.The father exchanged his cruel sacrifice for his promise to his son - a brand new tank.

The director does not regard this film as a tragedy because he wants people to see hope and happiness.I have heard people say that maturity is not about not crying when you are sad, but about crying in your heart and smiling on your face.I think this is a philosophy, and it is a difficult problem that everyone will face in their lives.

Life is already depressed, and the heart is happy and hopeful, which is the greatest victory. "

"The third riddle: Fat, ugly, and ugly. In reality, his whole body is yellow. You ask me, who is he? I answer: quack, quack, there are popping noises when I walk along the road."

"There are many interpretations about this riddle. The doctor said: No! This riddle was given by the veterinarian. I can't solve it, so I can't return him a riddle. I thought it was a platypus. But the platypus is not called quack quack. Hey, what do you think I translated into Italian for you last night? I can't think of anything but ducklings.

The doctor once regarded Guido as the smartest person, so I think this riddle has a deep meaning.

In my opinion, what the doctor means is: Guido, I can't help you, I know what is right and what is wrong, such as the persecution of the Jews, I know it is wrong, but I can't say what I am Answer.

You give hope to me, I really want to help you, but I can't do anything, I can't even sleep because of it, I care about you Guido very much, but I can't do anything.

The doctor can completely ignore Guido, but he is kind, pity and cowardly. He hints that Guido should not pin hope on him. Although he sympathizes with Guido, he is afraid and there is nothing he can do.This is actually the psychological characteristic of most people in human society since ancient times.After Guido left heavily, why did he hammer the table hard and cry in frustration? Is it really just for a riddle?I prefer to believe that this is not the case, his anger is because he is angry at his own powerlessness!
I prefer to believe that the movie wants to let the audience feel a little bit of humanity through the doctor.If not, it is really, really hopeless! "

(End of this chapter)