It is impossible for Dax to achieve justice for his subordinates through normal procedures and means. He can only use the internal contradictions of the upper class to intervene in the game as a pawn. The pretentious attitude and righteous words of the superiors to win him into the game are even more desperate. How many tool people who have been manipulated have taken this opportunity to change their identities and become "chess players", and they also began to climb up on the flesh and blood of others. Woolen cloth. So Kubrick is still gentle, and he leaves the audience with an unshakable role as an anchor.
Anti-war is a commonplace. "People" in war are reduced to means. In the eyes of commanders and politicians, soldiers are only regarded as tools that can achieve the so-called "strategic goals". However, behind the cold casualty figures, there are real, fresh and full of vitality individuals who have disappeared one after another. These people are husbands, fathers, and possibly sons, and the people killed by them are also human husbands, for the Son of Man. In Bordeaux, Lyon, in Stuttgart and Munich, the loved ones, children and parents of the deceased are still waiting for them to return home. In short, there is nothing noble or great in war. The stench of mountains and blood and the ugliness of ruthless slaughter cover up all glory.
At the end of the film, Kubrick also showed his pity: the noisy pub full of manic French soldiers was quieted by the soft singing of German girls, the girl on stage with tears on her face allowed the soldiers to Pulled away from the grand narrative and the perpetual panic, but soon, they will be back in the trenches.
Filmed in 1957, Kubrick was 29 years old, ahead of his time and far from his peers in any era.
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