The coldness of the extremely cold city is very deliberate. Throughout the film, there are always ice cubes, windbreaker, spirits, the heroine's ash blonde hair and other elements, with a strong Siberian atmosphere. At first glance, the director was very attentive, but one problem kept bothering me. Is the heroine afraid of the cold? The title explains that the heroine is used to taking a bath in a bathtub full of ice cubes. After soaking it is not enough, and continues to drink vodka with half of the ice cubes in the glass. So I guess the heroine is like the supernatural old lady in Frozen, who is not afraid of cold or freezing. However, I fell into the unfrozen river with Comrade Telescope, but after soaking for a few minutes, the heroine couldn't hold it anymore. After being rescued, the men gave her a bonfire and a blanket. Sitting in front of the fire, the heroine stared blankly and shivered. Mistress, you have supported the image of the Snow Queen for half of the movie, how can you get back to the original shape in one minute?
After talking about the heroine, let me talk about why Berlin is an extremely cold city in three points?
Cold War - First of all, Berlin was the front line of the confrontation between the two countries in the "Cold War". Cold War, Cold War, COLD WAR, COLD WAR, the metaphor is obvious. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union fought tit-for-tat in terms of ideology and social system, and divided Germany into two halves. Likewise, Berlin was mechanically divided into West and East Berlin. Although the fierce conflict did not intensify into an armed war, the underground organization was turbulent, the city appeared calm, and the border officials and female forensic doctors meticulously followed the bureaucratic tradition. This contrast is terrifying.
Indifference - Secondly, when it comes to underground organizations, it is necessary to mention the East German Thought Police (Stasi). If you want to know more about this history and this institution, you can go to [Eavesdropping Storm]. To put it simply, the general trend of the late East Germany has passed, the people are moving closer to West Germany, and many people are willing to gamble with their lives to climb over the heavily guarded Berlin Wall. The task of the Thought Police was to find out the disloyal people in East Germany, especially the opinion leaders, so that the flames of mutiny could be extinguished in time. Under the oppression of totalitarian ideology, the people have no choice but to be indifferent, because indifference can protect themselves. If you don’t discuss ideas with people, and don’t give people your emotions, you won’t get burned.
Grim - Berlin is a stronghold for espionage. Spies from all over the world work for the country here, and there are many double spies and triple spies like the hero and heroine. A spy lives on and can't trust anyone. Once tempted, he will not die, and his lover may be implicated. For spies, Berlin is a city of corpses, so when the male protagonist shouted, "I love Berlin" before his death, I concluded that he was a total anti-social psychopath, creepy.
At the end of the film, the Berlin Wall has fallen and the international order has been rebuilt. In the past three decades to today, the international order has evolved from a unipolar center led by the United States to a multi-center structure. Could there be a second Berlin in the world? In the same way, are speech blockades and online deletions of some sensitive events a harbinger of the approaching winter?
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