This film tells the story of a small group of so-called distinguished disciples at Oxford University who were sent to the police station in order to protect the wealth of the family and maintain a century of decent demeanor. .
The members of that fight club were cruel, violent and nothing. In this riot club, members compare blood, family status, and wealth. The two most extreme classes of society.
The prototype of the story can be traced back to Oxford University in the 18th century. A group called "The Bullingdon club" brought together various party clubs of dignitaries. It is said that The Bullingdon club is famous at Oxford University for smashing porcelain and glass, and basically leaves an expensive check after each party. The current British Prime Minister Cameron, London Mayor Boris, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne are all members of the club.
The script of this film comes from Laura Wade. She created the stage play POSH based on "The Bullingdon club" in 2010, directed by Danish female Lone Scherfig, one of the initiators of the Dougma 95 film movement. She has directed "One Day" and "Growth Education". The film continues her strong and clear narrative style and focuses on the real story and the performance of the actors themselves.
The cast is strong, almost all of the emerging frontline faces in the UK: Sam Claflin, who became popular by The Hunger Games, Burberry's signature model Douglas Booth, Jeremy Irons's young boy Max Irons, and the third Miss Jessica Brown Findlay in Downton Abbey. Among them, Sam Claflin's performance is the most memorable. That handsome and evil face was extremely hideous when he threw a fist at the people of Scotland. Max Irons also has good performances, most of the time in the state of a lost lamb. Douglas Booth, known as the most handsome man in England, managed a gangster who plays with women with ease.
The film is a reflection on the prevalence of elitism and class differences in the UK. According to a social survey conducted by a BBC Lab UK study last year, in terms of wealth capital, cultural capital and social capital, islanders can basically be divided into seven categories:
• Elite
• Established middle class
• Technical middle class Type middle class)
• New affluent workers (emerging petty bourgeoisie)
• Traditional working class (traditional working class)
• Emergent service workers (
fashionable migrant workers) • Precariat (Chaobubaoxi ethnic group)
Among them, the best elites have more possessions than the other six classes. Much higher absolute wealth, cultural and social capital. The local tyrants we are talking about are never able to enter the elite clan. The elite ratio is not who your dad is, but who is your dad's dad's dad, something that bleeds in the blood.
Elitism and hierarchical differences are everywhere in the UK. For example, the rich live in the West End in London and the poor live in the south. Everyone checks the postcode when buying a house. The most obvious manifestation is the British education system. Not Oxford and Cambridge, there are also the oldest aristocratic schools in the world: Eton College, Radley College, Westminster School Sherborne School, Sherborne School, Sherborne School for Boys and Harrow School (Harrow School) are basically twice the annual salary of an average British worker. The 10 club members in this film all come from the above public schools.
They insist that only a small number of social elites with knowledge, wealth, and status can make political decisions, and dominate the direction of society is the way out for social development. They formed a private alliance just to maintain the family's centuries-old hairpin, and enjoy the highest right to speak in the political and business circles. In ancient times, elitism was based on an extremely unequal economy, and it came at the cost of the ignorance of most people. The legitimacy of the Western elites in the Middle Ages comes from their blood. In other words, in the Western Middle Ages, talents from noble backgrounds were elites. With a noble background, he deserves greater decision-making power. This is obviously absurd today. Why is a man whose father is a king, he is naturally more qualified to make decisions than a rural child? Today, with the development of Internet technology, farmers who have Yaxing can also read Shakespeare through Baidu. When they are right, English teachers who have failed the college entrance examination several times can also become Internet upstarts. Maintaining elitism has become a costly task. What's more, in an era where everyone is equal, the greatest enemy of the elite, jealousy, will kill the elites on social networks. Alistair in the film also uses modern communication technology to push Miles into a desperate situation.
From a biological point of view, this concept also violates the natural selection proposed by Darwin. It only talks about genetics but not mutation. A lion standing at the top of the food chain does not mean that its son can also be stronger than the enemy. Prince William and Prince Harry’s IQ is missing. He is taller than the IT guy sitting across from me. Prime Minister Card is often incoherent in debates. The most extreme example is the report of Spanish researchers. The marriage of close relatives was the main reason for the extinction of the Habsburg family in the country's history. Santiago de Compostela University, Spain-Gonzalo Alvarez and others calculated the coefficient of inbreeding among 3000 members of the 16 generations of the Habsburg family. The coefficient of inbreeding refers to the probability that the offspring will acquire a pair of the same gene due to the marriage of close relatives. The greater the coefficient of inbreeding, the greater the degree of harm. The last monarch of the Habsburg family, Carlos II, suffered from a variety of diseases, and the researchers speculated that this might be related to the marriage of his parents. This shows that the cost of preserving the legitimacy of blood is huge. Look at all the members of the Riot Club who are very good at history and politics. In fact, biology is a zero-pointer. Today, Prince William's decision to marry Xiaomin girl Kate is definitely a smart decision.
The film is more about criticizing the sense of elite from the perspective of ethics. Russell, who has a strong sense of elite, once said that true ethical principles treat people equally. It is very difficult to truly be grandiose; because without the nobility and kindness of the character, grandiose is impossible. In Russell's eyes, Alistair's high-mindedness towards the bar owner is as vulgar as showing off his strength to the weak. This is also the biggest resonance point between the film and the audience.
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