Distrust gap

Guiseppe 2022-01-17 08:03:35

The increased cost of human beings because of mutual mistrust is too large to calculate, but this is inevitable.

This film is to discuss the issue of trust between cultures. After 9/11, the United States began to discriminate against people in the Islamic world, but what is the difference between this and the large-scale isolation of Japanese or Japanese Americans in the United States after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II?

Racial discrimination cannot be avoided when entering a special context before human civilization eliminates and weakens the concept of "nation." People like people can only cooperate when they meet foreign enemies. For example, on that day, an alien civilization really attacked the earth. I believe that mankind will unite, put aside internal conflicts, and resolve external conflicts first. But before that, it was endless "fighting in the nest"

At the end of the film, the reporter friend saw that the other party was sending a text message, and then he saw the death message of the friend on his mobile phone, and he believed that the other party's text message was a ticket tearing order. Before that, I had talked so much, communicated so much emotions and ideas, but in the end, it was because there was no trust at all, which led to misunderstanding and killed a good student. This disease, at present (before the aliens come), is basically incurable.

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Extended Reading
  • Gussie 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Helpless, he is only a Pakistani, not an American

  • Isadore 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    The opening film in Venice, a model of novel adaptation, Miranell is a great female director, and her experience is somewhat similar to that of the male protagonist. The film is not fundamentalism. It provides another perspective on terrorism. It uses a Pakistani who once ascended to the upper class of the United States and several Americans with whom he has contacted to interpret the ambiguous “camp” orientation worthy of fun. Trust can never be achieved, and the world is not. Either black or white. A dialogue with hidden murderous intent runs through.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist quotes

  • Changez: [about watching the events of 9/11 unfold] In that moment, I should have felt sorrow or anger, but all I felt was awe. What audacity. The ruthlessness of the act was surpassed only by its genius. And David had struck Goliath. I'm sorry if my reaction to the attacks has offended you, Bobby. I hope you see that I'm not celebrating at the death of 3,000 innocents, just as you would not celebrate the death of 100,000 in Baghdad or Kabul, for that matter. But before conscience kicks in, have you never felt a split-second of pleasure at arrogance brought low?

    Bobby Lincoln: And you ask me why they're harrassing your family. Let's just cut the bullshit, okay? You believe in violence as a tool for social change. You teach a course in violent revolution at Lahore University. Your lectures are full of anti-American rhetoric.

    Changez: [cut to him teaching] We will wipe the blood of the invaders from our swords!

    Bobby Lincoln: If that weren't enough, you were spotted at an Asal Mujahideen meeting with Mustafa Fazil, a known cell leader.

    Changez: [cut to said meeting] I think I can help.

    Mustafa Fazil: I knew you would.

    Bobby Lincoln: Last night, Anse Rainier was kidnapped. And this morning, your class was canceled. If you're just an innocent bystander, Changez, why were you hiding? Only guilty people hide.

    Changez: Your candor is appreciated, Bobby, but your conclusions are wrong.

  • Changez: I was just coming to see you.

    Jim Cross: Interesting message you left me. "You're not letting him go"? What the hell does that mean?

    Changez: It means that I'm not going to fire Nazmi Kemal. In fact, I'm not going to do any more evaluations. I'm quitting the firm, Jim.

    Jim Cross: You accepted the position of associate less than three months ago. You leave now, you'll be giving up all hope of ever doing this kind of work again anywhere. You'd be commiting professional suicide.

    Changez: I know I've let you down, Jim, and I'm deeply sorry for that. But I have to tell you that I'm through.

    Jim Cross: You're telling me? You don't tell me!

    Changez: Can we be civil, Jim?

    Jim Cross: You think you're the only person who's experienced injustice firsthand? Throw a rock out there anywhere in this city and it'll land on the grave of someone who's seen worse than you. Now, maybe you're having some kind of breakdown. I will see to it that you will get some rest after this is done. But you will treat my committment to you with the respect that it deserves!

    Changez: And to myself, as well. I have a committment to myself.

    Jim Cross: Do you want to be an insurance salesman, Changez? With a mortgage and a migraine? Is that the life you envision for yourself?

    Changez: As opposed to what? I have to live in truth. You taught me, Jim.

    Jim Cross: You put your fucking shoes on and you go down to that office and you do the job you were hired to do!

    Changez: It's not my job anymore.