FIFF4丨DAY9 "Song of Soldiers" in the cruel war, tenderness is eternal

Jerrold 2022-01-20 08:01:36

The 4th #法罗岛电影节# The 9th screening day of the main competition unit will bring you "Song of the Soldiers", and here is the evaluation of the publication group!

Toco:

From the perspective of an ordinary person, all the emotions in the background of the war appear so moving. PS: The photography is really great.

Mimi:

Some people are because I want to go home, and some people are waiting for you to come back. It is a good war movie. The two children are so beautiful. Although they are beautiful and unreal, they need such a sense of beauty.

Gray cat:

The Soviet World War II film is not pretentious, true and concise. After thousands of hardships, Alyosha rushed home, but could only hug his mother before continuing to the front line. For the country, he was just one of many ordinary soldiers, and for his mother, he was her only son. The first five minutes of the scene made me amazed, and the photography was amazing. The group portrait under the director's video reflects the turmoil during the war, and finally unforgettable mother's tearful eyes. The male protagonist's innocent vision is heartbreaking, and there are still people who stick to the glory of humanity in the tide of history. Excellent soundtrack, diverse styles.

Sweet tea ♂ me:

A moment of warmth in the context of cruel war is eternal.

City of Philharmonic:

I like this movie very much, and personally think it deserves the Golden Train or the Jury Prize.

Shang Xiu's movies:

Their best time, sorrow and beauty are staged together, and the mother's choking at the end makes people cry.

Dan Stevens:

This is a war film that is not a war. It is cruel and beautiful. Compared with family love, what is military merit? "Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, I will definitely come back again." He didn't know, this was a farewell. Encountered love on the way home, but there is nothing more tragic than love in the war years. What shocked me was that the Soviet Union would also shoot such a young man of flesh and blood, not a Taoist priest.

Aurora vovo:

Poetic war film, noble humanistic feelings

For a long time, we seem to have a prejudice against Soviet films: it always emphasizes political significance too much (especially the works of Stalin), the lens language is boring (obviously Tarkovsky’s works are not included in this list), A curious way to celebrate the vast working people of the Soviet Union (that is, the "collective farm film" as the former chairman of the Berlin Film Festival called it). It is obvious that "Song of Soldiers" will completely break our prejudice against Soviet films and let us Realize that even Soviet filmmakers can make movies poetic even if they are shooting war films.

The most wonderful thing about "Song of Soldiers" is that even though it is a "war film", compared with traditional war films, it directly lists the war scenes and piles up to impact our eyes and ravages the eardrums of the audience with explosive roars. The biggest difference in the audio-visual mode (the most typical example: Spielberg’s "Saving Private Ryan", "Schindler's List", "War Horse") is that the most inscribed place in "Song of Soldiers" is not the battlefield. It's a more peaceful and poetic life behind the battlefield compared to the frontline. And the tranquility in the rear (relatively speaking) and the front line of bullets coexist in a movie, and the sense of contrast is thus highlighted. Poetry also emerges spontaneously. With beautiful photography, the entire film alone has a shocking power from the image level.

In 59, the three arguably excellent World War II movies "General Lowire", "Conditions of the World", and "Song of Soldiers" each have their own emphasis and each has its own advantages. "General Rovere" focuses on the greatness of ordinary people (shown through concentration camps), while "Conditions of the World" focuses on the question of "how to be a human" and discusses how to maintain humanity in war. The "Song of Soldiers" shows the ordinary side of the hero: the protagonist is a 19-year-old communicator, but has served on the battlefield and has been allowed to go home to visit relatives, but what we mainly see is not how much he is on the battlefield. Bravery, but his side as an ordinary person: he went back home to visit his mother, and met a girl and fell in love at first sight. This kind of treatment is very subtle. Compared with the other two movies, it has a stronger appeal and can arouse more empathy.

While we see these advantages, we should not ignore this question: Is the image of the male protagonist a bit too perfect? ​​Many of the choices he makes are based on the perspective of altruism, and everything is based on the collective He is also willing to dedicate everything he has to the country as a whole (such as joining the army, rejecting personal rewards, and actively saving the wounded in case of a train accident). In the Soviet Union where the collectivism is supreme, the individualistic temperament of the characters has been completely mechanically affected. Obliteration, this is very chilling. The overly perfect image of the male protagonist also makes this realist work seem so unrealistic.

But after watching the full movie, I found out that the story of this movie inexplicably reminded me of the short film "Three Minutes" by Chen Kexin, but the story background of the whole movie is more than that of "Three Minutes" during the Spring Festival. Extreme, more depressive. And the great pressure of this era background will make the whole movie have a stronger emotional appeal after being depressed. If "Three Minutes" is tear-jerking, then the emotional appeal of "Song of Soldiers" is undoubtedly stronger. The protagonist’s overall visit to relatives reminds me of Remack’s "No War on the Western Front" (but the scenes of visiting relatives on the Western Front with no war are more ironic), and compared to the end of the Western Front with no war on the war Ignoring the pungent irony of the inhuman side of the individual, "Song of the Soldiers" only shows the inhuman side of the war and silently leaves tears. The overall appearance is much gentler and poetic, but it has a humanistic view. Effect.

And the last thing we need to realize is that although the movie is very poetic, the result of the whole movie is undoubtedly a tragedy. Lu Xun once pointed out: “Tragedy destroys the valuable things of life for others to see, and comedy tears the worthless things to others to see” (“Rediscussing the Falling of Leifeng Pagoda” 1925). At the age of 19, there is an old mother at home and she can only go home and say a few words before she has to leave. He also met his girlfriend who fell in love at first sight. His life was beautiful, valuable, and infinitely possible. But the war completely destroyed his valuable infinite possibility, and he could never come back. This is the perfect footnote to Lu Xun's view.

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  • Consuelo 2022-03-20 09:02:41

    Ah Liaosha, you silly boy~ Go and hold Shula's hand~ Go~

  • Elza 2022-04-21 09:03:09

    A soldier's journey home to visit relatives during the war is so tortuous, yet so pure and moving, from the approval of the vacation to all the encounters and partings along the way to the reunion, which is the end of the breakup, and all the joys, sorrows and sorrows are abundant and natural. , facing the suffering of all living beings but not suffering great hatred, hope and optimism run through, and the impression is a pleasant moving. This is the credit of the protagonist with the heart and face of an angel, as well as the editing of the smooth poetic footage. The young men and women who love each other look at each other on the train, and the last farewell and retention after missing the opportunity to express their love is blown by the sound of the train whistle. Swallowing (personal feelings were silenced in the big era), the mother's desperate running in the field, the broken leg of the disabled soldier only revealed in the last shot, the soap bubbles that burst when the soap was delivered, etc., etc., the rhythm and rhythm were captured. With echoes, it eventually became a soldier's "song".

Ballad of a Soldier quotes

  • Alyosha Skvortsov: Comrade General, instead of my decoration, could I go home to see my mother?