"Jojo Rabbit" is a comedy-style World War II movie. The film is set a short time before liberation. It stands on the opposite of "A Beautiful Life"-the perspective of a German boy, and sees the history of the country from the boy's growth. In fact, the boy’s fantasy is similar: guns, tanks, and being a man.
"A Beautiful Life" looks more like a pure fairy tale from the perspective of a child. Although the characters in the story of "Jojo Rabbit" are retro and funny, and the actions and events are extremely exaggerated, they incorporate more realistic factors: the shoes that used to dance easily, now even the shoelaces are hanging loose. I have to say that this is the most touching scene in the movie. He doesn't know how to tie his shoelaces, and this is the world he can't change.
Perhaps the film made it clear why the Nazi sentiment disappeared. Jojo met real Jews and saw the absurdity of war. Although they are all very passive things, like a mother forcibly twisting his head. In the process of being opened, the director stuffed a lot of weird laughs, which did not violate the peace. Play with Hitler’s salute to Heil (reminds of a certain book by Wang Xiaobo in an instant, inserting a quotation from Chairman Mao hhh before speaking normally).
The crazy rhythm of the film and the child's perspective cover many unsolved problems. Jojo’s absent father was a deserter from the war, and Jojo’s mother hated war. Although his little fat friend York was a little soldier, he never showed his enthusiasm for Hitler. In this context, why did Jojo grow up to be a fanatical Nazi? The film does not provide a reasonable explanation for this question: Where does the Nazi spirit come from? How did fanaticism ferment in this country?
The focus of the film is very much on the question "How different are the Jews from us?" The Jews that Jojo knows are derived from his education. During a weekend exercise, the teacher painted them Jews: the appearance of a devil, horns, scales, treacherous, and sinful. After seeing it with his own eyes, it was discovered that even the secret police could not distinguish the Jews standing in front of them. This was the reason for the quiet wavering. And if such a concept is instilled, why would his friend Little Fatty not feel disgusted when he heard about Jojo's Jewish girlfriend, but congratulate him without thinking? German education does not seem to necessarily lead to fanaticism.
I remember Jojo’s mother described Jojo as a fanatical little Nazi during her dialogue with a Jewish girl, and it took a long time to accept the fact that her grandfather was not blond. In fact, it is very appropriate to bring a little more here, the reflection and consideration of history will be very different from today's film pattern.
In addition, the English name of the film "Jojo Rabbit", jojo rabbit comes from a nickname for the weekend exercise: Jojo dare not kill the rabbit, Jojo is as timid as a rabbit. I feel that the second half of the movie has already deviated from this point... I still like the translation of the name "Wandering World". The Nazis and Hitler that run through the imagination, and the lack of overall view, is also an explanation. Even the instructors who killed the rabbits probably didn't know why they fought, but they lived early and caught up with the bad times.
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