The film begins with a sentence: Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. My understanding of this is that children always understand the world through their own intuitive feelings, and adults always understand the world in a rational way (at least every adult thinks he understands in a rational way) international). So the world of adults and the world of children are always very different.
Bruno, the little protagonist in the film, has shown a puzzlement about the world from the very beginning: why did he leave his familiar house and friends and move to a strange place? Little Bruno also looked dazed when people celebrated his father's ascension in an almost cult-like ritual, even though his mother tried to tell him in plain language: that means he becomes a more important soldier. Yes, in the eyes of little Bruno, there are grandparents here, a familiar environment, and a partner who can go on an adventure together. Why did you leave? Until my father finally told him: you can take this as a new adventure. Curious about the world and eager to explore, Bruno is finally willing to move out.
After arriving at the new home, Bruno, who is lonely after losing his playmate, does not miss any opportunity to explore the new home. So he lay on the windowsill and saw the Auschwitz concentration camp and the prisoners in the camp not far away. But in the eyes of little Bruno, the concentration camp is just a Farm, and the prisoners in prison uniforms are just strange Farmers wearing clothes similar to their pajamas. At this time, a very ironic contrast appeared: the concentration camp built by Bruno's father under the so-called "rationality" to realize the rejuvenation of the nation was just a farm in Brono's eyes; it represented the identity of "they are not really person" In Brono's eyes, the prison uniform is just pajamas or a prop of some kind of game.
At first, little Bruno just wondered: why these people were wearing pajamas, why the doctor didn't go to be a doctor and ran into the kitchen to peel potatoes, why the big chimney in the farm smelled so bad, why his newfound friend When Schmüll heard the whistle, the cart hurriedly ran back. When his father invited a tutor, little Bruno was particularly puzzled by the Germanic history and the revelation the tutor told about the present. (One detail worth noting here is: Bruno's sister, under the influence of her father, under the influence of her father's subordinates, and under the education of her tutor, is gearing up for the revitalization of the famous family, and this reminds me of our education And our public opinion environment. At the party celebrating Dad's promotion, the little girl was also quite excited and the contrast between this and Bruno's blank expression also just confirmed that the time for rational growth is "dark hour".) Gradually Little Bruno felt some ominous information: the disappearance of the servant who peeled the potatoes, the always starving appearance of Schmüll in his pajamas, the viciousness of his father's subordinates towards Schmüll and himself, the subsequent expression on Schmüll's face. The scars made Bruno feel like Dad was doing something bad.
But the naive Bruno surreptitiously saw the black-and-white propaganda film that finally made him feel relieved. It turned out that there were Yingge Yanyu in the concentration camp, there were smiles like flowers, there were cinemas, and coffee shops. It was like a paradise for others. Poor Bruno hugged Dad tightly as he came out: the image of the stalwart, upright, and trying to make people's lives better was resurrected. It's an ironic scenario, perhaps in this real world where we're all Brunos under the influence of public opinion at some point.
In the end, under the misdirection of the propaganda film, and in order to compensate for his betrayal of his friends, Bruno got into the concentration camp in a way that was almost "prison break"; and in order not to be recognized, he put on "pajamas" ——And he didn't know that it was the sign of the road to death designed by his fathers. When little Bruno and the other Jews were driven like cattle to the gas chambers, little Bruno and Schmüll had no idea what was going on or what they were doing. Perhaps they will never understand: Why do some people kill others for no reason? ! When little Bruno was still searching for the legendary coffee shop in the concentration camp, they were rushed to the gas chamber. Finally, the two little friends clasped their hands in fear. The soldiers wearing gas masks injected poison gas into the noisy gas chamber. The camera turned black, and then the camera was aimed at the door of the gas chamber. No painful twisting limbs, no dripping blood, but the violence revealed by these few shots made my scalp tingle. That is, when I saw this, I understood why the film was classified as R-12 in the UK (that is, children under 12 cannot watch it).
I feel that this movie also contains some kind of fable: we are told through public opinion and the media that we live in heaven and our life is beautiful. When we try to discover this kind of beauty, we are often affected by this kind of "beautiful" murder. In fact, Bruno's father is another Bruno. ——The great leader told him that he had a lofty mission on his shoulders, and he worked hard to complete his mission, and as a result his efforts cost him his son; and after the defeat, he had to be judged and judged for his "mission". punish.
The film is filled with the high enthusiasm of the Germans for war under the Nazis. In the film, there are only three women who oppose the war and the slaughter of Jews - Bruno's grandmother, mother, and later sister. I think the director arranged it this way because women are generally considered to be emotional creatures. And in this frenzy, it was these emotional women who made the correct judgment. It seems that the time for rational growth is really "dark hour". Especially from Bruno's sister, it can be seen that her attitude towards the Nazis changed only because the soldier she liked was sent to the front line (in the age of frenzy in the film, the political atmosphere shown in the film did not Strangers: Bruno's dad told Bruno's grandma at the party not to talk nonsense to avoid getting into trouble; soldier was sent to the front for not reporting the fact that his dad went to Switzerland; Bruno's grandma was buried next to him Books that glorify the Nazis I hate.) The
film asks hard and deep questions: Can we trust the reason we are so proud of? I think: what is wrong is not reason, but reason is often kidnapped, so there are many unbelievable results. The discussion on this issue is beyond my current ability, and the second is that it is really tiring and goes against my original intention of resting, so let's not talk about it.
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