From Dao Bai's Autobiography

Rickey 2021-10-22 14:30:58

1958 Oscar for Best Picture, Director, Editing.
Summary of the story: World War II, Burma, British vs. Japanese. The Japanese army wanted to build a bridge on the River Kwai on the border between Myanmar and Thailand. The Japanese army asked British prisoners of war to build the bridge, and the officers also had to contribute. British officer Nicholson believed that the Geneva Convention had been violated and did not implement it, so he was detained. Nicholson is not there, and the prisoner of war behaves negatively. At the same time, the Japanese army was unable to do so and had to release Nicholson. During this period, a US prisoner of war named Shears escaped from this camp. He was given a mission by the Allies to blow up the bridge on the day it was built. Nicholson did his best to build the bridge, and then the bridge was blown up.
Feng Xiaogang mentioned one thing in his autobiography "I Dedicate Youth to You": Ma Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen had a disagreement over whether the starring role of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" was David Niven, and they had to bet if Jiang Wen lost If Jiang Wen is wrong, let Jiang Wen admit that he was wrong in front of everyone; if Jiang Wen wins, he can do anything to Ma Xiaoqing.
Jiang Wen won because he didn't like this film in general.
The supporting role of the protagonist in this film is not clear. William Holden (US prisoner of war) is too charming, but the protagonist is indeed not him. The difference between Ma Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen is actually that of Alek Guinness (British military officer) and Daejeon. Wei Niven looks too alike. The difference is that Alek Guinness’s face is longer than David Niven; David Niven’s pupil is wider than that of David Niven; Alek Guinness doesn’t like to laugh, probably because he is an illegitimate child. Wei Niven laughed but was awkward, and felt his muscles twitching; Alek Guinness was more fanciful, but he never won the Oscar for Best Actor, David Niven won the Oscar; Visually inspecting Alek Guinness 5 cm taller than David Niven.

1. The bridge built by Nicholson finally blew up by himself;
2. Shears thought that he was pretending to be an officer and was not seen through. He did not expect that he would still have to go through fire and water to deepen his game war. He also said that war is a game, don’t bear it. Too much responsibility;
3. Nicholson and the bandit officer chirped crookedly on the built bridge to confirm his feelings for the bridge and deepen the ambivalence of blowing up the bridge with his own hands;
4. The water level of the river in
Gouri actually dropped. This section of the bridge is particularly interesting and real; 5. Nicholson bombed the bridge only when he fainted. The art was hypocritical;
6. Various countries and languages, war films Sure enough, it is a good way to demonstrate globalization;
7. The military doctor in the film is a small onlooker, but it is in place. It is estimated that he is the spokesperson of the director. He does not participate in, nor likes, resisting the war;
8. The second last shot rises in aerial photography It’s the height of a space voyage, a game of humans, hehe later. The women and the scenery are very good;
the whistle of 9.2 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds is the "March of Colonel Porkey" ([English] Alford, 1914), because it appears in this film, also known as "March of the River Kwai", Jiang Wenzai It's also used in "Let the Bullets Fly";
10. Feng Xiaogang teased Jiang Wen for a day or two. This has annoyed me a lot. I should have known that he was full of bad water and took Xu Fan away from Wang Zhiwen. I Never watch "I Dedicate My Youth to You". But if I don’t watch it, I won’t know about it. I will not write about it today.
War films all contain anti-war ideas, but the war never disappears. The Vietnam War should come or return.
Therefore, war films cannot be more hypocritical and pale on the level of "anti-war".
Therefore, I feel that anti-war war films always reveal a kind of hypocrisy.

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  • Gudrun 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    At the core of the story, Lawrence and River Kwai are exactly the same model, first building the hero, and then self-discovery. The scene where the officer comes out of the oven is very similar to the one in Lawrence where he rescues a man in the desert. "Lao" projects the contradiction between the external order and the individual's self-seeking on one person, while "Gui" projects on two people, Nixon represents order above everything else, and Shields believes that nothing is more important than the self , even as a deserter.

  • Shyanne 2022-03-24 09:01:24

    The war is madness, I hate the British, it's the duty of a captured soldier to attempt escape, this is just a game, this war, the only important thing is how to live like a human being,

The Bridge on the River Kwai quotes

  • Colonel Saito: Let me remind you of General Yamashita's motto: be happy in your work.

  • Major Hughes: Jennings has a plan, sir. He seems to think...

    Colonel Nicholson: Yes, I'm sure Jennings has a plan. But escape? Where, into this jungle? That fellow Saito was right: no need for barbed wire or fence, one chance in a hundred of survival. I'm sure a man of Commander Shears' experience will attest to that.

    Commander Shears: I'd say the odds against a successful escape are about 100 to one. But may I add another word, Colonel? The odds against survival in this camp are even worse.