The director is a pacifist

Keanu 2022-03-29 08:01:02

After watching this movie, I kept thinking, how intensely angry and painful did the director finish this movie? ! Even until the end of the film, this intertwined mood of anger and deep pain was not dissipated, but spread over a large area and sucked directly into my mind as an audience.
Obviously, as a film with such a strong political connotation, it is strongly negative about the era of Franco's dictatorship. (I believe this is also the opinion of the vast majority of ordinary Spanish people).
Moreover, it is also very obvious that the director also has no good feelings for those "internationalist fighters" who are enemies of Franco's regime. Of course, not to mention those "Basque separatists" (who are recognized by the entire international community as "terrorists").
To illustrate the above point, take a look at the following scenes:
Shortly at the beginning of the film, when the "internationalist warriors" force the circus performers to wear "drama costumes" to fight, their superior said something like this: "A The clown with the machete is sure to scare the shit out of our enemies."
After the battle (above), when the soldiers of the Franco regime began to shoot the "internationalist fighters", almost everyone shouted "Long live the Republic!" except for the "former circus members" who were forced to fight in confusion "They can only shout "Long live the circus!" before dying.
The middle part of the film: After the "Sad Clown" saw with his own eyes the horrors created by the "Basque separatists" on the streets, he stepped forward and asked, "Which circus are you from?" The
above three paragraphs are wonderful Irony! I'm sorry, but I want to say a more old-fashioned line here - "They really shook my heart!"
From the director's point of view, no matter how lofty ideals or doctrines your heart is, violence should be punished. Absolutely forbidden, in this sense director Álex de la Iglesia is an absolute, unabashed pacifist.


























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  • Marianna 2022-04-23 07:05:49

    Extremely absurd, extremely insane. Even aside from the blatant political metaphors, it's still the best of a great B-movie. From the beginning of the film, there is little sense of substitution, and it becomes more and more exciting as it slowly gets closer. The last leap made the war cry too.

  • Theodore 2022-03-29 09:01:10

    (11.07.2011; 06.08.2012)