During World War II, some people were recruited to become a soldier in the fascist army, and perhaps later died, unknown, and some people also secretly sacrificed because they did not want to participate in the war. "The Hidden Life" presents this kind of ordinary and heroic. The individuals who were described by Eliot: those who lived their lives faithfully without seeking knowledge, and then rested in graves where no one should pay tribute.
"The green color of green vegetables makes people feel beautiful, and free people should not notice it." This is Franz looking out of the window in the first spring after he was imprisoned, writing to his dearest wife sentence in the letter below. Franz and his wife are ordinary people who are engaged in agricultural work. They have not received special education, nor do they have a sensitive and clear understanding of good and evil. They just live under the vast fields and the vast sky. Those who can hear the sound of the creek gurgling in the house, smell the sweet smell of hay anytime and anywhere, respect nature, live in harmony with nature, are loyal to God, and are loyal to the goodness and justice of their inner beliefs. The soundtrack of the film is like a light breeze whispering in my ears, God whispers in my heart, cattle and sheep are scattered on the grassland one by one, little girls walk on the grass barefoot, loved by nature, and people who also love nature, by its grace, only I will love everything that is beautiful and peaceful in this world, how can I destroy this beauty. Therefore, it can be understood that it is impossible for Franz to follow the fascists to participate in the unjust war of aggression, nor to make any compromise of will in exchange for the freedom of the body.
After Franz, who refused to take the oath and participate in the war, was arrested in prison, one of the most frequently asked questions was: "Do you think what you have done will change the course of this war?" Director Malick released George A. Lott's original words in response: Because the growth of the good in the world, also depends in part on the trivial actions that keep you and me from being so miserable. Maybe it won't change, maybe it won't change much, but, for the day that will definitely come, you should persist. Doesn't Franz love freedom and life? No, what he's doing is defending freedom. On the way back from the court, he stretched out his hand to stroke the wind outside the car window. It was an act of reluctance to give up everything in the world. In a long confession, incessantly praying to God for strength, this is the practice of an individual in a people of faith in the face of adversity. The film mainly focuses on looking up, I think it is similar to the attitude of people looking up to God.
The second big question Franz was asked after he was in jail was: "How do you know what's good and what's bad?" Frank was honest, he said I don't know, there's a limit to what I can know, just" There is no way for me to do what I think is wrong." So he would rather suffer injustice, endure loneliness and torture in prison, see no future and sunshine, let his family accept everyone's indifference and bullying, and let his thin wife bear the burden All the heavy work on the farm, do what a man does, and don't do injustice. Frank and his wife insist: "The suffering that you have to endure is different from the suffering you choose." This is the suffering they choose, and it must be different.
I know the world is powerful, and the power of the individual always seems insignificant, it's like Frank's wife standing on the ground with the rope over her shoulders plowing the soil, she works hard, works hard, but she is also rebuilding the earth, don't we Can't see a little change?
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