God belongs to God, Caesar belongs to Caesar

Kiley 2021-11-26 08:01:42

When watching this movie, remember one sentence: "God belongs to God, Caesar belongs to Caesar". The values ​​of the Coen Brothers movies tend to be more and more traditional, but they are the return of tradition after thinking and even rebellion. Traditional values ​​are to respect kingship (government and rule), not to give up faith, and to carry God. Remember the ending of the ice and blood storm in 1996? Wife and children are hot on the bed, this is the ending given by the Coen brothers. Many people say that the theme of this movie is unclear and the center is unclear, but the Coen brothers' movies have always been linked to philosophy. I must say that if you lack common sense of philosophy, these brothers' movies can easily make people confused. From the Coen Brothers movies I have seen, their themes are almost incomparably clear, but they are covered in many film symbols. If you untie these symbols, you will find that there is nothing special at all, and the title has already clicked on everything. The symbol of the protagonist Edie Mannix is ​​Caesar! He leads a theater troupe, a big film company, and the content of the film is that he has dealt with the problems of several stars in the film company, and these problems outline almost the symbols of modern world politics, alluding to the traditional cowboy spirit (the continuation of Western chivalry in the United States ), gold and jade are outside the upper class society, communism, and faith in God. What the director tends to is traditional values. From the title of the film, it can be seen that his theme is the unstoppable royal power and class in history. Even if you rebel against him and hate it, this routine has never failed and stopped. However, at the beginning, it was Edie Mannix's work regardless of day and night. In the final ending, I emphasized again that the big-character posters of behold, the kingship and the government, will last forever. Beliefs outside of the worldly life also need to be vigorous and rationally awed, just like George Clooney’s last speech, because even if you are full, drunk, sex is over, vanity is satisfied, and worldly You have obtained everything, and the deep-seated problems of people have never been solved, so you can feel the touch of that speech. This is a bloody reality: kingship has never and cannot disappear, because human desires have not disappeared; faith can never be stupidly discarded, because the satisfaction of desires has never really solved the problem of life, but only eased it.

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Extended Reading
  • Britney 2021-11-26 08:01:42

    The sequel to the Three Kings of Prison Escape. Capitalism triumphed over communism.

  • Christa 2022-04-20 09:01:40

    It's not very pretty! Such a story + so many stars to help out is a bit wasteful. It is not enough to say that entertainment comes first. It is still in place to pay tribute to that era. After all, there are feelings and the influence of capitalism on the film era. The costumes are very good, and Qian Ning dances very well. Scarlett is a character that is completely unnecessary but very eye-catching when she appears. The funniest scene is jumping into the water to cover the moon, but the point of comedy is still not quite get.

Hail, Caesar! quotes

  • Eddie Mannix: As for the religious aspect, does the depiction of Christ Jesus cut the mustard?

    Catholic Clergyman: Well, the nature of Christ is not quite as simple as your photoplay would have it.

    Eddie Mannix: How so, father?

    Catholic Clergyman: It's not the case, simply, that Christ is God or God - Christ.

    Rabbi: You can say that again! The Nazarene was not God.

    Eastern Orthodox Clergyman: He was not not God.

    Rabbi: He was a man.

    Protestant Clergyman: Part God.

    Rabbi: No, sir!

    Eddie Mannix: Rabbi, all of us have a little bit of God in us, don't we?

  • Catholic Clergyman: It's the foundation of our belief that Christ is most properly referred to as the Son of God. It's the Son of God who takes the sins of the world upon himself, so that the rest of God's children, we imperfect beings, through faith, may enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

    Eddie Mannix: So, God is - split?

    Catholic Clergyman: Yes! And no.

    Eastern Orthodox Clergyman: There is unity in division.

    Protestant Clergyman: And division in unity.

    Eddie Mannix: I'm not sure I follow padre.

    Rabbi: Young man, you don't follow for a very simple reason. These men are screwballs.