Eighteen years ago, the reunification of the two Germanys was inspiring for the Germans. The broken nation stood under one banner. The backward East Germany has successfully integrated into what was once called the "Federal Germany" in more than ten years. , to jointly polish the glory of Germany and become the most powerful country in Western Europe. In these prosperous days, or not the bad ones, it is not surprising that nostalgia is also a theme of art, and history continues to play the indelible background paint on the drawing board, the color is up to you.
It is reported that today's East German students have less knowledge of the history of the GDR than the West German students. I don't think it is difficult to understand. People who need a new life and need to move forward often have to leave behind the burden of history. The world will give them such protection, and people will protect themselves, but it will take time to slow down, what if there is no time? This is the case with Alex's mother in the film. This March 8 red-banner, who was honored by the ruling party of the People's Republic of China, fell into a severe coma after witnessing her son confronting the military and police. After waking up, East Germany was no longer the East Germany she was infinitely loyal to. She was weak and needed extra protection at this time. Because she can no longer bear the new blow. This protection is not to put on the armor of the brave new world, but to weave an escape net from the turbulent reality that Alex spun for his mother.
This net is to commemorate a Communist Party member who was loyal to socialism and dedicated his life to it. She has long been integrated with her motherland, she works tirelessly and fully, she writes order reports for pregnant women in a planned way, she teaches the young pioneers to sing socialist nursery rhymes, and she receives medals from the party center. Then the Berlin Wall came down, Coca-Cola and Ikea came, and a statue of Lenin floated in the air, all trying to break through the still rough web. Alex put on work clothes similar to a sickle and axe, and used video to synthesize TV programs to fabricate one lie after another, filling the missing holes in the Internet.
It is these TV programs that bid Lenin farewell in the most incredible way, a historical assumption and deconstruction. There are no revolutions and riots in the farewell, only the infinite pursuit and yearning of the West Germans for ideals, and finally directly declare that they are strong. It is of course ironic that China's consumption desire should also be defeated by lofty ideals and lifestyles. Irony but melancholy, shouldn't this be our history? Isn't this what we have always believed in and fought for? Isn't that what Lenin said?
At the end of the film, Alex's mother obviously already knew the lies that her son woven for her safety net. At this time, the small hole in the net has gradually expanded for her to accept it calmly. She continued to cooperate with Alex and helped him complete his weaving. 's network. The emotional climax of the whole film is almost in Alex's mother's warm and kind eyes when she finally looks at Alex. Yes, nostalgia must have enough stories. From the First World War to the reunification after the Cold War, under the heavy history of Germany for nearly a hundred years, there are extraordinary stories of such small people. The people in the stories will hate, be crazy, be hysterical, be grateful, be brave, and think rationally. Always full of emotion. In the picture composed of Alex, the female nurse, Alex's sister, Alex's parents, friends in the community, school students, doctors, Alex's colleagues, etc., the simple human emotions transcend ideology, transcend politics, and transcend national borders.
The words of the former East German astronaut in the film explain the unity in a "superhuman" manner: socialism is about getting along. A word transcends ideology. But history is always constructed by others, and the video tape produced by Alex also seems to imply that our history can be written and interpreted arbitrarily. Lenin, like the emperor's right, probably this is also a careful reminder from the screenwriter.
No matter how history is written, the wheel of reality drives people forward, just like the East Germans who yearned for the West before reunification, there is freedom and everything they want, but democracy is not perfect, there is not all hope, Joy and commitment. Eighteen years have passed, and history cannot be reversed, and there is no need to build a wall to prevent people from passing by. The film gives people the sincere and beautiful side of life in the past, staring at the road ahead, forgetting Lenin and democracy that once belonged to them. Germany.
This resonance is not comparable to Cape Seven.
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