Numbness and forgetfulness are not ways for human beings to protect themselves

Lina 2022-03-25 09:01:15

Stories are diluted and glorified history, so those unbleached documentaries are more shocking than movies, such as "Night and Fog". Jack said in "Hotel Rwanda": "I think if people see this video, they'll just say, 'Oh, God, this is horrible' and go on with their dinner." After watching this, I suddenly thought, What if you don't continue with dinner? We are the tiny dust in the torrent of history, with personal destiny, family well-being on our shoulders, and civic consciences on our shoulders. Such a body that is carrying a load, how can it survive if it still bears all the suffering of mankind in its heart? Those shocking images, those horrific atrocities, and those bloody history will only make you feel ashamed of being a human being in a deep horror. Thinking about it this way, numbness and forgetfulness are not ways for human beings to protect themselves.

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Extended Reading
  • Brionna 2022-04-22 07:01:45

    "When these images are past, we pretend to be hopeful again, as if the suffering is healed, we pretend it will only happen once at a certain time and place, we pretend to be invisible to the things around us, to the never-ending cry of humanity turn a deaf ear."

  • Colt 2022-03-14 14:12:26

    Color and black-and-white interspersed, calm and restrained camera, Renai's habit of thinking about memory, coupled with the soundtrack and narration, did not expect this short half-hour image to be so shocking, pointing directly to all the atrocities of the Nazis. At the same time, only this kind of image can make people so shocking and shuddering, which is unmatched by other art forms.

Night and Fog quotes

  • Récitant/Narrator: Death makes his first pick. Another choice is made in the morning in the night and fog.

  • Récitant/Narrator: When the Allies open the doors... all the doors... the deportees look on without understanding. Are they free? Will life know them again?