Her soul is not bound by signs

Mara 2022-03-27 09:01:20

I don't know how many movies I've seen about Eichmann and his trial, but this one has the most special angle, and I really like it.

Hannah Arendt is a philosopher, writer, German Jew who settled in the United States, Israel is not her homeland, and she also claims to have never loved the young country, despite the fact that it is populated by people of her own race.

She was given the opportunity to travel to Israel to sit in on Eichmann's trial and publish a "proposition essay". But when she was in the trial of the century, she was confused by two points: the trial was a bit like a Jewish national performance, a catharsis of collective emotions, or whether it was a trial of history or a trial of individuals. She further found that Eichmann was an ordinary person who did not know how to think, and did not have the characteristics of a "human demon". Naturally, there was an essential difference between "anti-human" and acting as a murder tool. At best, Eichmann could only be regarded as a Nazi machine. of a part.

So she published a book that did not conform to the "main theme", and since then people have betrayed their relatives and separated.

For a long time after that, she tried to use philosophical thinking to fight against the world, fight against the main theme, debate with the tide of justice, and defend herself. She won some understanding, but could not reverse the general direction, and was still regarded as rebellion by the main theme.

I think Hannah Arendt is admirable, she respects human nature and cares about the common destiny of human beings, her soul is not bound by signs, she crosses races and national borders, and writes a capital person.

What do you think? Come see this movie.

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Extended Reading
  • Gabriel 2022-03-25 09:01:20

    I just heard about the book "The Origin of Totalitarianism" a few days ago, and then I found this film. It does not review the protagonist's life like a common biographical film, nor does it exaggerate love and love, but focuses on showing Arendt's story before and after the Nazi Eichmann trial, but captures the heart of Arendt's ideas well: "evil", such as "banal evil" (a motiveless, unthinking blindness conformity to evil), and harm among fellow men. The people who oppose Arendt are people who don't think deeply, but this is also the most common people. Overall, the film is powerful, especially the speech near the end of the film, which is deafening and thought-provoking. ps: Arendt is really a big smoker.

  • Burdette 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    I love Arendt, but only from a cinematic point of view, what this tells has little visual value (the most valuable is the real historical image of the trial of Eichmann), or it almost only does What words can do. "Mediocre" movies. | The director is actually Schlondorff's ex-wife. 2700

Hannah Arendt quotes

  • Lionel Abel: Who does she think she is? Aristotle?

    Mary McCarthy: Unlike all of you, Hannah was actually forced into exile. She was held in a brutal detention camp. Isn't it admirable that she is the only one who can discuss this subject without beating her breast.

    Norman: And why do you think that is? Because she's smarter than people with feelings?

    Mary McCarthy: Well, in your case, Norman, being smarter is easy. She's more courageous than you are.

  • Kurt Blumenfeld: You have no love for Israel? No love for your own people? I can't laugh with you anymore.

    Hannah Arendt: But Kurt, you know me. I've never loved any people. Why should I love the Jews? I only love my friends. That's the only love I'm capable of.