The many discussions caused by "Life is Beautiful" at the Berlin Film Festival are not deliberately hyping up a certain topic, or even comparable to the parade of female boxers.
Fans and the media are also debating endlessly about the many riddles that appear in the movie and what the attitude of the German doctors is.
Some people think that the German doctor's riddle contains profound meaning. He wanted to save Guido's family, but he couldn't, so he punched the table in anger.
Some people also think that this riddle is just a riddle and does not contain any metaphors. Because from the beginning to the end, the doctor has always been obsessed with riddles. In the hotel, he could sleep and forget to eat and sleep for a riddle, so much so that in his mind, nothing was more important than his riddle, including the lives of Guido and his family. life and death.
There are many interpretations on this point.
"The answer to that riddle was obviously the duck, but the veterinarian told him that the answer was wrong. However, we and Guido both knew that the answer was the duck. Obviously the veterinarian lied to him, but the doctor could no longer tell whether the answer was right or wrong. , he only believes in the answer given to him by the person who asked him the riddle. Then it’s like he judges whether ***’s racism is correct!”
"I think the riddle should be used to tell the male protagonist that although the platypus and the duck look very similar, their quacks are different, just like children who will be exposed when they talk, so the doctor wants to tell the male protagonist through the riddle that there is nothing he can do. "
"I think the doctor is an ironic character, a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies, a symbol of insensitivity, self-centeredness, and being trapped in a vicious circle of extreme rationality. He brings fleeting hope to the protagonist and the audience before falling into deeper despair and helplessness again. There is no need to obsess about kindness and kindness. In such an environment, numbness is a safer choice than kindness. The dramatic reversal can make people feel the sadness."
In fact, from this aspect, "Life is Beautiful" has been successful, because only when movie fans really watch it and really go deep into the movie, can they make various interpretations of the details in the movie.
The Berlin International Film Festival special issue of "Daily Screen" specifically reported on "Life is Beautiful".
In the film festival special column of "Daily Screen", the famous Hollywood film critic Alan Berg interpreted and commented on the film based on several riddles of the film.
"The first riddle: What is less visible the more you have it? - Darkness"
"Guido didn't want to tell his son the truth and let him accept a miserable life prematurely. He set up the biggest scam and told his son that this was just a game, and the reward of the game was that whoever got 1,000 points first would get a brand new car. tank.
In the following depressing and even cruel days, Guido was always optimistic and smiling in front of his son. He played hide-and-seek with his son, took his son to eat biscuits with German children, and told his son the various cruel methods of persecuting Jews in Japan as the rules of the game: moving things, doing coolies, gas baths, burning... these kinds of things The cruelty and darkness were all covered up by Guido's clever lies. His son has been growing up happily, never knowing what a bad era he is living in.
What is less visible the more you have it? The answer is darkness. Cruelty, persecution, and death happened every day. According to statistics, during World War II, the Nazis killed about 6 million European Jews, including 1.5 million children. Throughout World War II, approximately 5.8 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, which was two-thirds of the European Jewish population.
What a huge amount of data, what a shocking history. In Europe at that time, the darkness of terrorism shrouded everything. And because of his son, because of love, and because of hope, the great father cleverly turned all this darkness into games and into light. Man is great, justice is immortal, Schopenhauer said, the role of will is great, because with this will we can overcome all darkness. "
"The second riddle: mention me and I disappear: silence"
"The father and son who were playing hide-and-seek were discovered by the German army. Before they separated, the father and son repeatedly told their son to be silent and made him swear. As soon as the son opened his mouth, he would reveal his identity as a Jew. What the father did to silence his son The decision is a kind of protection, but also a kind of helplessness. Because of silence, the son escaped the massacre.
At the end of the film, the father silenced his son again and asked him to hide in a small iron box and not be able to come out until there was no one outside. When the German soldiers were escorting Guido to his death, his father walked past the small iron box where his son was hiding and made one last grimace for his son. The father was taken to a corner. The gunfire rang out, but we still only heard the sound and did not see the scene of Guido being shot to death in the end. This was also a clever arrangement. We did not see our father's death with our own eyes. We were not born in that war-torn era. I have never experienced persecution or massacre. But even if we haven't seen it with our own eyes, we all know that history. Those tortures have not been forgotten, and neither has that history. What disappears as soon as you mention it? The answer is silence.
In the end, the revolution failed, the rebels fled, American tanks drove in, silence disappeared as soon as it was mentioned, the people replaced silence with resistance, and justice finally won. The father used his cruel sacrifice in exchange for his promise to his son - a brand new tank.
The director does not regard this film as a tragedy because he wants people to see hope and happiness. Someone once said that maturity is not about not crying when you are sad, but that when you are crying in your heart, you are smiling on your face. I think this is a philosophy and a problem that everyone will face in their life.
Life is inherently depressing, and being happy and hopeful is the greatest victory. "
"The third riddle: Fat, ugly and ugly. In reality, he is all yellow. You ask me, who is he? I answered: Gua Gua Gua. I heard popping noises as I walked along the road."
"There are many interpretations of this riddle. The doctor said: No! This riddle was given by a veterinarian. I couldn't solve it, so I couldn't give him a riddle. I thought it was a platypus. But the platypus is not called croak, the platypus is called croak. Hey, I translated it into Italian for you last night, what do you think? I can't think of anything except duck.
The doctor once regarded Guido as the smartest man, so I think this riddle has a profound meaning.
It seems to me that what the doctor means is: Guido, I can’t help you. I know what is right and what is wrong. For example, the persecution of the Jews, I clearly know it is wrong, but I can’t tell you what is wrong. Answer.
You give hope to me. I want to help you, but I can't do anything. I can't even sleep because of this. I care about you Guido very much, but I can't do anything.
The doctor could completely ignore Kido, but he is kind but cowardly. He hinted that Kido should not place hope on him. Although he sympathized with Kido, he was afraid and there was nothing he could do. This is actually the psychological characteristic of most people in human society since ancient times. After Kido left with a heavy heart, why did he hammer the table in annoyance and cry... was it really just for a riddle? I prefer to believe that this is not the case. His anger is because he is angry at his own powerlessness!
I prefer to believe that the movie wants to let the audience feel a little bit of humanity through doctors. If not, then it’s really, really hopeless! "
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