Meyer, who is strong in the outside and in the middle, took the initiative to cooperate with Yu Sheng and Warner. It's like a good baby. Whether Warner raised the issue of the selection of actors or the question of finding the parties, Meyer said that he could take it all in. Let it fall. As long as you give MGM a lot of money.

Schindler's List is a novel based on a novel written by Bodke Pfeifpberg, a Jew who survived death. The impression of his escape was so strong that Podek Pfefberg planned to do everything in his power to spread the word about Schindler's good deeds.

If the normal trajectory of history had continued, MGM would have missed Schindler's List in 1963. It wasn't until 1982 that the story was narrated by the Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, who won the Booker Prize for Fiction.

And when the novel was handed to Steven Spielberg by Sid Scheinberg, president of the American Music Company, Spielberg didn't believe it was true. After confirming it again and again, I believed in this legend of people's kindness in World War II.

Therefore, the later Spielberg was extremely cautious in his treatment of "Schindler's List". In later generations, although the Germans acknowledged history, they did not fail to deny the existence of the Holocaust. In this context, Spielberg defines the style of the film as documentary.

While not really a documentary, the film doesn't rely on storytelling. Everything comes from the memories of the original. The plot structure is broken, so in later generations, when you watch "Schindler's List", you will find that there is no inherent plot tension of Hollywood blockbusters. Continuous, non-stop movements, in some cases deliberately paused and dragged.

This diminished power of the plot makes the story less entertaining and compulsive, and the essence of the theme of the work is highlighted. The sense of vicissitudes and the strength of history highlighted in Schindler's List are entirely derived from its subject matter, rather than the subtlety of the plot structure. The epey has no edge. Big ingenuity doesn't work.

In order to achieve documentary-like authenticity, 40 percent of the film was shot with hand-held cameras, and Spielberg and cinematographer Januz Kaminski decided to abandon the use of modern booms, camera stabilizers, zoom lenses, and other things that made people feel balanced and stable. The upheaval of the camera makes people feel immersive, the crisis is hidden, and I don't know when it will come.

At first, Spielberg didn't think the film had any commercial value. He has completely abandoned the attempt at the box office for this "Schindler's List". But perhaps because of this lack of kitsch, not following the trend. On the contrary, it has made the artistry of this film. After the film was released, it shocked the world.

On March 1, 1994, "Schindler's List" premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, and the German president personally attended the premiere of the film. After watching the film, US President Clinton appealed to the audience at a press conference: "I urgently ask you to watch this film." Subsequently, the film detonated the box office of countries around the world, and rushed into the list of various movie recommendations with a fierce attitude.

There is an old Chinese saying that skill is close to the Tao. That's it. When a thing is extremely successful and proficient, certain operating rules that are hidden in it and that people and things have always followed come to the fore. May Yahweh Na brothers. After decades of running movies, I have already reached this level. I know very well that what the movie has to watch in the end is how much it highlights people's hearts.

The classic movies on the major movie lists in later generations all tell a good story that highlights people's hearts and humanity. A work that is not supported by stories and characters. It's not going to last long. On the contrary, there are stars every year, handsome men and beautiful women, and they emerge in endlessly. There is almost no power to sustain a work for a long time.

The May Jehovahner brothers can see it clearly, and James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, and other movie stars who often mix in Hollywood can also see it clearly. After receiving an invitation to shoot the movie "Schindler's List", he agreed without hesitation. Playing the protagonist Schindler is James Stewart, who was handpicked for the rest of his life, a handsome old guy who originally had a perfect image in the eyes of Hollywood and Americans.

Playing Amon is Stewart's old friend, Henry Fondda, who later starred in "Golden Pond" and later ranked sixth among the greatest male movie stars of the past century evaluated by Hollywood. And playing against Henry Fonda and playing the role of Helen, a Jewish woman who has an entangled relationship with the German officer Amon, is Marilyn Monroe, who is also Jewish.

When Yu Sheng passed the information of this movie and this character to Marilyn Monroe, who was on tour with Li Xianglan in Japan, Marilyn Monroe agreed without hesitation. She has a natural sensitivity to movies and characters, and can clearly perceive the power of humanity in the character of Amon.

In "Schindler's List", there are actually only two most powerful characters, one is Schindler as a good man, and the other is Amun, a German officer who is a villain. These two people are simply two contradictory individuals with the identity of the Germans as the central axis.

Amon and Schindler, both Germans, were well-educated, and both were handsome, tall, rational and calm men. And the disagreement began at the beginning of German hostility against the Jews.

There is no doubt that, as pure Germans, both men were educated by the prevailing German ideas of the time. So, initially against the Jews, both men were full of malice. Schindler's negotiations with the Jewish merchants were nothing short of skinning and deboning, leaving no oil or water at all.

The difference between Schindler and Amon is that Schindler was able to break free from these indoctrinations, although there were struggles, but the little girl in red clothes obviously broke the last line of defense in her heart. From then on, the good thought was awakened and the salvation of the Jews began. This awakening of kindness was extremely rare, and it seemed lonely but powerful in a group of German officers who regarded Jewish life as a mustard.

And Amon didn't have the power to break free from his original indoctrination. He was the most typical officer of the Germans of that era. He is extremely literate internally, and decisive in killing externally. It is the intersection of good deeds and evil.

There is such a detail in the film - after a search, the German soldiers found a group of Jews hiding behind the curtains during the day, rushed up and fired a burst of white light, and the dark corridor kept flashing a dazzling white light. And in this scene full of blood, a handsome and upright German officer played the music with great interest on the piano left by the Jews.

The rhythm of the piano music is rapid and beautiful, and the dense machine-gun fire forms a "perfect chorus". Two German soldiers came to discuss whether it was Buck or Mozart who would play. Amon listened carefully downstairs to the soldiers' sweep. Then, the camera zooms out and looks at the quiet city from God's perspective. In the city's buildings, countless dazzling lights flashed, and the sound of gunfire and piano music completed the perfect duet.

This detail is actually quite easy to understand. From the detailed to the wide-ranging, the transformation of perspective represents the transition from concrete to abstract, from individual to universal. Two soldiers discussing music, and an officer playing the piano. It shows that this generation of Germans has a good education. Although the two soldiers are not proficient in music, they do have common sense. Officers who are one rank higher than them have good musical literacy.

And from the hints of the movie, it can be clearly perceived that Amon's military rank is higher than that of the officer who led the team and played the piano. From this, it can be inferred that Amun's education should be more systematic and elitist than that of the officer who played the piano.

After all. The Germans were the first country to establish a complete nine-year education system from early childhood to teenagers. General Moltke, who was in Germany, said: "The victory of Prussia was decided long ago from the podium of the elementary school teacher. After this sentence, the importance that Germans attach to education has reached an unbelievable situation.

As for the promotion and training of officers, academic qualifications are obvious and are an important factor. So. Amun's knowledge and abilities are high. This can also be seen from the side of the hundred shots he fired. And this kind of educational indoctrination, led by Hitler, brought a much stronger constraint to Amon than Schindler.

And the charter drawn up by the Germans in those years will be seen by later generations. In fact, except for the opposition to the Jews, which caused the opposite of racial discrimination, which was criticized, the other charters. Totally a normal requirement of a country. There are 24 articles in this charter, which cover almost every aspect of a country's survival and development.

"First, we call for the union of the Germans as the Greater German Reich on the basis of the right of peoples to self-determination. Second, we demand that the German nation should have equal rights with other peoples and that the Treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain be abrogated. …… Article 13, we demand the nationalization of all trusts. Article 14, we demand the distribution of the profits of large enterprises. Article 15, we call for a large-scale reorganization of pension facilities. ”

"Article 16 We demand that the large department stores be immediately nationalized and leased to small businessmen at a low cost, and that the State or the states take special care of all small businessmen in the acquisition of goods. Article 17 We demand a system of land reform suited to the needs of the nation, a decree on the confiscation of land at no cost for the common good, the abolition of land rent, and the cessation of all land speculation. ……”

“…… Article 20: In order to ensure that all capable and industrious Germans have access to higher education and the opportunity to take up leadership positions, we call for a reform of the existing educational system. The curriculum of all educational institutions must be adapted to the needs of real life. As soon as children reach the capacity for understanding, they should be inspired by their national ideas. We demand that the children of the poor, who are particularly detrimental, should have access to free education by the State, regardless of their parents' occupation and social affiliation. ”

"Article 21, the State must protect mothers and children, prohibit child labour, enact laws that reward sports and physical exercise, and vigorously support all groups that promote the physical strength of young people in order to improve the physical health of the population. ……”

The real blow to the teeth is "the third one, we demand that the land and territory (colonies) be sufficient to sustain our people and transplant our surplus population. This was Hitler's justification for going to war. However, this reason was appropriate in those days. After all, among the great powers of Europe, which one did not start through war! Who has not been at war with other neighbors for a long time! The Anglo-French war, the Anglo-German war, the Franco-German war, dog eat dog, a mouthful of hair, no one's foundation is so clean. It simply doesn't stand up to any moral debate.

If the Germans had not created a massacre, but had only waged war and expanded their territory, there would have been much less criticism of the war in later generations. If the Germans were content to simply occupy Europe, consolidate their gains, and not go west to England and not east to the Soviet Union. Then, with the importance that the Germans attach to education, the abundance of talents, and the military power that crushes the whole of Europe, I am afraid that the world pattern will be changed in the future.

After all, Germans and people from other European countries are not only related by blood, but also culturally. It's easy to assimilate. If Hitler had not ventured, then, after decades of careful management by the Germans, another form of the European Union would have emerged. In later generations, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony, and I am afraid that it will become a three-legged stand. Aggression can also turn into so-called unity.

And the fourth, "Only fellow Germans can qualify as German citizens; Anyone of German national origin, regardless of his occupation, can be a German national. Therefore Jews cannot be German nationals. and Article 18, "We call for severe repression of those who endanger the public interest; Dangerous usurers, speculators, etc., regardless of their faith and race, must be punished by death. ”

It was directed against the Jews. Because, in Germany at that time, most of the banks and financial institutions were controlled by Jews. The financial game is the easiest to swallow assets, the easiest to defeat the weak with the strong, and the easiest to get something for nothing but to be proud. With the advent of finance, it has become one of the industries that overrode many industries that needed capital.

Controlling the financial lifeblood of a country is basically equivalent to mastering a country. This naturally upset the non-Jewish Germans, to the point of hatred. That's why in "Schindler's List", there is such a scene - when Jewish families are silently packed up and left in a car under the surveillance of German soldiers. Non-Jewish children in the streets threw stones at the Jews, and a supposedly innocent little girl with hatred and contempt in her eyes shouted loudly: "Goodbye, Jews! ”

Amun's education was based on these 24 points. When the vast majority of these provisions can be seen as justice for the sake of national rejuvenation, Amon naturally does not consider some of them to be wrong. Full compliance is also a matter of course. (To be continued.) )

PS: Sorry, it's late