To be or not to be…

If you love 15-year-old woman living alone on the middle-aged neighbors, and her love even if you are also deeply affected after breaking up with you. However, after eight years unless these feelings hurt you suddenly discovered that she was an executioner, and you make her testimony against life imprisonment, are you, what to do?

This is The Reader presented to our problems.

On the Holocaust complaints, describe and reflect on the film, we already have, such as Schindler’s list, The Pianist, why do we need The Reader?

From a few films in terms of the major role of identity, Schindler is with the German armed forces deal a German businessman, are not themselves part of a concentration camp system. The Pianist is the victim of one, is the victim perspective. And The Reader’s Hanna, she is hired by a female concentration camp guard. In other words, she was a concentration camp this ugly one machine screws. When she was ordered to the selection of female prisoners, take them to the Auschwitz concentration camp to death, she never doubted, but also does not challenge this order is reasonable. Detained hundreds of Jews when the church caught fire, she considered more a “how to maintain order and prevent escape of prisoners” rather than open the door for help. In her view, she just do her job, not guilty of any crime. So many people burned to death, and she guilt it? Perhaps, otherwise she would not in the countryside between the church can not be inhibited to tears. Can we see that in her view, the victims were prisoners who had died, of course, unfortunately, even more intolerable released! The Reader tortured soul of us: What makes her an ordinary woman, in the face of such indifference to the massacre? What makes her obey orders higher than the respect for human life? What makes a life to aid others to love others, listen to recite a love of literature into the hands of fascist murder useful tool?

When the smoke of World War II gradually dispersed, when the fascist history to pull down the throne, when the people of Germany after the war, who is going to tell them why they will be the collective depth of hypnosis? What is so that they do not believe their eyes, but also do not believe that their own conscience, and we believe that a political party made a myth? Fanatical belief, to drift with the tide of the “do my job”, is a “deception” or “too young at the time,” it can be explained? Jews who have had crimes committed by Germany, and how long night in the face of their own hearts do?

But the soul of The Reader on torture does not end there.on under German fascists of the national character of this outstanding novel is just part of the theme, a more profound theme, I think that is about the shame and lies. Film (fiction) to its final, Hanna buried deep in the heart for many years been gradually reveal a secret – she had not read, is an illiterate! To this end, she obviously feel ashamed. Her to get to know Mike can not say that the motive is completely pure, as Mike in her is not what we are looking for in a general sense of “love” the same. If Mike in her search for sexual stimulation and the mature woman infatuated with (or even a little sentiment Oedipus), then she was looking for in addition to Mike, and when is that to manage knowledge (reading) powers. That may seem decisive in her neat appearance of the maturity, the hidden shame of a lack of self-confidence of the heart, ashamed of her own, she ashamed to admit that he is illiterate. This vulnerability by her appearance package with layers of a leak, and even willing to let her free for the price to defend. She created a Achilles heel, and then with the weaknesses of the end of this secret life. She thought it was on his heels will not read the secret, but she does not know, she really does not dare to face the weaknesses of the real self. What a sad person! Likewise, Mike has also occurred with Hanna in their own feelings between the sense of shame, especially in the fascist camp was informed that Hanna is one of the following. After World War II as a special reflection of the fascist generation capacity, he could not释怀own affair with the fascist members, while the latter is also a deep influence on his love life. He could have come forward to testify, but also the history of a real true, making Hanna from the life imprisonment of the disaster, but to tell the truth in the face of shame and silence between achieve decent, Mike and Hanna made the same choice.

Personal dignity and sense of shame are two sides of the same coin. There is a profound inner sense of shame often will show the appearance of a special self-confidence and dignity. Such people often live in order to safeguard the image of their own tall, would not hesitate to lie to conceal his shame. Innermost secret more possession, they need a fig leaf for the greater, to have the power (to get a sense of security) are also more strongly desire. It is said that Hitler is the case. His childhood was not happy, as have a lot of trauma, and he climbed up in adulthood after the peak power shown arrogance, conceited, arrogant, and perhaps precisely reflected that he can not feel a profound sense of shame known. The Reader in the torture is the heart of every one of us. Do we dare to face the true self? Whether or not dare to admit that I was illiterate? Whether or not dare to set off trousers people see no spread of the heel? Inner sense of shame come from? Who have defined what is shame, shame Who needs? Carries a profound sense of shame to the nation in human history but also what kind of consequences caused by? What kind of nationalism in order to cultivate a sound physical and personality are the people?

The Reader of persecution rewritten image is also very unique. In Schindler’s list and The Pianist, the persecution of those who are dressed in uniforms of Nazi soldiers, whose hands were stained with Jewish blood, murderous evil. The Pianist music lovers there is a Nazi officer, a pianist and as a positive character in the music world, the enemies of Empathy, is rare, but The Reader go further, it shows the aforementioned films, have not presented the image of the persecuted: a seemingly full of motherhood, plump beautiful, no ordinary uneducated woman. Think about it, there is no similar Hanna millions of ordinary people to participate in the support of fascist power How can? How can? How can the people under the eyelids son carried out the massacre? Not all the heads of both the devil 2 long angle, not everyone can see in their mind, the devil, the devil is also not all the devil from the start. A few days ago to see Marcel Ophuls’s The Sorrow and the Pity, which used a large number of World War II when the French Vichy government information clips, too, I called a surprise. France face of Hitler’s cruel defeat without fighting is the post-war France, many people are reluctant to talk about shame. German troops was not yet over, the French bourgeois public opinion has been one-sided armchair war-free card, played a small white flag, was arrested war into prison, escaped by only a means of escape. France and World War II persecution of the Jews and trampled on, nor is it cruel general. I saw Hitler take the train station, after France, the French woman dressed in uniforms, rushed to shake hands with Hitler kissing, chasing the train running, for fear behind. The evaluation of Hitler has said that France too lacking in style woman, a group of. And their children will give birth to chaos in our noble descent. And the French people not to marry! We always say that France has the revolutionary tradition, France has the revolutionary spirit, Who would have thought, the French and no less than the servility also often subjected to criticism of China’s people? !

The Reader selected films Kate Winslet plays Hanna is a very wise move. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a fan of winslet, but about two years ago, when I was standing on the corner of a bookstore in one breath reading the novel The Reader, the surface in my mind is the Hanna almost Winslet’s appearance – the body plump,higher, looks exciting precincts, with little prospect of a solution between the near-masculine perseverance, golden hair and bushy to back high , action neat and clean. In short, an experienced World War II story of a middle-aged German woman. Winslet was the kind of masculine men and women combined with the dual mellow temperament, is suitable for such a role.

Adapted from the novel a good movie it is very difficult favorable, because the film is limited in length, must be within 12 hours to the most exciting part of the novel is shown by the directors at the same time removing the eyes of the side is not important. Novels are not the same, it can all play into the sky, the space limitation, they are able to provide to the readers to imagine a great feeling of space and detail. However, adaptation of The Reader is a very good movie, almost every step of the original, the essence of the original has been fully demonstrated. Several of the major cast performances are worth noting, Winslet in particular, the excellent, in addition to the makeup of the elderly was not realistic outside. In addition, her eyes are too sharp too bright, are unable to hide his face folds her radiant, which can be considered a failure. Perhaps the director could see the, give her some kind of contact lens wear, eye becomes turbid, and is up for this defect. Movie trailers at the end of a bit that there were two occasions, I have thought that the end of the film, but in the fade out, has again put on the new fragment, rather impatient people, anxious to get out scissors cut up part cumbersome. But overall, this is not to be missed a good film, I hope the judges Golden Globe good horses, due to the Chollima honor.