Recently, the cinema has set up a series of blockbuster movies, both high-energy science fiction films such as "Interstellar" and biographical themes such as "Speed King".
But for many people, going to the cinema to feel the grandeur of war movies is also an indispensable weekend routine.
What I recommend to you today is a movie that many people may have seen, but it is really worth going to the big screen to feel -
《1917》
The number-named films of this year have a strong sense of ceremony.
For example, "Eight Hundred" is to emphasize 800 soldiers, but "1917" is the same, but it is to emphasize the year.
In 1917, the First World War was in full swing, and the land of Europe was devastated, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sentence.
And the story begins with the beauty of the countryside.
Blake was taking a nap, but his dream was shattered by a kick from the commander, who had something to do with him and asked him to call another person with him.
Without hesitation, Blake called his friend Scofer with him.
In the trenches with no end in sight, he and Scofer have been dutifully doing their duty as messengers.
In the small body, it is the perseverance and bravery that does not fail in the mission.
Crossing the trenches, they came to the command center where the operation was arranged and were assigned by their superiors.
It turned out that there was an accident on the front line, although on the surface it seemed that the German army had retreated, but it was just a disguise made by the enemy army, and if it was rushed to catch up at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
So all Blake and Scouffy have to do is go to the front lines, pass on orders, and stop the attack.
Because the nearby communication equipment has been damaged, the task of transmitting information by human flesh can only succeed, not fail.
If the news was delayed, it would fall into the Trap of Germany, and the lives of 1600 soldiers would be at stake, including Blake's own brother.
Upon receiving the order, Blake quickly prepared to go, but in stark contrast to him, Scoofy hesitated and uneasy.
It's not that I don't want to go, but I don't want to go in the daytime.
From here to the front, they had to cross a no-man's land, and no one knew what the situation was, let alone deliver the order on time, and it was very likely that they had already lost their lives before they arrived.
But Blake didn't care much at all, and opened the way ahead in an unmistakable tone.
They first had to find the colonel who had just withdrawn from the front line as required, and then cross the trenches from him.
However, when they found the front line, they found that the colonel had long been killed, and the lieutenant had replaced the colonel in the deployment.
Hearing that it was to cross no man's land, the lieutenant shook his head unceasingly, but still gave the two men a flare gun, and if it really succeeded, he used the flare gun to inform them.
Everything is ready, and the two people enter the battlefield, and the film follows the perspective of the two people from here, showing the audience the danger and cruelty of the battlefield.
The reason why "1917" is named after the year, and not conceived around two messengers, is enough to show that this is an unconventional war film.
The one-shot shooting method allows the audience to feel a different viewing experience from the first perspective.
In order to truly reproduce the brutal war scenes of the First World War, the film was built in a live-action 1:1.
So the no-man's land, basements, craters, and even collapsed suspension bridges and broken walls that we see in the film are completely real.
This has to mention the shooting method of this film, pseudo-one to the end.
We know that a plot will usually be filmed many times, from different angles and different directions to show the protagonist's state at this moment.
If there is a rival scene, it must also be A sentence a shot, and then turn to B.
But if it is a fixed shot, it means that the longer the time, the greater the possibility of error.
In order not to make mistakes, the actors can only practice continuously. One of the biggest highlights of "1917" is that there is only one shot in the whole film.
From taking a nap to walking into the trenches, from crossing the line of fire to going deep into no man's land, from breaking into the enemy camp to directly hitting the enemy plane to falling, to an accident...
The whole film is shot in a tracking style, which makes the audience burst out a strong sense of immersion experience.
Muddy craters, mutilated bodies everywhere, filthy and dirty, all in full view.
It is also because it is a one-shot reason, there is no other shot to pave the way, so the whole movie has extremely high requirements for the two actors' line performance.
Blake is played by Dean Charles Chapman, who played Toman the Great in Game of Thrones.
I was a fat man when I was a child, but I was still a little fat when I grew up.
Then there's Scott Scott, george McKay.
He played the rebellious eldest son in Captain Marvel.
However, this character becomes the only executor of this task halfway through the plot.
Because Blake was sacrificed.
After successfully crossing no man's land, the two men came to a farm once occupied by the Germans, where they witnessed a duel between the British and Germans in the air.
The kind-hearted them saw the German flying plane crash and their first reaction was to save him.
Killing was never their first reaction, but kindness to the enemy was cruelty to oneself.
Blake was stabbed to death, and as he lay dying, he still did not forget the task given to him by his superiors, passing on information and preventing their attack before dawn.
It is still the intensity of the first perspective, still the tenacity of persistence.
These two elements frame the whole film, making the story, although seemingly simple, even a sentence can be explained, but under a commitment, it becomes particularly thick.
From escaping to facing, Scoughfield had to bear everything alone, dodging bullets and jumping into the rushing river, and then climbing to the shore with a body in exhaustion.
And what supports him to persevere is that belief.
It is worth mentioning that the film is based on real events, and the whole film is the real experience of Scofer, that is, director Sam Mendez's grandfather.
In 1917, When Scofer was only 16 years old, as a messenger, his experience with his companions in delivering intelligence across the front line became his most glorious and unforgettable day.
But unfortunately, the film uses an anti-climax at the end, when Scofer tries his best to send information to the front line, thinking that he has saved 1600 lives by himself.
What was obtained was a barrel of cold water from the lieutenant, an order that only stopped the attack on this day, and that they would continue tomorrow.
And at that time, who could have rescued them from this situation?
People always say that the best war movies are actually anti-war movies.
"1917" uses a simple but powerful story to take the audience into a historical episode that is not known to outsiders.
In the rolling torrent, everyone who has fought for it deserves to be remembered.