Today's introduction is an American film, The Last of the Mohicans.
The film was shot in 1992 and is 112 minutes long. Directed by Michael Mann and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Douban scored 7.6.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by James Fenimo Cooper, the "father of the American novel", which has also been called the founding work of American native Romantic literature.
Set against the backdrop of the Seven Years' War between the British and French empires for colonies in the Americas in 1757, the film tells the story of the struggle between the colonizers and the natives, as well as between the white natives and colonists who pursued independence and freedom.
The film won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Sound and the 46th British Academy Film Institute Best Cinematography Award. The film's soundtrack is majestic and directly striking, becoming a classic that has been passed down to this day, and it is a pity that it did not win the Best Soundtrack Award.
The film uses hollywood customary elements such as war, politics, love, revenge, and redemption under a real historical framework to create a different flavor of film and television feast.
Lewis's performance in the film is impeccable, and as a practitioner, he not only learned to hunt for the film, but also built an Indian canoe by hand. And every day with the ten-pound flintlock gun that appears in the film.
No wonder the long-haired eagle eye in the film, full of Native American charm, I didn't see that it was a Caucasian half of it.
Speaking of which, in fact, there is an obvious bug in the plot of the film, the 17th century flintlock gun can be said to have no accuracy, and it can hit the target basically by Meng, otherwise it would not use the stupid tactic of "queuing up and shooting". However, the protagonist can actually be used as a "sniper step", which is obviously not in line with historical facts.
The film describes the tragedy of the Indian nation, and also reveals the causes of this tragedy, although it is not critical, but such a historical perspective and height are relatively rare in Hollywood where entertainment to death.
Well, about the film introduced to this, let's review the history involved in the film as usual---- the British and French Seven Years' War.
The Seven Years' War between Britain and France was a war caused by the old enemies of Britain and France for hegemony in Europe and overseas colonies, but it was mixed with various contradictions between Prussia and Austria, Prussia and Russia, and finally led to a bunch of European countries.
The fighting has spread to Europe, North America, Central America, Africa, India and the Philippine Islands. As a result, it was also jokingly called "World War Zero", and Churchill called it "the real World War I".
Before the war begins, we must first put an end to the contradictions of various countries, and we will not talk about the feud between Britain and France. In the previous war of the Austrian succession, Austria was beaten by Prussia not lightly, and lost a large area of land, and has always held a grudge and plotted revenge.
After some deep thinking, he decisively abandoned his teammate who did not contribute to the previous round of work, Britain, and formed an alliance with the two old enemies of France and Russia, who had always looked at Prussia unfavorably, and planned to beat Prussia together.
And Prussia, after winning the last war, was having a lot of appetite, and was planning to go up another level, and when he looked at this situation, the fool also saw what was going on, and hurried around to find helpers.
In order to balance Europe and not let anyone emerge, Britain decided to pull the weak and fight the strong, and formed an alliance with Prussia in the encirclement.
In this way, for the sake of the immediate practical interests, Austria and Prussia sat together with their former enemies.
After each family chose their friends, on August 28, 1756, Prussia took the lead in sending troops to Saxony, which completely opened the prelude to the European battlefield of the Seven Years' War.
Relying on the extraordinary military talent and military prowess of King Frederick II of Prussia, Prussia actually fought with Austria, France, Russia, and Sweden in the first half, and could also fight a draw.
But the good tiger can not stand the wolves, Prussia after all limited resources, Britain's "offshore balance hand" and only look at the virtual do not reach out, until April 1758, Prussia has been beaten by a group of countries can not recognize the mother, Britain and Frederick signed the "Anglo-Prussian Agreement", paid Prussia 670,000 pounds a year of aid, after that, only symbolically sent 9,000 troops to Europe, join the warband.
Compared with the European continent, the competition between Britain and France outside the European battlefield is equally fierce. From the icy North America to the sweltering heat of India, the armies of both sides are inseparable.
In the end, the British relied on the superiority of the Royal Navy, and the French Navy did not dare to take the lead, cutting off the French supply line, resulting in the colonial French army being isolated and helpless and only eating grass, and finally returning to the sky, the American and Indian colonies were all pocketed by the British.
In 1761, the weak Prussia once again ran out of food and lost its last port, falling into a desperate situation, frederick himself was so desperate that he almost committed suicide.
At the crucial moment, Empress Elizabeth I of Russia died of illness, and her nephew Peter III, who grew up in Germany, took the throne.
As the most famous star-chasing clan in history (it was King Frederick II of Prussia), Peter did not hesitate to show the bold style of the star-chaser as soon as he ascended to the throne, not only immediately signed a contract with Prussia, but also ordered General Chernishev, who had already captured Berlin, to lead 20,000 Russian troops to assist Prussia.
This wave of tumult directly stunned the whole of Europe, and also helped Frederick II achieve the Jedi reversal. This miraculous turning point was also called "the miracle of the Brandenburg royal family" by later generations.
After Russia, the largest thug, withdrew, other countries were exhausted at this time and signed contracts, and the war finally ended.
The European continent has basically returned to the pre-war situation, and the territory of various countries has not changed much.
In total, the war killed about 900,000-1.4 million people. Prussia suffered the greatest sacrifices, killing 180,000 soldiers and 500,000 civilians, and the country was in ruins. Although he finally became famous in the first world war and became a European power, only gasped for breath in the next few years.
France was removed from the hegemony of Europe, and Louis XV also lost the hearts of the people, which indirectly led to the fierce French Revolution that followed.
Austria's failure to take back Silesia, which it had previously ceded, was tantamount to a waste of effort, so that it was later starved to find reparations from Poland.
Russia's confused operations in the late stages of the war directly led to peter III being ousted by his wife, and Russia began the era of Empress Catherine, and Europe has since added a fierce expansion beast.
The biggest beneficiary of the whole war was Britain, the world's number one "churning stick", ---. Britain obtained all of Canada and almost the entire indian region from France, making Britain the world's largest colonial hegemon at that time, and initially formed the famous "Empire of the Sun Never Sets" in history.
Shed the blood of others for your own benefit. As Bismarck later said, British policy has always been to find fools in Europe who are willing to defend British interests with their own bodies.
This traditional policy is still used today by countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, but its scope has expanded to the whole world.
Countless fools blinded by money are still willing to serve as cannon fodder on this road of no return, but they now have a flashing title: democracy fighters!
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Let the film shine into history
Let history shine into the future
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