In 2019, there is a movie called "Jojo's Whimsical World", which chooses the environment of World War II Germany, through the perspective of a child named Jojo, to restore an alternative World War II Germany for us. The reason why it is different is largely because the Germany shown in the film has far exceeded the country where fascist fanatics gather in the eyes of ordinary adults, but is only a slightly abnormal childhood in the eyes of a small child.
Even if that film downplays some of the facts to some extent, we can still see a Germany where fascism is prevalent, and in the eyes of children, it maintains a delicate balance that can be broken at any time.
Even so, we, as the audience, can still see some facts that cannot be ignored in those diluted performance methods. Because the director intends to show some things, and these things are unavoidable in the director's view.
However, the movie recommended to you today is about some things that can be avoided. Armacord is an Italian film directed by Fellini, a director of world-renowned names. The director is Italian, and the film is partly a recreation of Fellini's childhood.
What can you see as a viewer of films that are also set in World War II, in italy or in a country where fascism flourished, Italy or Fellini's childhood intertwined with fascism? That's what the film wants to talk to the audience about.
"Armacord" is about an Italian town where people have their own peaceful lives, and even during World War II, during the time of the war, the people of this town continued their traditions.
Even if they can feel the air of fascism, even if fascism has wounded some of them and left others mired in the mire. But for children, fascism is still too far away. They still focus on tasks and topics that will be of interest to adolescent children.
This is the basis of all the stories in this film, and it is also a very complete logical line of this film. Fascism has nothing to do with these little children, who have no interest in the affairs of the state or in exploiting and oppressing anyone.
Their cult of fascism is also firmly rooted in their own tastes. If they are not interested, then any encouraging person or thing is only a passer-by or a foil for life in their eyes.
Compared with "Jojo's Whimsical World", it is not difficult to see that the two films have in common and are different. It is also a film that looks at a mature age from the perspective of a child, and the most obvious difference between the former and the latter is the age group.
Jojo's Whimsical World is about childhood fascism, the image in the eyes of children and the image of what they do in the minds of children. Although this film is also from the perspective of a child, the children here have obviously entered puberty and are no longer different from children in the traditional sense. They are nearing adulthood, but are still treated as children by adults. Therefore, their contradictions and views are more prominent than those of younger children.
However, even if they are confronted with fascism that they can understand to a greater or lesser extent, their main focus is still on the aspects that adolescents should pay attention to. For example, ignorant sex, such as idealized daydreaming, and slightly green heroism, and so on.
These are their daily routines, and they do not focus all their interests on fascism and what they do. Because they can already think independently, unlike children in younger grades, they rely more on the words and deeds of their parents and relatives.
Therefore, on this basis, this film, as Fellini's film about his childhood, although in a fascist-rampant World War II Italy, but in essence, we discuss with us how much influence the external environment has on himself during a period of childhood. This influence has proven to be limited at this particular age group.
Although adolescent children can better understand fascism or have more exposure to fascism, fascism is vulnerable to these points of interest compared to other interesting things, such as classroom pranks, such as ignorant sex, etc.
Knowing this, we can make a good distinction between watching this film or looking at the country and the people during World War II. The great man also said that the people are the people and the ruling government is the ruling government. Differentiating is good for us to win the majority. This is a naïve political idea, but it is also the most effective way to understand the people of the Axis powers during World War II.
There is no doubt that fascism is evil, but it is debatable whether the people under fascism are guilty or not. Thus, it was the fascist government that overthrew world war II, and ultimately did not impose the blame on the people under its rule. This is a restrained mood and an issue that we need to explore in order to maintain world peace.
Therefore, it is time to use this concept to understand the creators who still whitewash fascism and push the suffering of their own people under fascism to the invaded countries. Perhaps, you have mistaken the target of the accusation, and the government of the time should be most responsible, not the invaded citizen.
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