Finally watched the super uncomfortable "55 Days in Beijing", surprised by the position of this film, originally wanted to know how foreigners watched the Boxer Rebellion, the result is really surprising. First of all, I would like to state that I am not an extreme patriot, and I even particularly hate the idea of kidnapping with patriotism, but from a human point of view, I suddenly feel that it is completely a teacher for Japan to toss the Yasukuni Shrine to erase the history of aggression, and to see how self-righteous the British were back then.
Not for Ava's appearance, I will not touch this film in death
The whole film is to say how the Eight-Power Alliance entered Beijing as a division of justice, and for this reason, it first shows the brutality and barbarism of the Qing government, killing people at will, and killing foreigners. The Boxers were a complete mob that seriously disrupted social order. The British minister appeared in a righteous and peaceful posture, wanting to maintain the peace and stability of Beijing, and there was no play in negotiating with the empress dowager, who asked the eight state missions to withdraw from Beijing within 24 hours. This group of people did not, the empress dowager ordered them to be beaten with regular troops, coupled with the boxer rebellion, they were besieged for 55 days, and finally looked forward to the savior force of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Justice was manifested, Beijing was at peace again, and the empress dowager finally said: "Water can carry a boat and can overturn a boat", admitting her failure.
No matter how heinous a government is, people have not gone to England to cut off your heads. Whether it is good or bad is also a matter within the country, and there is no need for foreigners to point fingers. The absolute just position of human rights above sovereignty and the moral high ground that seems to be innately good to feel good about itself, that the good or bad of the regime's rule has nothing to do with acts of aggression, and that the former cannot be used to surreptitiously change the concept and whitewash the inherent vileness of the latter.
Ava in "Bowenne Station" wearing a sarees is an exotic style in the eyes of Americans
The envoys of the eight kingdoms obediently obeyed the command of the British minister, and even the troops were dispatched by him, as if they were a boss posture of not giving in. How peace-loving he was, and all acts of war or resistance were forced, what a great Englishman! An American major in front of a bunch of high officials has a lot of abilities, not even a minimum of dignity and inferiority, there is no reason, because these two people are the main actors, and everyone else has to follow the class. In order to show the stupidity of the Boxers, a bunch of bare-handed or machete-wielding people rushed up at the muzzle of the gun like a tide, and fell a large piece of it. But these deaths are a background, as if they are not human beings at all or their lives are so despicable, and the son of the British minister is just injured, and her wife says to him Do you know how much sacrifice it is? Every foreigner in the film, dead or wounded, seems to be heavier than Tarzan, indicating that they have paid a huge price, and the Chinese who have been blown up and the corpses are not bullshit. What a terrible double standard! It's like the Japanese filming World War II only filming their fighters falling to the ground and bleeding for the country without any enemies at all! Foucault, or who said: War is wrong on both sides for whatever reason. But here there is one side that is absolutely right. To show that they were trapped and struggling to resist, the Boxers were once again armed with weapons of mass destruction. There is also the film that focuses on blowing up an arsenal of the Qing government, the effect is almost like an atomic bomb explosion. If China hadn't been able to get you out of the country, regardless of how powerful the official or civilian equipment and firepower were, wouldn't it have kicked you out long ago? It is also your turn to spread wilderness in the capital. And whether the enemy is strong or weak depends entirely on the needs of the lead actor, such a ridiculously feeble logic that only people who always feel that they are right think it is reasonable. This group of people insisted on holding out like a Communist Party counter-encirclement and suppression for 55 days in the absence of soldiers, major generals, ammunition, and medicines, and finally ushered in the victorious liberation of Beijing by the Eight-Power Alliance. It's really like welcoming the People's Liberation Army into the city. And where is fairness, justice, and peace after liberation? Historically, it is clear that the Qing government signed the most humiliating of all the unequal treaties, and the city of Beijing also experienced catastrophe under the liberation of this division of justice.
In "Dragon Breed", a group of Americans worked hard to play Chinese villagers, and Hollywood was really left at that time
In the end, I can't understand why Ava, such a movie with completely distorted values, has to wade through this muddy water. She has also acted in films like "Bowenne Station". Not profound, but at least reflective on British colonization of India. At least the ass wasn't sitting in the wrong place. Now think about how valuable It is for Hepburn's "Dragon Breed" not only to celebrate the heroic resistance of Chinese but also to reflect on the war itself, and how cute the stunned but sincere and persistent nun in Bergman's "Six Blessings Inn" is!
"Leofoo Inn" is a tall and big Bergman who tries to play the village woman, and he is really moved