Today I will talk about the Oscar nomination for Best Picture "Black Party", from the name, it is about the Ku Klux Klan, the Ku Klux Klan is the abbreviation of ku klux klan, which means "racial assembly", which is a white supremacy party, marked by a white robe and white hat, often wearing flashlights and guns outside to gather.
In Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation," blacks retaliated against the Ku Klux Klan and eventually turned into a jade warrior, giving birth to a powerful country--- the United States.
Looking at "Black Gangsters", it is a comedy of embarrassing and sad stories, borrowing the story of a black man who broke into the enemy to accuse black people of unfair conditions, and they were harassed by white police officers at any time when they drove on the road.
Spike Lee (the first picture below) and Daniel Washington (the second chapter below) are old friends, he is also committed to speaking out for black people, this time the protagonist is Daniel's son John David Washington, saying that this guy and dad do not look very similar, and the words that are not said are generally invisible.
Spike Lee has directed Daniel starred in "The Insider", and won the 88th Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, it can be said that there are no regrets in this life, this time nominated for the Oscar for best director, more like a tribute to the "Black Party" work, there is little hope of winning.
The whole film can be summed up in a sentence said by a black speech, which has the feeling of Martin Luther King Jr.
The story takes place in 1972, this film is based on the autobiography of Ron Stahlworth, not even the name of the protagonist has been changed, the black policeman Ron Starrworth is just starting out, the police academy graduate, like many black people, he just wants to work well, what he did not expect is that there is no black policeman in the whole city, for him, he shoulders the responsibility of establishing a black image.
And his job is to be an archivist, just like many college graduates, file management also needs to be very careful, and often organize the files can be familiar with all kinds of cases, but the premise is that the people who do this job should be careful.
But for Ron, within two days he was bored and offered to do a challenging job: undercover cops. If it weren't for the fact that "Infernal Affairs" had seen too much, or if I hadn't taken medicine yesterday, the average person wouldn't have worked well and would have done such a dangerous job.
The leader was very considerate of the subordinates and gave a sensible answer.
But for the self-motivated Ron, the leader will naturally pay more attention, arrange for him to understand the "Black Panther Party", to listen to the speech of their leader, Ron has a natural familiar aura, and there is no sense of violation of the hookup.
And Ron unexpectedly gained the trust of Patrice, the head of the black collegiate union, who was also very beautiful and the host of the meeting.
He heard an impassioned speech and gave feedback to the leader, and it turned out to be good, he was transferred to the intelligence group, and it can be said that he was one step closer to his dream.
What he did not expect was that after inadvertently following the 3 Klux Klan phone call seen in the newspaper, he actually gained the trust of the Klux Klan and invited him to the headquarters to discuss specific matters.
So he and his partner followed the director's advice and asked his white colleague Free to attend in his place, and if Ron had gone, he would have been shot in the head. So blacks and whites organized a complete Ron.
To this end, they also made some preparations in advance, such as accents, cultural aspects, etc., all in order to better complete the task and penetrate the enemy.
As a result, Felip was very skilled in meeting the members of the group, passed the test, and was invited to join.
It is said that it is so smooth that it is enough to let Freep call directly, but in order to highlight the important position of the black man, or let Ron continue to call, which is the following scene.
Ron was also invited to the home of the Klux Klux Klan national commander, thinking that this organization is also too good to enter, and it can be done with a few words, and it seems that it is not a very complicated organization. Of course, these people are not really good stubble, and have been planning to do some actions, such as arranging some explosive activities.
Of course, the person in charge still has some intelligence, he wants to see if Free has been circumcised to determine if he is Jewish, to say that the police station is also a place to accommodate people from all over the world, it just so happens that Freep is really Jewish, it is not so clever.
Fortunately, Ron helped distract the person in charge, but after that, he stopped testing and was really drunk. The person in charge even found Ron's house according to the address in the phone book, but was fortunately prevaricating that Freep had mistaken the address. Here I still feel the danger of going undercover.
Ron continued to chat warmly with the leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and was even entrusted with the responsibility of the leader of the chapter, and he really did not understand what important contributions he had made, or whether the organization was so short of people that he would be given an important position as long as he came in.
It is worth mentioning that the film uses cross-montage to combine the Ku Klux Klan viewing of "The Birth of a Nation" with black speeches, using a satirical way to mock this outdated approach.
Of course, the final sabotage operation was not successful, but it was still satirized by a policeman, obviously the black man said that his policeman was still beaten because of his black identity, and finally the case was successfully solved.
The ending is not the joy that everyone expects, but the dissolution of the team and the destruction of all the data.
Some ridiculous dialogue in the movie, such as the black man who makes a long sound, also treats Ron as a white person, but unfortunately Ron finally made a big joke with the person in charge.
The final ending is also more cheerful, the model couple Ron and Patrice began their own black legend, black people rewrite the history of the United States, will also be given enough respect and trust.
This movie, there is no very deep truth in it, making a tall thing, but using a black humor, with an almost absurd story to make everyone laugh, is a very politically correct work, but to win the strong Oscar best picture, it still takes a certain luck.