"If you are in hell, then keep moving forward." - Winston Churchill
905 Movie Network Special Article After " Dunkirk " directed by Nolan, " Darkest Moment " is undoubtedly the most popular World War II-themed movie introduced this year.
The editor is honored to be the first to watch the world's first filmmaker to give a sneak peek into this biography movie starring Gary Oldman. I have to say that I am convinced by the superb acting skills of "Dad Dog" (the nickname for playing Sirius in "Harry Potter". In the words of movie fans: The moment the camera was turned on, Gary Oldman had disappeared, and all that was left was the old and firm wartime prime minister Winston Churchill.
As an Olympic movie, I personally think that although this new film is still homogeneous and has a strong main theme compared to biopics of the same type, these do not prevent us from appreciating Gary Oldman's wonderful performance. Even if you put aside the vivid special effects makeup, just from the pure performance details: eyes, body movements, and the unique pronunciation of Churchill are vivid in his interpretation.
From this perspective, Oldman pouted Churchill's mouth slightly, and his sometimes shaking micro-expressions almost restored
What's more valuable is that Gary Oldman still maintains a steady style even when playing a great man. In the recent popular variety show "The Birth of the Actors ", Hu Jun criticized the new actors and said: "You have already started to behave before you become qualified actors." The sharp contrast between
and the young and handsome guys is that even at a high level like "Dog Dad", he did not play casually in the play. The convergence and explosion switch are easy and just right, and it is indeed a movie-level performance.
Oldman interprets Churchill's anger when talking about Hitler
In addition to the outstanding performance of "Dog Dad", this movie can be released after "Dunkirk", which also allows the audience to have a deeper understanding of the whole story. It shows the rebellious consciousness of the British government and citizens who were in turmoil in the face of fascist aggression before the "Dunkirk Great Retreat", and the time point of the story is perfectly connected with "Dunkirk", just like a sister movie. When Oldman talked about "Dunkirk" in an interview, he also joked: "It feels like we have a very expensive second crew."
In the long history of film, there are also many works with the background of World War II. This unprecedented disaster in human history has provided countless inspirations for film workers. This is probably the most ironic and helpless - people can always reflect after experiencing a tragedy. Although we are in a peaceful era, thanks to the reinvention of imaging technology, we can also go back to the past and personally feel the heaviness of history. When "Darkest Hour" was released, the editor will take you to trace back the legendary experience of Britain during World War II through the film.
Hitler in the movie
·The beginning of World War II
After the World War I, the world has evolved into a new pattern. Germany, as a defeated country, was suppressed for a long time under the Treaty of Versailles. Although most industry and commerce have recovered with the help of Britain and the United States, the pessimistic complex of the people continues to expand, which has also become a breeding ground for the reproduction of fascist ideas. In the movie "Hitler: The Rise of the Devil ", the film shows the growth process of the future empire devil in a slightly inflammatory narrative style - Adolf Hitler under such a social context.
Extraordinary eloquence
Hitler, who practices speeches privately and constantly practices speeches with extraordinary speech skills and incitement ability, Hitler eventually became the head of Germany with the support of the party, and led the German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) to promote racism, extreme nationalism and other ideas in Germany. As the saying goes, the appearance of Hitler is also the need of the German people from another perspective. At that time, Germany hoped that a leader who could turn the tide and adapt the current situation would appear, but Hitler's madness was obviously far beyond the imagination of the German people.
In speeches in various places, Hitler continued to promote racism and anti-communist thoughts
Due to various internal and external economic and political factors, expansion under war means has become a must-have path for Hitler. So World War II officially kicked off with German troops sending troops to attack Polish .
September 1, 1939 Germany attacked Poland
In the German-Polish war, Poland's manpower and material resources were far inferior to those of the German army. In addition, it was attacked by the Soviet Union at the same time, Poland announced its surrender only one month later. In the movie " Pianist " that won the 55th Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, we can see the real situation of the Polish people who were devastated by the German army at that time.
Adrian Brody pianist Shi Biaoman was affected by the war while playing on the radio
Polish girls who were murdered by the German army
German officers cruelly shot and killed ordinary citizens
. At this time, Britain was appointed Prime Minister by Arthur Neville Chamberlain . Like France, he was an ally of Poland. Faced with Germany's fierce aggression, Chamberlain still abides by the policy of appeasement - that is, he declared war with Germany on the surface, but in order to ensure that Britain was spared from the war, he actually declared no war on the other side of the river to watch the fire, which directly led to Poland's disastrous defeat. In "Darkest Hour", we can see Chamberlain's wartime attitude more clearly.
Chamberlain played by Ronald Pickup in the British Parliament, Churchill, then the Secretary of the Navy, had long been dissatisfied with Chamberlain's soft means. As early as when Britain, Germany, Italy and France signed the Munich Agreement to sacrifice Czechoslovakia, Churchill predicted: "This is the surrender of Western democratic countries to the Nazis, and other European countries will inevitably suffer the consequences." In the end, the fact was unfortunately explained.
It is also particularly important to mention here that when Britain declared war on Germany, King George VI of Britain once delivered a famous speech - "At With the People". That's right, this king is the stuttering prince in the movie "The King's Speech".
In "Darkest Hour", the famous British actor Ben Mendelson starred in George VI. Unlike "The King's Speech", George VI's political attitude in the new film is closer to historical facts, and his ambiguous attitude towards the Nazis and Hitler has always been controversial by historians.
Wartime Map
·The German invaded France, Netherlands , Belgium and Luxembourg and
After taking over Poland, Nazi Germany, who rectified its troops, began to continue to be involved in other countries on the European continent, as Churchill predicted, and the next target was France and Britain. If you want to invade the two major powers, you must cross the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark .
From the map, we can see that the German army's combat plan is to use powerful armored troops to tear open the gaps of the British and French coalition forces and divide their combat power. If you want to do this, you must first sweep away other small European countries that are standing in front of Britain and France. Faced with the German cavalry, countries with poor military strength such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark could not resist at all. Leaders of several countries went into exile to Britain after surrendering.
In the movie "HTM5 Anne Diary", Anne, a girl in Amsterdam, recorded the Netherlands occupied by the Nazis with her diary.
Anne and her family were in front of the broken window
Anne's family witnessed the outbreak of the war
The movie "War Day" reproduced the war scene in Denmark's blitzkrieg attack by Germany. The bicycle company and motorcycle company in Jutland Island in Denmark were the first to exchange fire with the German army, but in the case of a huge gap in strength, they had to choose to retreat to defend the city.
" as quiet as the sea" tells the story of a French girl's home being requisitioned by German officers. In the movie, we can see that French towns are full of German soldiers.
After Germany invaded Belgium, Belgium announced its surrender in less than half a month, and the late British and French coalition forces had to withdraw from Belgium. In the end, the 400,000 coalition forces were forced to retreat to a port on the side of the English Channel by three brutal German armored divisions. This is the famous battlefield we are familiar with - Dunkirk.
Among the hundreds of thousands of besieged troops, it can be said that it has condensed the essence of British sergeants. Many veterans who have participated in World War I have been among them. Losing these combat powers is undoubtedly a disaster for Britain.
·Champion stepped down, Churchill formed a cabinet and finally came to the beginning of the movie "Darkest Hour". After the resignation of the Chamberlain, who was furious and resentful, Churchill received support from the parliament as a "alternative". In the movie, we can see that Churchill, a naval minister with historical stains (the devastating defeat in the Dardanelles Strait in 1915), is by no means the best choice for the next prime minister. Foreign Secretary Hary Fax is the successor Chamberlain hopes to see.
Viscount Haley Fax played by Stephen Dylan
The original appearance of this election is restored in "Darkest Moment". The competitor finally voluntarily withdrew from the Prime Minister's dispute on the grounds that he believed he could not cope with the House of Lords and did not receive enough support from the public. So Churchill took office in this way.
When people talk about Winston Churchill, they can never forget to mention his superb speaking skills, and they are even comparable to Hitler who is good at inciting and fooling him. In "Darkest Hour", Gary Oldman also restored several famous Churchill's speeches with his outstanding line skills. In order to create a solemn and surging speech atmosphere, the director asked Oldman to give speeches to hundreds of actors who played parliamentarians on the set.
This fragment is Churchill's famous post-appointment speech after his tenure - "Hot Blood, Hard Work, Sweat and Tears"
"I show to the Congress that as I have shown to the ministers who have entered the cabinet, all I can contribute is blood, hard work, tears and sweat. What we face will be an extremely harsh test, and will be a protracted struggle and suffering."
Dunkirk retreat
·Dunkirk retreat
·Dunkirk retreat
The strong Churchill's appointment undoubtedly injected a shot of a heart-warming agent into the British people. But for Churchill himself, the situation before him was a mess - there were aggressive Nazi iron hoofs who tried to annihilate the British army in Dunkirk, and there were former cabinet members who were politically left and were seeking negotiations to resolve the dispute. Churchill showed superman's determination and courage at this time. He refused to negotiate with the Nazis and temporarily formulated the world-famous "Generator Action Plan" in the wartime command post. According to the plan, under the full command of the Navy Lieutenant General Bertramzi, he mobilized a large number of crew members and civilian ships to rescue them from the three ports of Calais, Bren and Dunkirk. Their initial plan was to try to evacuate 30,000 people. But under such circumstances, this miscellaneous fleet rescued 335,000 people in about a week. Like we saw in the Christopher Nolan movie Dunkirk. There are many movies that record the Dunkirk battlefield, such as the 1969 "Hawk over London". In the movie "Hearing over London" starring "I Mei" James McAvoy , I Mei plays a soldier who participated in the Dunkirk retreat.
In the BBC's documentary TV series "Dunkirk Retreat", the film reproduces the British and French soldiers who laid out defense lines for the evacuation team in Dunkirk at that time through a combination of historical images and interpretation.
In the play, we can also capture a young "Juan Fu"~ Lieutenant Jimmy Langley, played by him, lost his arm in the Battle of Dunkirk
Of course, in addition to the British army, the French army also contributed to this retreat. For example, the 40,000 French troops trapped in Lille, France effectively restrained the German army's army and bought time for the Great Retreat, and these 40,000 French troops were almost wiped out after the war.
After the successful plan for the Dunkirk retreat, Churchill's famous report speech in the House of Commons was restored in "Darkest Hour", which is also one of the most ignited segments in the film.
"We must be very cautious and not say this rescue as victory. War is not won by retreat... We will fight to the end. We will fight in France, we will fight in the ocean, we will fight in the air with increasing confidence and stronger strength, we will defend the land at all costs, we will fight on the beach, we will fight at the enemy's landing point, we will fight in the fields and on the streets, we will fight in the mountains. We will never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Churchill's famous "Victory Scissor Hand"
"Dunkirk Great Retreat" is one of the major events to reverse the situation in World War II, with Churchill's inspiring speech finally coming to an end. Although the history we see in the world of film is equally shocking, it needs to be clear here that movies are an art form recreated based on reality, and are more of a tendency "reality" rather than absolute reality.
For example, one of the most controversial movies in history - the Nazi Party's propaganda film "History of Will ", the shooting method is very artistic, but the content is very reactionary
The real film history does have certain universal value to the public. The United States once made a research report, which showed that among the respondents, 81% had watched movies or TV on historical themes in the previous year, but only 53% had read books on historical themes in the same period. With the development of information technology, this phenomenon is obviously far from being limited to the United States, and the impact of the concept of "film and television history" on modern and modern audiences is still deepening. Therefore, for works on historical subjects, we should rationally distinguish between legends and facts, which is also a kind of respect for existing historical resources.
