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1WarIsAPlunderer---AnamateurishfilmreviewofThePianistTodayIwatchedthemovieThePianistwhichisastoryaboutaJewishpianistwhotriedtosurvivefromWorldWarIIandhemadeitatlastinWarsaw.Thanksfortheexistenceoftheartformoffilm,withoutwhichsomethingwemaynotknowforever.Fromanobjectiveperspective,filmsdocontributestotheexposureandspreadofsomething.Throughfilms,wecanfeeltheroles’sad,thejoy,theanger,thedesperation,thehopejustlikewewerethepeopleinthefilm.Weoftenfeelandgetsomethingfromamovie,moreorless.IwatchedThePianistwithaheavyheart.Ifeltalotfromthemovie,however,whattouchedmemostiswarandIhavethoughtalotaboutwar.Inaword,warisaplundererwhodeprivesusofeverythingwehaveinaviolentway.Wemaynotrealizetheimportanceofsomethinguntilweloseit.Thepastmiserymakesusvaluewhatwehavetoday.Atfirst,warisaplundererwhotakesawayfoodwithoutwhichnobodycouldlive.Inthemovie,themainactorWladyslawSzpilmanwasthemostfamouspianistinPoland,maybethewholeworld.HisJewishfamilyalsohadgoodjobs.Sowecangivetheconclusionthathisfamilywasrich.However,whenthewarbrokeout,theycouldhardlyfeedthemselves.Allofthefamilyjustfedonsomepotatoes.Duringhislater2escapefrompersecutionbyNazi,Szpilmanalmoststarvedtodeathseveraltimesbecauseofthelackoffood.Besides,warisaplundererwhotakesawayfreedomfromus.Inthebeginning,theJewwereforbiddentoentercafé,tohaveawalkinpark,evenforbiddentohaveaseatinbench.Later,theywereforbiddentogetout.Infact,theywereconfinedtoalittlehousingestate.Then,theywereforcedtoworkhardjustlikeamachine.Atlast,theywerecarriedawaybytrainandgotkilled.Theyweredeprivedoflives,letalonetalkthefreedom？What’smore,warisaplundererwhotakesawaydignityfromus.Forpeople,themostimportantthingisdignity.Dignityissomethingthatcan’tbespoiledinhumansoul.Itisdignitythatmakesusstanderectly.However,allthisisbasedonpeacetime.Oncewarbreaksout,dignitywillbereplacedbyfoodandsurvival,justasshowedinthemovie.Atlast,warisaplundererwhotakesawayhumanityfromus.Ifirmlybelieveinthatitisveryhumanitythatmakesushumaninsteadofbeast.Biologiststellus:vertebratesarebornoffensive;Christiansholdtheviewthathumannatureisevil,it’sdestinedbyourgenesandblood,becausehumaniscursedbyGod.Warisapowerfullunaticaswellasplunderer.Hegivesweaponstohumanandmakesthemkilleachother.Asweallknow,powerdrivesmancrazy,andwarusuallygivespowertohumanaswellasweapons.Inthemovie,Naziwasthemosttypicalrepresentative3whohadlosttheirhumanity.Theyshowednolove,nosympathyandnomercybutonlyatrocity,blood.Theyshotpeopletheydislikedevenonlyforjoy.Theywerebeastsonlydrivenbyevilnaturewithoutrationalityandhumanity.IndianpoetTagorehasawordofpoemManisworsethanananimalwhenheisananimal.HowappropriatethewordiswhenpointedtothosepeoplelikeNazi.It’sundeniablethatwarisapowerfulandgreedyplundererwhocanandwilltakeawayalmosteverythingfromus.Fortunately,thankgoodness,it’sjustalmostinsteadofall.Whenawarbreaksout,asPandora'sBoxisopened,allkindsofevilarereleased,onlywithhopeleft.Asaplunderer,awarcanplunderallthepeoplealmosteverythingsomeofthetimeandsomeofthepeoplealmosteverythingallthetimebutitcannotplunderallthepeopleeverythingallthetime.Atthebeginning,onlyafewpeopleweredesperate.Later,thedesperatewasbecomingmoreandmore.Thegoodnewswastherewerealotofpeoplewhohadnotbeendeprivedofhope.Atlast,theywitnessedthevictoryandhuggednewlife.Wemaynotbeabletounderstandallthedirectorwantedtoexpressthroughthefilmbecauseit’stoomuchtocatch.AndI’minconfusionallthetimewhenIwatchthemoviethatwhytheJewdidn’tfightagainstatallwhentheywerefacingthemassacreasthemostintelligentnationintheworld.ThePianistisnotonlythememoriesofthepastsufferingand4brutality,it’salsothequerytothecowardlyJew:Whenthedisasteroccurred,whatwereyoudoing?Ifyouprickus,dowenotbleed?Ifyoutickleus,dowenotlaugh?Ifyoupoisonus,dowenotdie?Andifyouwrongus,shallwenotrevenge?ThelineisfromTheMerchantofVenice.ItindicatesthatnotonlytheirbodieswereconqueredbyNazi,butalsotheirsoulwasenslaved.Whatalamentablethingitis.Themoviemakesusrethinkwarprofoundlyagain.Justaswesay,awarisaplundererwhotakesawayalmosteverythingfromus.Butpleaseholdhopeandkeephumanityevenweareintheworstcase.ThereasonwhyGodgivesusadoorofluckisinformingusofthetruththatthelightofvictoryisjustbehindthedoor.Maywarsbreakoutnexttonever,mayweliveinaworldwithoutwarsbutonlypeace.OriginallywrittenbyYuHang2nd,April,2016.