Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Girls and War
I think I have a bad memory for little things like what I ate for breakfast or which part of the film we watched on Tuesday. but, I do remember the situation with the 3 French girls and the 4 German guys(Sucks for the fourth guy, whoever it'll be). I don't know about you guys, but if I were in war with no members of the opposite sex ever around, It would be more painful for me than being tortured in battle. Heck, I don't even think I'd survive an all boys school(although I have survived Tech), much less war. I went to football camp for only 5 days and I was suffering terribly. No wonder the Japanese military set up a system of comfort women in World War II. Now, I'm neither displaying support nor justifying the event, but just understanding one of the reasons for having comfort women. I'm glad that the men have an opportunity to get war off there minds, although it is really impossible. By the way, did anyone else notice that the scene, where the two men(perhaps one is Paul) are looking at the poster of the beautiful girl, is filmed through a mirror. At first, it annoyed me, but then I tried to understand why the director chose to film from that angle. Why not just show the scene directly through the lens at a normal angle? I can't tell yet if there is significance to the director's choice, which I truly hope for, or if it just has the illusion of a master plan. Maybe the mirror is reflecting upon their past. I really don't know.
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On a superficial level, the mirror is a device to allow us to look directly at the two boys and at the poster, all at the same time. However, your analytical comments are thought provoking, exactly the sort of meditation I am looking for in the class.
ReplyDeleteI believe the significance of that scene was to remind the audience how young these men actually are. They are only 17 years old!! basically the same age as us. Just boys, most of whom probably never had a true first love and there they are in the midst of life and death situations.
ReplyDeleteI was annoyed by the mirror too, until I noticed how funny the scene really was, after that I just disregarded it and chuckled. Nevertheless its convenient for them to have that mirror there or we would be looking at the backs of Paul and some other guy's head for a good two and a half minutes.
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