Film Evaluation of Salt of the Earth

It can be said that most of the time the film is a slide show composed of amazing black and white photos. Walking in suffering Latin America, the oil field fire ignited by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the Rwandan massacre, Ethiopian refugees, the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Sebastian, a photo of the conflict, brought him great international reputation, but also caused incurable mental trauma. On several occasions, when it is really a dynamic movie, either the photographer tells the transition of personal memory affectionately, or it is a rare family image at 16mm. It was not until Wenders decided to make this documentary project about photographers that Juliano followed his father into the wilderness of Saha and the Amazon jungle of Siberia with the last high-definition images of primitive tribes. Polar bears, sea lions, walruses, whales, seagulls and crocodiles ... became black and white photos instead of corpses, hungry, fleeing and sad. This is also the result of an elderly photographer's personal choice. 1997, the third Rwanda filming project allowed him to enter the Congolese jungle where Tutsis were hiding, and witnessed tens of thousands of refugees being driven from the east to the west, but he still could not escape the fate of death. In the face of suffering, Sebastian finally had enough. He returned to Moles, where he grew up, trying to use his considerable savings and influence to repair his unrecognizable hometown due to the rapid economic take-off. Trees were planted and species were revived. At the same time, the photographer's interest began to turn to the unknown corner of the earth with amazing vitality. Thirty-two journeys created a beautiful "Genesis" myth for the world, which was chopped into pieces under its own lens. Fortunately, this myth was proved to be feasible by the photographer's rural construction practice in his later years. "After my death, the forest on this replanted land will restore the exuberant appearance when I was born. This is a beautiful cycle. " (Oriental Network Review)