Please invite a film review of Lawrence of Arabs?

it took me a long time to start writing this article, because on the one hand, too many people have written words for this film, and the protagonist of the film has become a legend as early as his time. But on the other hand, it took me 3 hours and 45 minutes to watch this movie (God knows, this is the first time I have seen a movie with an "Interruption" intermission since I was 6 years old! After reading a lot of materials, I really want to write something. The biggest problem that delayed me from writing is that there are too many pet stories told in this huge film, so where can I start? Organizing articles is a hard job, and since there is no payment, I'll just talk about where I want to go.

Keyword 1: Epic

It is said that in a survey, the best epic film selected by fans is Lawrence of Arabia. I'm not surprised after watching this movie. In fact, as soon as the magnificent music started at the beginning of the movie, I knew it wouldn't be a movie worthy of the name. For a film shot in the early 196s, Lawrence of Arabia is amazing. Those scenes in the desert make people feel the endless yellow sand, from the front to the horizon. When Lawrence returned to look for his left-behind companion, he waited for his entourage to look into the distance. Under the baking of the hot sun, the horizon was full of hot air, and there was sand, sand and sand as far as the eye could see, until a tiny black spot appeared ... The photographer's skill can only be described as fantastic. In addition, in the scenes of several cavalry regiments fighting, the film also showed extraordinary boldness of vision. The pieces of Arabian knights emerging from the sand dunes and the bursts of yellow sand splashed by horses' hoofs made me feel a great shock, which is not comparable to and 1 made by modern computer technology.

Keywords 2: Hero

Lawrence was already a hero in his own time. The reporter Bentley in the film is actually Lowell Thomas, an American traveler and journalist in history. His sensational reportage about The Arab Revolt instigated by Lawrence and his autobiographical record The Seven Columns of Wisdom are all reasons for his fame. In my opinion, there are two bright spots in Lawrence, one is that he dares to create miracles, and the other is that he is a true advocate of freedom. Not giving in to fate has been written by countless people. When Lawrence turned back to the desert and looked for his lost companion alone, he didn't believe what Ali said. He wanted to prove to the Arabs that he could rewrite his destiny, that he could create miracles, that he took risks, and that he succeeded. The moment he rescued his companion from the desert, he really became "Lawrence of Arabia", and that Arab talents really accepted and trusted him. Of course, later, he made a surprise attack on Aqaba, and used guerrilla tactics to attack the railway, which greatly restrained the military power of the Ottoman Empire, and relied on his superb diplomatic ability to mediate among Arab tribes, which made the Arabs unite unprecedentedly. These brilliant feats not only made him truly a hero, but also admired by Hitler.

As for why I say Lawrence is a real liberal, the reason is that he can help a weak nation to resist power and strive for freedom. Yu Guangzhong said, "There were two people who helped the weak nation resist the powerful Osman Empire. One failed and the other succeeded. They both graduated from famous universities and both died young. The former was Byron and the latter was Lawrence of Arabia." Byron's spirit of freedom can be understood by reading the poems in my BLOG profile, while Lawrence's spirit of freedom lies in his fight for freedom for people without hierarchy or national boundaries. William wallace's fight for the freedom of his own people is fearless and glorious; Lawrence, however, is selfless, great and outstanding in bargaining with his own government for the freedom of people in foreign countries. When the generals in Cairo promised that "Britain doesn't want to rule Arabia" and "Damascus can be the seat of the Arab parliament", did Lawrence really believe that they would return their freedom to Arabs? Does this Oxford graduate really think that his motherland and the Allies will make Arabs unified and founded? I don't think so. That's why he marched at night and wanted his Arab troops to take Damascus first. In fact, he knows in his heart that it is absolutely impossible for Britain and France to abandon their colonies and their trophies on his own, although he is already a world-famous hero. Sure enough, he failed, at the hands of the cunning generals of the motherland, and even more at the hands of the people he tried to liberate-the disunity of Arabs ruined their freedom. Knowing what you can't do, challenging anyone, any right, and for your own beliefs, this is Lawrence's most glorious side.

Because he felt that his cause of fighting for Arab independence had been betrayed by politicians, Lawrence refused to take the post of governor and chose to live in seclusion after the war.

Keyword 3: Ordinary people

In the movie, Lawrence was tortured after being captured, and finally returned to Cairo, but his officer asked him to perform a task. At this time, Lawrence was close to collapse, and he said, "Leave me alone!" Lawrence hopes that he is an ordinary person, that he is a homosexual, and that he is a masochist (close your big mouth, we will talk about it later), that he is fragile and sensitive, that he is an ordinary person in terms of secrets and shortcomings, but that he is an outstanding person in terms of ability. Living like this is really painful.

For Lawrence, there are two sentences worth noting. One sentence comes from Prince Faisal: with major Lawrence Mercy is a passion, with me it's Merely good manners. The other sentence comes from Lawrence himself, which means that he killed a person. But I found myself enjoying it. It doesn't matter what the director wants to express or imply here. What's important is that this film takes the statue of Lawrence from the altar and turns him into a living person with shortcomings.

Of course, by the way, the portrayal of Lawrence in the film is also untrue, which is very unpleasant here. I quote the text on Wiki:

The real Lawrence actually shunned the Limelight, as evidenced by his attempts after the war to hide under various assumed names. Even during the war, Lowell Thomas wrote (in With Lawrence in Arabia) that he could only take pictures of Lawrence by tricking him (though he did later agree to pose for several pictures for Thomas' stage show) . Thomas's famous comment that Lawrence "had a genius for backing into the limelight" referred to the fact that his extraordinary actions prevented him From being as private as he would have like to have been, not anything to do with self-promotion or egoism at all.

I'll briefly say that Lawrence is a person who doesn't like to "hype" himself very much, but Lawrence in movies often pose in front of the camera and is called "love the present king" by reporters. I don't know what the screenwriter thinks.

Keyword 4: Hints of Homosexuality

Many historians and biographers have researched Lawrence's homosexuality for a long time, but it is still a mystery. To tell the truth, when I saw this movie, my first impression was: Wow, it's so advanced. The films in the 196s have already made an issue of homosexuality! Sure enough, there are many hints of homosexuality in the film, such as Lawrence's feminine behavior and thin posture, blue gentle eyes and sentimentality, and lack of attention to military etiquette. Especially, two handsome boys from Arab schools around Lawrence are obviously implying something. The most obvious hint is in that sentence "Leave me alone!" You know, the general said at that time, "It's too weak to say this." It's more than weakness. A soldier who says such a thing at this moment is simply slender and sensitive to the extreme. (Could it be that Lawrence is still suffering ...)

In this regard, the Wiki says:

Some chapters in Lawrence's works, as well as the memories of his colleagues in the military, reflect that he is prone to sexual masochism and likes whipping and physical pain. In December, 1917, Lawrence was captured by the Turkish army and raped and flogged in Della, along the Hanzhi Railway. Another controversial topic of Lawrence is his sexual orientation. The book "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is marked with the preface to "To S.A." and is considered as a love poem for a 14-year-old Arab boy named Dahoum (full name is Sheikh Ahmed) (see quotation). In 1914, Dahome worked with Lawrence in the archaeological site of Cahmus, and they were close. Lawrence refused to clarify the rumor that they had a physical relationship, and brought Dahome back to China to live with him when he returned to England. In 1916, Lawrence sent Dahom to northern Arabia under the rule of Ottoman Empire to contact Arab nationalists. In 1917, Dahom died of typhus. Lawrence later said in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom that his dream-to win political freedom for the Arab people-was intended as a gift to Dahom.

The p>Wiki also says:

In Seven Pillars, Lawrence claims that while reconnoitering Deraa in Arab disguise he was captured and tortured. Many critics have read this account as describing homos exual rape, and have used this to suggest that Lawrence was homosexual.

Reports from a man whom Lawrence hired to give him beatings make it clear that he had un conventional tastes, notably masochism.

It should be noted that those who attest that T.E. Lawrence was possibly a homosexual are primarily biographers and researchers w Ho had never even encountered him.

Talking for a long time means saying nothing, but there are indeed many hints in this movie. For example, the Arab youth that Lawrence brought into the British bar should be Dahoum in prototype. They met in an archaeological excavation in southern Turkey around 1913. Lawrence taught him photography, reading and writing, and Dahoum became his assistant. Later, the two moved in together, and Lawrence made a nude for him and put it on the top of their house. Dahoum is also a wrestler. When the war broke out, Lawrence was far away in England, and the two never met again. Dahoum1918 died of typhus in 1918 (another famous gay Alexander the Great also died of this disease), and finally heaven and man were separated forever.

There is also a famous hint in the film, that is, what happened when Lawrence was captured. When the Turkish governor pinched Lawrence's fair skin and the Turkish soldier executed him, his face was extremely obscene. When Lawrence was thrown into the street from his cell, his first move was to turn his face away and bury it deeply in the mud. All these imply that Lawrence was gang-raped, which is also mentioned in the above materials, but I think this unfortunate experience has nothing to do with homosexuality, because modern psychological research shows that sexual orientation is congenital.

Keyword 5: Death

Let's put Lawrence's death at the beginning of the film. The process of death and the funeral are in line with historical facts. The process of Lawrence's death is as follows (wiki):

He was mortally involved in a rough superior motorcycle cycle accident in Dorset, at the age of 46, close to his cottage, Clouds Hill near Wareham (now run by the National Trust and open to the public). The accident occured because of a dip in the road that obstructed his view of two boys on their pedal cycles; he swerved in an effort to avoid hitting them, lost control, and was thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle. He died six days later.<