Am decis sa facem o caltorie in timp si sa vizionam unul dintre cele mai bune filme ale lui Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator. Cum se spune asemanarea este o pura coincidenta:P Filmul este o satira adusa Germaniei Naziste si lui Adolf Hitler.
Totul incepe in Primul Razboi Mondial unde un soldat evreu destul de zapacit (Chaplin) salveaza viata unui important pilot, Schultz. Dar in timp ce ei incercau sa scape avionul lor se prabuseste iar evreul isi pierde memoria. Dupa multi ani de spitalizare el se intoarce inapoi la frizeria lui, dar in tara s-au schimbat multe, la putere se afla dictatorul Adenoid Hynkel, care printr-o pura coincidenta se aseaman foarte mult cu barbierul. Intorcandu-se acasa el se indragosteste de Hannah, o evreica care sta in aceeasi asociatie de locuite.
Totul incepe in Primul Razboi Mondial unde un soldat evreu destul de zapacit (Chaplin) salveaza viata unui important pilot, Schultz. Dar in timp ce ei incercau sa scape avionul lor se prabuseste iar evreul isi pierde memoria. Dupa multi ani de spitalizare el se intoarce inapoi la frizeria lui, dar in tara s-au schimbat multe, la putere se afla dictatorul Adenoid Hynkel, care printr-o pura coincidenta se aseaman foarte mult cu barbierul. Intorcandu-se acasa el se indragosteste de Hannah, o evreica care sta in aceeasi asociatie de locuite.
In timpul unui asalt al cunoscutelor camasi brune Barbierul se reintaneste cu Schultz, care devenise comandantul lor, acesta ii promite protectie, si asfel scapa un timp de opresiune, pana cand dictatoru il va aresta pe Schultz.
Filmul este o comedie, desigur, si este presarat cu multe scene hilare. Poate cele mai haioase sunt confruntarile dintre Hynkel si Napolini, dicatatorul Bacteriei.
Intre timp este arestat si barbierul si trimis in lagar. Aici il reintalneste pe Schultz, iar amandoi reuses sa scape, deghizati in ofiteri nazisti.
In cele din urma Hynkel este confundat cu barbierul evreu iar acesta cu Hynkel. Filmul se termina cu discursul lui Hynkel(Barbierul), acest discurs este poate cel mai emotionant discurs din aceea perioada si poate cel mai emotionant dintr-o opera de arta.
Poate e prea mult si nu aveti rabdare sa cititi, dar merita:
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite! "
Filmul a fost nominalizat la 5 categorii ale Oscarurilor, avand la activ inca 4 premii si 1 nominalizare
Poate e prea mult si nu aveti rabdare sa cititi, dar merita:
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite! "
Filmul a fost nominalizat la 5 categorii ale Oscarurilor, avand la activ inca 4 premii si 1 nominalizare
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