i saw 'platoon' yesterday, a 1986 film on the Vietnam War
Today i saw 'private', a 2004 italian film by Saverio Costanzo
I constantly get reminded about what this world is about and what people stand for; everyday, a constant effort to struggle for freedom and life.
The Vietnamese cursed the bloodshed left behind by the Americans; but the soldiers did what they had to do not only as soldiers, but what they had to do to survive.
The Americans claimed the Vietnamese to be the most brutal people in the world, creating the deadliest of booby traps and having villagers-women shoot at them at the most unexpected moments. But, they did it simply to survive. They did.
In the Israeli-Palestine conflict we see the same, and 'private' reveals this in some scenes, where the daughter simply wants to take it out with the soldiers to claim back her house, and more importantly her freedom.
All the way back to the century of colonization we see the same, as in 'the mission', as the rampage of the Spaniards, Portuguese, French and Dutch over-ran chieftains and villages, leaving the indigenous with no choice but to fight back.
somehow these themes kept lingering in my head as I watched these films, and i get reminded of what this world stands for and what it will continue to stand for: conflicts, and more conflicts; because as there are aggressors, there are simply souls who stand up to fight for their freedom.
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