humanist manifesto

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2005)

I've seen the movie many years ago. Now that I've read one of the comments the last scene became a vivid memory. It is an ultimate humanist manifesto. You cannot shoot an innocent soul. Not even though you've suffered so much by the monstrosities it has produced as a grown up man. In some way it's defeatist. It says that the victims will remain victimized and the perpetrators will keep perpetrating. But how can we preserve our humanism if in the name of stopping a monster we become the monster itself? Otherwise, there is horror. Some of it might appear over the top at certain moments. It's the style present in many Russian movies about the Second Word War. Nevertheless, if one was strong enough to represent such enormous human suffering who are we to judge its stylisation?