剧情介绍
A documentary about statesman Laurens van der Post that concentrates on some parts of his life in South Africa and his time in a World War II Japanese prison camp.
As a young journalist, Van der Post chafed at the system of apartheid, and went on to unsuccessfully fight for the preservation of the Bushman (San) culture through a BBC film he made in the Kalahari Desert. That documentary is excerpted in this one, and he expands on the experience with filmmaker Mickey Lemle. Van der Post also recollects his time as a soldier in WWII when he was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Java. A couple of fellow veterans join him in recounting the brutality of the Japanese and the horrors of their internment, and their efforts to start a school for the soldiers during their captivity. Van der Post's eloquent observations on human nature in both situations make this film worthwhile.
看过四十分钟，《战场上的快乐圣诞》CD附带的，战俘营里开学校的行为不可思议，六个人因此在外事办获得了一份工作。
主人公劳伦斯的监狱生活 非洲经历 非凡的人生体验 “我在监狱里获得的馈赠 我从生活中获得的恩赐 能给我们灵魂带来慰藉 这种慰藉要比幸福或者痛苦带来的要多 这份馈赠就是意义 因为意义可以改变一切 而你所做之事 所过的生活 对你来说有意义的时候 幸福不幸福已不重要 重要的是你满足了 你的灵魂并不孤独 你有所属了”
西方人講罪，日本人講恥。（2019.12.28公社觀影活動）
"The great white bird has many names, but we think it's a bird of truth. So you see, right in the beginning already, the search of human spirit is the search of truth." 哇 老爷子一生都是有意义相随的
在说起如何听从内心突如其来的指引，打破了日本军官邪恶的暴力循环时，突然在他迟暮的眼睛里看到了火花。现在能够理解，在温和敏感的外表下，劳伦斯是怎样一个内心强大的人。喜欢女儿回忆起的那段韵脚有趣的小诗。
cc蓝光里附带的纪录片，分量非常足，sir laurens与日本的牵绊，在非洲少数族群的经历都很有启迪。“当你所做的事，所过的生活，对你来说有意义的时候，幸福与否已经不重要，重要的是你满足了，你的灵魂并不孤单，你有所属了。”
可能这部纪录片是今年最大的收获吧。因为看了mcml而看的原作者的生平纪录片。结果受益匪浅。印象最深刻的是这位作者在日军俘虏营里开办学校，他评价这段经历说，人最大的痛苦是找不到生命的意义。一瞬间我竟然嫉妒起了这位曾经的战俘。（b站可看）