晚间剧场是《父辈的旗帜》，跟前天看的《硫磺岛来信》是姊妹篇，同为二战中硫磺岛战役的影片，一个是从美军的角度，一个是从日军的角度。父辈的旗帜是从一张照片讲起，六个士兵正在努力将一面美国国旗树立在折钵山顶。这幅画给予了人们胜利的希望。所以里面的士兵被当成了英雄，财政部长则用新树立起的英雄去号召国民购买国债以缅怀死去的将士。三位英雄像是道具般巡回演出。而实际上那次的插旗并非最初的那次，而是为了保护第一次插上去的旗而插的一个备份。其中的那个印第安人也并非插旗的人。三位英雄都在不同程度上反思着。篇末可能才是导演eastwood想讲的道理：Maybe there is no such thing like heroes, Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally get to understand, why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes, heroes are something we create, something we need, it’s a way for us to understand what is almost comprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did it for their buddies, they may have fought for their country, but they died for their friends. For the men in front , for the men beside them, and if we wish to truly honor these men, we should remember the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.
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