Freedom in Difficulties——Comment on Spielberg's "The Terminal " (Part 3)

Beautiful Encounter, Unforgettable Interlude

As for the beautiful Emilia, it was a beautiful encounter, an unforgettable episode, a mirage, a consolation in fantasy, which can be kept in the heart, but need not be taken too seriously. Emilia literally fell from the sky, she's a flight attendant. She is also really a frequent visitor to the terminal, and Victor is a resident of the terminal. Because of Victor's willingness to help others, they had the opportunity to meet; and because of Emilia's emotional ups and downs, they had more exchanges. However, Emilia and Victor have their own backgrounds, their own cultures, and their own stories. They just act as the protagonists of each other temporarily when others are empty. In the end, they have to return to their respective lives. . quietly i leave, just as quietly i came; waving my sleeves, i won't take a single cloud.

Spielberg's handling is correct and in line with realistic logic. Emilia did not go to New York with Victor, but just helped him get the opportunity to go to New York. She is the companion of waiting, not the waiting itself.

it feels good to be free

This story is not purely fictional, but has its prototype. In the 1970s, Merhan Karimi Nasseri, a British-Iranian man of mixed race, studied abroad and participated in demonstrations against his own country, Iran. He was expelled from Iran and had to go into exile with a refugee card. to Europe. In 1998, all his documents were stolen in Paris together with his purse, and the French government asked him to stay at the airport and not to leave. So Exit 1 of Charles de Gaulle Airport in France became his residence, and he stayed there for more than ten years until August 2006, when he had to go to the hospital for treatment due to health reasons.

This kind of story repeats itself again and again. In September 2022, when a 22-year-old Iranian girl, Masha, went to Tehran to visit her relatives, she was detained by the morality police for not wearing a headscarf. She died strangely three days later. Countless Iranian women distributed and burned headscarves in public, and men also took to the streets to march. The Iranian government suppressed this. Now at least 419 protesters died and more than 17,000 people were arrested... On November 21, the first World Cup held in Doha Before the match between Iran and England, when the Iranian national anthem was played in the stadium, all Iranian players remained silent and refused to sing the national anthem to express their support for domestic women and protesters. Protesters also unfurled signs reading "Women, Life, Freedom" inside the stadium. This incident continues to ferment, allowing more people under oppression to see the beauty of freedom.

It's good to experience freedom, we can't expect too much. The final ending of the old cleaner Gupta in the movie may be deported and imprisoned, but he at least allowed Victor to experience freedom. In reality, Iranian players may be suspended, expelled, or even...but they expressed their support for domestic women's freedom in front of the whole world! The world will remember them, remember this moment, and maybe it marks the beginning of a new era.

"Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, If you continue to obey my teaching, you are really my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ("John" 8:31-32)

It feels so good to be free!

First draft Friday, March 6, 2020

Revised Friday, November 25, 2022