After having watched “The Postman”- a movie centered around Mario, a lower class working man and Pablo Naruda, the infamous poet- I was awestricken by how many hidden messages and life truths this movie was able to reveal. The film didn’t portray just one aspect or event in someone’s life. There were stages and moments that were built upon to form and intricate web of actions and lessons to be learned from them. It was beautifully done, with great class and style. Some people said that the pace of the plot was too slow for them, but such is often the case with older movies, movies that I love. To me, the slow nature allows for the moods, the beautiful settings, and the characters to make a lasting impression in my head. It helps me grow attached to what’s being depicted and perhaps feel some of the emotion that the people on screen felt.
In this film, love is a common theme. One of the movie’s many points about love is that patriotism can inspire the most beautiful and passionate actions and ideas. It can encourage art and unify groups of people. We see patriotism bring Mario hope and purpose as he decides to take a more active role in his community’s government. He stood up to the politician that was traveling around his village, making empty promises about getting running water to them. His first real poet is written when he is over come by patriotism, when he wants to show the world, especially Naruda, just how beautiful “his sea” and his people are. It is for patriotism that Mario dies, when he went to a protest to support a cause that he believed would better his country.
This movie exemplified that people of higher class often only are nice to people of lower class when they need the less titled person for something. This was obviously shown when the politician promised the village running water and even started the building process, in order to get their vote. Once he had it, he no longer had use of the villagers so he left them and the project. We see another case of this in a more personal area. Mario may not think that Pablo had much use for him, but in fact Mario served as an ego booster for Naruda. Pablo loved attention, and we see that as he reads his fan mail and later as he travels throughout the world. When he was exiled, he wasn’t noticed as much but he has Mario. Mario always complimented Pablo and looked up to him with adoration. I feel that Naruda used those feelings to make himself feel superior and make himself feel like he was being self-sacrificing person for giving such attention to a lower class person. Once Naruda was no longer exiled, he left and didn’t seem to spare much thought for Mario because he had plenty of adoring people surrounding him.
“The Postman” illustrates how poetry is not just for the brilliant or well off, but how it can be used in everyday life to enhance your emotions and amplify your feelings. Narudo made poetry his career, but Mario wrote many metaphors just to capture and reveal his feelings and thoughts. Similes and metaphors were used in common speech simply to add to their feelings. The mother of Beatrice used metaphors even as she cursed the wicked nature of poetry and Mario. She later said them as she expressed her anger at people who use others and then discard them saying, “the birds have eaten all the seeds and flown away.”
In this film, love is a common theme. One of the movie’s many points about love is that patriotism can inspire the most beautiful and passionate actions and ideas. It can encourage art and unify groups of people. We see patriotism bring Mario hope and purpose as he decides to take a more active role in his community’s government. He stood up to the politician that was traveling around his village, making empty promises about getting running water to them. His first real poet is written when he is over come by patriotism, when he wants to show the world, especially Naruda, just how beautiful “his sea” and his people are. It is for patriotism that Mario dies, when he went to a protest to support a cause that he believed would better his country.
This movie exemplified that people of higher class often only are nice to people of lower class when they need the less titled person for something. This was obviously shown when the politician promised the village running water and even started the building process, in order to get their vote. Once he had it, he no longer had use of the villagers so he left them and the project. We see another case of this in a more personal area. Mario may not think that Pablo had much use for him, but in fact Mario served as an ego booster for Naruda. Pablo loved attention, and we see that as he reads his fan mail and later as he travels throughout the world. When he was exiled, he wasn’t noticed as much but he has Mario. Mario always complimented Pablo and looked up to him with adoration. I feel that Naruda used those feelings to make himself feel superior and make himself feel like he was being self-sacrificing person for giving such attention to a lower class person. Once Naruda was no longer exiled, he left and didn’t seem to spare much thought for Mario because he had plenty of adoring people surrounding him.
“The Postman” illustrates how poetry is not just for the brilliant or well off, but how it can be used in everyday life to enhance your emotions and amplify your feelings. Narudo made poetry his career, but Mario wrote many metaphors just to capture and reveal his feelings and thoughts. Similes and metaphors were used in common speech simply to add to their feelings. The mother of Beatrice used metaphors even as she cursed the wicked nature of poetry and Mario. She later said them as she expressed her anger at people who use others and then discard them saying, “the birds have eaten all the seeds and flown away.”
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