French Revolution
The film “Danton” takes a look at the end of the French Revolution. To me, many of the scenes seemed to be saying that the Revolution itself was hypocritical. There are numerous examples in the film where leading figures of the Revolution were taking action that was similar to what they had originally rebelled. An example of this would be Danton’s trial and how it was rigged to get a guilty verdict. At the trial, there were strict rules and regulations. The accused could not speak to the public or to their accusers. Reporters could not take notes and tell the public what was happening. It seemed to me when I was watching the film that the Committee was trying to control everything that was going on. They didn’t care about the truth or whether Danton was guilty or not, they only wanted any possible form of resistance to be crushed. The way they imposed those restrictions reminded me of an absolute king tr . . .
The Committee didn’t even care that the people were ready to openly revolt against them because they loved Danton so much. It was a complete turnaround from absolutism under a king, to virtual absolutism under a democracy. The child is being oppressed from birth with the ideas of change that were supposed to free people from oppression. The ideas and beliefs of the Revolution are being thrusted on this child without him being allowed to decide for himself what beliefs he wants to follow. What they did to Danton is an example of that. The Committee wanted change, but they wanted it to be ongoing, where Danton wanted quick change in one shot, and for it to end. When Robespierre ordered Danton’s arrest, he was saying in no uncertain terms that it doesn’t matter what the people want, just what those in charge want. A movement for change turned to be the same as it was before, only with different leaders. The makers of the film were pointing out here how the Revolution was hypocritical in its policies. He wanted the revolution to succeed, just not the way the Committee wanted, so they had him killed. So, instead of working out the problems they were having, the more powerful Committee had Danton killed to stop him from taking over. This is an extraordinary point that the filmmaker is making on the Revolution and it’s effects. It shows how the Committee acted like a king putting down a rebellion. He was quizzed on the Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen.
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