"Prison Life": Violence in prison is enough to distort human nature

Cindy 2021-12-16 08:01:08

Prison is a place to rehabilitate prisoners. It is to let them re-behave and stop committing crimes after going out. But is it really that simple? I have seen a lot of movies about life in prison. It can be said that the environment of living peacefully and reforming the mind is very rare. What I often see is that it is full of violence and blood, racial confrontation, and gangs. It is a concentrated dark society. Of course, there is not much new to simply describe the many prisons in the prison, so this film sets out from two lines to explore the inner world of prisoners and prison guards respectively. I remember that I saw a Spanish film "The Beast in Prison" before, and it is quite powerful in terms of character psychology. Whether it is a prison guard or a prisoner, the inner transformation, ideological struggle, and even the change of position are quite clearly expressed. come out. The film is set from the perspective of a normal good person. After being sent to prison by an emergency, he encountered a series of accidents afterwards, and his family once planned to abandon him. It can be said that facing him is a series of misfortunes. It was very difficult to survive in jail. It was watched by other prisoners and prison guards, and it was a bit worse than death. At the same time, don't watch the prison guards show off their power in front of the prisoners and don't treat them as human beings. In fact, they are also struggling to survive. A lot of working hours, super-intensity psychological pressure, not only to be cautious at work, worry about your own safety, but also to face the family's incomprehension or even leave. In front of these murderous elements, you must be tougher than them in order to be able to suppress it, otherwise it will be ashamed of no breath. How to suppress this is a question of degree. Sometimes it is difficult to tame it by preaching alone, so moderate methods must be used. In prison, you have to expect to be friends with prison guards and understand each other, which is actually quite extravagant. Then you can't be a friend, and don't become an enemy, otherwise the hostility will last as long as you are imprisoned, and neither side will benefit. A relationship like the one in the film is on the verge of an explosion. A fuse will ignite the explosive barrel at any time. Prison riots didn't happen without a reason. The prisoners were not fools. Many of them were smart people. If you try to be imprisoned by them, you must be unwilling. The ending is still very harmonious. After so many events, it is a miracle that he can be alone. In that kind of environment, no backing is a dead end, and if you don't kill you, you will toss you half-dead. Even if you get out of prison, there will be more people waiting for you outside, which is so peaceful. It's the kind prison guard who tells you very realistically and cruelly, don't want to be a prison guard in the future, no prison will want him. In fact, the sermon at the end of the film talked about the importance of loyalty. This kind prison guard, ironically, is a counterexample in loyalty. The natural ending will not be good. It's just that from the conscience, he will be quite comfortable, there will be no guilt, let alone nightmares.

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Felon quotes

  • John Smith: [first words to his new cell mate] You jerk off? Face the wall. You break wind? Put your ass to the door. You shit or piss? In the can. You do all that, we'll get along famously.

  • Gordon Camrose: You gotta stop living in the past, John.

    John Smith: Hey, I am the past.

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