On June 21, 1964, the Ku Klux Klan hijacked a wagon carrying three civil rights activists in Mississippi, USA. The three included two white social activists who defended the rights of blacks. After the incident, the whereabouts of the three were unknown. , The FBI sent people to the conservative town to investigate and kicked off the film. The events and towns in this film are actually a stage where the conflicts and interests of all parties are intertwined. Looking at the FBI first, Allen Ward and Rupert Anderson are the main investigators, but they are different. Allen Ward is a young FBI investigator full of principle and idealism. He swears not to give up if he fails to achieve his goal, and is determined to punish the wicked, but he appears to be inflexible and even reckless. And Rupert Anderson is a veteran, deeply understands the sophistication of a conservative town, knows more about flexibility, and doesn't pay much attention to things like procedural justice. Therefore, during the investigation, we saw that the two often clashed. Alan Ward’s impatience and aggressiveness often caused more damage to the local blacks and the investigators involved, but it was his determination that allowed the case to continue to advance. Mobilize more resources. And Rupert Anderson’s calmness is a powerful supplement to Allen Ward. He is better at getting clues from the people, and from time to time he gives some color to the arrogant local racial justice elements, and once his conviction is firm, he is even more Various methods can be used to punish the murderer. It can be said that they represent two types of people, one with idealistic temperament and the other with realism, but they are all equal people with firm values. In that era, it was based on these values to reach a consensus. It is the joint efforts of people who have their own ways to play their roles and complement each other to promote the transformation of society to equality.
The conflict between local blacks and whites is also typical, and this is divided into two levels, one is the violent conflict between the KKK and the local blacks, and the other is deeply rooted in the social culture, and the mutual distrust between whites and blacks. Not all local white people violently treat blacks, but under long-term cultural influence, they at least believe that blacks are two cultures that should not interfere with each other, and local blacks also live in their own communities and do not do more rights. Require. This invisible barrier makes the society seem very stable, but it is a kind of "stability" that lacks rationality and carries danger. Therefore, when the affirmative movement emerged, this stability was broken, whites were full of crisis, and blacks were full of deprivation. As a result, a paradox was created. The original desire to make society more equal and all parties to live in peace and friendship. The affirmative movement, on the contrary, caused social turmoil in the process. On the contrary, the blacks were attacked more fiercely. Just like the black houses burned down in the film, the Mississippi was burning. This fire further intensified contradictions and created viciousness. cycle. On this basis, another cultural contradiction has also begun to emerge, that is, the long-standing North-South contradiction in the United States. From the perspective of the Mississippi, it is the elites in the North who brutally interfered with the South’s original culture and caused it. social chaos. The entire United States at that time was the same. The Kennedy administration even dispatched military police to firmly escort blacks into schools that only whites could enter in the past. This turmoil is also always testing the conscience of Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson. When they tried to uphold justice but found that conflicts were intensified and blacks were beaten and killed, the inner entanglement was obvious. . At the same time, the burning Mississippi also allowed people to see the truth about the KKK apprentices and aroused the kindness of the local people. This is a personal contradiction, just like the wife of the KKK policeman in the film, who tortured her heart. In the pain, she finally told the truth, which became the key to the breakthrough in this case, and she also paid the price of being beaten. However, a society does not need to lack justice and stability, let alone allow one party to endure humiliation and injustice to maintain stability. Therefore, even if it pays a temporary price, the American society at that time still firmly moved towards at least institutional equality. In the masterpiece "Glory and Dreams", there is a turbulent chapter about this period of history, and this film is from one side, one event, and brings the audience a panoramic experience of that era. This is the rare and valuable part of this film. .
The drama of the film is inseparable from the wonderful performances of the actors. Gene Hackman played Rupert Anderson. He is very old and calm, but there is no lack of righteousness. A few scenes confronting the arrogant 3K Klan members. The action is amazing and can be included in performance textbooks. William Dafoe has played almost any role that may appear in the film. The idealistic FBI investigator Alan Ward in this film does not seem to match his angular appearance, but his passion and a little recklessness all at once Let you see the demeanor of a hot-blooded detective. Several KKK disciples and the local bureaucrats who acted like a tiger played very vividly, and vividly made you anxious for their delay in being punished, and I really want to give it a shot. Of course, most of these party members were punished later. Rupert Anderson found his own people to toss them in a unique way, and the actor of one of his friends made me shine and exclaimed "Vertical "Saw", that pale face is too iconic. Yes, it is Tobin Bell. Fans of "Chainsaw" can watch the ending section of this film to see how Uncle "Jigsaw" helped the FBI with unconventional means. One hand.
This film is based on the murder of Vernon Dammer, a civil rights activist in Mississippi, in 1966. Unlike the fun of punishing evil and promoting good at the end of the film, the development of real events is a lot more tortuous. After the Vernon Dammer tragedy, a lot of evidence secretly pointed to Samuel Powers, the leader of the KKK, the "Wizard Emperor", but due to lack of sufficient evidence, the mastermind behind the scenes was at large for a long time. It was not until 1997 that there was one. The appearance of new witnesses allowed Samuel Bowles to accept a just trial.
"Blood Storm" can be called a movie with a bit of horrible taste. Knowing that the process will be rugged and even more intense, people like Alan Ward are still trying their best to promote it. From the film, we can see that the black people were the most entangled at that time. Most of them already had a kind of reluctant silence, because in an area where racial discrimination is pervasive, all resistance can only bring more serious revenge. As a result, what we see is a group of whites who are institutionalized confronting whether blacks should be treated equally, while blacks are subjected to non-institutionalized violent attacks. This is a sad reality, but it is only a temporary predicament. Finally, I can't bear it. Just like the scenes in the film, I express my dignity with the parade. When these people come to the front desk, Mississippi doesn't have to burn anymore. Because, along with Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson, they have ignited the torch of justice and equality to arouse more people to awaken from the ills of society.
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