German physicist Werner. Heisenberg believes that the uncertainty of the microcosm is because when we observe, in order to obtain data, we have to exchange energy with the observed object, which inevitably changes the energy state of the observed object-if To determine the position of a particle, the energy applied during the measurement will change the momentum of the particle. The real intention of the lawyer Schneider is to tell Ed-"The more you see, the less you know." Giving more information to the jury and the judge will obscure the truth of the murder into a cloud.
Lawyer Schneider told Ed that the killed Dave was not his self-proclaimed hero of World War II, but merely a braggart and violent man who had never been on the battlefield. This subtle information will change the focus of people's concern and induce other speculations about the cause of the killing, thereby obscuring the "truth".
The "Green Hat Bizarre Blackmail Case" film has two versions, black and white and color, and the black and white style is undoubtedly more cohesive, brilliant and restrained, which fits the philosophical intentions that the Coen brothers want to express.
The protagonist Ed is a hairdresser in a small town, and his daily life is to cut the clumps of hair for the customers, and repeat it again and again. He began to question the meaning of his life. Based on the husband's instinct, he believes that his wife Doris and his wife's boss Dave must have an affair. By chance, he met a broker who advocated the dry cleaning business. Ed was tempted by his rhetoric about the prospects of the dry cleaning industry and regarded this as a gospel to change his stereotyped and boring life. Ed is determined to blackmail the retail store owner Dave for 10,000 yuan by using his "green hat" as an excuse. However, everything that happened after that was beyond Ed's expectations.
Dave who fell into the trap was not a fool, and soon learned of Ed's tricks. In the fight, Ed killed Dave in self-defense. However, the police regarded his wife Doris as a suspect, because it was she and Dave who made false accounts together, which made the account less than 10,000 yuan... The police believed that Doris was forced to kill because of embezzlement of public funds and exposure. Boss Dave...
The original title of the movie
All the characters in the story are far from the truth. In the case of Dave's murder, the police never suspected Ed. Lawyer Schneider didn't believe it when he heard Ed's confession of murder. After Ed made the act of helping the girl playing the piano, he found the lascivious side of the girl. Just after Ed's kindness broke out, the police charged Ed in another murder case. Ed's absurd experience (from innocence to death penalty) verifies the "unpredictable" principle of life, which is what the Coen brothers have been expressing since "Blood Labyrinth".
Near the end of the film, there is a scene in the film: Ed's car crashes out of the road, and a wheel shell slowly flies over trees, grass, and hillsides, with a graceful arc. The background gradually darkened, and only this silver disc remained, spinning from the left to the right of the screen... This is a completely fantasy picture, but it is beautiful and unusual. The Coen brothers are used to confuse the boundary between reality and fantasy. Is the out-of-control disc mocking the out-of-control and absurdity of life?
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