Probably the same group of performers was used for the two trials.

Krista 2022-04-24 07:01:05

The narrative of the film is very rough, Gerry's futile emotional catharsis runs through, and some branches seem a bit lengthy.
Perhaps in order to stay true to the truth, and the plot itself is full and extreme enough, there is almost no doubt that the end of the fire can give the audience a strong emotional feedback.

After the climax came to an abrupt end, I didn't pay much attention to the ending of the characters in the subtitles, but I remembered these scenes:
1. When the Gerry family was tried, the crowd inside and outside the court chanted "hang them", and everyone was filled with righteous indignation.
2. The parade took the crowd chanting "free the four" as a turning point, and finally the crowd surrounded Gerry and cheered, as if the expected justice had come.

The contrast between the two scenes sent chills down the spine. Aside from the two diametrically opposed positions, the extreme emotions and the full sense of ritual displayed by the masses are almost the same - justice that exhausted their lives and waited for it was just another carnival for the rabble.
How can those who have never been exposed to the truth dare to express their positions so extreme.

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Extended Reading
  • Else 2022-03-22 09:01:36

    Rehabilitation is a case of success because of a coincidence, this should not be the capital of pride. This also seems to say that formal channels are basically unable to rehabilitate such a thing. I don't know why I thought of the film "Gua Sha" for the first time.

  • Meaghan 2022-01-26 08:14:23

    What makes me most uncomfortable is the father-son relationship Emma Thompson represents the brave and kind intellectual class father is oppressed, weak and kind-hearted class protagonists of that generation's bloodliness and self-ridicule are intertwined with each other to help each other, in fact, can be taken better and not hypocritical. Things are still happening but we don't know

In the Name of the Father quotes

  • Gerry Conlon: Was I always bad, was I?

    Giuseppe Conlon: Not always.

    Gerry Conlon: I don't deserve to spend the rest of my life in here do I?

    Giuseppe Conlon: All they done was block out the light.

    [points to his head]

    Giuseppe Conlon: They can't block out the light in here.

  • Gerry Conlon: What I remember most about my childhood is holding your hand. My wee hand in your big hand, and the smell of tobacco. I remember, I could smell the tobacco in the palm of your hand. When I want to feel happy, I try to remember the smell of tobacco.

    Giuseppe Conlon: Hold my hand.