Except for being hired and killing people for money, he refuses to let anyone humiliate and threaten him. At the beginning of the film, the Iceman cut his throat because he was playing billiards and had a conflict with a small bastard. In order to show his cold blood and courage to the black boss Roy, he shot and killed an innocent hobo who had never known each other. . Even, an unemployed friend wanted to find a job and took advantage of Richard Kuklinski’s friend and Roy Pan’s relationship. Roy didn’t want to expose his relationship with Richard Kuklinski, so he greatly improved Light fire. Richard Kuklinsky killed the friend without hesitation. Then he killed another boss, Ray Liotta, who hired him because of a commission dispute. He killed his partner because the partner humiliated his family. Roy wanted to kill his family and angered him. Finally, he Before planning to kill Roy, he was arrested by the police.
Just such an inhumane guy, in the movie we can't help but slowly like him and fall in love with him. At the end of the movie, when we saw a close-up of Richard Kuklinski’s face, the villain who killed more than 100 people was locked up in Trenton Prison. But there is no repentance at all. He thought the only things he was sorry for were his wife and two daughters. We know that this is a dangerous anti-social element, but we can't help but sympathize with him. What's wrong with us? Why do we fall in love with bad guys?
First, the narrative method changes the value orientation of the film. This film not only tells the story of a cold-blooded killer who continues to kill, the film also emphasizes another clue-his family life. From the beginning of the iceman's love, the film deliberately created the image of a western cowboy who is good at protecting women and children: cold, reticent, and quick. His slightly slow movements and sharp eyes couldn't help but remind people of Eastwood when he was young. In his eyes, anyone can be his job, except his wife and two daughters. He will not let anyone humiliate him and his family easily. The movie has created an image of a husband and father who loves his family. He worked hard to kill people just to buy a big house for his wife and buy gold and silver jewelry. He never cheats, does not smoke, does not drink too much, at least in the movies we see Less than these bad habits; on her daughter’s birthday, in order to be able to write poems for her. You see, what a good man. These excellent qualities are more attractive than his violence and cold blood. The two narrative clues of this man are intertwined. Warmth and brutality create contradictions in the narrative process. These two qualities seem to be unable to be unified in one person in real life, but this is not a problem in the movie. The film uses warmth to dispel the shock caused by violence, or to reduce the impact of violence on the audience. In noir genre movies, this has basically become a routine. In this process of reconciliation, we have not only seen the evil of the bad guys, but also the brilliance of human nature. And seeing this kind of humanity in a bad person makes us feel more precious. Perhaps our human nature prefers warmth and tends to ignore cruelty. Moreover, we see that most of the people killed by Richard Kuklinski were damned.
Secondly, the human heart is very weird. We expect to live in an orderly society, but deep in our hearts, we want to disrupt this order all the time. The iceman Richard Kuklinski is an order-breaker. We can't see who is upset or offend you and kill him. In an orderly society, we, as social individuals, are absolutely impossible to be executed, and we cannot replace the law to determine the life and death of others. But when we encounter these injustices in reality, how much we desire to destroy those hateful people in one shot. Therefore, Richard Kuklinsky’s work has actually hit the weakness of our human beings, invisibly satisfying our gloomy hearts. Of course, in the eyes of this order breaker, he is also in order. For example, he never kills women or children. He can't even forgive his own brother because he killed a 12-year-old child and disrupted his order. This tender, silent father and husband, what he did, gradually grabbed our hearts. On the one hand, we screamed at his cruelty, and on the other hand, we were moved by his warmth. More importantly, watching a movie is like a mental derailment. Just think about it, but nothing will happen. In the end Richard Kuklinski was arrested, and we were safe and sound citizens back to an orderly society. Very good.
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