It doesn't matter who wins or loses

Christa 2022-04-19 09:01:47

This film is about faith, and the crisis of faith.
Combined with the background of the film, the second year after JFK was assassinated, and the second year after "i have a dream" was published, the belief that black people should be discriminated against in the past few hundred years is collapsing, but most people still insist that black and white are different. Like the principal, who thinks that black kid should be kept out of the white world, even though she will allow black kids in her school. And the kindness that father Flynn unleashed on black children will be taken for granted as ulterior motives. . .
Of course, I can't tell from the film whether father Flynn made advances on the negro kid, I tend to have it, because in the 1960s, white people who shot black people could be found not guilty, and it was only natural to take advantage of it (this should be most Americans at that time. people, both white and black), and that black kid was given respect and equal opportunity, so the black kid is grateful to father Flynn. And neither of them felt that it was actually a crime, which was the problem, and father Flynn's hoarse and confident voice in the office also showed it.

Finally, the principal's doubt was actually the doubt of the entire white society in the United States at that time. . .

In the film, the battle between the principal and father Flynn doesn't matter, because the black people are the real losers, just like China in the Russo-Japanese War, the result was that Japan wins and Russia loses, but in fact China loses, because this It is a struggle on Chinese soil for interests in China.

The story is written for Americans, so it gets such a high rating in the United States, and we Chinese don't have such a cultural background, so it's normal to give it a low score or to understand it. I still give it a 5! ! !

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Extended Reading
  • John 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    the mininalism and bleakness leave such room for powerful performances, all the 4 (maybe not Amy Adams?)

  • Brandy 2021-11-27 08:01:19

    American movies often feature lawyers, teachers, and pastors as the protagonists, because these people can reasonably and reasonably large-length speeches, preaching, and instilling American values ​​on a single occasion. Of course, American values ​​are awesome and universal. I accept this, but the problem is that art is not a tool to illustrate politics and convey values. When can Americans give up this kind of preaching and understand and respect art like Europeans do?

Doubt quotes

  • Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [to Mrs. Miller] Years ago I used to listen to all the news reports, because my husband was in Italy, in the war.

    Mrs. Miller: [Taken aback] You were a married woman?

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [Offended] Yes, but then he was killed.

  • Sister Aloysius Beauvier: James Hurley, what are you doing out of class?

    Jimmy Hurley: Sister James sent me down.

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: For what?

    Jimmy Hurley: Talking.

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: Well, go back up and SHUT UP!