The mystery is revealed at the last minute

Alvina 2022-11-23 04:56:15

This is a great plan. Three opponents of the death penalty challenge the current system with their own lives. And until the last moment, no one knows the truth. They plan events from start to finish, but pretend to be unaware. They have only one purpose - to abolish the death penalty. Two people gave up their lives for this plan, and one patiently waited for the final moment. This is an extremely torment for any of them, but this is another opportunity that makes them extremely excited. At the last moment, waiting for this final breach, only to win the final counterattack. The government spokesperson announced: When David Gale died, I was really disappointed, maybe because what I expected was too dramatic, the director executed David Gale to make the story more realistic, this ending is smart , otherwise the beauty of the story will be greatly reduced. But this movie does have some minor flaws, and some of them make me brood. On the other hand my brain seems to be getting slower and slower and it takes time to understand some words, maybe they make sense. Gale said this to Bessie the last time they met: "

We've spent our lives trying to prevent death, eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting...killing...and how much do we really know about death? Just not People can come back and tell us. But at a certain point in life, at a certain moment, when your mind overtakes desire, infatuation, when your habits triumph over dreams, when your loss...maybe death is a gift. "

David has foreshadowed a lot, but what he wants to say is-maybe death is a gift. He said this sentence just to echo the last play: Bixi received a courier, which is loved by David's son Sean the sheep doll, (the director failed here) and a piece of paper that says: David wants to give it to you, and he says there is a key to your freedom in it. Bixi opened Sean Sheep's belly, and inside was a video tape, which was the last video of Constance's suicide: In the picture, Constance was lying on the ground, dead, Dustin (the one who was alive) Walking out of the camera, and then David walking in, (Bissy's eyes widen, she's obviously surprised) David crouches down and strokes Constance's head, then stands up and walks toward the camera, like a final goodbye. I think the reason why David said this was the key to Bixi's freedom was because David knew for a long time that he would die, and he was fully prepared for death. In fact, the reason why they found Bixi was because they knew that he would die. , Bixi's industry ethics (this is also mentioned in the movie), her industry ethics prompts her to keep asking for the truth, and finally, because there is only one person left who knows the truth, she will not resist the huge power of the current system and be alone Weakness - because this is a huge project, and Bixi, her intelligence, her persistence, points to the truth. Indeed, she did. The three planners had long known that this plan would destroy their own lives, even their own lives. And Bixi hopes that she can save this innocent person at the last moment, and she fails, when she arrives, David has been executed, Bixi burst into tears, she missed, maybe she felt that she missed it completely. This key to freedom has indeed opened her freedom. What David wants to tell her is that she has not missed anything. Her mission is to make this breach even bigger when the masses are most suspicious of the government's error-free death penalty trial. Just like Bixi's own diagnosis of Constance's death: "

Iron proof that the current system kills innocent people!"

My dissatisfaction with the movie is all in some small details, the director did not let me see David's lovely son in the end, To regain the worship of his father, God knows, 6 years can subvert a person's understanding of anyone. Why David should leave so much money to his wife also puzzles me. The postcard from the Sean doll and the "willing to do anything" schoolgirl may be the best thing a father or husband can keep, because it's full of love and a desire to be trusted. Why should Sean be left to female reporters, I don't quite understand. But I think it's a good movie.


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The Life of David Gale quotes

  • Constance Harraway: Stop that!

    David Gale: What?

    Constance Harraway: Active listening, I hate active listeners. I always feel like they're to busy *pretending* to be listening to hear what I'm saying.

    David Gale: I can listen and actively listen at the same time. I'm good at that.

  • David Gale: Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, you don't, you can't want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the "it" that you want, it's the fantasy of "it." So, desire supports crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill. Or be careful what you wish for. Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lacan is, living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.