Real or not, who cares...

Anabel 2022-10-18 21:46:47

At the beginning of the story, Mike, the fat and almost faceless protagonist, watched it for a long time before adapting... the director was too talented. The murderer Longo looked very rich and handsome. He looked quite righteous and made the plot more confusing.
So one is a New York Times reporter, and the other is a murderer who killed the whole family. How are they connected? ! In fact, all of this comes from a professional journalist's curiosity, thorough inquiries, determination to find facts, and unscrupulous means under competition.
Imagine: a person commits a crime and is detained in prison; as a reporter, if the investigation shows that he is guilty, then the report is only a statement of the motives and psychological activities of a murderer; but if there are more "behind the scenes" and " Conspiracy theory", so as a reporter, do you prefer the latter? This is actually when Mike reported on a child abuse incident at the beginning. He fabricated some unfortunate incidents on one person and formed a "non-factual" report. After being fired, it would be so easy to change the previous one. ? !
The reporter was introduced step by step by the description of the murderer’s story. According to the description, even with the answer to the content of the "book", all the facts proved that Longo was innocent and caused a lot of social effects, including readers’ sympathy and compassion for Longo. , Indignation and encouragement.
But in the end, the movie “Zhan Jin Jie Tie” unanimously shouted out—Guilty, it is estimated that many hesitant viewers will breathe a sigh of relief, almost deceived by him... But in fact, no matter what will happen to Longo, the protagonist Mike is already inextricably linked.
In fact, the "relationship" between the two is the biggest highlight and climax of this article. I am sorry that I cannot describe the delicate relationship between them. Give up!

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True Story quotes

  • Jill Barker: [In the prison visiting room, talking to Christian Longo] Can I play you something?

    [Jill reaches for her iPhone, presses play and beautiful music is heard]

    Jill Barker: Se La Mia Morte Brami. If You Crave My Death. Carlo Gesualdo wrote it in 1611. A few years after killing his wife and newborn son. His wife had a lover so he tracked them down with a hunting knife. He stabbed her many, many times all over her body, and as she was bleeding to death on the floor, he forced the lover to strip her naked, put on her bloody nightdress and humiliate himself, before shooting him in the head. Then he went upstairs and beat his infant son to death against the side of his crib. The music is almost beautiful enough to make me forget I am listening to something written by a man who broke his baby's skull on a piece of furniture... but not quite.

    [Jill stops the music]

    Jill Barker: You see Mike wants to try and understand you. I think he believes that if he can understand you then maybe he can understand himself, but I don't wanna understand you at all. You're a murderer. You kill women and children. You're a narcissist who resents every single second of attention not given to you. I'm here to tell you that whatever else is coming to you, you will never ever escape what you are.

    [Jill stands up and leaves the visiting room]

  • Jill Barker: I thought you'd be taller.

    Christian Longo: What?

    Jill Barker: I don't know, maybe because he looks up to you.

    Christian Longo: No, I look up to him.