After watching this movie, the first reaction in my mind was "this killer is not too cold". Both films explored the identity of the killer, and the classic name "This killer is not too cold" highly summarizes the director's discussion of the nature of the killer's personality-not too cold.
Outside the spirit of contract
From ancient times to the present, whether at home or abroad, the logical chain of a professional killer is: the buyer pays, the killer kills, regardless of their likes or dislikes. It's simple, but it's no longer clear enough to get the spirit of contract.
And these classic films make people feel moved when they see it. It is this simple logical chain that adds a lot of weight that life can't bear. Once these sense of justice, morality, protection desire and sacrifices are added, the so-called professional killers become less "cold". They are flesh and blood, humane, and even bloody. I believe that what many directors want to discuss is the part of human nature.
When the original simple contract spirit became complicated, the killer also encountered many unexpected doubts. The cold heart was not necessarily melted by blood, and there may be suspicion and doubt along with it. This is also when the first and second men in the movie faced the villagers’ questioning of them, they said: "We think too much for our customers. I hope you know that you are not the only one being deceived."
Killer fear
In our impression, the killer should be fearless and careless. But is the killer really willing to worry about nothing?
When these seven killers lived in the village, they also formed a subtle mutual influence with the villagers. Under the guidance of the killer, the villagers knew how to defend, attack, and defend their homeland. And the four words that often flash in the killer's heart should be: live and work in peace and contentment. There is a sentence in the movie that impressed me: I used to learn how to sleep on a rock for a long time, but now I just want to lie on a clean white sheet. Some of them dreamed of putting down their butcher knives, and from then on, one house, one property, one farmhouse, but the desperate people had already put their life and death away. They come and go like the wind, longing for family children, people worthy of respect, people worthy of concern, but they will never get them. This is the fear of killers. Their fear transcends life and death. It is the fear of a stable life and the fear of taking responsibility.
Therefore, there will be a male protagonist who will say to three children, family responsibility, this is courage.
Villagers fear
The fear of the villagers is the opposite of the fear of the killer. It is the fear of the death of life. Especially this fear is far better than the fear of bullying and humiliation. The status between the two has been twisted and turned with the appearance of the killer. Want to get rid of the abuse of the powerful, hire a killer-start the war, really bleed, and generate fear-want to survive, rather succumb to the powerful, ask the killer to leave-the killer fights back and the villagers follow.
From this process, we can see that there is a fierce struggle between the villagers’ desire for survival and the desire for freedom. Children think that their father is cowardly, and killers call this responsibility and courage. I think this is indeed the epitome of the social and personal characteristics of the villager's identity. But from another perspective, many villagers are still ignorant majority, and there are few wise opinion leaders among them, which reflects the following consciousness of ordinary people.
After the killer leaves and then goes back, this kind of plot is reasonable, and it is the justice of the killer's heart. The final head-to-head battle with the powerful tyrant and the sacrifice of the four heroes added a lot of heroism to the film, and also awakened the villagers' consciousness of self-defense against the enemy deep in their hearts.
It is said that for the villagers, the killer is the gust. But in fact, for the killer, have the villagers not been a breeze in their cold world?
The part that needs to be updated after class:
1. It is said to have imitated Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai", so I'll make up this movie later.
2. As a feature of Western films, and is there a political epitome of the society at that time?
3. Are the different personalities of these seven people clear?
4. Nominated for the best soundtrack of a drama at the 33rd Academy Awards (look back for the soundtrack)
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