principle, truth, power

Keven 2022-04-22 07:01:42

In the past few years, seeing that the political subject matter is slowly picking up again, maybe we are learning to get used to some heavy things again.
When you are suddenly placed in an environment without any personal dignity to talk about because of your initial curiosity and professionalism, and temporarily do not see the possibility of liberation, which way will you deal with despair?
On the outside is the confrontation between the media standards and the will of the state, and on the inside is the mental torture and the consumption of the bottom line of value. Confrontation and consumption are enough to turn a once arrogant brawl into a fight over a bed in a heart-wrenching moment. Ironically, the ontological source of the bottom line and the norm turned out to be an accidental promise made cheerfully by a little girl under the innocent smiling face of a car in the warm sun. Of course, this ending is still a little too dramatic, so that while mocking the big propositions of national security, it also somewhat dispels the film's own idea. The controversy faced by the film has always been great, and the ending should be somewhat responsible. As for the bankruptcy of the distribution company and the return of Oscar's Sha Yu, it was just fate.
However, we are still willing to agree that in this world, there must always be one or two people who still have the courage to fight for their principles.
In addition, the state is indeed a notion to be wary of, because whether recognized or not, the state is in the hands of a few. It is a dangerous way of thinking to watch other people's movies as a way of comparing one's own politics. But the problem is that we are in a land where rights and powers have never been clearly distinguished. What's more, even in an era of lack of group security, even the United States has elevated its power over civil rights.
The director's ability to control emotions is excellent, the passages that are easy to sensationalize and the passages that are easy to preach are calm, so the performance has power.
The type that often occurs is the over-the-shoulder shot that focuses on the neck of the foreground person, the constructive shot from the virtual to the real, and the detailed depth-of-field scheduling in the dialogue between two or three people in a narrow space. These techniques lend themselves to telling a story full of inner wrestling — unpretentious and courteous and well-ordered, but deep down with thrilling deceit.

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Nothing But the Truth quotes

  • Rachel Armstrong: I'm afraid I'm gonna disappoint you, Mr. Dubois.

    Dubois: That's not possible.

  • Agent O'Hara: She's never had her Vassar ass in jail. She'll break.

    Erica Van Doren: I don't know. I met her. I looked her in the eye. She's a water-walker.