The ability to judge right and wrong is far more important than knowledge

Dayana 2022-04-21 09:03:34

I have roughly read the record of the real incident, and it is generally more faithful to the original work. In particular, the conversation between the defendant and the lawyer in the court is also directly copied from the court record. Of course, the family of the accident person and the accident person themselves must be There is beautification, which is an artistic beautification effect presented by the film, which is understandable. What surprised me was not how brutal and dehumanizing the abuse itself was, but how little awareness of the law and the blurring of moral boundaries in rural America in the 1950s, up to a 37-year-old leading woman, Down to the youngest 13-year-old child, there are also high school classmates mixed with the heroine, neighbors, and even some people who have witnessed the fact that this is just a crime that deserves to be condemned but has not yet risen to a criminal level. Thinking of this makes me shudder. In fact, the 37-year-old woman who initiated the crime, her motives and causes of crime, combined with her bad life experience, coupled with the mental disorder caused by long-term medication, is logical. What is terrible is that she acts as a template object for a group of minors, even a family The power center in China actually influenced a bunch of children in the moral formative period to do demonic behaviors, and they didn't know it afterwards. This is the point of this incident worthy of our reflection. Although this is a story that takes place in rural America, in the United States, which vigorously promotes human rights, the local children have been educated, and the church has also stood in the local area. Under such an infrastructure environment, such ignorant people can be nurtured. Seriously terrified.

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  • Winston 2022-03-20 09:02:59

    Unspeakably painful. Want to cry without tears.

  • Darian 2022-01-28 08:20:47

    I was shocked when I watched the Danish movie Hunting that I didn't have children, maybe because I pretended to be the hero of the show. When I watched this movie, I had a child and felt that how I was really no longer mattered. Nothing was more worrying than a child’s illness, and I couldn’t accept the situation in the play. I wanted to stop and watch it several times. However, there are sins everywhere in the world, only by recognizing them.

An American Crime quotes

  • Gertrude Baniszewski: [preparing to write the tattoo onto Sylvia's belly] Ricky... she came back from juvenile! Started stirring up trouble again... Johnny hold her!

    Sylvia Likens: No, please, please!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Keep her still!

    Marie Baniszewski: If you move, it'll only be messy.

    Gertrude Baniszewski: [gives Marie a lighter and a safety pin] Light that.

    Sylvia Likens: No! No! No! Please! No! No! Please! Please!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Stop it!

    Shirley Baniszewski: You got it right, mama?

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Make sure it's hot!

    Sylvia Likens: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: You liar!

    Sylvia Likens: Please stop, please no! Please!

    [Marie gives Gertrude the safety pin]

    Gertrude Baniszewski: You branded my daughters... now I have to brand you.

  • Gertrude Baniszewski: Who's in charge here?

    Johnny Baniszewski: You are, mama.