The Crucible is just such a description of the cry of people at the bottom. It made me see that in some people, conscience is fragile, and in others, it can make them stubborn to the end. It also allowed me to see the conscience of Korean filmmakers outside of the story. That is to speak up for those who have been silenced in addition to singing, and awaken the paralyzed nerves of injustice. This bit of effort may be insignificant, this countercurrent in human nature, which is actually the germ of social freedom and civilization.
There are people who are strong or weak in power. When the powerful strata collude with each other to form an airtight wall, when the judicial system also becomes a silencer to help the wicked wash their whites, when the police representing the country's violence are fully armed, using high-pressure water guns and electric shocks. Sticking to the people, when the police beat the non-threatening male protagonist to the ground with batons and crushed his head, and a large number of police officers rushed to the protest crowd as if they were besieging and suppressing the enemy, the description of tyranny does not require a generous narration, these pictures win. to everything. It is enough to make all people with civic consciousness terrified, but in times of peace, guarding against signs of autocracy on the rise is the guarantee that a free system can continue to thrive. But would we feel weird living in this environment? Such pictures on the Greater China Local Area Network are always fresh and direct. Looking at our own screen, it is always a tribute blockbuster for singing and dancing, so when we satirize the arrogance of Ye Lang of Bangzi Kingdom with a arrogant tone, we should have found a reason to be ashamed in Korean movies. When condemning injustice, we will always play the role of the victim. For example, in various anti-Japanese war films like model dramas, the Japanese are always cruel and stupid, the heroes of our party are always righteous, wise and brave, and the informed life in the TV series is safe and happy. Romantic, court dramas have exhausted the brain cells of screenwriters, our cultural life has become hallucinogenic, and people are dying without knowing it. A body that never lacks self-reflection, and every detoxification channel is blocked, must rot from the bones.
At the end of the film, there is no heroine who can help the children who have been sexually assaulted to get justice. Now I understand that we fought all the way, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing us. The family members of the victims who were bought by the money were not wicked people. Minxiu’s grandmother sat next to a box of money and couldn’t raise her head for a long time. They also had a sense of shame in their hearts, but poverty was their death point, because wealth is just like that. A wicked thing that makes some people look rich and unkind and makes others lose their spines. Therefore, being able to resist the temptation of real interests and be foolish for some abstract ideals is already a great thing. These people are amazing because they have options without compromise.
On the beach, the male protagonist told the victim girl in sign language that the most beautiful things in the world are invisible and inaudible. It is conscience. A pursuit of freedom and justice, and an instinct to resist slavery and oppression, it is a human dignity that cannot be surrendered to the mighty, the rich and the noble, and the poor and the lowly.
Because on the road to slavery, there are a group of insensitive enslaved people, except for the applause, there is silence.
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