There was a bizarre robbery in the United States in 2004...
The perpetrators are four students in school, including art students, sports students, and even academic masters with excellent grades!
And their target of the robbery turned out to be just a book.
No money, no sex, only books...
Quick search can only express admiration for this wave of cultural people’s show operations.
"American Animals"
At the beginning of the film, a row of subtitles was vowed: This is not based on a true story...
This is a true story.
United States, Kentucky.
Spencer, a very gifted art student, saw a picture book called "Birds of the Americas" in the library.
Mentioned this with friend Warren, and a plan to steal it and sell it came up during the conversation.
The reason for Spencer's initiation of this idea, on the one hand, stems from his confusion about art.
He found that those famous artists had experienced different degrees of suffering, but his life went smoothly, even a little "happiness".
On the other hand, it is the perplexity and impulse of youth.
I don't like to stay the same, I want to do something to make myself different.
Spencer might just say it casually, but Warren took it seriously.
First, search for how to plan a perfect robbery on Google.
Then watch classic crime movies and learn from the advanced experience of the predecessors.
Following the routine in the movie: They drew the floor plan of the library, and recorded the working hours of the library staff.
A full set of plans has also been developed, including access to the library, control of the administrator, escape routes, and ways of disposing of stolen goods.
After finding that there was a shortage of manpower, two people were brought into the gang. One person picked up the car and the three robbed them. Arrangements were made.
Look at their imaginary theft plan, which is quite fluent and unrestrained in "Mission Impossible".
But when everything was ready, they disguised and entered the library, only to find that things were not as simple as they thought.
During the first robbery, they encountered a meeting in the library, and the room was full.
Without any psychological preparation, they had no choice but to end in embarrassment.
After the defeat in the first battle, the four of them obviously lost their self-confidence...The second action did not engage in cross-dressing tricks, and went straight to the field to grab!
Everything went as planned, the administrator was tied first; then he started to grab the picture album.
But when they were about to retreat, the accident happened again. They accidentally pressed the wrong elevator floor, exposing themselves in full view.
After finally reaching the basement floor, I found it was a dead end!
No way, in the end they could only leave the album and escape in a hurry.
In the end, I didn't get the most valuable picture album, and only got 2 books, but these 2 books were also worth millions.
Even more stupid is still to come. When Warren and Spencer asked the auction house to estimate the price, they also left their real phone numbers...
The final result is conceivable. Don't think this is a comedy. The movie shows all this in a very serious and rigorous way.
When we look back, we will find that what this film wants to talk about is not robbery, but growth itself.
In addition to their preparations for this theft, it makes us feel more of the confusion in our growth, and the fate of being constantly instigated by people around us, pushing forward.
Fantasy crime, everyone has had it.
But whether you can stick to these beliefs and rules, so as not to let yourself be driven by momentary pleasures and interests, and not be driven by the animal nature of crime, is the difference between humans and animals.
I think this is one of the reasons why the movie is named "American Animals".
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