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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...
I can only express my admiration for the detective of this wave of cultural people's show operations!
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Those who participated in this wonderful robbery are...
Spencer , an art specialty student, locked the target of the robbery.
The rebellious sportsman Warren planned the robbery...
Even the path to the sale of stolen goods has been taken care of by him!
School bully Eric and muscular man Charles are responsible for running away...
The elders don't grab money or sex, but they just fancy a book?
It can be seen that the book they grabbed is definitely not an ordinary book...
The school library has a collection of the first edition of "A Atlas of Birds of the Americas" drawn by the American painter John James Audubon...
In addition, there are isolated copies of Darwin's "Evolution" and other works.
These white and black characters entered the black market, and they all started at tens of millions of dollars!
But they didn’t do this vote for money...
First time
Round One
The four carefully planned the details of the book theft:
Check the techniques of robbery online, watch movies about theft, and even design action drawings and sand table models!
When you actually act, you can be like a master thief dancing and singing in an action movie, as casual as you can get something...
However, such a smooth action is just their pipe dream.
The reality is like this...
True first time
Real·Round One
As exciting as all stories of theft...
Make an appointment with a fake identity, put on a licensed car, and the boys disguise themselves as old men and enter the library. They are very professional.
But who knows the librarian is too sharp...
In [The Handmaid’s Story] , the maid who trained the handmaid became an administrator, and the Emmy Award for Best Actress Ann Tangde was simply an extinct teacher.
One look scared the old man!
Before entering the collection room, the group was repelled by the eyes of death...
The action failed!
second round
Round Two
After the first failure, the four of them obviously lost their confidence...
In the second action, he will no longer engage in cross-dressing tricks, and go directly to the court to grab it!
But rushed to the front and found out: the movies are all deceptive!
The electric shock exterminates teacher too, can't find the key to the showcase, can't find the underground exit of the library, the picture album is too heavy to lift...
In the end, the four people who fled in embarrassment crashed the car, vomited and vomited...
The thief style in the dream, only left to flee.
The plan failed again!
Everyone is in a panic of being wanted...
[American Animals] restored the student book theft incident in 2004, but in reality four young people were arrested after the failed robbery...
They were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, and fortunately, youth went to prison.
The viewers who have seen [American Animals] are joking:
This is an educational film about youth crime prevention!
American students are too idle, and there is no time for a set of five-three simulations!
The first half of the film shows the process of their four-person plan to steal the book in a slightly comedic atmosphere, which is hilarious.
After the action failed, the four fell into a suffocating wait...
It seems that the excitement and pleasure before are like dreams, but now Dameng just woke up and came back to his senses, they broke the law!
Four real people are also interspersed in the film in the form of interviews:
Spencer, a confused art student.
His talent was recognized, but his heart fell into emptiness...
In his opinion, great artists have experienced big ups and downs and try their best, but they are just ordinary people with "full life".
Real Spencer
Warren, a rebellious hippie.
Going to steal meat but using African children as an excuse, stealing snacks in the supermarket and yelling at the security guards, I can’t get used to the world...
The real warren
Eric, an introverted schoolmaster.
Glasses, checked shirt, a gesture of studying hard...
Three descriptions will be able to outline a squeezed out of school bully.
Real Eric
Charles, a big guy who is easily brainwashed by money.
He likes to do business and make money, he knows that robbery is illegal, but the income of 12 million yuan is more convincing than any words...
Real charles
The four people have different personalities, experiences, and needs...
The book-pirating project is like an impulse in fate, the pleasure of a moment bewitched the four people in the confusion period at the same time!
But the pleasure is like a mirage, and there is nothing waiting...
Their madness reminds me of recent news:
Young people stealing planes in Seattle, USA...
In the press briefing, this was a case of a ground crew member stealing the aircraft and crashing due to technical problems and fuel exhaustion.
But the conversation between the young man and the air traffic control of the tower revealed more details...
Richard who stole the plane was the ground crew responsible for the salute and delivery.
According to the surrounding reports, he takes his work seriously, treats friends sincerely, has a happy family life, and has no suicidal tendency at all...
But while driving the stolen plane, he said to the tower air traffic control:
"I am a broken person, maybe a few screws are loose. I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I found it."
He, who has only flown in a simulation game, completed the difficult maneuvers in an unloaded passenger plane...
He flew round and round on the coast at dusk until the fuel was exhausted, and finally he chose to drive the plane and land in no man's land.
Subsequent investigation revealed that Richard did not have any deliberate plans, and the suicide after stealing the plane was probably just a random act.
A normal person made a decision that couldn’t be turned back in an instant...
A similar story is the departure of a New York bus driver in 1947.
The driver Similo drove the company bus from New York to Florida on the working day of May 28, 1947...
He enjoyed the journey of more than 1,300 kilometers until he was caught by the police!
The momentary free indulgence resulted in legal sanctions.
They are regarded as rebellious and unruly legends, and they will also be criticized as saboteurs who disregard legal principles, and they are judged on both sides...
Why do these "apostates" do this?
Looking back at the real experience of the "Book Robbery"...
Facing the camera, their memories are blurred, and the book theft incident has become a sleepwalking many years ago, and no one can tell the details of the year.
But the movie revealed their living space:
In the sparse classroom, the teacher lectures on stage, and the students are absent-minded...
Couples are hidden in the gloomy hallways of the dormitories, and the boys' wanton hustle and bustle in the fraternity club.
Young people outside of school burn their youth with alcohol, marijuana, and motorcycles...
The burned trolley was like igniting a frantic fire, adding fire to their absurd book theft plan.
Spencer has a happy family, his parents and sisters are smiling, but no one understands his real thoughts.
Only in the reflection of the stagnant water on the roadside, indicator lights, road signs and the Stars and Stripes stand side by side, like a metaphor...
The future path is like watching the moon in the water, out of reach!
The soul of adolescence is eager to squander the vigorous vitality, create a world of its own, leave traces of earth and earth, and prove that it has been brilliant...
Warren's monologue many years later also revealed their inner world:
In your life, others have been telling you...
What you do is meaningful, you are special!
You can even list some things to prove your special...
But in fact those things are meaningless.
And you are not special.
Before that, they all thought they were unique like Spencer...
The four young men proved themselves with the theft plot in the movie...
The movie-like romantic illusion finally paid for a real 7-year prison sentence and a helpless acceptance of mediocre life.
The film is called [American Animals], and the stolen album is also a bird map...
Animals are a symbol of animality, and birds are inherently free.
But living in reality, it is inevitable to restrain this unrestrained freedom.
In 1947, a New York driver smiled and said:
If you tell a joke twice, it's not funny.
After the book-thief young man was released from prison in 2004, he said:
These things have no meaning at all, and you are not special!
The person who stole the plane in Seattle in 2018 said before his death:
I don’t know how to land, nor do I plan to land...
As Richard who stole the plane said, we were originally intact people. At a certain moment, a few parts were loose. After all...
In reality, not everyone is as flawless as standard products.
They just loosened the screws and broke down at a moment.
I hope that in times of restlessness, one person, some things, and one sentence can fix the soul in every predicament!
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