The death of aspiring youth

Jany 2022-01-09 08:01:17

In his theological theory, Luther portrayed God as an almighty man. People are not more likely to be saved by God because of their good deeds. People are saved by believing in God and then saved by grace, but God bestows grace entirely on his own will. This kind of almighty God gives people great fear. If God does not always grant grace with kindness, as Luther said, if God is like Job’s God, “deprive him of everything he has; If you don’t want it, doubly give it to him.” People at that time feared this kind of almighty God's behavior and called it "trembling painful whistling."

The protagonist of "Heaven and Hell" immediately felt this trembling painful whisper. At the end of the film, no matter how hard his mouth was, his hands trembled uncontrollably. He was afraid of going into hell, afraid of facing death, afraid of hearing his mother's nagging after death... But how did he become the perverted killer now?

The best way to watch Akira Kurosawa's movies is to read his idle pens. When Kurosawa's film technique is more superb, he has no useless shots. On the surface, he tells a story about chasing robbers, but in fact he tells a story about the depravity of an aspiring young man.

The suspect appeared on the scene for the first time, and the camera was aimed at the dirty river. In the reflection, a white suit pants slowly appeared. The music accompanying the male lead was: "Trout", which was derived from a poem by the German poet Schubart. Shubart was imprisoned for political reasons, and his desire for freedom in prison life made the poem Trout. The implied kindness and innocence are often victimized by deceit and evil. Finally, young people who are new to the society are clearly warned not to become naive and innocent trouts.

From this soundtrack alone, it can be seen that Kurosawa does not view the male protagonist in a critical light. The misfortune of his life and his fall are the topics that Kurosawa wants to care about. He is obviously a talented young man, doing an enviable job as an intern. How did he become a naive and innocent trout in prison?

The male protagonist stopped for two hours on the roaring coast of the steamship before the second murder. What was he thinking? Such a beautiful scenery is a lover's road in a city like Zhuhai, but he is alone, looking at the fog and the sky, smoking one cigarette after another. Tao An's " Lanjiangji " in the Ming Dynasty was breezy in the northeast, blowing clouds and sails like leaves. Steady towards Lanjiangji , there is no need to be surprised when the angry waves are gushing. He naturally doesn't have such rhetoric, City of star, are you shinning just for me? I always think of this lyrics in the bustling night scene of Zhujiang New Town. The prosperous stars of the artificial night scene do not shine on me, and the stars of this city do not shine for me.

But after all, the male protagonist embarked on a murderous road, went to a bar full of desires, and made a deal with the devil on the breathless dance floor. The music is still so uplifting.

Then he walked to the area where he was familiar with drug addicts, where the people lived without dignity. Enduring the itch of drug addiction, vowed to scrape a symphony of destiny with his nails on the glass window. Chunk, Beethoven said, it was the sound of the devil knocking on the door.

On the way to the murder, I met Quan Teng, the victim of being deceived. He's showing off, I'm the one who made you bankrupt, but you just don't recognize me when I'm in front of you. The ridicule of the poor against the rich, why is it that I am the only one who is unhappy, and why is it that I am the only one who has fallen. I want you to be as depraved and as unfortunate as I am.

What is his life like? The whole picture can be roughly calculated from the final dialogue. The tin house he rented was too hot to sleep in the summer and too cold to sleep in the winter. Looking at the large flat-floor villa built by Quanto on the top of the mountain, it seemed that they were in heaven, but I was in hell. "Parasite" not only borrows this "Heaven and Hell" in the setting of the scene, but even the poor hate the rich.

His mother passed away last winter, and he pretended to say lightly that you don't need to listen to her mother's rants. But he should miss his mother very much. After his mother died, he was alone in the world. If his mother was still there, would he become such a cold-blooded killer? What happened to the wound on his hand? The movie did not explain. But I think the male protagonist is so familiar with the areas where drug addicts gather. Is he infected with AIDS from the wounds of drug addicts?

Facing the final life in a decisive way, the aspiring young man degenerates into a cold-blooded murderer. The newspaper published the date of his execution, but the society will not get better by killing him. He lives as humble as an ant, and no one has the right to judge him.

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High and Low quotes

  • Chief Detective Tokura: That Gondo is all right.

    Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi: Usually I waste no love on the rich. I didn't like him at first.

  • Kingo Gondo: Why should you and I hate each other?

    Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern: I don't know. I'm not interested in self-analysis. I do know my room was so cold in winter and so hot in summer I couldn't sleep. Your house looked like heaven, high up there. That's how I began to hate you.