1. Brief introduction There are three known feature films adapted from "The Stanford Prison Experiment", "Das Experiment" filmed in Germany in 2001, "The Experiment" remake in the United States in 2010, and again in the United States in 2015 "The Stanford Prison Experiment" filmed. The 2001 German version and the 2010 American version can be classified into one category. The scripts of the two films are adapted from the novel version of the Italian writer Mario Giordano. The latter is a remake of the former; and the 2015 American version is based on the experiment planner Philip Zimbardo Adapted from the works of, so it has become the closest to the facts of the three works. Das Experiment The Experiment TSPE Year 2001 2010 2015 The script is adapted from Mario Giordano novel Mario Giordano novel Philip Zimbardo's book restores the facts in high school sophomore, Das Experiment and The Experiment (adapted from Mario Giordano novel) Mario Giordano's novel version for the time of the experiment , Participants participating in the experiment, as well as the middle and late parts of the experiment have undergone significant changes. In the novel version, the experiment took place in the contemporary era, and the participants in the experiment were social people. In the middle and late stages of the experiment, extreme violence and collective escape and resistance of the “prisoners” occurred between the “guards” and the “prisoners”. Eventually, the experiment resulted in personnel casualties. According to the work of Philip Zimbardo, the experiment took place in 1971, and the subjects of the experiment were college students. There were no extreme violence incidents or "prisoners" mass escape and resistance incidents in the middle and late stages of the experiment. In the end, the experiment did not cause any casualties. Although the 2001 German version and the 2010 American version are adapted from Mario Giordano's novel, but there are also many differences in the details. The description of the experiment process in the 2010 US version did not involve the experiment planner. The experiment planner did not appear during the experiment and did not intervene in the experiment except for the explanation at the beginning of the experiment. In the German version of 2001, there were a lot of descriptions of the experiment planning team. The experiment planning team intervened in the experiment in a small amount. In the later stage, the experiment planner also became the victim of the experiment and was violently treated by the "guards." (Also: The 2015 US version also has a lot of characterization of the experimental planning team, and the experimental planning team is more involved in the experiment.) In addition, since the 2001 German version and the 2010 US version are adapted from Mario Giordano's novels, there are a lot of dramas in the film. Elements, including the description of adding the female lead (the 2010 German version is the rescue of the female lead, and the 2010 American version is the memory flashback of the male lead to the female lead), including the conflict between the male lead and the "guard" (the German version of 2001 is the male lead In order to obtain news materials, the 2010 American version portrays the psychological shadow of the black "guard" Barris), including the impact of the death of vulnerable members of the "prisoner" on advancing the contradiction (the German version in 2001 is the stall owner of the grocery stall, 2010 The American version is a cartoonist). 3. The Stanford Prison Experiment (adapted from the work of Philip Zimbardo) The 2015 US version did not have a particularly prominent protagonist or had multiple prominent protagonists, and all experiment participants tended to be "normal" and "normal behavior." This is especially important. According to relevant information (such as Wikipedia, etc.), regardless of whether the experimental process itself is scientific or not, the final conclusion of the historical "Stanford Prison Experiment" is roughly that normal people will unconsciously do evil under certain circumstances. Without "prisoners" deliberately intensifying contradictions, and without their own psychological shadows, "guards" would unconsciously do evil under the temptation of authority. This is the true conclusion of the experiment. (According to Mario The 2001 German version and 2010 American version adapted from Giordano's novel weakened this conclusion. ) However, one thing that needs to be pointed out is that although the 2015 US version presented the experimental conclusions to the greatest extent in the description of the experimental process, it was weakened in the final interview segment: a crazier "guard" admitted, I also have a small experiment in my heart. I want to know how much humiliation a "prisoner" has suffered before resisting, so it deliberately intensified the contradiction between the two sides. This point emphasizes the subjective motives of the "guards" in carrying out abuses and weakens the objective conclusions of the experiment. In fact, according to the experimental data and conclusions examined, the "guard" abuses were caused by human nature, not deliberately. In addition, the 2015 US version also raised another issue of human nature, which is what the crazier "caretaker" said during the final interview: what level of humiliation do normal people have to resist. In the 2015 US version, the "prisoner" silently endured the abuse of the "guard" most of the time. Even if someone collapsed, he did not aim the "guard" strongly. I believe viewers who have seen this version do not quite understand this. On the contrary, they feel that the collective resistance of the 2001 German version and the 2010 American version of "Prisoners" seems more credible. But in fact, combined with the experimental report, the 2015 US version described the behavior of both parties in the experiment more realistically. In other words, under a certain rule, normal people generally adopt a conniving and patient attitude towards seemingly inhuman abuse. Perhaps this is another reason for the escalation of "guard" abuse. 4. Summary: Generally speaking, the 2015 US version is closer to reality. The insults of the "guards" and the endurance of the "prisoners" are even more unbelievable and depressing. In the end, there is no outlet for catharsis, so it is more humane. The torture is also more profound. Both the 2001 German version and the 2010 American version described the subjective motives of certain extreme behaviors of "prisoners" or "guards" during the experiment, which made people feel forgivable. In the end, the collective resistance of "prisoners" was also suppressed by the audience. Provides a cathartic outlet, thereby weakening the experiment's torture of human nature. In addition, the 2010 US version has the strongest attack on the experiment itself. For example, the experiment planner does not terminate the experiment after seeing a violent incident, and the protagonist claims to sue the experiment planner, etc. (The German version in 2010 is followed by the US version in 2015. White). From the perspective of the film, the 2001 German version and the 2010 American version have strengthened characterization and dramatic conflict descriptions, making the film more appealing and more visually impactful, especially 20 01 The German version of the story advancement (including multi-line advancement), from the perspective of putting aside the experimental facts, is still very convincing and shocking, for example, even members of the experimental planning team were subjected to violence. In terms of the plot, the 2010 US version of the plot is slightly weaker, and the heroine's flashback has become completely tasteless. However, I personally think that the acting skills of Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker in the 2010 US version are still good, and the title is also very meaningful. Finally, I will post the relevant scores of the three films. In the eyes of the audience, the German version of 2001 has a higher rating, but in the eyes of film critics, the US version of 2015 has a better reputation. As for the US version of 2010, no one seems to care about it. Das Experiment (2001) IMDB: 7.8 Metacritic: 60 (Critic) / 7.5 (User) Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (Critics) / 88% (User) The Experiment (2010) IMDB: 6.4 Metacritic: NA (Critics) / NA (User) Rotten Tomatoes: NA (Film Critics) / 49% (User) The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) IMDB: 6.9 Metacritic: 67 (Film Critics) / 8.1 (User) Rotten Tomatoes: 83% (Film Critics) / 77% (users)
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