Malcolm, the "bad guy", laid the foundation for his screen image. Lindsay Anderson's political stance as a liberal director has been unrestrainedly presented in this film. And the subsequent "Lucky Guy" added elements of humor and playful abuse, using strength in revealing and satirizing the times. Malcolm in this film is angry, confused, rebellious, rational and crazy, so he finally took up the gun to destroy everything. Malcolm in "Lucky Guys" is clear, submissive, gentle, superior and emotional, so he finally lost the ability to smile. Two kinds of people, two stories, different endings, but they are all products of the same era. In this film, Mick is a killer who does not want to be like in "The Lucky Guy". He is cruel, anti-human, and evil, just because he wants to retain himself, retain his personality, and not be assimilated.
Foucault said that society is a large prison, with imprisonment, surveillance, education, and punishment, and the social system is exactly the same as the prison system. The boarding school in this film clearly reveals the prison nature of the school and the society. The dormitory inspector’s sleeping, corporal punishment, all students in the church receive value output, brainwashing, everything is in accordance with the rules and regulations and is enforced. The praise of school leaders to the school is as passionate and hypocritical as the state leaders preaching a culture of patriotism. In an environment full of repression, restraint, and isolation, it is the real anti-humanity for people to fall in love with this place. Mick only thinks about revolution and war. He is not normal, but he knows that the only way to stay rational in this seemingly rational but irrational environment is madness. Someone obeys, some resists, obedience only needs to be silent, and resisting can gain the right to speak. The last rain of bullets is the greatest energy burst out by weak individuals. They fired at the crowd with machine guns. They turned into crazy demons and launched a general attack on this sane world without the light.
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