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The bait
Immanuel 2022-01-14 08:01:35
Politician = orator. . . "What you don't know doesn't hurt you." Maybe "Jude Law" doesn't want to know the truth, or maybe he knows but doesn't want to face it, so the audience has no way of knowing the true face of "Sean Penn". . . I wanted to know if I and the ordinary people were being tricked or used. I wanted to give a 4 because I couldn't know the truth, but I was not addicted. But suddenly I realized that it was this ambiguity that truly reflected the meaning of the movie. . . Politics. . . That's not the case, we will never know what the people in power are doing. . . What referendum, what dictatorship, who is supported, who is not supported, and what kind of beliefs go through water and fire, are all related to politics, and those who wish to take the bait. . .
Extended Reading
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Willie Stark: Remember, it is not I who have won, but you. Your will is my strength, and your need is my justice, and I shall live in your right and your will. And if any man tries to stop me from fulfilling that right and that will, I'll break him. I'll break him with my bare hands, for I have the strength of many.
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[repeated line]
Willie Stark: Nail 'em up!