In my own understanding, I think the film involves the position of conservatives, which of course emerges from the eyes of the protagonist as the governor of the Democratic Party. Of course, it also talked about the contradictions between the "American Dream" and "elitism", and the potential insurmountable obstacles between different classes of people. Sean’s almost exaggerated speech made me see the "power of gangsters". Maybe this is called "public violence." Democracy and despotism are indeed only separated by a piece of paper.
In addition, the torture of Jude Law's self-spirit progressed through his continuous struggle, and the depth was more powerful. He kept swinging between the governor (the blind ideal of reinventing oneself) and his adoptive father (far away from real life and class background), which led to his self-harm, and this is precisely the illusory and blind side of man. There is a line in the film sometimes we're so full of want that we forget what's we want. Just like Qian Zhong’s "Besieged City" written by Qian Zhong, he keeps regretting what he has done but keeps on doing it, and even produces a vicious circle and can’t treat himself. responsible. It wasn't until his adoptive father committed suicide that he finally became sober, but found that he couldn't stop, and then he began to convert to his fate and stopped fighting. When he knew that his friend had been used and fooled by the governor, he was not angry, because at this time he had already become a walking dead, living numbly in this world and knew that he could not change everything. Maybe he is comforting himself by serving the public. It wasn't until he saw the governor and his friend fall to the ground with his own eyes that he fully understood that this was destiny, and nothing could be changed.
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