The background of the film is about the anthropologist Boyson played by the old man living alone in a group of chimpanzees in Africa for two years. After experiencing the orangutans being hunted and killed by hunters, he became angry and crowned (the angry crown may not be very appropriate. He did not have a crown at the time and was purely a savage. In short, it's furious), the story of becoming a murderer in a rage and resisting.
Are you thinking that this is another animal-themed movie that stands in the center of the world and calls for love?
Love must be called, but the excellence of this film is that it is much more than that.
Boyson lived with this group of orangutans for two years. From being vigilant to being accepted, although he was an alien, he was recognized by the orangutan leader Silverback as a member of the group and guarded him like other orangutans. Back was shot by hunters for protecting this alien member.
To the orangutan, human beings are heterogeneous, so is there no heterogeneity within the same race in human society? have! Of course there is!
After the murder, Boyson became silent and did not speak again. At the same time, he was transferred to Pelican Bay Prison with a group of mentally ill prisoners because of a post-traumatic stress disorder attack.
In theory, mentally ill prisoners should also have the right to let air out every day, just like other prisoners. The air letting out here refers to basking in the sun on a patio of about ten square meters every day for half an hour, breathing and breathing the air outside the prison. The ten-square-meter patio is actually very cramped, and it is a very depressing environment for normal people, but it is a luxury for mentally ill prisoners who do not see the sun all year round.
In theory, the right to have every day is really only in theory. Due to the tight manpower of the prison, there is no way to let everyone out, so the prison guards formulated the rules of issuing playing cards, and the prisoners who get the square A every day have the right to let out. It seems fair, everyone is equal, and everyone has a chance, but in reality? There are also classes among mentally ill prisoners. The big and strong prisoner beats and threatens other prisoners to hand over the box A, in order to deprive the air of opportunity, the scene is staged every day.
Don't the prison guards know? Of course knowing, not only knowing it even deliberately, why give any hope to the mental illness? Isn't it better to control a group of oppressed, wantless people? !
Boyson was imprisoned in such a prison where there was only plunder and oppression, but almost zero resistance.
A long time ago, people were a part of nature. Although they were hunted, they only obtained enough to survive just for survival. Once upon a time, a predator appeared in human society-Taker, what did it predicate? life? free? Yes, both, but the most heinous thing is to plunder the illusion-fantasy.
What is a predatory fantasy?
When one day opens the cage to a living creature of a long-term imprisoned person but is indifferent to the other party, that is the feeling of being robbed of the illusion, losing all illusions, and the soul is gone. This is probably the feeling.
When the psychiatrist finally established a trusting relationship with Boyson, and Ethan finally told the truth about the murder, and he was very likely to leave the prison through a hearing, he was once again involved in a violent conflict between prison guards and mentally ill prisoners. So history repeats itself, but this time the protagonist is no longer a chimpanzee but replaced by a mentally ill, a different kind of alien in human society, Ethan once again silently missed or gave up the great opportunity to regain freedom.
Ethan used his silence to accuse the predators, and at the same time his illusion was gradually being looted.
Up to this point, the film is already very impressive. It does not stop at the appearance but deeply analyzes the evils that are common in human society, but this is only half of what the film wants to express. In addition to criticism, this film also conveys hope.
The other actor in this film is the psychiatrist Carter played by Cooper Gooding Jr., young and ambitious, capable and socially skilled, and knows how to draw in favor of the powerful to seek all the benefits he can seek. He took the case of Boyson from the beginning, in fact, to become famous in the first world war. However, in the process of contact with Ethan, under Ethan’s shocking education, Carter’s thinking began to change. He was no longer the one who always held control and regarded everything as his own bargaining chip. He began to truly To understand Ethan from an equal point of view and to look at the mentally ill prisoners in prison, the relationship with Ethan has become a mentor and friend.
Ethan once pinched Carter’s neck and asked, “You think you have control, but this is just your illusion. What do you control? Do you think the car’s horn volume in the morning? You think you have freedom but you have to do it because of me. Give psychological counseling to other mentally ill prisoners in the prison and then go to work early in the morning. You even woke up at midnight from a dream, with cold sweats, because of your ambition, right? Where did you get your freedom? "
Under Ethan’s shocking education Carter understands that in fact, we really don’t have much, but at least everyone should have: an illusion of life.
Towards the end of the film is a monologue or confession of Carter nearly 4 minutes, because Ethan I fell into self-closing again, so only Carter said: "You asked me what made me wake up from a midnight dream. I was in a cold sweat. I thought a lot about it. It's not work--I love work, it's this game of fame and fortune. I am pleased. All those who can benefit me, and do not offend those who are hostile to me, I have no sins, and I love no one. You taught me to leave this game, and you taught me how to live..."
Maybe More people, like Carter, are often not called predators, but they are lost in the torrent of life. They take games too seriously but are too indifferent and lose the ability to love.
If you, like me, couldn’t help but blush when you saw this confession by Carter, then please stop and think about whether we really like games like this? Deep down, what is the life we really yearn for? Are we trying to "live" again?
The finale of the movie is a hopeful ending. Everyone has changed. Ethan retrieved his illusion, Carter learned to live, the mentally ill person had more courage, and even the prison guards began to soften their attitude.
This may be the hope conveyed by this film: the power deeply rooted in the heart has never disappeared, but it is buried and gradually forgotten. When one day, it will be there to guide the direction by wiping away the dust.
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