After watching this film titled "Big First Aid/Away from Sin/God!" The documentary of "Save Us", I was stunned! !
Speaking of which, I can be regarded as someone who knows a little bit of what a documentary is and how to make a documentary. But within the scope of my limited knowledge about documentary films, I would never have imagined that anyone would have such an ability to make a documentary like "The First Aid"! !
Think about it, Americans want to expose the most shameful and authoritative pastors in their most respected Catholic Church to do the most dirty work
. It takes much courage and perseverance to make such a documentary in the United States. What a price! !
Don't just admire it blindly, let's talk about the content of this documentary called "The First Aid".
This American documentary called "Deliver Us From Evil" was shot in 2006 and is one hour, 43 minutes and 8 seconds long.
This film records how Oliver, the most notorious pedophile priest in the history of the modern Catholic Church in northern California in the 1970s, used his authoritarian position to commit evil deeds against dozens of children. event.
Later, in the trial of Oliver's case, the serious corruption within the church was further exposed, which was jaw-dropping. This case brought the status of the American church to the lowest point in the minds of the people at that time, and aroused the extreme anger of the majority of Catholics, which became a great stain in the history of the American church.
In our limited impression of foreign people and things, foreign churches always appear in a quiet, elegant, and kind-hearted image. The church, as an organization that carries the beliefs of countless people, has always been sacred and trustworthy in the hearts of devout Catholics. In people's minds, the pastor is a combination of all the outstanding qualities, the defender and spokesperson of God.
In the 1970s, Oliver, who served as a high-level pastor in many parishes in northern California, has always been respected and trusted by people. But this kind and pious pastor is actually a very dangerous pedophile. What’s even more incredible is that the leadership within the church knows Oliver’s pedophilia, but has concealed it for more than 30 years, and has never taken any measures. As a result, within more than 30 years, dozens of these dioceses Children, including boys and girls, have been sexually assaulted by Oliver to varying degrees. It wasn't until the victim's parents took Oliver to court that the truth of the case that caused an uproar in the American Catholic Church was revealed.
At first glance at the title, I thought it was a rescue or a natural disaster. Looking at it, I understand that this is a film documenting world-class crime and a blockbuster film that is never easy to make.
Director Amy Berg collected all the pictures and documents related to the case, and the video of the court trial, which presented the whole case in front of the audience in its entirety. At the same time, she found several victims who had grown up and asked them to talk about the impact of this incident on their entire lives, so that the audience who watched the film felt more empathetic.
The director also found several senior clergymen who were dismissed because of this incident, and through them revealed many unknown inside stories in the church. But this is not the biggest highlight of the film. The biggest highlight of the film is that the director didn’t know what method he used to persuade the pastor Oliver, who had already served his sentence and was released from prison, to participate in the filming of the film and told the audience. Unreservedly, he was honest about his mental journey for so many years. When Oliver’s countless crimes were combined with the old man’s sincere confession and unreserved cooperating attitude when presented to the audience through the film, the viewer’s heart would have that kind of very complicated, non-sympathetic and still hateful. Feeling.
The result of my surprise was that I was so dumb, I couldn't understand the filming process. If it were me, would I have the courage, perseverance, and courage to do this? No, definitely not! We rarely think with our own minds about everything we are used to admiring! We rarely say nothing about what people recognize. So I can't make a good documentary. I can only shoot those that can't touch the sore spots and can only scratch the itchy spots.
"Big First Aid" is not good-looking, it is not the kind of romance film with a complete story, nor the kind of thriller with a thrilling plot. It is just the beginning, a light interview, a light narrative. As the incident progressed, the true power gradually emerged. The gentle and elegant Pastor Oliver who did bad things, the victims, and their family members, after decades of being victimized, not only did the trauma of their hearts not fade, but instead followed As time goes by, the wound feels more often dull pain. When a victim's father cried heartily at the camera decades later, I was really sad. What is the dignity of the law in a so-called civilized country? What is the reason of heaven!
The most surprising thing is that it is natural for such a bad guy to finally be in front of the camera. He actually wrote to the victims decades ago, hoping to meet them. Of course, he cannot be forgiven by the victim, because this is not an forgivable mistake!
...The setting sun went down, and the afterglow of the sun wiped out the western European town where Oliver lived. Oliver paced the streets leisurely. He was still well-dressed and
smiled at the camera gently...
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