"Hunting and Killing Witches" is a social attribute that is difficult for humans to change

Marguerite 2022-05-18 18:27:22

The last shot is the climax of the entire movie and the key to interpretation. This gun should have been shot by a young man. From a detailed point of view, the gun was deliberately arranged after the coming-of-age ceremony. Lucas has been accepted by friends again. Only the next generation represented by Kara's brother still shows obvious disgust, and the vague figure is still relatively thin. And from the moral point of view, this shot shows that "hunting witches" is an inherent social attribute of mankind. Whether adults, children or teenagers, they all found Lucas guilty after the incident. The law cannot be changed, and religion cannot be changed. If The last shot was released on behalf of the young generation in the future, and this fine tradition will continue, and the years will not change.
The reason why this is a social attribute rather than a human nature is mainly manifested in two aspects. One is that people who love Lucas believe in innocence. The son always fights for his father. Good engine oil is a direct victim. When there is "iron evidence," he only suspects. When the evidence is insufficient, he already wants to care, but when his eyes are facing each other in the church. If you completely believe in Lucas, you will send out the malicious feelings of the society and find a good engine oil to relive the old. As for Kara, she repeatedly confessed that she lied, repeatedly greeted Lucas, and she did not dare to walk on the floor full of "frames" at the coming-of-age ceremony. "Hunting witches" is not an innate nature. On the other hand, the children in the kindergarten confessed that they had been violated under the questioning of the adults, and their confessions were consistent, indicating that this is the social attribute of the herd, which is in contrast to Kara; and the most harmful to Lucas and Marcus are not the direct victims, but the direct victims. Other people who follow the crowd also indicate their social attributes.
The director narrates from the perspective of Lucas, letting the audience know the truth and realize this stupid behavior, and being re-accepted through Lucas shows that perhaps we will know some truth and can change ourselves. But in the end, when the young man took over the shotgun, the new "witch hunt" started again, and we could not change society. All we could do was to face it bravely and calmly.

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The Hunt quotes

  • Marcus: Bunch of bastards! Bunch of fucking bastards!

  • Theo: The world is full of evil but if we hold on to each other, it goes away.