I want to call it the "Bible" in the drama;
if I have to add a rhetorical phrase to the original author,
I want to say-great.
I have to regret that such a masterpiece did not make it to the Oscars' throne. The
directors and actors have impeccable skills, and the
script is even more exquisite in structure and profound in connotation.
Regardless of other things, just from the few conflicts and contradictions created in the plot,
you can get a glimpse of its greatness.
Contradiction 1: The role of blacks In the
play, there are sometimes some people who discriminate against blacks,
but God gave a deity to a black.
We see in the movie that
white people are doing some evil, and
black people are saving white people.
The role of coffey
is also a unity of a series of contradictions.
Fortunately, he was favored by God and possessed incredible supernatural powers;
he was also unfortunate. He felt the pain of the world and he always felt sad and desperate.
He is strong, with a giant body and arms, seemingly fierce and invincible;
he is also weak, afraid of the dark, and can't sleep without light,
holding up the green grass and leaves, kissing their fragrance, He will be like a child with joy;
he is kind, all he wants to do is to help people, even small mice;
he is hated by others, the girl’s family and the police who arrested him all agree that he is guilty,
He was judged to be tragic from the one-sided appearance, and he was finally pushed to the death penalty platform...
Contradiction 2: Regarding the death penalty and the electric chair The
death penalty and the electric chair are one of the bright lines of the plot.
Should a person committing a felony be sentenced to life imprisonment or death?
The movie does not give an answer,
but it is worth thinking about.
We saw that those who were pushed to the death penalty stand in the movie
actually still have a trace of kindness,
such as Dale who took good care of and nurtured Mr. Jinge.
The scene where he was scorched, although it was only a few tens of seconds,
was displayed in front of everyone with the utmost cruelty,
and the deep meaning in it was self-evident.
And the biggest villain in
the film, the real murderer of the two little girls,
is the only punishment and sanction by the god Coffey.
Coffey said repeatedly:
"He took advantage of their mutual love and
killed them."
Yes, people who use love to blaspheme love are sinful and incurable.
Of course, we saw that it was this heinous "bad guy" who
didn't get on the electric chair, but died directly under the gun.
Does this arrangement of raising also metaphorical?
Contradiction 3: The 100-year-old myth of the death penalty prison officer.
Tom Hanks plays the role of the death penalty prison officer in the film.
His job is to let the prisoners sit on the electric chair
and then witness their death.
After the coffey incident, the
kind-hearted prison guards were all transferred and
chose not
to look after the death row inmates, but to pay attention to the education of young people.
However, because of the supernatural power passed to him by Coffey,
even if he no longer witnesses the death of executed prisoners , he
still has to watch the people around him leave him one by one.
Such a hundred-year-old myth is a reward.
Or punishment?
…If you
observe carefully, you
will find that there are many more such clever layings in the film. I wo
n’t repeat them.
Read the "Bible" and watch the movie.
You will surely have more surprises and strong shocks.
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