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American History X (1998)
Continue to rewatch the IMDB250 series, this movie I've seen it before, and only Edward Norton's sturdy figure left an impression on me. I forgot everything else.
The movie tells the story of a pair of brothers falling into a skinhead party. A teenager in high school joined the skinhead because of his brother and submitted a paper on "My Struggle". The black teacher in the school wanted to redeem the teenager and asked him to rewrite a paper about his brother, titled "American History X-Files." The younger brother began to recall his brother's past. The elder brother joined the skinhead party mainly because his father was a white supremacist, and the main reason was because his father was killed by black people in the black community. The anger of his brother allowed him to form a skinhead party and get funding from those behind the scenes, and he also gathered many young people who were as angry as him, all of which made him an extreme neo-Nazi. Late one night, because of the conflict between his brother and the black man, the black man came and attacked his brother's car in the middle of the night. In anger, the brother shot and killed two black men and was sentenced to three years in prison. At this time, my brother's memories are over, because that day is also the day when my brother was released from prison after three years in prison. After my brother was released from prison, the family was reunited happily. The elder brother who returned home did not allow his younger brother to participate in the activities of the skinheads, and came to the headquarters of the skinheads alone and told the people behind the scenes that he had decided not to do it. The people behind the scenes disagreed, and his elder brother knocked him out in a fit of anger. Under the siege of the crowd, he led his younger brother who came here secretly to escape, and then his elder brother told his younger brother about his experience in prison. During his first year in prison, his brother spent his time under the protection of a fellow skinhead. However, as they gradually understood each other, his brother discovered that the skinhead boss in prison was not so upright and that the blacks were indeed treated unfairly, so he broke away from the protection of the skinheads. His departure aroused the anger of the bald people in prison, who raped and injured him in the bathroom. At this time, the black teacher who taught his younger brother in the school appeared at the right time and gave him a lot of books, which made him completely change himself. After listening to the elder brother's story, the younger brother wrote all this in the paper. The next day, when my brother was planning to look for a job, the police came to him. It turned out that the person behind the skinhead was injured and sent to the hospital. The police wanted his help, but his brother had to agree. The elder brother sent his younger brother to school and left. A few minutes later, my brother died at the gunshot of the black man who threatened his brother yesterday. The movie ended in my brother's pain.
This is a film that exposes the true status quo of the American skinheads. Through the description of the movie, we can have a deep understanding of the Nazi psychology, living conditions and social environment of the American skinheads, and we can know the cause and process of their joining, the purpose of the organization, the harm to society, and their extremes. And the extreme concept. Through this film, one can also feel the instability of American society and the disharmony and confrontation between whites and people of color from another aspect. The film even shows the damage caused by neo-Nazism through a tragic ending, giving people a heavy reflection. The above is the theme and idea of the film. In short, the movie shows the unknown side of American society and shows it to the audience in all its aspects.
The issue discussed in the film, "Neo-Nazism," has nothing to do with China. There are no blacks, no Jews, and no immigrants in China, so as a Chinese, I cannot feel anything about “neo-Nazism”. Therefore, I can't realize the threats faced by Americans, Russians, or Scandinavians. Everything about them is so far away from me. However, through the description of the film, it can be found that the brother joined the skinheads, other whites joined the skinheads, the confrontation between blacks and whites, the atrocities in the prison, and the younger brother was shot to death, etc., all of which were caused by anger and dissatisfaction. And produced. If there is no such great anger and dissatisfaction, where will there be so many conflicts? The trivial things are about to go online to find conflicts between nations and countries. This group of young people is completely controlled by violence, making the impulse caused by small anger cause tragedies again and again. If these young people had some sense and some calmness, nothing would happen! In addition, the main reason is anger and dissatisfaction, and the secondary reason is the discrimination against foreigners in their bones. The prejudice of whites against people of color and blacks against whites is inherent and cannot be changed. People and prejudice do not mean killing each other. Of course, all this is due to the help of some people: If the skinheads do not have financial support, they will not grow; if the blacks do not have guns, their brothers will not be shot. These people harm others for their own benefit, which also reflects the chaos in American society. In short, a series of reasons caused the confrontation between neo-Nazism and people of color, but the main reason was anger.
Since anger caused all this, when the anger subsided, everything disappeared. The process of disappearing is everything that my brother experienced in prison. This experience made him feel the real reality: black people are indeed poor, and they are often treated unfairly; white people are not all elites, but also have the ugly human nature; among black people there are good and good people who can become friends, and so on. At the same time, with the help of knowledge-rich books, his brother finally realized his blindness and impulse, and he woke up. After he was released from prison, his brother also let his brother understand his own experience, just like Lincoln's first presidential inauguration speech quoted by his brother at the end of the film: "We are not enemies but friends. Don't be enemies. Although there will be impulse, but Don’t hurt our friendship. When we meet again, good memories will resurface. Let everyone look at the nature of humanity from a better perspective.”
The way of expression of the movie is quite unique. When my brother had extreme neo-Nazi ideas and when he was in the skinhead party, that is, when he remembered, black and white pictures were used. When the elder brother, the prodigal son, turned around to re-behave, that is, after he was released from prison, he used color pictures. Through the alternate appearance of these two images, one can clearly distinguish the plot and theme of the film, just like the other name of the film: black is "beast", color is "good people", and the whole film is "beast". Good people". In addition, the use of black and white images to express violent skinhead behavior is also appropriate, avoiding many violent and bloody scenes. In addition to the alternating black and white and color pictures, the film also uses a lot of facial close-ups, incorporating the subtle changes in the facial expressions of each character into the picture, making this movie that relies on the emotions of the actors to advance the plot look particularly vivid and real. In addition, the film’s framing also used a lot of images that express the personality of the characters. For example, in the rendering of the dangerous environment of the brother in the prison, many blacks were used to show the isolation of the brother, and the psychological transformation of the brother was expressed through the conversation with the black companions. The violent scenes of the shooting and killing of two black men topless by the filming brother that impressed me the most, all of these show the plot and character mood of the film appropriately. In short, the director interprets a film that uses emotions in a way that is very suitable for the film.
The actors in the movie are outstanding. The actor Edward Norton's performance was amazing and amazing. With a burly figure and a tattoo, he interprets this "beastly beast" in every detail and is impeccable. Edward Norton is fierce when he should be fierce, and tender when he should be warm, and he can interpret all kinds of emotions in place. He deserves to be an acting genius. The younger brother's actor, Edward Furlong, is also very good. He is very handsome and has portrayed a confused young man very real, especially his swaying character, which is exactly in line with the role. He who has good acting skills, why didn't he become popular in the future? Jennifer Lien, the actor of the elder brother’s younger sister, is a legend, but also a beauty, at least a beauty in the movie, but her big pictures are not easy to find on the Internet, hey!
In general, a movie about "neo-Nazism" that is far from our lives. Movies are good in terms of education, enlightenment, and viewing, but they have nothing to do with the lives of Chinese people.
Jennifer Lien
Jennifer Lien
sequence: 0572
American.History.X.1998.BluRay.720p.DTS.x264-CHD
2011-10-03
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