The biggest shock the movie has brought to me is that people's ecstatic worship of racism, that kind of crazily distorted belief, has been embedded in the hatred that cannot be shaken off in their hearts.
The film’s exposure of American racial issues can be described as vivid and profound. Through the “changes” of a person’s fate, it cleverly portrays the outlook on life of all kinds of people under the envelope of racism from multiple angles.
Through his superb acting skills, Edward Norton presented the complex process of ""the grief and anger from his youth, the mania of adulthood, and the awakening and regret after his release from prison" on the screen brilliantly. From his transforming eyes, the audience can easily walk into the heart of the character to experience the struggle he has experienced.
The film is also very clever in its narrative structure, interspersing black and white pictures in the color pictures and using one to express the mental states of different periods. In this way, not only the narrative becomes compact, but also a kind of worry about the fate of the characters is always generated. This kind of contrast always arouses the emotions of the audience.
When I watched "American X-Files," I also fantasized about several endings, such as "'Dre' once again witnessed the fight between black and white people", "Derry was killed by an angry gang member". However, the movie chose the most cruel ending "Dre's brother was killed by black people." This seemingly unpredictable ending is inevitable. (It echoes the plot at the beginning of the film very well)
The contradictions between races have become more entrenched in the United States, and this cannot be changed by a person's awakening. "Derui" is undoubtedly a tragic character. He has experienced the pain of being killed by the blacks of his father and younger brother's relatives, and he just realized that he was holding the blood-filled corpse of his younger brother "Danny" and lost his voice in pain. What kind of path will he take in the future? This requires the audience to think for themselves.
As for "Danny", Derry's younger brother, the former Derry, his life seemed to have just become normal, but the seeds of inter-ethnic resentment suddenly took his life. What a irony! At the same time, the dark temperament of the movie reached its climax at the same time.
Finally, I want to end this article with a sentence from the movie, “We are not enemies but friends. Don’t be enemies. Although we will be impulsive, don’t hurt our friendship. When we meet again, good memories and memories will resurface. Let them see the essence of humanity from a better perspective."
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