Fantasy life

Lorna 2021-10-13 13:07:40

The movie uses flashbacks and interludes to tell the legendary story. Although the protagonist in this movie is not a decent character, it is enough to make me admire it. The film fully restores Frank's image. Naturally, Uncle Li is much more handsome than the real character, but also a lot more gentle. It should be more charming and skillful than the prototype. Frank’s life is indeed too legendary. He started scams at the age of 16, and obtained nearly 25 million U.S. dollars in just five years. At that time, the value of the U.S. dollar should be even higher in the 1960s and 1970s, so he The money he got is estimated to be 100 million. This astronomical figure comes entirely from his forged checks and various certificates. When he ran away with two suitcases full of dollars, I was stunned. The fraud could be so successful! When Frank said that he could pass the law exam in two weeks of study, his brain was really brilliant, so how can ordinary humans like us be so embarrassing! After several years in a U.S. federal prison, he was released on bail with his superb discrimination ability and was able to work at the FBI. This experience can no longer be described as a legend. It has simply subverted the imagination of the general public, but real people do exist. Suddenly it was very sad to think: I can't help it if my brain is not good. If he weren't so smart, how could he exchange fake checks again and again, and still escape other people's chase? During the fraud, his reason is always better than his emotions, because he doesn't believe anyone, even if he is face to face. For the wife who is about to get married, a false name can also be used. In the end, however, he was defeated by the FBI police officer who had traced him for many years. This was only because he and the agent had fought for many years. The two gradually got to know each other in the game of cat and mouse and captured each other’s troubles. weakness. It can be said that Frank had never trusted anyone before he was caught, because his mother could have affair with other men in front of him, and his father would use means to get what he wanted before his values ​​were established. He began to no longer believe in anyone until several confrontations with the agents. At first, there was a big gap between the two. However, after many confrontations, the agents mastered his habits and understood his loneliness and loneliness. Then he rose to become the dominant player in the game, and finally caught the liar to prison. It is not so much that his rationality is gradually lacking, as it is that he is more eager for the attention of others and return to a normal life, so he almost automatically gave up rationality. When he was caught for the first time, Frank should be sure that there were no so-called French police officers outside, but he was handcuffed obediently, just because he believed in the agent, when emotions and sensibility were dominant. , He lost his reason and fell into a cage. And the second time, he could leave with a sway, but finally chose to return. Out of morality and sentiment, he must be responsible for the agent who bailed him and was so responsible to him. So at about noon on Monday, Back to the FBI to continue working, and then began to live like ordinary people. In the movie, Frank often called the agent on Christmas Eve, and he guessed that he really had no one to contact. This kind of severely injured and see-through words caused Frank's heart to stir. He thought of his parents’ divorce, his father’s indifference to himself, and his mother’s indifference to himself. Only this agent has been racking his brains to catch him and play cat and mouse with him. It turns out that he is Such loneliness and loneliness, no one would think of him on such a special day, this kind of loneliness from the heart gradually transformed into a kind of panic and despair. For Frank, no one knows him better than the unknown agent. The agent tracks all his whereabouts, understands his hobbies and emotions. In this game of cat and mouse, Frank has already Losing, losing because he has no spiritual sustenance, and the only thing he can wait for is for agents to catch him. He is waiting to be caught, just wanting to extend the time playing the game. So Hu and that lovely agent for five years, ended up in jail in the form of half arrested and half surrendered. In reality, Frank is a genius of internal control design. People who can successfully scam money with forged checks are naturally familiar with those complicated operations, so they are so familiar with checking counterfeit checks later. If this kind of genius uses his talents to inappropriate places, he will end up like Frank. Fortunately, there is an agent who has been so responsible for him, and he just pulls him back on track. The government has served. But in real life there are not so many kind policemen, and no one cares about those who go astray. This is a social problem, but only Frank can be so lucky. The plot of forged checks in the movie, recalling that in class the teacher always emphasized that the use of checks can improve internal control, but this movie turned my mind upside down, and checks increased the possibility of fraud. It reminds me of the importance of internal control and the necessity of confidentiality of information. If anyone has access to a printing press, knows the internal operating system, and can get the information they need by acting as a reporter or a student, then the world will be messed up. Frank’s success was mainly due to his clever mind, but more importantly, it was because people did not have the concept of internal control or the principle of keeping important information confidential. It is estimated that in the present age, there will be no more.

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Catch Me If You Can quotes

  • Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [donning a James Bond style suit and mimicking Sean Connery in the mirror] Hello, Pussy.

  • Assistant Director Marsh: [Carl and Mr. Marsh are visiting Frank in prison; Carl hopes to convince the FBI to let Frank out of prison] I'd like for you to take a look at something, tell me what you think.

    Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [Marsh hands Frank a fake check as Carl looks on] It's a fake.

    Assistant Director Marsh: How do you know? You haven't looked at it.

    Frank Abagnale, Jr.: There's no perforated edge, right? This check was hand-cut, not fed. The paper's double-bonded, much too heavy to be a bank check. Magnetic ink, it's raised against my fingers, not flat. This doesn't smell like MICR, it's some kind of, uh, some kind of drafting ink. The kind you get at a stationery store.

    Assistant Director Marsh: Frank, would you be interested in working for the FBI's Financial Crimes Unit?

    Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I've already got a job here, you know. I, uh, deliver the mail.

    Assistant Director Marsh: Frank, we have the power to take you out of prison. You'd be placed in the custody of the FBI where you'd serve out the remainder of your sentence as an employee of the Federal Government.

    Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Under whose custody?

    [Carl raises his hand]