At first, I was looking at Yimei. I thought it was a boring historical film. I'm not American and naturally have no personal feelings for the Lincoln assassination. So at the beginning, I walked into the cinema with the feeling of seeing a painting.
On the day I went there, there were almost 5 people in a small hall.
The result was unexpectedly beautiful. I've been wanting to write something for him since reading it. After watching this small production film by the new film company, I sat in the movie theater until the end of the cast page.
I don't watch many movies, and when it comes to storytelling, etc., he can't compare to those classics. After all, it's just a test for the new film company. It feels like the kind of debut work that doesn't dare to be too big, but makes every detail carefully, right?
The plot is very simple, and the synopsis covers all the outlines.
The most impressive part of the whole film is that the secretary-general asked Aiken, do you just care about the human rights of this female prisoner, justice, or the country? Aiken didn't answer directly, just said, please transfer her to the civil court before noon tomorrow. I thought that was all this movie had to say. As a fighting hero of the civil war, if Aiken doesn't care about the country, then what is his record, but in the face of the Secretary-General's rhetoric to maintain domestic peace, he doesn't seem to care about the so-called overall situation at all. He just felt that this was wrong, and that pacifying public anger should not be achieved through revenge. Satisfying the revenge of the people is itself a mistake. He once said, if my human rights cannot be guaranteed, how am I going to fight for my country? Another line is drawn here, and that is, in Aiken's mind, the double-arrow relationship between the individual, the government, the constitution and the state.
Afterwards, I recalled the whole film, and felt that from beginning to end, there was no question of who was right and who was wrong. The Secretary-General or Aiken or Mary and her son are all acting in accordance with their own thoughts and beliefs. Mary said his son just used this to get his freedom. The US Constitution advocates freedom and equality, but in such a situation requires the future and stability of the country to be met through the death of one person (of course, this may just be the wishful thinking of the Secretary-General). Mary's death may be of great significance, because it satisfied people's revenge at the time, and promoted the reform of human rights and laws in later generations. Where is the individual placed? Aiken's maintenance of her, I don't think he really sees such a long-term impact, or he just has to trust his own intuition and rigid constitution. In fact, such people don't have a lot of fuss, they just hold Nothing in the world can go against the simple and straightforward concept of the lowest and most basic principles.
Basically, I don't think a history can be judged by its results alone. The Secretary General, Cabinet Ministers, Aiken, Mary and her son, the roles and positions they each represented, finally brought only thought, no answer.
There is so much to reflect and think about in this film. Some places are actually just a line, a scene, but it can lead to infinite associations. People of different ages or experiences can read all kinds of information from this film. In fact, this kind of high-level pitching of bricks and leads often leads to two extreme evaluations of the film, but what is more unexpected is that everyone who has watched it around me has not said that this film is so boring. Personally, I don't think it's boring even for someone who doesn't know much about the history and never had a clue about this type of film, thanks to another arrangement from the writers. That's a matter of life and death for Mary. In fact, in the middle of the film, it is already obvious that she is actually innocent, but the one-sided attitude of the domestic and the cabinet can not help but make people worry about her fate. By the end of the film, there was a bit of twists and turns. This is the suspense that runs through the whole film, which is probably one of the important reasons to attract everyone to watch it. I have to say that such a straightforward storyline has such an effect, and the screenwriter really contributed a lot.
In addition, what I want to say is that when I read the introduction, the producer said that he wanted to look at this major historical event from the perspective of a small person. The whole film ends with Aiken and son John's dialogue about his mother and Mary's death in exchange for his son's acquittal. The pursuit of freedom, and a mother's protection of her son. And those profound, noble and incomprehensible great truths are nothing but complicated branches of mistakes that grow out of these simple and careful thoughts.
Finally, let's talk about beauty. (Inevitably)
This short-legged guy [Hey, he is still pretty with a big beard... [Hey, hey! The illuminator of this film is very GJ, and the scenes of the era without electric lights are beautifully shot. The light from the huge windows in the daytime hits the room with the thick walls, the light and shadow are distinct, and the dust in the dry air is fully visible. People bring back the effect of that era. A beautiful light-colored eyeball is blindingly beautiful in that kind of light. There was a scene where he leaned back on a chair and looked up to talk to someone. He was meeting the light cast by the window. I instantly thought of the dazzling and beauty of holding new marbles and spinning in the sun when I was a child.
In addition, this guy's uniform is too foul...! ! ! ! !
The end credits are very nice, Empty from Ray LaMontagne. The prelude's acoustic guitar and long cello, coupled with the parchment-textured Cast pages, are very emotional and fit well with the film itself.
All in all recommended. If you've seen too many classic or big-budget commercial films, let's change your taste.
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