. Points to note about the documentary
1 The second son seth who did not appear: From the beginning we Seeing the family photos and the family album including various introductions, it is very clear that this family is three sons. The mother keeps saying that the three sons are gangs. Together with the father, she is excluded. But this film does not have any comments from seth from the beginning to the end. Seth's words can be heard. Almost only the youngest son, Jesse, was driving to the courthouse when Seth asked him if you had done any of this. Jesse replied "shut up" directly. It was not until the end of the film that he told the audience that Seth did not want to be interviewed for this film.
Why not? My personal opinion is that he knows the truth that his father is a pedophile and may also be a victim, but he has already moved on, and he has some regrets and self-blame for what he said back then, and he does not want to face it again, but he can feel it This refusal to participate is a silent protest and condemnation to the siblings' parents
2 The premature ballet loli
this clip comes at a time when arnie's unhappy childhood and criminal motives are revealed this clip has a very poignant beauty of ballet innocence The younger sister died and the family collapsed because of it. Arnie was therefore crammed into a bedroom with her brother and mother. From a criminal motive point of view, Arnie's case was the most common in SVU: being exposed to adult sexuality as a child, being mentally abused and then Had sex with my brother and eventually developed into a pedophile Before the dancing loli scene appeared in the past family albums with a peaceful and cheerful atmosphere, like the most ordinary American middle class in the silent black and white at the end of the film The ballet reenactment creates a tone of life and a bit of chilling sadness
3 Mother Wife
I wanted to cry so much because elaine she was a victim she was the kind of traditional woman who got married and had children was bullied by her son and her husband after arnie was arrested she still said i loved him wanted to raise bail and when she spoke on thanksgiving she She said she wanted to thank her husband for her ignorance of sexuality. Her communication with her husband was obviously fruitless, but the eldest son said something about the 30-year marriage. What have you done earlier? In fact, until her husband and son were both arrested, her life finally unfolded and calmed down. Why didn't she act sooner? If you can have an independent personality earlier and take action on this relationship earlier, maybe you can save those children from being sexually assaulted earlier. The fact that she is a victim makes people feel resentful and powerless. Why can't women wake up earlier! From the lawyer's last talk when he saw arnie, it can be seen that just watching a little boy sitting on the side of his father's lap can make him excited, so the disharmony and rift between husband and wife should be very obvious, why can it be blocked for so many years?
She finally said that her husband was very reluctant to get married back then but she thought it was time to get married so she got married it's a big mistake and laughed. Still very happy that she can finally find peace and happiness
4 the most successful clown
eldest son david has a lot of conversations and has always been in a firm belief that his father hates his mother my feeling for him is that he should not have been sexually assaulted by his father if there is a victim estimate seth was the first but seth didn't resist so arnie did jesse too and more than once but david was born early in the marriage and arnie was still seeing a psychiatrist for pedophilia and treatment and control so david's reaction seemed It's normal to him that daddy is a good daddy those accusations are nonsense david's reaction is anger (jesse never gets angry) even with such a solid personal statement read to him at the end he still can't believe it What does it mean deep down I think he doesn't want to face these truths the irony is that he went into college after college but was a clowning job that faced kids every day for a second he also said that this accusation came against him Say it's hard to say hello with a happy face in the next second and start working
5 Additional accusations in the
SVU, all children who are potential victims of child abuse cases will be interviewed by professionally trained psychiatrists to test the child's psychological state and prevent the police from interrogating adults during the case. The name was imposed on the child, but the sex crime investigation in the 1980s obviously couldn't do it today. The recording of the crying victim and the testimony of the child's father confirm that there were many additional charges at that time that were completely false and were added under the coercion of the police to avoid questioning. At the same time, there are more than 200 accusations by Jesse. This is a strategy of the district attorney, but it is obviously unfair (some people say that the trial is unfair, I don't agree because they all pleaded guilty, I can only say that this case is because of the evidence. Too many lawyers also give up they don't get fair charges and the best legal services but it has nothing to do with the trial The judge did the maximum sentencing consideration as far as this film is concerned it is impossible to judge whether it is fair or not because the judge has more evidence to face than the audience of this film much more)
while also automatically formed a community group put pressure on moral judgment of this self-help groups for children and parents to look for victims is certainly helpful but greatly interfere with the ability of handling the case and the child's ability to police allegations which will have a set of SVU innocent teacher Accused of pressure from worried parents, children unwarranted accusations of teachers adding 3 more victims out of nowhere
6 Powerful multiple angles
The advantage of this documentary is that in addition to the detailed information and rich content, it also restores a series of processes from arrest to accusation to trial to final closure. There are detectives from the sex crime unit, defense lawyers, and investigators in charge of the investigation. Freelance writers with postal inspectors (the above 4 basically expressed their opinions and first-hand materials and facts from various angles. For example, freelance writers directly have arnie's self-reported letters and finally convinced me that arnie and jesse should be guilty of no doubt) and arnie's brother and brother's object jesse's good friend the trial judge the victim of the case, the victim of the case, the parents of the school children, the court staff who arranged the discussion room for them, and of course the three protagonists of the documentary are doing a lot Under the premise of work and preparation, no answer or sensationalism was given, but it achieved a very good effect.
Besides the interview, the film has a large number of home videos, including arnie and elaine when they were young and in love. video thanksgiving video david venting his anger self-report video arnie being sent home after being arrested video and video of jesse the night before he finally went to court and a video of jesse himself
arnie was once asked what about your personal life he answer it's personal he actually knew he was a siner but has not let go of his wife is also the segment in the credits repeated
still some are on jesse court suddenly there was a man rushed (the lens of what people do not mess but it is clear Hear his angry voice: you raped my son!!!!!
7 why i believe they were guilty
If the police and judges are biased, I personally believe that the first-hand accounts of the freelance writers and Jesse's defense lawyers who followed this case clearly prove that Arnie is a pedophile and that Jesse is due to Being sexually assaulted by his father also apparently developed into pedophilia (SVU has proven numerous times that the victim then turns into the perpetrator)
arnie's childhood experience clearly shows how he grew into the perpetrator which I am Do you believe he has committed crimes in this community? The documentary has no answer but I believe he did pedophilia. This kind of perverted impulse is hard to contain and I don't believe that arnie, a teacher, can contain it. Later, when he invented the game of stacking frogs, it can be seen that he has been quite unscrupulous
and jesse has been him from beginning to end. None of them pleaded guilty or pleaded guilty to these charges 100 did not admit that there was no way for him to confess his guilt back then, but I don't really believe what he said anymore. In my opinion, he was completely destroyed by his father. No self-identity, no moral identity, and nothing. The kind of denial that was completely inherited from my father, I think that's why Arnie blamed herself for committing suicide and left insurance money for her son.
8 The last touching moment
After 13 years in prison, Jesse is no longer the 19-year-old youthful and weak boy. When I saw my mother, elaine opened the door first, then closed it and opened it again. The other party said room service and closed it again. Elaine glanced at her husband and the camera. She couldn't believe it. After she opened it, the other party said "you order a son?" and hugged. Seeing this soul who was sexually abused and abused by his father since childhood and then committed sins returned to his mother's arms is still very touching and sad for my mother. Maybe it was a mistake to become a family in the first place, but I sincerely hope that this sin can be stopped. Everything can be done. Get peace.
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