If "Brokeback Mountain" is Moutai, and if you take a sip, the entrance is delicate and the aftertaste is long, then this film is like burning a knife, and a hot and painful sip, but you can also taste a taste of it. Choosing racial discrimination to talk about things, you can say that the director has a certain utilitarianism, because this kind of subject matter is often favored by the Oscar judges. Although I can’t help but want to complain that the director’s screenwriter’s heart is too great, there are too many things to express, and there are often suspicions of being overwhelming, but I have to say that the script layout of this film is quite sincere.
Originally, there was a stubborn prejudice for multi-line narrative movies, and I didn't like it. Because I'm afraid that such movies often end up with "forms and dissipated meanings", which seem fragmented and do not know the so-called. But the beauty of this film lies in the fact that it embodies the theme of "racism" in every side story, and it is so naked and undisguised. You will find that this kind of discrimination is everywhere, not only in whites against people of color, but there are also unavoidable discriminations among different races. White to black, black to white, black to Asian, Asian to Hispanic. In many cases, victims of discrimination are also perpetrators of discrimination. The ingenuity of the script layout is that the people who were suspected of being racist at the beginning of the film will eventually become the ones who break the barriers of discrimination at the end of the film; let the people who originally wanted to work hard not to be swayed by this kind of discrimination become the victims of discrimination. This huge contrast has given the viewer a great impact, with an indescribable irony. People can't help but examine the reasons for this inevitable discrimination.
Human beings are social animals. In many cases, their self-concepts will be greatly influenced by the atmosphere of the whole society, forming their own inherent prejudices. You will find that when the black gangster who started chattering cursed the discrimination against blacks by whites was largely due to the message he received from the overall atmosphere of society: "All whites discriminate against blacks", which led him to White people also have a kind of prejudice that is similar to bigotry, and this is also discrimination to a certain extent; you will find that the hostility and rejection of the violent and stubborn Persian shopkeeper towards other people is just due to his inherent prejudice "I have been hurt , Because of your discrimination against me"; you will find that the white policeman who tried to treat blacks equally at the beginning will also involuntarily be wary and fearful of blacks due to the influence of the overall atmosphere of society, leading to the final tragedy. After reading it, you feel heavy and depressed, and you can't help but sigh.
The film also tried to use a positive perspective to illustrate a good wish. For example, the policeman who was biased against blacks finally became the hero who saved the black women; the racially discriminatory white hostess finally hugged her Hispanic housekeeper and said she was My best friend; the little Mexican girl who is safe and sound in the end makes you feel that at least it is not so desperate.
In fact, the biggest discrimination may not come from what kind of skin color or race you are, but from the inherent arrogance and prejudice in your heart. And eliminating this arrogance and prejudice is a long way to go.
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