At a time when smoking bans are in full swing all over the world, "Thank you for smoking" (Thank you for smoking) tells the story of how the spokesperson of the tobacco industry, Nick, worked for the best interests of the tobacco industry amidst various voices of doubt. The content involves dangerous industries such as wine, arms, and communications, with family, friendship, and love. However, in reality, this is a film that interprets freedom through the joy of debate and the beauty of choice.
Personal choices and judgments shine in this low-cost film; witty dialogues show philosophy of life; adhering to the independent film "Thank you for smoking", where everything can be entertained and everything can be mocked. Smoke is here but It is an entry point. Tobacco spokespersons are as controversial occupations as communication spokespersons who cover up mobile phone radiation, loggers who destroy forests, sweatshop foremen, oil well drillers, landmine developers, and small seal poachers. The director cleverly managed the 90-minute film with a skillful visual language and intelligent lines, and talked freely on a topic that is difficult for any director to grasp.
"I plan for an organization and make a living from it, an organization that can kill 1,200 people every day. We are talking about the passenger capacity of two giant jet engine planes, including men, women and children. Gu There is Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, and I, Nick." The film begins in Nick's conceited monologue.
Faced with patients suffering from lung cancer due to smoking and the general anti-smoking organization Nick announced: We do not want lung cancer patients to die, because in this way we are equal to losing a consumer. We all hope that they will live and continue to smoke...
As for the hearing of the skull and crossbones on cigarette packs, Nick said surprisingly that he took Vermont cheddar cheese as an example. He believed that people don’t need a label to warn people about what they already know.
Because authoritative data shows that the number one killer in the United States is cholesterol. Excess cholesterol can cause arteriosclerosis and heart disease. Vermont Cheddar cheese blocks the arteries of the entire nation. If cigarettes were to be labeled with a skull and crossbones, then millions of people who died of heart disease or Vermont cheddar cheese should also be labeled with a skull and crossbones.
Today, when the concept of personal freedom has become more and more popular, too many things in life are presented in the form of a double-tenacity sword; personal choices are increasingly playing a leading role. Maybe you will be as impressed by Nick's jumping thinking and wonderful debate as I am. To his son Nick who is in elementary school, he unreservedly tells his secret of eating by speaking.
Just as his son asked him why the US government is the best government, Nick, who was immersed in his work, blurted out: because we have an endless appeal system. The reason why the American spirit is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is probably because of the space given by the interpretation of freedom in various fields.
Next, Nick took chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream as examples, telling his son vividly that the essence of the debate is to prove that the other party is wrong, not to prove that he is right. Because your "view" is always right, even between chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream, you only need to prove that chocolate is not the best. Of course, the advocates of chocolate will think that you do not have the logic to persuade him. For example, chocolate is not the best and vanilla is a sufficient condition for the best. The public doesn't care about the logic of this argument. Most people think that the bad chocolate is the victory of vanilla. Compared with the same period of last year, if two products or two concepts are in strong opposition because of their advocates, it is easy for consumers to choose a "correct" answer from the two. So the public choice is extremely easy to overcome.
At the end "If your child is 18, would you give him a cigarette?" Faced with aggressive questions from the Senate, Nick pondered for a while and replied: "If he really wants to smoke, I will buy him. The first pack of cigarettes". Regardless of whether you are the government, scientific research institution, teacher, or parent, you have the obligation to inform you of dangerous things. And everyone has the legal right to choose. I define it as a perfect blend of freedom, respect, responsibility, and wisdom.
In this era of uncertainty, in this era of information explosion, in this era when true and false are mixed together, it is very precious to have independent views, and how rare it is to think independently. Nick used his story as a tobacco spokesperson to convey The joy of debate, the understanding of freedom behind the beauty of choice.
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