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Traffic (2000)
Continue to watch Oscar-winning films. The film won the Best Director Award at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001.
The film tells four stories about drugs:
In Mexico, two Mexican police officers learned about drug delivery through informants and intercepted a batch of drugs. Subsequently, their seized drugs and drug dealers were taken away by a general. A few days later, the general expressed his intention to Gao's police that he wanted to eradicate the drug syndicate in the city and asked Gao's police to do things for himself. The tall policeman acted immediately and caught a killer of a drug syndicate in the city. The general learned everything about the drug syndicate from the killer. Using this information, the general quickly eradicated the drug syndicate and released news that the head of another drug syndicate had died. But the shorter of the two police officers accidentally discovered that the leader was not dead. The two police officers knew that the general was originally a member of this drug group, and that the general had eliminated another drug group for the better development of his drug group. The short policeman planned to sell the news, but the two policemen were quickly arrested by the general's men. The two killers who caught them killed the short policeman, leaving the tall policeman behind. The tall policeman was angry and planned to avenge the short policeman, so he told the American police the secret. Soon, with the assistance of the American police, the tall policeman captured the general and seized a large amount of drugs. He also became a news figure. Finally, the tall policeman came with flowers to visit the widow of the shorter policeman.
In the United States, a judge will soon be the new head of the US anti-drug department. He is full of enthusiasm and hopes to vigorously combat drug crimes. However, her daughter started to take drugs under the lure of her classmates. At a party, a boy fainted because of an overdose of drugs. After his daughter and classmates took him to the hospital, he was found by the police, who locked them up. After the judge's wife took her daughter back, the two quarreled: the wife believed that the daughter's drug use should not be taken too seriously, but the judge disagreed. Later, the daughter continued to take drugs and was found by the judge, who had to send her to a self-help treatment group. But her daughter could not resist the temptation of drugs, so she sneaked out and used her body to trade with drug dealers in exchange for drugs. The judge was very anxious after discovering that her daughter was missing, and gradually discovered that her daughter was stealing things from the house. The judge had to follow her daughter’s classmates and found her daughter’s hiding place. After the daughter was retrieved, the judge became choked during the inauguration speech, thinking that he could not "fight" with his family. Finally, the daughter gradually recovered, and the judge and wife were very happy.
In the United States, black police officers from the anti-narcotics department worked with Latin American police to undercover a drug dealer. Under the coercion and lure of black police and Latin American police, drug dealers confessed their upline. After being caught online, drug dealers became important witnesses. The black police, together with the Latin American police and other police, are responsible for protecting the safety of drug dealers. After an appearance in court, the killer hired by the online wife had put the bomb in the drug dealer's car, but the drug dealer suddenly decided to walk. At the strong request of the hirer, the killer had to get out of the car door and prepare to kill the drug dealer directly. However, the deadly enemy on the line of drug dealers-the killer sent by another drug group preemptively killed the killer who wanted to kill the drug dealers, and the drug dealers were saved. Later, when the Latin American police were about to call an ambulance, they accidentally touched a bomb and the Latin American police were killed on the spot. A few days later, when the drug dealer was about to appear in court again, he was poisoned with toxic food by a person who dressed up as a breakfast delivery person. The death of the drug dealer made the trial on the line impossible and had to be acquitted and released on the line. Finally, the black police attended the funeral of the Latin American police.
Still in the United States, a pregnant woman lives happily with her other young boy, whose husband is a drug dealer. After the drug dealer's confession went online, the woman's husband was quickly arrested by the police. The woman is still kept in the dark. She doesn't know everything until her husband's friend tells her the truth. A few days later, a Mexican man threatened the woman's child and asked her to pay back a huge amount of cash. The woman had to turn to her husband’s friend for help, but her husband’s friend concealed the facts, and instead wanted to possess everything about the woman and the woman’s husband. The woman had to go home and recall what her husband told her in prison. From her husband's words, the woman found her husband's hidden secret. Subsequently, the woman hired a killer who was caught by a tall policeman in Mexico and told him to kill the drug dealer so that he could not testify in court. After the killer failed, the woman came to see the Mexican drug group alone again. She used her husband's drug skills and her courage to get the approval of the drug group and found supporters behind the scenes. In this way, the drug dealer who was preparing to testify in court was poisoned to death, and the woman's husband was free. After being released from prison, her husband immediately killed his friends. In the end, the black policeman who had lost his partner made a raid at the woman's house and seized the opportunity to secretly install a wiretap.
The story of the movie is more complicated, and there are various connections between the story and the story, and the link that connects them is the core of the movie story-drugs. Through the two countries of the United States and Mexico, the upper and lower levels of anti-drugs, the various links of drug crimes, and many other aspects, the film shows the drug network. It can be seen that this film is a veritable "drug network" movie. Through the stories of all aspects and levels shown in the film, it shows the harm caused by drugs, the operation process of drug crimes, all aspects of government anti-drugs, and the conclusions conveyed by the film-anti-drugs are forever Unwinnable war! The film expounds this theme through the following aspects.
First of all, from the upper level of anti-drugs, the two countries are not fully committed to anti-drugs. In the United States, anti-drugs involve all aspects, such as Congress, national policies, coordination among various departments, and the approval of government budgets. Simply put, the U.S. anti-drug department is restricted in many ways, and it is impossible for the country to let the anti-drug department do whatever it wants. In Mexico, there is no way to talk about anti-drugs, because there is no real anti-drug department in this country, and even the fight against drug dealers is for the benefit of a certain aspect or a certain stage. In addition, the corruption of the Mexican police can be seen in the film, and no police will be ready to fight drugs for the people. Even for the tall policeman in the movie, his purpose in capturing the general is not to fight drugs, but to get revenge. In short, through the plot of the movie, we can know that the United States and Mexico will not fully invest in anti-drug nationally.
Secondly, from the internal perspective of the country, it is impossible to succeed in the fight against drugs. This aspect is most evident in the judge’s daughter. She has turned from a good student of good character and knowledge to a profligate girl who traded her body for drugs, and stole family stuff and sold money for drugs. It can be seen how attractive drugs are. Therefore, as long as there is a need, there will be production and sales, and drugs will never be wiped out. Especially from the current situation in the United States, the huge consumer groups of drugs are concentrated among young people, and they regard drug use as a fashion. It's just like the judge's wife thought: everyone came here when they were young, as if this was a step in the process of growing up. It can be seen that drugs have been deeply rooted in American society. How can such a situation be anti-drug? Therefore, the judge could not start the "war against drugs" in his inaugural speech, because a war on drugs means a war on his family. Fighting with your family is unimaginable and difficult to win. The same is true in Mexico. In short, drugs have a demand, a market, and their roots in life, making anti-drugs impossible.
Third, judging from the huge profits of drugs, drugs cannot be eradicated. The reason why drugs have a huge network operation, so that many people take the risk of embarking on the road of crime, the reason is its huge profits. It is profitable, and it is extremely profitable. How can such a business not be rushed? Therefore, the drug syndicates will buy off the police from the two countries, a large number of drug dealers will participate in the transportation, and there will be countless drug dealers selling drugs to all kinds of drug addicts. The root cause of all this is driven by profit, just like what the daughter classmate in the film said: In just a few minutes, he made several times the normal income of a day. Who wouldn't want to do such an easy thing? As my daughter’s classmate said, if white people can also engage in the drug business, no one will really study hard and become a white-collar worker. Therefore, driven by huge interests, it is impossible to eradicate the drug network. If this drug group is wiped out today, another drug group will rise rapidly for profit tomorrow. pregnancy".
In addition, the film also shows the harm caused by drugs and the conflict of interests between drug dealers. Regarding the harm of drugs, we can see its impact on family relationships and the devastation to the minds of young people. As for the fight between drug dealers, it often hurts innocent people, such as a short policeman. However, these are not the focus of the movie. The focus is on drug-related networks. The above two aspects are only the additional harm caused by drugs. However, these additional harms are completely different from the content of the film—anti-drug is an unwinnable war. Such a setting also makes the film full of a realistic pessimism—drugs cannot be eradicated, but it continues. To poison mankind, how does this make people good? The feeling that the audience has is also the emotion that the movie wants to create, a feeling of despair, depression, and helplessness.
Through the above, it can be seen from the four aspects of drug production and marketing, the market, the government's anti-drug ability, and the needs of ordinary people, that anti-drug is a war that will never be won. It is impossible to completely eliminate drugs, capture drug syndicates, destroy drug networks, and so on. It is like a fantasy. This is the theme of the movie, telling us about all aspects of the drug network and the current situation of drugs in modern society-it has penetrated into every aspect of life, and drugs are with family!
Now let’s talk about the filming of the film. The filming of this film is excellent. The director of the film, Steven Soderbergh, not only tells the complicated story clearly and tightly, but also organically combines the film into a story that completely describes the "drug network" through the connection between the different stories. . Can do this level, we can see Steven Soderbergh's extraordinary director ability, he is well-deserved to win the Oscar for best director. The film also uses a method similar to that of a documentary to tell the story, giving the film an immersive sense of reality, allowing the audience to experience the development of the story firsthand, and at the same time giving the audience a feeling of empathy. In addition, the film uses two different tones of the United States and Mexico to distinguish the two countries. This has the advantage of making it easier for the audience to understand the story, while also showing the chaotic and gray side of Mexico. In short, Steven Soderbergh not only made the film true and methodical, but also made the film attract the attention of the audience and let us watch the film in one breath.
Needless to say, the actors in this film performed very well overall. In the film, there are not only big Hollywood stars like Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but also a large number of American actors and actresses. When I watched this film before, I really didn't find that there are so many American dramas in the movie. It was amazing. In a word, this film is almost documentary-like, it tests the actors' acting skills very much. Their perfect performance is an important factor for the film's beauty and success.
in conclusion. This is a realistic film with a good story, with a clear structure, a moderate rhythm, and an excellent performance by the actors. This film is a rare masterpiece, even if it won the Oscar for Best Picture, it also meets the standards.
Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen
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Traffic.2000.BluRay.720p.x264.DTS-WiKi
2012-03-07
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