Unlike most detective films, the focus is not on how to find the murderer from the clues, how the detective fights with the murderer, how the case is complicated and confusing, and how the final result is revealed; on the contrary, the film makes the murderer clear from the very beginning. It tells us that its focus is not on the fight against the murderer but on the fight against the system.
The case began in the spring of 1982. The bodies of young people who were tortured to death suddenly appeared in Rostow in the southern Soviet Union, which attracted the attention of the police, and then handed over the case to a forensic doctor, Braco played by Stephen Ray. husband to deal with. The latter is different from the detectives we are usually familiar with in that he is not handsome and personable, or his eyes are shining with wisdom. He is simply a little person who is insignificant. He will want to take a rest because he is too tired from the autopsy, and he will also adjust his work because of the autopsy. And asked the superior to assign a new house, played by Stephen Ray, our most familiar role is probably Fergus, the male protagonist in "The Crying Game", the actor himself is not a handsome guy (what has white teeth and bright blue eyes) Police officer, omg), and there is a woody feeling that the first half of my life was spent in oppression and disappointment, so it was just right to play this little detective. Then, with the deepening of the plot, I suddenly found that his image began to grow taller. Of course, this process is based on a series of faults in the Soviet bureaucracy. For example, in order to emphasize the superiority of the socialist system, such a series of cases can only appear in In the evil capitalist system, we do not have it. How did the Communists commit crimes, Mr. Detective, how dare you doubt our excellent Communists. The detective from above was absolutely right, blah, blah. Many times it reminds me of the restraint of Qingdao by the Metropolitan Police Department in the big search. Fortunately, there is a room in Qingdao, and here Brakov also got help from Fetisov. In contrast, Fetisov made better use of the individual loopholes in the system and adopted a black-and-white approach, such as catching the mayor's illegitimate son and threatening him not to hinder Brakov's handling of the case. The most meaningful sentence, after being criticized by the chiefs, Brakov angrily said to Fetisov that the district governor was an idiot, and the latter said lightly that he may be stupid, but he is in power. Coincidentally, when the murderer was tried at the last moment, the superior from Moscow was at a loss but was unwilling to give possible credit to these subordinates. Facing Fetisov's anger, Brakov replied with the same words, he may be stupid, But he is in power. I think a lot of people have had this experience. Lol, how to cleverly exploit loopholes in the hands of a stupid boss to achieve the best results is really a skill. Maybe I like the relationship with Russia too much. Although I learned from the history of the Soviet Union how they oppressed my favorite writers, how they suppressed people's freedom and democracy, and how they reneged on the Chinese people, but still no Hate, so when the film spares no effort to criticize the Soviet Union, I sometimes feel sad and even angry.
And the murderer continued to be lawless under the "protection" of the system. From 1982 to 1990, the police investigation here has been in a state of disorder. It wasn't until the collapse of the Soviet Union and Fetisov's rise to power that the real investigation began. The part of Fetisov going to Moscow in the movie is very interesting. Then finally the truth came out. Andrew Chikatilo, who was arrested as a suspect in 1984 and released due to insufficient evidence, is a criminal with many crimes. Catching the suspect does not mean the end. During the interrogation process, Andrew avoided answering his own crimes. The interrogator's officer from Moscow refused to hand over the power of interrogation to Brakov. After losing his temper, Brakov calmly said to the interrogator that if you could find someone to admit the crime, wouldn't it be your credit? Then a psychologist came along and it came naturally.
The cinematography of the film is very good. Robert's photography is very low-key, without using too many flowers, and the dark yellow tone similar to old film is just right to render the atmosphere of the whole film. All that appear in the camera are the gray sky, the decadent houses, the empty streets, and the silent forest as the scene of the murder. Very realistic reproduction of the backwater of the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The murder scene in the jungle is chilling but not bloody. The lighting on the character's face is well handled.
Case Information:
Name: Andrei Chikatilo
Nickname: "The Rostov Ripper"
Date of Birth: 1936 Current Status: Dead, shot in prison on February 14, 1994 Executions Killed
: At least 53 Methods of
killing : Tortured to death, tortured, boiled and eaten
Location of crime: Across Russia, mainly in Rostor, Moscow and St. Petersburg
Period of murder: December 1978 to 1992 Date of conviction: October 15, 1992 Related Movies: Citizen X
True Story: Andrei Chikatilo was once a respected teacher, a kind and gracious grandfather to his family, and a happy married man to his neighbors, one of those "probably serial killers" The lowest-ranked person on the suspect list, but he is the culprit of a series of torture and cannibalism cases in Russia. According to what his wife Fayina later said, the reason for his husband's serial murder should be that he could not have a normal erection to have sex with a woman, and he could only have sex after the other party died.
He likes to linger at the bus station or train station most, stalking when he encounters suitable prey, and occasionally looking for it on the street. Most of the targets are children who ran away from home and prostitutes, and gender and age are not important to him. For example, the first one he killed was a 9-year-old girl, and he also killed a man in his 20s. In addition, when he kills, he has a characteristic that he will remove the victim's eyes, because he is afraid of the lifeless void in the eyes of the deceased. He also liked to take his prey into the forest, sometimes even walking a few miles with them before attacking. However, compared to his contemptible murders, his arrest process was relatively bland. It was just that the police made constant efforts to investigate, proving that he was the real murderer and arresting him.
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