436 is the population number specified after the town is rebuilt, and the three numbers correspond to the three sentences in a certain religious book. These 3 sentences are enshrined as the faith of the whole town and are instilled in the children's classrooms. 436, is a curse. The population of a town cannot be too large or too small. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. As the amount is exceeded, the town will hold a "celebration party" for outsiders. Before the meeting, everyone will draw lots to select one person to "sacrifice", that is, hang at the climax of the celebration party. It's the highest honor in town. Those who want to escape are brainwashed by doctors if they die. Even if the former can escape from the town, bad luck will come, like the census taker and the girl Amanda; the latter will stay in the town after remodeling, and live a lifeless life until the end of her life, like Kady, a family of four in the basement of the doctor's house, maybe such a person is still alive. There are many. ROCKWELL HALLS is a place that cannot be thought in terms of conventional moral concepts. "Unity and stability" was chanted by the townspeople like a death curse, like a ritual of some strange religion. "There has never been a crime in our town," but the mayor, doctors, and police officers colluded to brainwash people again and again. However, all this is very normal in the town. The population has remained unchanged for a hundred years, and dozens of foreign cars parked at the edge of the forest indicate that the tragedy will continue after generations. In contrast to everything, the peaceful atmosphere of the town, the tranquil scenery, the dedicated residents, and the bright American-inspired music, present the beauty of the paradise. However, the stronger the contrast, the deeper the fear becomes. The death of an individual is not scary, what is scary is the consistent nonchalance of the crowd of onlookers. At the celebration, the woman who drew the lottery stood on the gallows in costume, and the encouraging glances and indifferent smiles of the others made people horrified. A tragedy in the eyes of outsiders is a great happiness in the eyes of the townspeople. This is the greatest tragedy. Self-righteous, self-evil, self-righteous and holy beliefs, but mechanical and almost cruel disguised slaughter. The shackles of thought and the confinement of human nature are covered with a self-believing reason, and the whole group gradually learns to consciously curb the idea of "rebellion", and obeys and preaches the sacred rules of the ancestors without any conflict, and is as meek as a lamb. It is "obeying the will of God". However, the rulers represented by doctors were not the culprits, and they themselves deeply worshipped the handed down teachings. In order to maintain the so-called "stability and peace", the thoughts of the occasional "defectors" were "corrected" with drugs. The ruling class itself is a category of many victims, and it is sad that while they are being poisoned, they are still defending the rules of "God". Moral good and evil, right and wrong, in the circle of us outsiders, the same self-righteousness. Religion is to fill the spiritual gap. Philosophy is a product of human beings. And the laws of nature, whether there are human beings or not, must exist. Can experience human thinking, it can not guarantee its absolute objectivity. If philosophical views and moral views are all conjectures, human society is a big circle that restricts thinking. It's just that there are more people in this circle, and there is more relative freedom, so time will exist longer... Perhaps, when another group of creatures discover this place, it will cause an endless debate of right and wrong. Ugly means, dressed in beauty, numb people. If it is not the small town ROCKWELL HALLS, but the whole world, how much truth has not been uncovered? Fortunately, the town in the film is a fictional place. And we don't need it here, because such circles may already exist in various properties. We live in an ugly and beautiful world. 2006-08-30
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