His life is doomed, and his soul cannot be liberated.

Christopher Cross is married to a woman he doesn't love, (the woman doesn't love him either), and in life, apart from bickering with each other, he just ignores each other. Family life is like purgatory on earth. But he feels that life is still full of happiness. As a social person, his work is recognized and respected by his boss. As a "self" with an independent personality, he can usually have his own and is actually not thin. The salary is engaged in the art of painting that he likes. He does not want to be famous or to make money. As long as he can paint, he is happy.
But all in all, on a seemingly doomed night, he "saved" a woman who was struggling under the iron fist of some hooligan (actually her boyfriend Johnny), and he fell in love with the man he shouldn't have The woman he loves, as shown in his own paintings, is bewitched by a viper, and he (Adam) falls in love with her (Eve), (Fritz Lang touches on the theme of "original sin" again quite traditionally). But we should never attribute all the sins he committed to the original sin, he actually had a choice, but he was carried away by "love" and crossed the boundaries of morality and law, (stealing his wife and boss's money) ), and yes, in this Fritz Lang film, the word "love" doesn't have a supreme meaning. Isn't this woman (Kitty) just because she fell in love with a man she shouldn't love, Johnny, that turned a full-time model into a "lazy girl" who even cheated Christopher out of money at Johnny's instigation? As the saying goes: "Love is the devil". "Isn't it?
In fact, there are not many "simple" guys like Christopher in this world. He can give up everything for the woman he loves, and he doesn't even care when he learns that this woman has blatantly stole the copyright of his paintings, because He felt that he could be inseparable from the woman he loved. Whether it's money, fame or everything else. But his "innocence" has a premise, that is, if he loves her, she must love her too. Yes, love is selfish. When he learns that the other party doesn't love her and that all the so-called expressions of love she makes are for himself and her boyfriend to defraud him of his money and reputation, the most evil part of human nature completely occupies his mind , he ruthlessly killed the person he once loved. (And unknowingly or deliberately put the blame on Johnny)
But he is not a complete devil after all, (maybe in the opinion of a director with a strong religious view like Fritz Lang, there is no complete angel or devil in this world,) Christopher Day Daily condemned by the conscience of the heart. Excruciating pain through every day of my life. He tried to commit suicide, but fate played a cruel joke on him again, and he was rescued from trying to hang himself. After that, he hopes to use the court's decision to send himself to the electric chair. He stated to the police that he killed a couple, but the police did not believe him. Just think of him as a lunatic.
Poor him is doomed in this life, the soul can not be liberated.

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