Your choices shape your results

Jazmyn 2022-03-15 08:01:02

The beginning of the film is divided into three main lines, namely three protagonists.
A taxi driver, a law student who passed the interview, and a young homeless man.
The shots are switched to each other, not just a few lines but interspersed,
connecting the seemingly unrelated three people together.
Dead cockroaches in the waste bowl, dead mice in the cesspool, dead cats hanging in the house.
The film has a dark and oppressive atmosphere right from the start.

When the characters appear, it can be found that the photographer's shooting technique is very special.
The world in the mirror is rendered into dark yellow, brown and black cool tones,
making people look extremely depressed and heavy.

The entire streets, alleys, and highways look desolate and full of loneliness all the time.
The strange and monotonous colors complement each other, and everything has just begun.
Taxi drivers are reluctant to take passengers he doesn't like,
and he tries to avoid these people as much as possible for gays and drunks.
When encountering women walking their dogs, he would deliberately honk loudly to scare the dogs away.
But he would feed the poor stray dog ​​the lunch his wife made him.
The film has a dark and oppressive atmosphere right from the start.

The ideal lawyer finally passed his bar exam,
he is eager to punish evil and pursue justice.
Young homeless walking around doing nothing,
indifferently watching the beatings in the alley;
teasing adults in the toilet;
pushing stones down the bridge to be delighted by the sound of broken glass and scolding;
in a coffee shop Make the little loli outside the window laugh.
But he killed the taxi driver.

The rope is ready in the cafe, but
why kill? have no idea.
Probably confused, confused about life.
His father died early, and he indirectly caused his young sister to be killed by a tractor, and he couldn't let it go.
He ran to zoom in on his sister's only picture
and tried to console himself that her sister was still alive.
He deliberately did a series of things,
even to scare away innocent pigeons and kill an innocent person.
No one should die for no reason, and killing someone should be held accountable.
Lawyers are in charge of young people's lawsuits, but they lose.
In the final meeting with the young man, he even had unlimited self-blame.
Because he was in the same cafe with him the day he learned that the young man killed, the
lawyer believes that if he had paid more attention, the tragedy might not have happened.
The film also has some such coincidences,
but in contrast, it highlights the importance and consequences of self-selection.

What seemed to be accidental finally became inevitable, and no one could stop it.
When the taxi driver begged for mercy and weakly said "money box...life...", the
young man was also a little hesitant and uneasy, he whispered "God",
but in the end he still threw the big stone on the driver's head,
One click, two clicks...showing the dark side of human nature.

The lawyer got the opportunity to talk with the young man, and the
young man confided to the lawyer his past stories,
his inner world, his numb heart, and his confused life.
"Twenty-one years, when you called my name, I shed tears".
He was sentenced to death, terrified and helpless, and
he was blindfolded by the prison officers with a black cloth,
just as he had covered the driver's head with a cloth.
He was put on a rope buckle and hung up.
What kind of expression do those eyes under the black cloth look like?
Is it the same as the driver's expression?

Everyone has a story, and they are more or less unbearable and dirty.
The death penalty punishes the prisoner in the most direct way, and the
verdict emphasizes many times that there is no pardon.
No matter how young people can guarantee to start over again, there is no chance.
Murderers are hateful, but what makes them.
The good and evil of human nature is also the influence of society.
There is no fairness without standards.
The lawyer took pity on the young man, and the driver,
who is not worthy of pity, is extremely sad.
Any sin committed by anyone must be atonement for yourself,
that is what you should bear.

People have choices, and your choices create your results.
You can only suffer, you have no choice.

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A Short Film About Killing quotes

  • Jacek Lazar: I didn't listen in court, not until you called to me. They were all... all against me.

    Piotr Balicki: Against what you did.

    Jacek Lazar: Same thing...

  • Piotr: So you want me to see your mother.

    Jacek: Yes, to ask her to bury me next to my father. Can I be buried in a cemetery?

    Piotr: Yes.

    Jacek: The priest they sent said I could.

    Piotr: Naturally.

    Jacek: Next to my father is another plot. It was supposed to be for my mother. Ask her to let me have it.