1. Confessions of a pickpocket
There are two kinds of people in this world, one is mediocre people, the other is outstanding people, I belong to the second kind.
you do not believe? I will prove it to you. Unlike ordinary people who go to work and live a boring life, I steal for a living. I can easily and routinely get my belongings out of their leather satchels, inside suit pockets, leggings pockets without even knowing it, and I can even put my empty wallet back into their pockets. They are fooled by me like this, doesn't it prove that I am better than them?
I even dared to challenge the police. I was arrested some time ago, but they had insufficient evidence and had to let me go. Now I met the police officer who interrogated me in the bar again, how about I take the initiative to shake his hand? How am I dealing with him? That's what I did. I told him that I admire people who can steal. I didn't intend to dispel his doubts about my actions, but to make him more suspicious of me to see if he had the ability to catch me.
I'm a very gifted and talented person, so people can't blame me for stealing. There is no God in the world, so there is no pure morality. Morality is only formulated by those who are at the top of the social hierarchy, that is, what we call "sages". Moral norms are formulated by them, so it does not matter to them. constraints. I am that saint myself, and I can rewrite morality. The rules are set by me, so for me, there is no guilt and judgment.
While visiting my mother today, I met a girl who lives next door. Why can't I look at her directly? Her face is shining, in the words of a Hong Kong guy, it is "the company is so pretty! The ghost is so pretty!". In the words of the Yankees, it is "She is fucking beautiful!". I'm French, but I couldn't find the right French words to describe the beauty she gave birth to in my heart.
Her bright eyes, high nose bridge, and jade-like face combine to show her beautiful soul, which is so clear and clear, yes, like the calm lake formed by the reflection of all things. mirror. The moment I first caught a glimpse of her, I seemed to see a fleeting shadow, and I dared not look her in the face again. She would shake something in me, subvert it, and even sink me into nothingness.
What the hell is going on here? Am I not good? She's so beautiful, why do you feel like I'm not worthy of her? I have a good friend Jacques. Although he is a good friend of mine, he is also as mediocre as the masses. It's best to match the two of them together.
Why is this happening? Feel like Jacques and the beautiful Jenny are the "best in line"? Don't I think I'm better than them... Well, I can't think so. Oh, I see, I can only explain it this way, even Jenny is mediocre. Why do you say that? I'll tell you.
Jenny has an alcoholic father, a runaway mother, and a younger sister who needs to be cared for. She took all of this on her own. She is mediocre because she is willing to take responsibility. The reason why a person is a person is that he doesn't have to take responsibility. He can take all things from the earthly multitude without paying for it himself.
When I figured out the reasoning, I felt relieved.
The reason I've been able to steal so many times is because I'm not an extraordinary person, until one time, I started to doubt myself. Oh my mother who has entered heaven. The detective told me that my mother had filed a police report during her lifetime because she had had money stolen. But she dropped the case the next day because she knew the thief was his son, which was me.
I suddenly felt like snow, why didn't my mother mention this to me before she died? Afraid of my guilt or shame? Only now did I feel how kind she was. Is this the "love" that people keep talking about? Was everything I did before "willful"? I thought I could control everything, and in the end I could be safe so far without the tolerance and forgiveness of others.
I took the initiative to meet Jenny. I don't know if stealing is right or wrong. For myself, it is a natural talent for me to successfully steal. It only shows that I am better than others. In the eyes of others, stealing is a dirty act of wanting to get something for nothing and not taking responsibility for the job. Am I a "genius" or a rat-like "thief"? Or I hope pure Jenny will give me the answer.
"Do you think I'm a thief too?" I asked Jenny.
"It's a thief." Jenny said decisively.
At this moment, I realized that I was just one of the mediocre people. Even dirtier than them. I just realized that the reason why I want to be a thief is because I have nothing to do. If I don’t become a thief, I can’t distinguish myself from the public, and I don’t know if I really “exist”.
The hand I stole was not qualified to hold the hand of the kind woman in front of me.
I know my ugliness, but I'm stealing money again. I don't know what I think. Yes, I'm stealing money again to pay for Jenny, but it's not all. My prey didn't look easy, I knew he was cunning, he didn't seem to be betting on the horses, but he won a lot of money, of dubious origin, and I got on him, and I got caught. Turns out he was a plainclothes police officer. In a flash, I also understood that I might just want to be caught and bumped into this south wall in order to atone for my past sins.
Jenny will despise me now, and she will leave me for my death.
But she didn't, she came to visit me. This Virgin has purified my past sins, my filthy body. I see the word "love" more clearly. I can finally see her in the eye.
2. Imagination is very important for film appreciation
The above are some of my understanding of the movie "Pickpocket" expressed by the inner monologue of the movie hero. Maybe these humble opinions are not the director's original intention, but a thousand interpretations of a work in the eyes of a thousand people is sometimes one of the qualities that a good film should have. This is also what we call the tension of the film.
"Pickpocket" was filmed by the famous French director Bresson. It was filmed in 1959. It has been 60 years since then. This is the length of many people's lives, and it is also a black and white film, so I believe that I have read this article. Nine times out of ten, readers of the film review will not read it, and even if you do, it will be difficult to read it from beginning to end. After all, we have seen too many modern commercial films with gorgeous pictures and ups and downs. Our movie viewing orientation has long been spoiled by them.
But what makes a great movie great is its understanding of life and the human heart. If you are in awe of the film and regard it as a carrier of truth, a medium for self-improvement, rather than a pastime, I still recommend that you watch the "Pickpocket" in depth. movie of.
Some movies are bad because it really isn't good; some movies are bad because the audience lacks imagination. The manifestation of lack of imagination is that what you see is not exactly the same as what you encounter in life, you can't understand it, you can only reject it. People with rich imaginations will keenly capture the commonalities of things that are not exactly the same, even if it is a thread, spread their thinking from the connection, expand and enrich the story in the film, and achieve its understanding and tolerance.
"Pickpocket" is a masterpiece that needs to be tasted with imagination.
3. Crime and Punishment and Death Note
The idea of "Pickpocket" is inherited from " Crime and Punishment " by Russian writer Dostoevsky . The male protagonist of Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov, was a member of the popular rational materialism of that era, who believed that "God is dead" and believed that those who followed traditional and moral norms were caused by human cowardice. Traditions and ethics are made by those who are not regulated. That is, there is no absolute truth, only man-made truth. In this case, I am also a human being, so I can also do what God once did. Without the constraints of tradition and moral norms, there is no need to bear the corresponding responsibility and punishment. Such speculation and the traditional values infiltrated since childhood made him chaotic and delirious, and in such a state he killed a selfish and vicious old lady and her niece in a pawn shop.
Perhaps you find stories discussing such ideas difficult and uninteresting. But sometimes it's also possible to tell a story that's funny. There is an anime with a similar ideological proposition, Death Note . A middle school student, Moonlight God, found a notebook by accident, and later found that as long as he thought about a person's appearance and wrote the person's name on the notebook, that person would die. After comprehending this mystery, he killed several wicked people who had done bad things but escaped the legal net due to the flaws of the judicial system. This animation makes people think, do we personally have the privilege of punishing and judging people who are still alive in place of God's responsibility? Did you also become a villain when you lynched them?
Crime and Punishment and Death Note are very classic novels and anime. If you are interested, it is recommended to take a look.
Fourth, the end
In fact, it is not only watching movies, but also needs imagination for life. Many people find life boring and depressing, because for them life is just what they see, hear, and touch. Without imagination, life is only the size of a tile.
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