The mainstream view is that the last second videotape, sent out like the first one, proves the male lead's innocence. But the director arranged for the film to stay at the last second of the videotape. This arrangement is short and powerful, but I think it also has the director's second meaning.
We were all deceived by the director. The key object is the postcard sent by the female student. The content is that my guilt is far greater than your imagination. It comes from a student who is willing to do anything. Yes, at this time, it seems that the female student sees the guilt that she has caused such a predicament because she reported the male protagonist. But when the male protagonist was executed, the postcard and a box of US dollars were handed over to his ex-wife and son, and another video tape was sent to the female reporter, telling her that this is your key to freedom, proving that female reporters don't have to be sad It was because he was slow that he caused the death of the male protagonist, but the male protagonist sacrificed voluntarily.
So looking at the things sent to the ex-wife from the role of the videotape, some people think that the male protagonist chose to sacrifice himself because of the mistakes he made in the early stage, so he was deceived by the director, which is exactly what the female reporter said, don't Believe in the so-called truth in front of you, believe in opinions. So let's make up for the female student talking to his ex-wife. My guilt is far greater than your imagination, because it was your husband who arranged this scene and chose to die by himself. As a pusher, I feel very guilty, so I am willing to do anything for you. To make up for my guilt, this paragraph is a pun. So when the ex-wife saw the content on the postcard, she cried, which proved that she understood. It turned out that the content of the letter was really written by the female student to the ex-wife, not the male protagonist. At this time, she understood.
The ex-wife cried, and I think the male protagonist laughed too. That videotape is not the real key to freedom. This postcard and the box of dollars are the real key to the male protagonist, representing the male protagonist's innocence and responsibility to the family.
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