Roman Polanski's new film "I accuse" can be classified as a court movie in terms of genre, especially the court scene of this film is not ups and downs at all, it is almost straight-forward, which is also its great place, generally court movies. The so-called justice is late, but it will come surging, and it will appear false and cheap in front of it.
The power of the crowd is terrible, especially when it does evil. All prejudice against Dreyfus comes from the anti-Semitic trend in Europe before and after the First World War. The prejudice of the upper-level military officers in the film comes from political reasons, and behind the politics is public opinion and the need to use public opinion. Even if there is clear evidence to prove the innocence of the person involved, the prejudice of the public has penetrated into the bone marrow, so even if the handwriting obviously does not match, the so-called handwriting experts will think it is a cover-up method. The scary thing is that even they are deeply Believe that you are right, even if further evidence appears later, experts believe that the Jewish Union is behind the trouble, so Dreyfus said "So it is my handwriting and I am guilty, not my handwriting I am also guilty!", Even after the second complaint, the neighbors will still cast deep malice on the protagonist. You can never refute a person whose prejudice runs deep into his bones. The reality is that you are often faced with a group of people with deep prejudices without independent thinking. Hitler was not alone, behind him stood thousands of people.
Ironically, looking at Polanski's crime, most people may be limited to the word sexual assault on underage girls, no one will do much in-depth understanding, the people are eager to convict the suspect, they are too afraid of justice late to the point of never reflecting on the process of applying justice. Whether he's guilty or not has nothing to do with its movie at all.
Politics and public opinion go hand in hand, and it will manipulate and exploit public opinion. What's especially scary is the public opinion that only allows one voice to exist. Let's look at the Chinese people under the epidemic. Can Zola or Polanski be allowed to say "I accuse!"?
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