The title of the film is "The Thin Blue Line". It is difficult for the audience to see the theme of the film from the title, and the whole film except for a blue line at the beginning of the film that leads to the production staff and the judge once mentioned "The Thin Blue Line" "Besides, it doesn't seem to be related to the title of the movie. So I searched, and it turns out that the police cordon used by the American police is blue, but the "BLUE" in the title is red, full of irony about American law, and "THIN" also symbolizes the fragility of American justice.
One of the most memorable moments in the whole film is when David said in an interview: "The justice of the Statue of Liberty is graded. Justice? How to say it? I don't know what she said. She just closed her eyes, the scales in her hands. It can go up and down." As the real murderer of the case, his remarks seemed to mock the so-called justice in the United States, because the innocent Randall with no criminal record was thrown into prison, and he, a habitual criminal, still on the loose.
"The Thin Blue Line" is different from "Nowhere to Go" in that the latter explores the truth of the case through the performances and thoughts of different auditioned actors for the same role, while the former all roles are played by myself, combined with the perception of the parties. Interviews and reenactments. The film intersperses the interviews with the two suspects, their friends, police officers, lawyers, judges, witnesses, etc. with scene representations, news reports, and archival photos, etc., which supplements the visual presentation of purely narrative interviews and is more convincing. , and enhances the emotion conveyed by the text, such as Landau talking about the execution of him by the court, interspersed with close-up pictures of the electric chair, expressing his nightmarish sense of despair. There are many dark scenes in the film, creating a mysterious and gloomy atmosphere, and the soundtrack has a hypnotic power, triggering a sense of crisis and urgency in the audience.
No narration is added to the film. Except for the last interview recording, all the parties tell their memories of the case in front of the camera. The case is reproduced from multiple angles, which increases the complexity and ambiguity of judgment and requires the audience to think for themselves. So even though the narrative thread is clearer, it's a bit brainy and boring to me. However, it is this practice of "solving the case" based on the language of different people without physical evidence that satirizes the fragility of "truth".
After watching the entire film, I can't help but feel deeply powerless and helpless, because not only in the United States, but perhaps all over the world, there are many unjust, false and wrongful convictions. Some innocent people are fortunate in misfortune. After a few years, they were released from prison. However, many innocent people died in vain amid their grievances, and they have not even been able to obtain their innocence. "The Thin Blue Line" gives us hope in the midst of sadness and grief. Even in the shadows, we should not give up our struggle against fatalism. This is also the meaning of this film.
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