When my father, Sam, picked up his late son Josh's guitar and opened his sheet music, I remembered a line I liked from the play "Drinkers": "When a person disappears, what is used to prove that he existed? Only his wishes and fears." The film's beginnings could easily lead unwary viewers astray, thinking that this would be a family story about a father inheriting his son's last wishes, out of grief, and realizing his dreams for him. But in fact, the grief experienced by the father is far more cruel and thought-provoking than the loss of the child. The film begins with the sound of Josh's guitar, who loves music and always records his songs in his college dorm room. The room was small and cluttered, seemingly isolated from the world. Towards the end of a song, his friend opened the door, and the warm and noisy breath rushed into the room, and he threw down his earphones angrily. When he received the call from his father, everything was still beautiful. He was walking on the campus. Everything was bright and bright in the sun. His father, who had just successfully negotiated a business, wanted to celebrate with him, and he was smiling. But in the end, the father did not wait for his son, but waited for the news of the death of six people in the school shooting. After losing his son, Sam was so depressed that he quit his decent job and divorced his wife. After accidentally seeing his son's relic, Sam sings Josh's song in a bar, which catches the attention of guitarist Quentin, who is drawn to the song and plays with Sam in a band. But when everything went well, Sam was recognized by Josh's ex-girlfriend, who accused Sam of singing songs about the murderer's son. The guitarist also felt cheated after learning the truth and left angrily. Sam became the target of public criticism for a while. The crowd reacted strongly to Sam singing his son's song because Josh was the murderer of the school shooting. In fact, the film also shows the fact that Josh is the murderer of the case rather than the victim in more details. When Sam arrived at the company, journalists flocked to interview; Josh's name was not on the school's monument to the killed students, and his tombstone was painted over by angry people. As the murderer's father, Sam has to face the double blow of losing his son and losing his reputation. He can only say nothing, hurriedly flee the reporter, and wipe the handwriting on his son's tombstone with his wife. He can't even be like other people who have lost their children. Like his parents, he expresses his grief freely because his lost son is a spurned sinner. After being accused and questioned, Sam burst into tears under the school's monument: "He's just my son." This abstracts a discussion of contradictory moral senses. As long as there is crime, this is a kind of me It is a social phenomenon that we cannot avoid, although it may only exist in a small number of people and environments, it is still serious enough and heavy. How should society accept the relatives of criminals? Although the bad habit of linking the nine clans in the past has long since ceased to exist, many times relatives are still shrouded in the shadow of the perpetrator's crimes throughout their lives. Although legally, these people have nothing to do with the crime, but morally and emotionally, it is inevitable that people will unconsciously generate prejudice and even condemnation. In this phenomenon, the most contradictory is the two tit-for-tat moral senses, which are widely accepted, but when they are embodied in the same individual, they make people fall into the pain of reason. The shooter who took the life of a man is unforgivable, and both legal and rational are intolerable; and the bloodline of parents and children cannot be completely severed by one sin. When we make judgments outside the case, there is undoubtedly a standard answer to the choice between family affection and moral law. Still, can the righteous bereavement escape the pain of losing a loved one? It is true that in some criminal incidents, the children's criminal behavior may have been influenced by the family environment, not completely unrelated to the parents, but retrospectively, whether the school and social environment have also affected the offender, and whether they have also contributed to this crime. Tragedy fueled the flames? "If there is mercy on criminals, who will sympathize with victims and their loved ones?" Criminals are certainly not worthy of sympathy, but there is a special group associated with them, those who grieve as much as the victims. From their point of view, they are also just a group of parents who have lost their children. If we hate the criminal, should we allow the convict's relatives to mourn and grieve for him? However, this seems to be a meaningless discussion, and even if the answer is known, it still cannot be put into practice. We cannot fool our emotions and make changes that easily. In the same way, the morality of punishing criminals comes from convention, while the morality of licking the calf is based on biological instincts. This is also a value proposition that cannot be judged or implemented. Human beings have always been in such a contradiction. To a certain extent, the process of human beings moving towards civilization is a process of confronting animal instinct with rational thinking. Another issue worth thinking about is the rejection of Josh's songs. In reality, it can be extended to how we view the works of "stained artists". If an artist is condemned or even banned for personal issues other than his works, his works will also be banned. Should it be rejected outright? Even further, can we jump out of the political culture and value system and simply appreciate the artistic value of a work? Art and life are inextricably linked, not from a vacuum, but inevitably convey the creator's perspective And views, those attempts to remove ideology from art and relegating art to a paradise is undoubtedly absurd. What is worth noting is the extent to which it can become an independent self, a spiritual wealth that transcends religion, politics, and culture and is recognized by all mankind. Like the legend of floods in almost all civilizations, there are also some universal values among human beings, which is the reason why we can accept some works of art together. But not all works of art have the good fortune of expressing universal values, perhaps best known for Wagner's musical works, which, in addition to their superb artistic achievement, are occasionally associated with the evils of the Nazi regime. As an anti-Semitic, Wagner published "Judaism in Music" and made no secret of his racist tendencies, which is why, more than half a century later, his works were admired and used by Hitler and the Nazis. But fortunately, people today do not depreciate the artistic value of his works. On the one hand, it is probably because music, as an abstract carrier, does not directly incite and instill people's bad thoughts; on the other hand, if we are because of the composer's thought to the exclusion of everything about him, so are we all caught up in some kind of paranoia like his view of the Jews? In the film, Sam finally chooses to face the wishes and fears left by Josh, and tell the world proof of his existence. In the noisy bar, when he said his son's name, the crowd was as quiet as the day Josh left. He's finished writing his son's last song, and in this montage of different scenes at this moment, some people are starting to change a bit. He sings the last delicacy and sadness of a murderer, breathe, count the stars, keep the world going without you, close your eyes, count to ten, and maybe understand that love is the only answer. Public account / tone radio His racist tendencies, and for this reason, his works were admired and exploited by Hitler and the Nazis more than half a century later. But fortunately, people today do not depreciate the artistic value of his works. On the one hand, it is probably because music, as an abstract carrier, does not directly incite and instill people's bad thoughts; on the other hand, if we are because of the composer's thought to the exclusion of everything about him, so are we all caught up in some kind of paranoia like his view of the Jews? In the film, Sam finally chooses to face the wishes and fears left by Josh, and tell the world proof of his existence. In the noisy bar, when he said his son's name, the crowd was as quiet as the day Josh left. He's finished writing his son's last song, and in this montage of different scenes at this moment, some people are starting to change a bit. He sings the last delicacy and sadness of a murderer, breathe, count the stars, keep the world going without you, close your eyes, count to ten, and maybe understand that love is the only answer. Public account / tone radio His racist tendencies, and for this reason, his works were admired and exploited by Hitler and the Nazis more than half a century later. But fortunately, people today do not depreciate the artistic value of his works. On the one hand, it is probably because music, as an abstract carrier, does not directly incite and instill people's bad thoughts; on the other hand, if we are because of the composer's thought to the exclusion of everything about him, so are we all caught up in some kind of paranoia like his view of the Jews? In the film, Sam finally chooses to face the wishes and fears left by Josh, and tell the world proof of his existence. In the noisy bar, when he said his son's name, the crowd was as quiet as the day Josh left. He's finished writing his son's last song, and in this montage of different scenes at this moment, some people are starting to change a bit. He sings the last delicacy and sadness of a murderer, breathe, count the stars, keep the world going without you, close your eyes, count to ten, and maybe understand that love is the only answer. Public account / tone radio
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