In a country that advocates freedom, this movie brought me more than just the simple and direct mainstream values of "life is precious, love is more expensive, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away." After the young boy doctor was taken out of confinement for five years, he said "I am free" and then died. The impact of this scene on me is undoubtedly huge. What is real freedom on earth? In Tang Seng’s words, escaping from prison is nothing more than a bigger cage. The so-called freedom that Papillon pursued throughout his life is a place full of deception, greed, and temptation. Compared with Alcatraz Island, this place is even more so. Like a paradise where there is no competition, only here can people’s hearts truly eliminate all desires, but hopes will gradually disappear. Just like Hoffman, I have no more concern for my hometown and relatives, so I no longer hope for anything, grow vegetables and raise pigs in my own garden, and live a life inconsistent with the world. Maybe this is the real "freedom", but who can tell?
Abandoning the spiritual level, only from the perspective of the film, this film is undoubtedly full of epic temperament, the shots are calm and atmospheric, and the performances of the actors are also full of tension, from the leper island to the uncontested savage tribe and the last In Alcatraz Island, the arrangement of the script gives people a kind of magical epic temperament in it, especially the scene where the two reunion on Alcatraz Island and the last jumping off the cliff, I have tears in my eyes, the friendship between the two men, one A deep hug has included everything. The last shot of Hoffman with tears and a smile on his face is comparable to the last shot of Fellini's "Night of Kaberia."
To make a digression, I have seen many people compare this movie with "Shawshank's Redemption" and say that "Xiao" is not like this movie. In fact, I want to say that this is not the difference between the two movies, but the two. The gap between the ages.
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