Although many people are crazy about this film

Gracie 2022-03-22 09:02:39

Looking at it, I feel that this film is always a bit weird, comedy is not comedy, tragedy is not tragedy, compared to "The Gold Rush", it is depressing and uncomfortable.
I sympathize with impulsive killers, but disgust calm killers. Calm killers have a cold heart. Therefore, no matter how pitiful his wife and children are, how cruel the arms dealer is, and how reasonable his criticism is, it is difficult for me to regard him as an object of understanding and sympathy.
This era has become so degenerate because people are too sympathetic to killers. According to this point of view, any killer is not a killer, but a hero.

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  • Reporter: You'll have to admit, crime doesn't pay, does it?

    Henri Verdoux: No, sir. Not in a small way.

    Reporter: What do you mean?

    Henri Verdoux: To be successful in anything, one must be well-organized.

    Reporter: You're not leaving the world with that cynical remark?

    Henri Verdoux: To be idealistic in this moment would be incongruous, don't you think?

    Reporter: What's all this talk about good and evil?

    Henri Verdoux: Arbitrary forces, my good fellow. Too much of either will destroy us all.

    Reporter: We can never have too much good in the world.

    Henri Verdoux: Trouble is, we've never had enough. We don't know.

    Reporter: Listen, Verdoux, I've been your friend all through the trial. Now, give me a break, a story with a moral to it! You, the tragic example of a life of crime.

    Henri Verdoux: I don't see how anyone can be an example in these criminal times.

  • Henri Verdoux: It's the approach of death that terrifies.

    The Girl: I suppose if the unborn knew of the approach of life, they'd be just as terrified.