"Why did he do this?" This is the question I always wondered when I saw the murderer kill, but when I watched the whole film, I found that this question may be the most worthless question in the film.
The whole story is not complicated, a murderer kills a taxi driver, is eventually brought to justice and takes the law at the gallows; a trainee lawyer is interviewed to become a lawyer, he becomes a murderer The murderer's lawyer tried his best to defend the murderer, only to watch the murderer be hanged. The reason why a murderer becomes a murderer is his destiny. The falling objects on the roof, the flock of pigeons that are scared away, the saliva in the spit, and the coffee splashed on the glass all prove this to the audience. So if you ask the murderer what is the motive for the murder, he may not be able to answer it himself.
So let's talk about the interesting plot, "punishment is a form of revenge, especially when it is intended to harm the criminal, not to prevent the criminal". This is the inner monologue of the trainee lawyer before the interview at the beginning of the film, and it is also the most meaningful sentence in the whole film in my opinion. If the homicide short film is to warn people to stay away from the crime of murder, the film contradicts this theme from the beginning, because from the beginning it defends the murderer. In the first half of the film, the complete process of the murderer's murder is described in great detail. Perhaps his behavior in developing the photos can be seen that there is destined to be a murder waiting for him to complete, but I think these pictures are definitely not used by the director to express The horror of murder.
The murderer was caught, the judge sentenced the murder to death, and the murderer was sent to the gallows, all of which seemed logical, but it all changed because of the appearance of the lawyer. After the verdict, the conversation between the lawyer and the judge was very intriguing. The lawyer asked the judge to change to an experienced lawyer to defend the murderer. The result would be different, and the judge told him that his defense was the best defense the judge had heard in years. , but the verdict that should be handed still has to be handed down. The judge wondered why the lawyer would be so attentive to the murderer. The lawyer told the judge that on the day the murderer killed, which was the same day he passed the lawyer's interview, he had seen the murderer in a coffee shop. but he did nothing to prevent the tragedy from happening.
"You are too sensitive to be a lawyer." No matter from that point of view, the idea of a lawyer is most consistent with the original intention of the law or the establishment of criminal punishment. In his view, the existence of the law is to warn the world not to commit crimes. But these days, the law is in most cases a form of revenge, and the most brutal of these revenge methods is the death penalty. Is the rationality of the law and the sensibility of the same people really contradictory?
In my opinion, the real murder happens when the prisoner is sent to the gallows, and it is this kind of murder that the director wants to warn people to stay away from.
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