At noon on the 17th local time, an explosion and shooting occurred at the Kerch Institute of Technology in eastern Crimea, killing 19 people and injuring 50. The murderer is a student of the school. He always carries a knife with him when he travels, but he has won a scholarship.
Some survivors are right, seeing with their own eyes a friend was shot by him in front of him. Olga Glebinikova, dean of the Polytechnic Institute, told the scene: "The murderer detonated an unknown device, then went upstairs with a gun and shot, killing anyone he saw." Preliminary investigations showed that the murderer was 18 Year-old school boy Vladislav Roslyakov. He has committed suicide. Crimea will be mourned for three days.
Crimea will be mourned for three days. The Crimea school bombing is reminiscent of the Utre Island massacre in Norway. A new film recently reproduced the cause and effect of the time like Ling Chi. "July 22" (22 July) is probably the most difficult viewing experience this year.
At the film level, its skillful scene scheduling, excellent camera language, and clear functional design of characters make people quickly drawn into the whirlpool of the story and unable to extricate themselves.
Coupled with the thick and sharp semi-documentary style of the film, the irresistible empathy ability quickly invades the audience's nerves, destroys their rational defense line, and makes the emotions ignite and heat up to boiling without knowing it. "July 22" tells the story of the massacre on the island of Uter in Norway that shocked the world. On July 22, 2011, Norwegian Breivik first detonated a powerful car bomb in front of the Norwegian government office building in Oslo. Almost all the windows of the building hundreds of meters high were shattered, and the tremor was felt several kilometers away. , and several people were killed by the bomb on the spot.
When the police and the government system were in chaos, Breivik disguised as a police officer, armed with heavy weapons and shot and killed students attending the Norwegian Labour Party Youth League summer camp on the island of Uter, 40 kilometers west of the capital Oslo. At that time, hundreds of students were on the island and could not escape. Breivik executed them on the spot without hesitation and shot them wantonly.
It was not until the air defense special department arrived that he disarmed and surrendered. The terrorist attack killed 77 people and injured more than 300. The Utter massacre was the worst violent attack in Norway since the end of World War II. The film "July 22" starts from a very tricky angle, telling the whole incident and the ins and outs of the subsequent trial. The narrative technique of "July 22" is extremely arresting.
The film's director, Paul Greenglass, is an Oscar nominee for Best Picture and a Best Picture winner at the Berlin Film Festival. The sense of camera and scene scheduling of "July 22" can be seen in "Captain Philip" and "Bourne Bourne". The slightly shaken lens makes instability, insecurity, and anxiety go straight to the heart! Shooting with a handheld camera creates a rough and heavy but sharp documentary-like image effect. The whole film uses a large number of close-up follow-up shooting.
There is no need for exaggerated and wasteful special effects such as slow motion, bullet time, and camera rotation. The precise editing also achieves the effect of holding your breath, stunned, and soulless. "July 22" has 2018 as a brutal motivating event and story gap. The 30-minute first act, like a lingering delay, shows the whole story of the terrorist Breivik's murder.
Arranged car bombs, disguised police officers on the island, and executed hundreds of students who could not fight back inhumanly. Several scenes in the film are like ghosts and gods. Breivik is controlled by far-right ideology, chanting self-righteous slogans, and shooting students calmly under a fierce and slightly contented face, and some students pretend to be dead and think they can escape. It was a disaster, but Breivik was still shot next to him without leaving one. Hiding in the house, a group of panicked students were caught by Breivik, and they all closed the door and killed them. The students who were forced to hide on the edge of the cliff were also shot by the brutal Breivik, killing and injuring most of them. When the special police found Breivik, Breivik did not resist and surrendered, because he hoped to make a political speech in future trials, defend his actions, and put himself on the title of the head of the European Knights.
"July 22" brought the emotions to a boiling point in the first act. The crying and grief of parents and surviving students made the audience overwhelmed and had a strong empathy.
"July 22" is not to exaggerate and resolve the sensational tragedy, but to ignite hope and indict through the story behind it. The structure of the second act of the film is quite clear, and the main story is the entire society's views and confrontations with Breivik's trial.
To this end, the film sets the survivor side represented by the boy Via,
The parents of the survivors represented by Via's parents, and the national side with lawyer Gail Ripestad as the law and the Prime Minister of Norway as the core.
The last two scenes of "July 22" are equally exciting and gripping, but they are much more restrained than the first act. We can see the legal and moral struggle, the lawyer Gail Ripestad must fight for legal human rights for Breivik, although he is a thug and a demon, although he has never felt the slightest guilt for his actions, he even threatens the lawyer , to kill their offspring.
We can also see the contradiction between freedom and censorship. The Norwegian Prime Minister found through investigation that Breivik's behavior was not unpredictable, but because of negligence and disregard, madmen like Breivik took advantage of freedom and democracy.
However, the most central character arc confrontation in the whole film is from the "Nirvana Rebirth" of the survivor Via. Via, who was severely injured, needed to relearn how to control his body. He lost an eye and underwent a craniotomy, but there were still shrapnel left near his brain stem. He could die at any time, or he could only Spend the rest of your life in bed. Nightmares, pain, loneliness, depression, and confusion haunt this boy who should be full of vigor.
As a result, his family also became separated and fell into depression. The younger brother felt guilty because he successfully escaped. The two brothers were embarrassed to get along, and the parents were a little tired from taking care of them. They all lost themselves and their lives for a while. On the other hand, Breivik, the demon who destroyed their lives, has peace of mind and may even escape jail by declaring himself mentally ill. After Via reconstructed his body and rebuilt his spirit with difficulty, he reluctantly came to the court step by step by himself, faced this demon, and spoke his heart.
On one side, the severely injured little boy stood up again, confronted the devil who was trying to kill him, and accused him of his evil deeds.
"I still have an infinite possible future, I still have a variety of options, and you can only spend your life in a prison of a few square meters."
After the trial, Gail Ripestad refused to shake hands, and before leaving, he said something,
"In the end you still lose, my descendants will still fight such atrocities, and so will theirs."
At the end of the film, Via stood in the vast and boundless wilderness like a new life,
And Breivik could only stare out from the only window in the house with iron bars in a daze.
Although there are many clues after the second act, director Paul Greenglass still firmly grasped the hearts of the audience with his delicate emotional expression, calm editing, and the transmission of enough information.
Why did Breivik act so extreme? Can Via get out of the trough and not slip into the resentment of "violating violence with violence"? What kind of legal sanctions will Breivik get? How to prevent the tragedy from happening again?
Norway does not have the death penalty, and Breivik is in prison, but in 2015 he earned a university degree in prison, where he tried unsuccessfully to build a party. Over the years, the activities of far-right organizations on the European continent have been rampant, and the social instability caused by the "refugee wave" has made more European extremist organizations hold resentment.
As Breivik declared, Norway must be a Norwegian Norway, and for various reasons, the Norwegians must not become a Norwegian minority. Religious, cultural, and institutional conflicts and contradictions will present daunting challenges to European polities in the years to come.
Drawing material from historical and real events, and using documentary shooting techniques, Paul Greengrass relied on his core style to let us witness the heart-wrenching past. His stern and quick editing and shaky camera language remind us of the shrouded suspicion of extremist terrorist organizations; but his just right camera stops and sometimes gentle and calm character captures make people see the light of humanity, the certainty of justice, and the love of love. tough.
"July 22", a masterpiece worth remembering this year! People with good intentions will never bow their heads to extremist announcements of violence.
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