Put away the set of Bai Zuo (this is not a film review)

Josefa 2022-03-26 09:01:14

This is not a movie review, it's a personal opinion


Long story short, some netizens said the killer was not redeemed, some state machine, or the ruthlessness of the law. Personally, I feel that this kind of empty sing-along should be closed.

It is true that in the movie, the killer and the victim are not evil until they commit a crime. But they all have their own problems. Such as taxi drivers intimidating animals, refusing rides, etc. The killer was also psychologically distorted because of his sister's death. But anyway, when the killer killed the driver, how should this "debt" be repaid? ? Can't help but deal with it.

Some people say to those who advocate the execution of the death penalty: Why do you (may refer to the judge, the law, the state apparatus, etc.) be God and decide the life and death of a certain person. But I also want to ask, why do those who advocate not executing the death penalty become gods and prevent life or death? ?

And why did the killer act as a god at that moment and decide the death of the taxi driver? ? ?

Social news is common, and there are always people calling on the victim's family to spare the killer. I really don't have back pain when I stand talking. If killers kill their own loved ones, they can still be magnanimous and spare the other party's death. I admire it very much! But are they qualified to ask other victims' families to be like them? ? Do they think of themselves as gods? ? ?

If the murderer has a tragic past (for example, the killer in the movie, who became psychologically distorted because of his sister's accident), he can be exempted from and mitigate the punishment for their future crimes. Then, does the tragic past become the future crime? Reasonable conditions?

Assuming that the killer was not caught this time, and he was later caught and sentenced to death after killing 5 taxi drivers, would anyone feel sorry for his execution? ? ? ?

Murder, of course, does not necessarily mean the death penalty, such as the self-defense killing in the Long Ge case. To put it simply, there is only one proposition in it, that is: whether killing for justice can be forgiven.

I personally understand that this deserves to be forgiven, but in this movie, is the killer a driver who kills for justice? ?

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Extended Reading
  • Dannie 2022-03-15 09:01:11

    Keith’s common humanistic motifs, he does not take a stand in the narrative, and even deliberately avoids many important plots (revealing criminals, court defense)... Of course, his perspective of showing God-like mercy by placing himself outside all living beings has also gained a lot. criticize.

  • Zane 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    In the two killings, the former refers to the isolated murder, the latter records the collective murder of the murderer, and in the two deaths, at the two ends of the departure and arrival of the murder weapon, God and the metaphysical consolation he represents are both absent. It is a metaphor for the ultimate failure of the human world to implement discipline in the name of the Bible. BJIFF@Archive

A Short Film About Killing quotes

  • Jacek Lazar: I didn't listen in court, not until you called to me. They were all... all against me.

    Piotr Balicki: Against what you did.

    Jacek Lazar: Same thing...

  • Piotr: So you want me to see your mother.

    Jacek: Yes, to ask her to bury me next to my father. Can I be buried in a cemetery?

    Piotr: Yes.

    Jacek: The priest they sent said I could.

    Piotr: Naturally.

    Jacek: Next to my father is another plot. It was supposed to be for my mother. Ask her to let me have it.