【Sloane Profile】
Sloane is a lobbyist known for her "inflammatory quotes", and she insists on contravention-lobbying, meaning she only lobby for things she is truly convinced of, such as reducing government interference in the free market. Born in 1976, awarded a scholarship and graduated with honors from Yale Law School, she is about 40 years old in the film.
【Core theme of the movie】
The core of the film is not about gun control or anti-gun control, nor about feminism or feminism, but about idealism. Socrates is mentioned twice in the film. Socrates himself does not write books, but his ideas are actually written by his students. My personal understanding is that Socrates is an actionist who defends his own ideas personally; Sloane was originally a lobbyist known for his rhetoric/talk, and then he woke up (calling his assistant in the middle of the night to discuss Socrates) and decided to use reality. Act to practice her philosophy, and leave the merits and demerits to others to judge. Socrates' final choice of martyrdom also hints at Sloane's final imprisonment.
[About the books Sloane read]
The book Sloane read in the movie before calling his assistant in the middle of the night was John Grisham's "The Litigators" (litigators). There is also a boutique law firm in the book. A Harvard graduate who has worked in a large company for 5 years accidentally went to this small company to continue his legal career. Sloane, a Yale graduate in the film, decides to work at Peterson Wyatt after 11 years at Cole Kravitz and Waterman. So it's clear that the screenwriter referenced this novel when writing the script, and Sloane's decision to leave the original company was also prompted by this novel.
[About the front of the note]
When Sloane first met the bald head, he told him "A conviction lobbyist need only believe in their ability to win." , even to lobby for an unjust thing, as long as the lobbyist is strong enough, he can succeed.
And the bald head wrote to Sloane's note "A conviction lobbyist can't only believe in her ability to win." In addition, the position of the lobbyist can also affect the success or failure of the matter. Unjust wars are unstable, and support for gun control is a just position.
[About the back of the note]
"For services rendered, Peterson Wyatt offers you $0", this sentence was also written by a bald head. In order to convince Sloane to join their company, the price offered was 0, because he knew that Sloane was a person who worked for faith.
The aide sent this note to Pat in his resignation letter to tell him that Sloane wasn't doing what he was doing for the money. When Pat saw this, he felt that he was being ridiculed, both regretful and respectful.
【Five years minimun.】
5 years in prison for perjury, if Sloane's team knew about her crime and did perjury to protect her, they would face 5+ years if they were exposed, so Sloane didn't tell anyone about her plan, the final jail The disaster was entirely borne by her alone.
(As an aside, that Mr. Duck was also quite audacious, giving Sloane perjury in court, but at his level, he probably didn't realize that the penalty for perjury was so severe. Anyway, I appreciate Mr. Duck's work ethic, though It is also mixed with the emotional component of some ducks admiring Sloane)
【About Mr. Duck】
Mr. Duck makes 5 appearances in the film (3 as a guesthouse service Sloane, 1 as a charity dinner with other clients, 1 as a witness in court). There are 7 times in the script, except the 5 times in the movie, and during the court trial, when Sloane gave her final speech, he stood in the back and listened carefully, and the last time was when Sloane was released from prison, he came to pick her up.
There will be more emotional scenes between Mr. Duck and Sloane in the script. Compared with the ruthless and inhumane image of Sloane created in the movie, Sloane in the script will be a little more human. But as mentioned earlier, the core of this film is idealism, which is to portray Sloane as a martyr who is close to God, and too many emotional scenes will reveal her weak side, so it is very important to cut her and Mr. Duck scenes. Fair enough, I agree.
[About who Sloane saw when he was released from prison]
At the end of the movie, who will answer the question of Sloane, if you read the script, it is Mr. Duck written in black and white.
But if you look at the plot of the movie and combined with the script, I think it is her company team member.
Reason ① She did not have a deep relationship with Mr. Duck in the movie, and in her 40 years of life, she had no desire for love.
②In the last shot, her eyes glanced, as if she saw a lot of people.
③ In the script, the lawyer and all the team members came to see her while she was serving her sentence; in the movie, she refused everyone's visit request and only accepted the lawyer's. So we should see each other when we get out of prison.
However, since the director chose such an open ending, the decision of who Sloane saw in the end was handed over to the audience. Out of rational analysis, I gave the above answer, but when I thought that Mr. Duck was written in the script, I was still secretly overjoyed, thinking of a happy ending romance film.
[The relationship between Sloane and the lawyer]
Lawyer Posner works for Peterson Wyatt Company. The bald head first introduced the lawyer to Sloane before reporter Pru Walsh interviewed Sloane. Because the interview itself was malicious, a lawyer was needed to escort Sloane. At that time lawyers hated her very much, calling her a contemptible liability. He did not change his distaste for Sloane during the hearing. It was not until Sloane finally showed his trump card that the lawyer cast an appreciative look. After Sloane was imprisoned, the lawyer's efforts to reduce her sentence also reflected the lawyer's recognition of her.
[About screenwriter identity]
The film is based on Jonathan Perera's original script, and there is no realistic character prototype, but there are references to other novels, that is, the aforementioned "Lawyer". The screenwriter himself is a Canadian who works as an English teacher in South Korea. This Easter egg (a Canadian English teacher in South Korea) was buried in the script, but it was not used in the film.
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