"Focus" is the favorite movie in the current award season. The control of the rhythm and the grasp of emotion are just right. The film can be disassembled into two structures: the priest sexually assaults young children, and the media confronts power. The former can be seen in "Bad Education" to see how priests extend their clutches to vulnerable children; the latter can be seen in "Presidential Team", "Dialogue Nixon", "Blowing Inside Story" and feel the courage and documentary news of journalists to challenge power Unique charming temperament. I watched it twice before and after, and I felt very moved when I walked out of the cinema. On the one hand, I was moved by the journalists’ unreserved pursuit of the truth and the spirit of self-restraint in front of the truth. On the other hand, I was moved by the excitement of seeing the ugliness protected by power will eventually expose the world. 1. The notorious priest Geoghan Father Geoghan sexually assaulted seven boys in a family for nearly two years. The devout churchman Dussourd raises eight children, three boys and one girl, plus four boys from his niece. At the beginning, she was very happy that the children could have the priest as a role model. In the past two years, the priest often took the children out to eat ice cream, and visited her home almost every night, dressed in school uniforms and spent time with the children behind closed doors. But what she didn't know was that the middle-aged priest behind the door was often unclothed. The priest prefers little boys, and among the eight children, only the little girl is fortunately not favored by the priest. In this group of children, the oldest is twelve years old, and the youngest is only four years old. After the incident was exposed, Dussourd did not get everyone's support. The parishioners accused her of creating a scandal, and church officials pressured her to warn her against legal proceedings. On the other hand, Geoghan was not stripped of his priesthood when he admitted to the matter. After a brief suspension, he was sent to a new parish, where he could continue to take his children out to eat ice cream. In the mid-1990s, Geoghan's accumulated crimes over the years could no longer be covered up. There were as many as 134 lawsuits against him for sexual assault. The church mediated nearly 50 of them privately through means and approximately US$10 million. The plaintiffs in the remaining 84 lawsuits refused to make adjustments easily and remained in a state of unfinished business. A small column in the Boston Globe reported on 84 outstanding lawsuits by Geoghan. This report caught the attention of the newly appointed editor-in-chief Marty Baron (Levi Schreiber), who decided to let the focus group dig deeper into the facts behind this report. But the goal of focusing is much more than exposing Geoghan Of sin. 2. A brief summary of the investigation process of the Focus Group. Geoghan is a corrupt epitome of covering up the scandal of child molestation within the Catholic Church. Thanks to his resounding scandal which is too large to cover up, Focus has the opportunity to start investigating this matter. Most of the time of the whole movie is the restoration of the focus group's investigation process. And one of the best things about the movie is that it is pure and unobtrusive. Although the story involves many characters, it is clearly organized. The film narrative line is the restoration of the news investigation line: set goals-dig out details-prove the source. The realism of the movie even made the older generation of newsmen joking that the movie-watching experience is similar to watching pornography. 1. Targeted exposure of Geoghan's blatant crimes and the overwhelming efforts of the church behind him. The reason Geoghan can commit crimes repeatedly is that he has never paid a real price for his sins, and this "privilege" stems from the changing and connivance of this kind of pedophile behavior within the church. Therefore, the goal of the focus group is not only to expose Geoghan's ugly crimes, but also to delve into the root cause of such tragedies-the asylum of the church. 2. Dig for details and clues to dig out soldiers in three ways. One: The Boston Globe appealed to remove the confidentiality of documents in 84 lawsuits against Geoghan. At that time, the power of confidentiality of documents was in the hands of the church. Second: Interview with lawyers who have experience in handling such cases. Garabedian (Stanley Tucci) is a defense attorney for unfinished litigation cases. He has a lot of information about the case and was pressured by the church to shut up; Macleish is a lawyer who has experienced private mediation with the church and knows that he has experienced child molestation. Name: Focus group leader Robby (Michael Keaton)'s long-time friend Jim is an hired lawyer within the church, and he also knows information about child molesters. Third: Interview with the victim and the child molester. Teenage gays and children in broken families are often targeted by priests. Record the specific experience and details of being sexually assaulted, restore the facts and maintain the news. As the investigation grew, it became clear that far more than one Geoghan existed in Boston. Simply sort out the entire investigation by sorting out the numbers: Thirteen: SNAP is a mutual aid group gathered by people who had been sexually assaulted by priests in their childhood. SNAP has evidence that there are 13 priests who molest children in Boston alone. Ninety: Catholic priests generally adopt a method of "suspended + treatment" against child molesters. After passing the "treatment", the priest was sent to the new parish. Former priest A. W. Richard, used to be a doctor in such a so-called treatment facility, and later engaged in research on the phenomenon of child molestation. According to his speculation, there are about ninety priests in the Boston area who have pedophiles. Eighty-seven: The focus group found an astonishing pattern when consulting the priest’s work log-priests who were publicly accused of child molestation had a mark similar to "sick leave" in the work log during the period of suspension. . According to this rule, the four people in Focus compared all the work diaries and found that there are about 87 priests conforming to this rule. This number is very close to the forecast. Seventy: At the end of December, after a five-month investigation, the focus group finally decided on the names of 70 priests. These names were derived from the private mediation of Catholicism and families with children who were sexually assaulted over the past few decades. The priest involved in the case. These mediations have never been in formal courts. 3. The source of the certificate is at the end of December, and the official publication time is imminent. The Boston Globe decided to let the people of Boston have another quiet Christmas, especially since they happened to experience 9. 11's pain. The names of the 70 priests should be accurate, otherwise the upper-level members of the Catholic Church will inevitably seize the handle and fight back. The confirmation of the list by the people inside the church will be a great guarantee of accuracy. On Christmas Eve, Robby (Keton) took the list to verify with Jim, his lawyer friend who has worked for the church for many years. Robby was kicked out at first, and the camera followed him towards his car, the dimly lit street on the cold road. But suddenly Jim went out and stopped him, and Robby looked back, tears in his eyes. If you don't look carefully, it's not even easy to find the tears in his eyes-this scene moved me very much, and all the restrained emotions were revealed in the red eyes. The lawyer circled all the names with a pen. Ask, why not earlier, where we were earlier. Answer, I don't know, I don't know either. 3. The corruption of the church and the resulting tragedy. The Catholic Church describes the father of child molestation as "just a few rotten apples in the big garden." But this is definitely not a trivial matter of a few rotten apples, but the decay of the system, the decay of the upper level of the system. In "Child Abuse Suspect", the priest (Hoffman), who was forced to leave on the grounds of (Allegedly) molestation by the nun (played by Aunt Mei), was not punished and was even transferred to a new higher position. In the end, the old iron nun cried, lamenting the limited personal power and the confusion about the state of the world. The power of the church can suppress a nun, several families of victims, hide the rotten smell, and let the malignant tumor develop. But it can't deter news people. The support behind the newsmen comes from the attention of the whole society and from the power of truth. That's why the newsmen in "President's Team" took off the president to dismount the feat. There is a scene in Feng Tier's "Female Addict" about a middle-aged man exposing/discovering that he has pedophilia. Gambos said that he felt that the man should not be despised and was even commendable-because he successfully restrained his desires and did not harm anyone. It seems reasonable and reasonable to express this through the mouth of a female addict, who is also a marginalized person in society. But obviously, the ordinary social system is completely different from the church system. The church has even become a paradise for pedophiles. According to the research data, 1% of the population has pedophilia (By Dr. Michael Seto,), and within the Catholic Church, this data is as high as 6% (By AW Richard). This kind of attitude of the superstructure to cover up scandals, and the lack of attention to child molestation incidents (the priests who have experienced child molestation can even serve repeatedly), from another perspective, even become the church advertising slogan-like children ? Join the church. There is a scene in the movie that also reflects the internal decay of the church from the side. The female journalist Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) knocked on an elderly priest's door and asked him if he had ever sexually assaulted a child. The priest nodded in confirmation without covering up, as if talking about the weather. He went on to say, but he did not rape these children, and emphasized that "not rape" is very important-he said that because he was raped when he was a child, he knew the difference. It can be seen that this is a tragedy of reincarnation. In reality, the church’s behavior of dispatching child molestation priests around has caused a similar tragic reincarnation for a family. According to reports, a young boy was unfortunately the victim of priest Geoghan, and his father was sexually assaulted by another priest when he was young. Fourth, the restriction of closed system self-censorship can be said that the film reflects the failure of closed system self-censorship from two different levels. First, the failure of self-audit within the church. Obviously, the church's self-examination of the evil phenomenon of child molestation has completely failed, covering up, deceiving itself, and allowing the development of malignant tumors. It is heard that the Boston Globe has changed its new editor-in-chief, and the bishop "summoned" the editor-in-chief in time and proposed cooperation in order to further cover the purpose. However, the truth required by the media is greater than the power itself, and it also has the power to shake people's hearts. Second, the Boston Newsman failed to accurately smell the problems in his city. The list of child obscene priests protected by the bishop was sent to the focus group as early as the mid-1990s, but it did not attract attention. It wasn't until the new millennium that I needed to rely on the news smell of the new editor-in-chief from outside—non-Bostonians—to realize the decay of the church in my city. Therefore, the tears in the corner of Robby's eyes when he was called back by his friend on Christmas night were guilt and the emotion of self-salvation. 5. Portal of related reports A series of reports from the Boston Globe Focus Group in 2002: Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) knocked on an elderly priest's door and asked him if he had ever sexually assaulted a child. The priest nodded in confirmation without covering up, as if talking about the weather. He went on to say, but he did not rape these children, and emphasized that "not rape" is very important-he said that because he was raped when he was a child, he knew the difference. It can be seen that this is a tragedy of reincarnation. In reality, the church’s behavior of dispatching child molestation priests around has caused a similar tragic reincarnation for a family. According to reports, a young boy was unfortunately the victim of priest Geoghan, and his father was sexually assaulted by another priest when he was young. Fourth, the restriction of closed system self-censorship can be said that the film reflects the failure of closed system self-censorship from two different levels. First, the failure of self-audit within the church. Obviously, the church's self-examination of the evil phenomenon of child molestation has completely failed, covering up, deceiving itself, and allowing the development of malignant tumors. It is heard that the Boston Globe has changed its new editor-in-chief, and the bishop "summoned" the editor-in-chief in time and proposed cooperation in order to further cover the purpose. However, the truth required by the media is greater than the power itself, and it also has the power to shake people's hearts. Second, the Boston Newsman failed to accurately smell the problems in his city. The list of child obscene priests protected by the bishop was sent to the focus group as early as the mid-1990s, but it did not attract attention. It wasn't until the new millennium that I needed to rely on the news smell of the new editor-in-chief from outside—non-Bostonians—to realize the decay of the church in my city. Therefore, the tears in the corner of Robby's eyes when he was called back by his friend on Christmas night were guilt and the emotion of self-salvation. 5. Portal of related reports A series of reports from the Boston Globe Focus Group in 2002: Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) knocked on an elderly priest's door and asked him if he had ever sexually assaulted a child. The priest nodded in confirmation without covering up, as if talking about the weather. He went on to say, but he did not rape these children, and emphasized that "not rape" is very important-he said that because he was raped when he was a child, he knew the difference. It can be seen that this is a tragedy of reincarnation. In reality, the church’s behavior of dispatching child molestation priests around has caused a similar tragic reincarnation for a family. According to reports, a young boy was unfortunately the victim of priest Geoghan, and his father was sexually assaulted by another priest when he was young. Fourth, the restriction of closed system self-censorship can be said that the film reflects the failure of closed system self-censorship from two different levels. First, the failure of self-audit within the church. Obviously, the church's self-examination of the evil phenomenon of child molestation has completely failed, covering up, deceiving itself, and allowing the development of malignant tumors. It is heard that the Boston Globe has changed its editor-in-chief, and the bishop "summoned" the editor-in-chief in time and proposed cooperation in order to further cover the purpose. However, the truth required by the media is greater than the power itself, and it also has the power to shake people's hearts. Second, the Boston Newsman failed to accurately smell the problems in his city. The list of child obscene priests protected by the bishop was sent to the focus group as early as the mid-1990s, but it did not attract attention. It wasn't until the new millennium that I needed to rely on the news smell of the new editor-in-chief from outside—non-Bostonians—to realize the decay of the church in my city. Therefore, the tears in the corner of Robby's eyes when he was called back by his friend on Christmas night were guilt and the emotion of self-salvation. 5. Portal of related reports A series of reports from the Boston Globe Focus Group in 2002: The victim, and his father was sexually assaulted by another priest when he was a child. Fourth, the restriction of closed system self-censorship can be said that the film reflects the failure of closed system self-censorship from two different levels. First, the failure of self-audit within the church. Obviously, the church's self-examination of the evil phenomenon of child molestation has completely failed, covering up, deceiving itself, and allowing the development of malignant tumors. It is heard that the Boston Globe has changed its new editor-in-chief, and the bishop "summoned" the editor-in-chief in time and proposed cooperation in order to further cover the purpose. However, the truth required by the media is greater than the power itself, and it also has the power to shake people's hearts. Second, the Boston Newsman failed to accurately smell the problems in his city. The list of child molesters whom the bishop has sheltered was sent to the focus group as early as the mid-1990s, but it did not attract attention. It wasn't until the new millennium that I needed to rely on the news smell of the new editor-in-chief from outside—non-Bostonians—to realize the decay of the church in my city. Therefore, the tears in the corner of Robby's eyes when he was called back by his friend on Christmas night were guilt and the emotion of self-salvation. 5. Portal of related reports A series of reports from the Boston Globe Focus Group in 2002: The victim, and his father was sexually assaulted by another priest when he was a child. Fourth, the restriction of closed system self-censorship can be said that the film reflects the failure of closed system self-censorship from two different levels. First, the failure of self-audit within the church. Obviously, the church's self-examination of the evil phenomenon of child molestation has completely failed, covering up, deceiving itself, and allowing the development of malignant tumors. It is heard that the Boston Globe has changed its new editor-in-chief, and the bishop "summoned" the editor-in-chief in time and proposed cooperation in order to further cover the purpose. However, the truth required by the media is greater than the power itself, and it also has the power to shake people's hearts. Second, the Boston Newsman failed to accurately smell the problems in his city. The list of child obscene priests protected by the bishop was sent to the focus group as early as the mid-1990s, but it did not attract attention. It wasn't until the new millennium that I needed to rely on the news smell of the new editor-in-chief from outside—non-Bostonians—to realize the decay of the church in my city. Therefore, the tears in the corner of Robby's eyes when he was called back by his friend on Christmas night were guilt and the emotion of self-salvation. 5. Portal of related reports A series of reports from the Boston Globe Focus Group in 2002: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/06/church-allowed-abuse-priest-for-years/cSHfGkTIrAT25qKGvBuDNM/story.html even discloses the clergy who have been indicted in the Boston area List (up to 271 people): http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/06/least-clergy-have-been-accused-child-sex-abuse-boston-archdiocese/5cKpjVOPhEh7IYnCwRqIJI/story. html
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