you never know why

Elody 2021-12-23 08:01:37

Why did a senior FBI intelligence expert act as a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia) for 22 years? In my opinion, this issue is far more important than the story of how the spy department worked so hard to unearth this inner ghost.
Of course, there is no lack of suspense and excitement in the process of digging moles in the movie. The opponent scenes between the old and cunning Hansen and the calm and witty young agent O'neill are quite brilliant. Some details of the film are very sophisticated, such as the warm bed scene by O'neill and Juliana, so that the audience can fully understand at the end of the film why O'neill can choose to quit when he has achieved great success and is so close to his dreams. ; For another example, when O'neill went to communicate with his father in the most difficult time, it not only interprets the painful suffering of career pressure and emotional conflicts that an agent has in his heart, but also inadvertently reveals O'neill's background and Han The similarities between Sen (O'neill's father wants his son to join the Navy, while Hansen's father is a naval officer), and then think of Hansen asking O'neill to hang up in his office with "two people in the same boat" That painting, I can't help but scream.
But this is not what the film really catches me. I think the end is where it really shines. When Hansen was caught, faced with the question of "why should he be a rape" raised by Dean, he looked at him from left to right, arrogantly speculating about the apostasy's motives of the previously captured rape: perhaps for money, or for fooling. The pleasure brought by people in the spy department may even point out hidden dangers to national security. What people see here is an extremely clever cynic.
Remember, what a devout Catholic Hansen looked like? He could not tolerate women wearing pants instead of skirts. He was furious when he saw TV shows advocating gay marriage. He attributed the disintegration of the Soviet Union to the country’s unbelief in God, when he had a foreboding that he might be exposed. He confessed in the church. It's hard to say that all of this is a disguise. I would rather believe that Hansen was at least once a devout believer, but when he was a rape, he was gradually captured by the evil side of himself. He is arrogant, greedy, and obsessed with pornography, and he has become a slave to his own desires. An evil person is already terrifying, and an evil person with precise rational calculations is simply a devil.
Hansen said "the question of why (renegade) is meaningless". In a way, he was right. People with faith seek meaning in life, and people without faith do not believe in meaning. Close your eyes and imagine what kind of life Hansen lived during the 22 years of apostasy. I can only use the abyss to describe it.
When O'neill opened the elevator at the end of the film and happened to see Hansen being escorted, the last request Hansen made to him was "Pray for me." At
that moment, is there a God in Hansen's heart?

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Breach quotes

  • Robert Hanssen: There are pallets of new computers in every corridor of this building.

    Eric O'Neill: I'll just fill out a req form.

    Robert Hanssen: You're not listening... just go get one; those req forms are for bureaucrats.

  • Eric O'Neill: My name is Eric.

    Robert Hanssen: No, your name is Clerk. And my name is Sir, or Boss, if you can manage.

    Eric O'Neill: Yes, sir.

    Robert Hanssen: And if I ever catch you in my office again, you're gonna be pissin' purple for a week.