1. The movie made me feel the meaninglessness of life (self in the eyes of others) to a certain extent. When the lawyer made up stories to defend Cohen’s wife, Big David’s experience was inexplicably distorted, which probably became the driving force behind her choice to hang herself. . When ED became a prisoner, the lawyer made up another set of stories from the perspective of human nature, saying that he cannot kill people. He is an ordinary person like you and me. He put himself in front of the jury, saying that to try him is to judge each of you yourself. . ED himself was moved by the lawyer's false narrative from a utilitarian point of view.
Externally, your life can withstand all kinds of interpretations. In order to win the case, the lawyer can find motivation and beliefs, and make a profound interpretation of your life that is contrary to the truth but self-justified. Internally, in fact, we don't know which accidental behavior wrinkles a pool of spring water, and at which moment life will change.
2. The film’s narrative style, old-school elegance, the calm temperament of the protagonist’s pronunciation, and Beethoven’s classical music soundtrack are all part of the narrative.
There are also some exquisite intertexts. ED discovered the personal affair between his wife and David and planned to send a blackmail letter to retaliate. A series of subsequent encounters all started from this. Before he sent the blackmail letter, he shaved his wife's legs. This act was like an unintentionally performed ritual before the execution. His wife was then mistaken for the murderer and committed suicide in jail. In the end, ED was mistakenly convicted of murder and imprisoned. Sitting on the electric chair, he was also waiting for the police to shave his legs and put on torture instruments to die.
3. Destiny does not depend on the contingency of things. It is a large, long and continuous butterfly effect.
The Stoic philosopher Marco Aurelius said, “All things are connected to each other, and this bond is sacred. There is almost no thing that is not connected to any other thing. Because everything is cooperative, They combine to form the same universe (order). Because there is a universe composed of all things, there is a god that pervades all things, there is an entity, a law, and a common reason and a common sense to all rational animals. Truth; if there is indeed a perfection of all animals, then it is the same root, sharing the same reason."
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