Thoughts on "The Witness"

Nadia 2021-12-11 08:01:19

"witness"

The beginning thought it was a literary film. In the green grassland, a group of Amish people walked slowly, the grass passed half of their bodies, and then the camera moved along with them, followed by their worship, and then a blank space. Mirror, a gust of wind blows the grassland like waves of the sea. A sense of sight when entering the classic literary film

But as soon as the camera turns, an Ashmirian carriage and traffic are running along the modern road (the favorite shot) and then it begins to enter the main body of the story.

It's a bit like the Western version of "The Peach Blossom Spring", except that the tourists in the film are made by the mother and son Ashmir in Peach Blossom Spring who take the initiative to bring the male protagonist into their sunrise and sunset life.

Video content: A policeman was murdered and happened to be witnessed by a young boy from Ashmir. The police found them and asked the boy to testify as a witness. After the testimony was successful, the male protagonist discovered that it was an internal police corruption. In the case, the male protagonist was pursued and killed for violating the interests of the corrupt police. Out of the mentality of protecting Ashmir’s mother and son, he took them back to the Ashmir tribe and was injured by Ashmir. Rescued, lived in the Ashmir tribe for a period of time, and had feelings with the heroine (that is, the mother of the mother and child), but both sides knew that their beliefs and society were different, and they were ultimately different.

The plot personally feels that the connection is very blunt, and it does not seem to highlight the key content of the film.

The beginning is the peaceful life of the Ashmirians. The Ashmirians do not accept the modern life of the United States under the rule of law. They have complete autonomy, and people can't help but sigh the inclusiveness of American culture.

Then came the thrill of murder, then the ordinary happy life of the Ashmir, and finally returned to the danger of police corruption.

At the end of the reading, I just want to ask: "Can the Ashmirians still live together in groups and not follow the modern society?"

Quite yearning for such a life!

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Extended Reading
  • Declan 2022-04-21 09:02:08

    Amish life is like a distant fairy tale

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Witness quotes

  • Rachel Lapp: You said we'd be safe in Philadelphia!

    John Book: Well I was wrong!

  • Rachel Lapp: He's leaving, isn't he?

    Eli Lapp: Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.

    Rachel Lapp: But why? What does he have to go back to?

    Eli Lapp: He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.