The most memorable scene in the film is that Dansel Washington drove by twice, and a huge white cross appeared on the top of the mountain. Then the male lead looked up at the cross, thoughtfully. Then turn back once and continue forward again.
it is known. The importance of the cross to Americans. In other words, the importance of Christianity to the entire Western world. But it seems that from the perspective of the whole film, the importance of religion is not blindly emphasized, what exactly does the director mean to it. Let me make a bold guess.
In the United States, it is not Jesus who keeps people loyal to their families, but AIDS. In China, the way to prevent people from eating civet cats is not the law, but SARS.
In real life, morality, law, belief, and religion are like the towering pure white cross in the movie, standing on the top of the mountain and looking down at everyone passing by. But how much effect does their binding force have, in fact, is often very limited.
For most people. No law, no faith. It only needs to be within the scope of morality to restrain everyone's behavior, and for the rest of the people, even the law, even the religious belief, cannot guarantee them to do the "right" thing.
Treat this kind of person, you will find out. Often only the result is the most important. Whether the process is just or unjust is actually irrelevant.
It's like a line from Dansel Washington in the film: "I do all this for myself." Religion, law, belief, and morality are all strong. But you will find that those who are at the bottom of life in reality, or those who are at the top of the social hierarchy are not under their control. Their actions and thoughts are derived from their most primitive desires. In the eyes of these people. Right and wrong within the scope of morality. Right and wrong in the legal realm. True or false in religious beliefs are not important. They only care if their desires can be met. Can you achieve what you want to do?
Just like in the film, whether it is Jared Leto looking at the photo in the projector or Dansel Washington looking at the dead body in the morgue, they are all sideways and crooked. Maybe this is also expressing a kind of perspective and perspective that some people are born with and ours look at the world differently. But I have always been puzzled by the director's attitude of expressing right and wrong.
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