Reflections on the Social Level of Tragedy

Ora 2022-04-23 07:01:01

2018.10.13

Hannibal, an old and scary name. When I first heard about Hannibal, it was an introduction from a classmate. There is an American drama called "Hannibal", which tells the story of a perverted doctor who grows mushrooms on the human body and then eats them. His modus operandi is very superb, killing countless people, but never caught.

Perhaps, this is the most terrifying part of the killing maniac.

In the dark, he is a demon, the bad news of countless unfortunate people. On the scene, he is decent, knowledgeable, and polite.

Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to define this kind of murderous maniac.

He seems to be approaching life the way he thinks it's right, and perhaps Hannibal thinks his mission is to weed out all rude people. This has become one of his beliefs. From the perspective of the general values ​​of society, he is a person with a lack of psychology. In his own eyes, he seemed to be carrying an important mission. This can also explain that he treats the heroine Starling gently, and treats all other people who try to persecute him, using perverted means to control them.

And the perverted murderer is also divided into upper and lower ranks. This film has created two different types of perverted murderers. One is a cannibal who takes pleasure in killing people, the other is a masochist who harvests girls' skins everywhere, a person who can kill in the dark without blinking, but can live a normal life in the daytime, and one who kills in the dark, but People who can only live in the dark. These two kinds of murderous madman, the order is different.

However, the one who led the female detective to find the murderer was a man called a devil by the world. It can be seen that the devil also has a conscience, although this conscience is out of love for a girl, and it is a kind of love, which shows that Hannibal is still a person, not a completely inhuman demon. .

And perhaps, this film wants to guide the audience to think about whether there are demons in the world, and even if there are demons, is it caused by us? From another point of view, Hannibal is actually a victim too, a man with a lot of knowledge, who treats ladies with a gentlemanly demeanor, why would he kill without blinking an eye? Is it true that the world lacks love, care, tolerance, and courtesy?

Here's one thing that came to my mind.

Since the terrorist war broke out in Syria, people have been constantly reflecting on themselves. What caused the destruction of human nature, what created the devil in the world, and what led to this nightmarish war? It is unfair, unreasonable plunder, human greed, and a tragedy caused by human beings themselves. Let me ask, if the gap between the poor and the rich in these areas is not large, there are many employment opportunities, and the society is fair and just, will there still be terrorist wars?

Therefore, the predecessor of every tragedy must also be a tragedy.

This is what this film is trying to tell us. More fairness, more courtesy, and more tolerance will lead to less tragedy.

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Extended Reading
  • Juliana 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    According to Dai Jinhua's analytical thinking, this film is not homophobic, but is actually a secret transphobic text. The evil criminal the heroine really faces is not Hannibal, but a transgender woman named "Bison Bill". In the movie, although "Bill" has undergone gender reassignment surgery, she continues to hunt women and create social unrest, eager to cover up her true self by sewing women's skin into a pair of painted skins. This truth, in the definition of the film narrator, is deformed, ugly, dark, unable to see light, and endangers society. The film exposes and showcases Bill's genitals in a dramatic way to satisfy the curious and disgusting eyes and voyeuristic desires of potential conservative audiences. Throughout the film, the heroine, under the guidance of her spiritual father, tracks the transgender person step by step, and eventually shoots him to death, and the heroine is also recognized by the mainstream system and becomes a member of the government's violent organs. It is not difficult for us to come to the following conclusion: expelling aliens is (the patriarchal guidance) a petition handed over by women to the patriarchy.

  • Jewell 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    2021SIFF NO.9 Some feminist and queer elements: trans who have no money for sex reassignment surgery, desire to turn into a butterfly, transform from an ugly buffalo to a beautiful woman, and finally sharpen the knife and crush the weak, put on a coat made of women's skin, and work hard as a policewoman Playing masculinity to adapt to the work environment to fight against the weak lamb's cry is still unavoidable from all kinds of difficulties around her, but she cleverly turns discrimination into an advantage and solves the dilemma Two strategies of sexual perversion The former is accused of being "sick" and needs to be punished The latter strives to be understood and legitimated, and Hannibal unites the two. He proves how the same organism coexists with civilization, the outer shell of etiquette and the inner cannibal pierce the so-called rational society like a knife and prescribe an antidote. - "Face your heart"

The Silence of the Lambs quotes

  • Jack Crawford: Look at it, Starling. Tell me what you see.

  • Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.