The whole play is 130 minutes long, and Chinatown appears in the last 10 minutes of the feature film, so why is it called this name? Of course, some netizens have already explained from the screenwriter's real life, so I won't talk about this. Let me tell you what Chinatown is doing in the play.
The gist of the story is that a private detective was commissioned to investigate an extramarital affair and accidentally got involved in a murder case. Then vowed to find out, and finally evil triumphed over justice. And the presentation of the story is very exciting, the suspense layer by layer, fascinating.
Now that you know what kind of story it is, let's get back to my topic.
The first appearance of Chinatown was when our protagonist, a private detective, broke into the water conservancy project under the guise of his identity and met an old colleague. During the conversation, we learned that the detective used to be a police officer in Chinatown, and the group of people in front of him were all former colleagues. Therefore, the first role of "Chinatown" is to obtain the desired information and avoid the penalty of trespassing in forbidden areas through close contact . Detectives spoke to former colleagues and learned about the "target", who was found dead at this time. The problem is serious. Moreover, it was precisely because of the line that he used to be a police officer in Chinatown that he knew the autopsy result that the body was full of seawater, which played a crucial role in solving the case later. Another point is to point out the characters of the protagonist and colleagues. When talking in the engineering area, a colleague said, "(These trivial matters) were all before becoming a sheriff." The arrogance and smugness in his tone could be seen by a discerning person, and the wry smile on the side of the protagonist was so helpless. It is unclear why the protagonist resigned. But this also lays the groundwork for what follows.
The second appearance of Chinatown comes after the detective and the water chief's widow, Yun Yu, who questions him. He said something to himself, explaining his previous experiences in Chinatown: a policeman, fighting violence and peace; meeting the lover of his dreams and falling in love; his lover was engulfed by evil forces, and he died; he was disheartened Feeling cold, resigned, and left this right and wrong place. This is the second role of "Chinatown": to point out the background of the protagonist, so that we can better understand his current behavior .
Except for these two places, Chinatown is always interspersed in other plots unconsciously, just like the Golden Snake Langjun in "Blood Sword" runs through the whole book. It is a code name that stands for mystery, unfathomable, unbound by law, as well as chaos, ignorance and darkness. The film mocks the Chinese people in Chinatown for their evasion and comfort in the face of this fucking world, and also accuses this culturally different place of endless darkness. But in fact, it has nothing to do with Chinatown, you can replace it with any street.
In the end, the good guys are caught and the bad guys continue to get away with it, because the former has no money and the latter has. Isn't this the reason why our protagonist resigned and left in the first place, he couldn't accept that the justice he upheld in the face of money was so vulnerable, and the person he loved the most also left. Yes, maybe he can choose to join forces with his colleagues, and all the money and status will come. He can also pretend to be coercive in front of others, and respond indifferently to the consternation of others; he can also disregard the life and death of the common people, collude with wealthy businessmen, and open up projects to make money wantonly; The same person in the way. But he didn't want to.
For the sake of money, the police bend the law for personal gain, scorn people's lives, and kill people's kinship and friendship for the sake of the people. Anything that hinders making money will be thrown aside. For the money, the rich businessmen bribe, win over, lure them, seduce them, and what business rules and what kind of healthy competition. Even, even his own daughter can rape, moral? What the hell is that.
The director is complaining about this endless darkness, why is he speaking for himself and for us?
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