"Look into my eyes, what do you see?"

Nyasia 2022-10-23 07:02:07

After watching it for a long time, I sat there for a long time, with the fear, grievance, depression, doubt and even despair on the face of the male protagonist Lucas, as well as those eyes. All absurdity detonated from children's lies. Children in kindergarten confuse imagination with reality, as anyone who engages in children's education knows this. Little kids aren't always honest, and any parent will admit it. So what is the reason behind the gullibility? The nature of sexual abuse of children is extremely bad, and the children's active allegations must be taken seriously. So far, there has been no deviation. The turning point first occurred when the headmaster went from being unsure at the beginning to hyping it up later. This is to use guilty reasoning to eliminate potential hidden dangers. The logic behind it is: no matter whether it is true that Lucas sexually abused children, it is possible that he sexually abused children. Sex must be eliminated. The most thorough way is to stink and drive him away. Since there is no wind and no waves, why should the whole kindergarten be potentially questioned for him? As Lucas' best friend, Theo chooses to trust his children without hesitation between his friends and his daughter. It is not difficult to understand how many selfish thoughts are mixed with the blind trust of parents in their children. Think about it: children lie to prove that parents did not educate their children well. This association alone will make many parents kill and convince themselves of their children's honesty. It is the children of other families who lie. Even when the child grows up and has his own family, the husband and wife quarrel and find their own mother, how many parents can really get rid of the subconscious of "protecting the calf"? Next question, why is Lucas unlucky? There are many details at the beginning of the film, and it appears that he is a good man who is taciturn: his friend got a cramp in the water, he jumped into the river to help without taking off his clothes, the kindergarten children saw him coming in an ambush and attacked him in advance, the friend's daughter was not picked up by him and kindly did it for him, etc. . Don't good people have a peaceful life, don't good people have good rewards? I'm sorry, this has always been a probability rather than an inevitability. Sometimes, the fate of a good person is just too tragic to be added. So when is "sometimes"? The problem with Lucas in this film is that he's a little bit better than everyone else, so good that in a particular situation it's contemptuous and secretive. The following analysis can best only prove that my own psychological darkness is not the psychological normality of ordinary people. Principal: Lucas is a man, but he is a kindergarten teacher, isn't he different? Theo: Our husband and wife often quarrel and don't care about our daughter. My own daughter is so close to you. Who is her father? Other friends: Seeing that you are usually kinder than us, it turns out that you are a pervert, you must have a problem, or you will get divorced? Supermarket employee: Lao Tzu is worried that his sense of social justice has nowhere to vent, and you have come to the door... Lucas' forbearance and non-contention are exchanged It was not sympathy but intensified isolation and attack. The poor dog Fanny was also killed, showing the hatred and tyranny of this society against "dissident" elements. He's just not the same as most people. He's a little better and bullied than most people in the town, so when a public incident that is enough to cause panic in the town happens, there must be a scapegoat to quell everyone's anger, like a boy's The coming-of-age ceremony requires hunting, and hunting requires the sacrifice of the prey. As a boy's "name" to enter the society, the society needs to constantly remove the factors that affect stability and harmony, and the so-called "dissident" can be created at any time. In adult society, it is far easier to understand people who are worse than you, than it is to understand people who are better than you. When the good man is taciturn and not good at arguing, the pleasure of inverting black and white makes the liar believe his own lie, or he must keep telling the lie. Unless you are too good to be otherworldly, your goodness will inspire jealousy, disdain, disgust, and even persecution deep within me. The seeds of humanity can grow poppies, beautiful and terrible. Lucas’s anger has gained a little bit of results. Everyone is not so reckless and unrepentant. Maybe Lucas’ unfortunate misfortune makes their conscience faintly disturbed. In the church, Theo also felt innocence and innocence from Lucas’s eyes. For the first time, Lucas appeared in public with "naked eyes". The town residents who looked at people with malicious colored glasses might reflect on themselves during the mass. The fact has been established, a year later the party seems to mean reconciliation and forgiveness, but the film is fortunately not fall into the stereotype of the big reunion. The no-knowing shot at the end, where he aimed at Lucas and then turned away, was a better ending for this depressingly calm film: society is the forest, and anyone can be prey. If you're a hunter, you're not necessarily immune to your own guns. If you are the prey, please recognize that you are the prey first, run if you can, if you can fight to the death, or become a hunting dog is not bad... Of course, this is my dark psychology and malicious speculation. Suddenly thought of the Korean movie "The Furnace," where real sexual assaults eventually escaped justice, making social justice dominated by the judiciary a joke. Compared with "The Furnace", "Hunting" is more subtle but sharper in its criticism, because it directly points to the inner secrets of ordinary people. Although the tone of the film is so cold, the director certainly does not intend to make people completely despair, but the light of hope never comes from charity. Lucas's final expression was indescribable. Compared with the kind-hearted person who had been patient in silence and died in an accident with regret, at least his own son did not fall into irreparable grief. in mourning. His son was always on his side, which made him more gratified than the only friend who trusted him. Lucas, God bless you!

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The Hunt quotes

  • Marcus: Bunch of bastards! Bunch of fucking bastards!

  • Theo: The world is full of evil but if we hold on to each other, it goes away.