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Public enemy? popular star?
Brown 2022-04-22 07:01:04
I remember that I should have seen this movie before, but because I didn't know more about the background of the story, the first time I was more or less immersed in the shootout between the gang robbers and the investigation bureau, as well as the plots of bank robbery, prison breakout and girls. After being recommended by a friend to brush public enemies twice yesterday, this time it brought deeper thinking: ① There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. When the former "safe haven" thought that John could no longer bring benefits to himself, but instead harmed his own interests, then not to mention betrayal, at least not to help. ②When the old way of making money has changed from the original gangster money laundering to the use of telephone communication equipment to play tricks and gain greater benefit value, it has actually shown that an era has ended and a new era is beginning. ③The FBI wants to establish a position by suppressing robbers. John’s interest in the gang is nothing more than a rotten old school: money, status, power, women. In that country, if you want to do everything you want, first of all, you can't break the law. On the contrary, it feels that those who have the latest technology and use the phone to grab greater benefits are more flexible and smarter. Of course, there is absolutely no objection to the performance of the male protagonist John, and even personally feel that John is not the enemy of the public, but the enemy of the "bureaucratic class" who violated the interests of the American imperialist bourgeoisie and the authority of the government. When he arrived at the "Indiana" prison, so many people welcomed him, maybe he was the popular star in the public's mind.
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John 'Red' Hamilton: We don't work with people we don't know. And you don't work when you're desperate. Walter Dietrich. Remember that?
John Dillinger: Walter forgot. When you're desperate, that's when you got no choice.
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Melvin Purvis: Pretty Boy Floyd, you are under arrest
Pretty Boy Floyd: It's Charles, Charles Floyd. Who are you?
Melvin Purvis: Melvin Purvis, Bureau of Investigation. Where's your friend, Harry Campbell?
Pretty Boy Floyd: I believe you've killed me, so you can go rot in hell