The world is not worthy of a dog many times

Darrion 2022-04-23 07:01:32

This 1928 American version of a petition for a single mother is better than any petitioning story in China today.
It has twists and turns that make it difficult for people to figure out the truth; it also has public power that is fucked and plausible, but the two sides of the game are at least "evenly matched" and are equal in court; the important thing is that it has a criminal under the law, Bright tail of the police chief stepping down.
Heaven and earth conscience, the only thing that can match the stories of Chinese petitioners and the plot of the movie is that they have all been "mentally ill".

About mental illness.

There is a mental patient who believes he is a grain of rice. The doctor tried hard to cure him and made him believe that he was a human being, not rice, but he came back immediately after being discharged from the hospital, saying that there was a chicken at the door, and he was afraid that he would be eaten by the chicken. The doctor said but you know you are human, not rice! He said: "I know, but does the chicken know?"

Of course, the mental illness in the movie has nothing to do with mental illness itself, it is just a prison for all dissidents who are against public power.
The joke has nothing to do with psychosis itself, it's just a metaphor. Metaphors about faith.

Whenever I hear a cynic brag that he doesn't believe in anything, I always want to tell him the joke and ask him: OK, but where's that chicken that believes for you?


On Faith and Religion

Those who favor the role of religion always quote Dostoevsky: "If there is no God, anything can be done."
This "if", at least in the film, does not hold.
The man who murdered more than 20 children was convinced that as long as he repented to the priest, he could be forgiven by God. At the last moment of hanging on the gallows, he wanted the priest to confirm, and the priest nodded slightly, which he understood with satisfaction.
If the cowardly humanity of the prisoner is not revealed at the moment closest to death, I can almost say the last paragraph: if there is a God, anything can be done, provided that there is a prayer to it. "Let Dostoyevsky beat himself up.



About the world
Although this world is not worthy of a dog in many cases, each of us is a part of this world. Everyone at least has to take responsibility for their own world. If you are a pig, don't mind anything, just roll around happily in this filthy world.



It's not a movie review, it's a memo.

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Extended Reading

Changeling quotes

  • Christine Collins: Why would they do this?

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said...

    Chief James E. Davis: We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal.

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to.

    Christine Collins: Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home.

  • Dr. John Montgomery: He had two cavities that needed filling. He put up a fight, but I took care of it.

    Christine Collins: And?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Your son's upper front teeth were separated by a small tissue, a diastema. It made them sit about an eighth of an inch apart. The boy in that room has no such gap.

    Christine Collins: Can that change with age? Because that's what they're going to say.

    Dr. John Montgomery: In some cases, yes, it's possible. But the tissue between Walter's teeth prevents that from happening. You see, they can never come together without an operation to sever the tissue, and I can tell you right now that he has never had such an operation.

    Christine Collins: Would you be willing to put that officially in writing?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Pardon my language, but hell yes.