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A well-trained lion must be able to spot the weakness of a particular antelope in the flock. This is the case with some people. If I were a murderer, I would go out every day in search of prey, looking for opportunities to strike. For example, when I walked into the arcade room, I saw more than 50 children playing games at a glance. At this moment, I have to be the hunter, the portraitist, to sketch that potential prey. ——"Mindhunter" (Chinese translation of the book "Mind Detective")
Based on the true story of former FBI agent John Douglas, the American drama "Mindhunter" is a hit on Netflix. This is a very special American crime drama, supervised by David Fincher and personally directed the first two episodes and the last two episodes (these four episodes are also the most exciting), which is obviously better than "House of Cards" (only as the first episode). An episode of directing work) is much more important.
David Fincher can be said to be one of the most famous directors in Hollywood in the past ten years. His classic films "Fight Club", "Seven Deadly Sins", "12 House", "The Social Network", "Gone Girl", And "House of Cards", which later made Netflix a blockbuster, is full of his own style, especially his passion for criminal minds.
This "Mind Hunter" is actually not suitable for everyone to watch, because it does not have the elements of traditional genre films, such as intelligent and brave FBI agents, chasing cars and punishing criminals. Instead, the rhythm is slow, and even the investigation itself has made a big abandonment. The camera is steady, the content is realistic, the details are solid, and the style is a bit like the first season of "True Detective". The close-up of a large number of recording equipment at the beginning and the partial photos of the victims flashed in the middle set the tone of the film. As a result, many people were stunned after watching the first episode. What is this show talking about? Going around, why doesn't the FBI solve the case?
That's right, this is not a traditional detective drama. In the past, the focus of the detectives' investigation was "WHO", but this film focuses on "WHY". David Fincher made us realize that even if we make a film that is 90% dialogue, it can still be a masterpiece. The core thread of this American drama is the casual statement of Agent Bill, "We want to find out what the madman thinks?"
"Dropped out of high school, joined the military, married twice, and now lives with his ex-wife, likes..." This is the common way we describe criminals, but no one did it back then. FBI Detective "Douglas" conducted long-term interviews with more than 10 of the most vicious criminals in the United States, studied the growth history and psychological state of the prisoners, and finally established the Criminal Profile research method. He used to study the psychology of criminals and sneak into their hearts to observe. At the same time, the need to empathize with the victims has greatly affected Douglas' body and mind.
"I didn't know I had been admitted to the ICU at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, where I was in a coma for days and was on life support. My hands and legs were strapped, and I had IV lines and other A catheter. No one thought I could escape hell. It was early December 1983 and I was 38."
In a coma, he thought he was in hell, and all the murderers and rapists he had captured before were torturing him to death like torture victims. He thought that his limbs were being dismembered by sharp blades, his throat was stuck, and every hole in his body was pierced by sharp objects.
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At the beginning of the series, the protagonist Holden rushed to a crime scene. Holden tried to use negotiation skills to persuade criminals with mental problems to put down their weapons, but in the end his method failed, causing the criminal to shoot himself in the head with a shotgun.
This accident had a very big impact on Holden's psychology. He knew that this was a failed negotiation, and the leaders of the police station didn't care about the life and death of the criminal. He thought that Holden was very experienced in this matter and sent him to negotiate. method course teacher.
Holden's pure idealism wants to use negotiation methods to teach students the importance of understanding the psychology of criminals, not just using guns. But the students of the college and the leaders of the police department obviously did not buy his account.
Holden seems to be out of tune with the FBI. Because these agents have been in contact with a large number of criminals, they believe that they are born with criminal genes, and they don't need to be regarded as human beings. The most merciful way is to send them a bullet and send them back to the West.
During this period, Holden met his girlfriend who studied sociology. His girlfriend's academic major made Holden interested, and the idea of studying criminal psychology was born subtly.
Boss Holden saw that he was deviating from the FBI's normal path, and assigned him to Bill, who taught state police in various states across the country, but these courses did not go well, and the state police did not like this set of too academic and theoretical. Learn, and embarrass Holden in class.
Holden thought of an effective way to interview the most vicious criminals. The first interview subject was a murderous rapist named ED. When he was 15 years old, he killed his grandparents one after another and was put in a mental hospital. After being discharged from the hospital, he raped and killed 5 girls one after another, cut off their heads and gave him KJ, and finally killed his own mother and defiled her. In everyone's eyes, he is a complete devil.
Holden became very interested in him. On the day of the interview, he found that ED was 2.4 meters tall and 140 kilograms, which made him look like a giant. The rhythm of the whole conversation was already controlled by the ED, who kept interrupting his conversation and asked him if he wanted to eat when he was about to ask questions. In the case of Holden's repeated refusal, the ED ordered egg sandwiches for the two of them. (Holden doesn't like eggs)
Holden was discussing ED with his girlfriend, she said that ED seems to be picking on what you like to listen to, and you need to get him off his guard, ask him his own story, listen to him carefully, don't hold your arms, Encourage him to talk about his feelings, walk in his direction, but don't touch him, and make him think you like him but don't want to fuck him.
Through another interview, Holden gradually became fascinated by ED. He was soft-spoken, wise, and extremely polite. Bill was persuaded by Holden to go to see the ED together. The ED told him that a mother should not look down on her son, if she kept humiliating her child, he would become hostile and bad quality, and that was the only possibility. The meeting shocked Bill and prompted Bill to insist on supporting Holden's research, even though their boss was so annoyed by the news that they moved to the basement.
Wendy, a psychology professor who collaborated with Bill, proposed to form a behavioral research group (Behavior Science Unit, BS for short, dubbed Bull Shit), they hit it off, and secretly cooperated with Wendy in their spare time to do research, put together a set of system of criminal behavior.
Through in-depth communication and psychological analysis with ED, his research results were successfully used in subsequent case detection. Suddenly, many elderly people in a community were attacked. The police detective asked them to assist in the investigation. Holden saw the information of the case, analyzed the general identity background of the murderer, followed the clues and found the murderer. Then he found that the murderer's experience was similar to ED, a mother who humiliated her son every day, and the same gene was found in the next few criminals.
Monte Rissell, who was in prison, told them that if he had followed his father instead of his mother when his parents divorced, he would have been a lawyer rather than a life prisoner.
In a corpse dismemberment case, one of the identified suspects was a Ma Baonan who killed her girlfriend, dismembered her and dumped her body.
The influence of mothers on offspring has been repeatedly emphasized. I remember a psychologist once said: mothers determine the height of the family. Although the father's love is indispensable, the mother is the one who has the greatest influence on the child.
Then they visit Jerry Brudos, a high-heeled shoe enthusiast in prison. When Brudos was five years old, he picked up a high boot. He secretly hid it and tried it on when no one was there. When his mother found it, he burned him immediately. Picked up shoes. Brudos didn't stop and stole the teacher's high heels again. After that, his taste gradually improved, from stealing other underwear, to tricking girls into the barn and forcing them to take nude pictures. As an adult, his penchant remained the same, forcing his wife to dress up in his "collection" and take nude pictures of her.
Brudos' behavior continued to "escalate" and began to attack strange girls, some of whom were very cooperative while others were very resistant. During a girl's revolt, Brudos initiates his first murder.
Brudos' quirks escalated to murder, and Holden realized that his childhood behavior could trigger future crimes, so he went to elementary school to educate the children. Unexpectedly, the teachers frequently responded to Holden that the principal had the quirk of tickling the children's feet and rewarded them with 5 cents each time.
Holden remembered the case of Brudos, so he intervened in this behavior of the principal. In the end, the principal was dismissed by the school. Since then, a man in his 50s has no source of livelihood, and he can't even find a job in the surrounding schools, because no parents want this Men touch their children.
Through interviews with various types of criminals, Holden's communication with the devils has become more comfortable. In a girl murder case, he used psychological warfare to oppress the suspect and make him confess his crime.
At this point, Holden is no longer the simple, idealistic teenager he used to be. He has become the focus of the police station, bragging, boasting in the bar that he used to interview ED, Brudos, and thinks they are hopeless.
The next day, the media regarded Holden's behavior as a forced confession and hyped it up, and even the use of ED to do research was exposed to the media, but Holden was becoming more and more conceited at this time and didn't care about these oncoming allegations. Now he's estranged from Bill and Wendy's stance, and her girlfriend is estranged from him because of his growing self-esteem.
When Holden interviewed criminals, he used swear words like "prostitute", which was strictly prohibited by the FBI, and was held by the Bureau of Investigation. Threatened him to face imminent dismissal charges.
Holden saw the ED in the hospital. At this time, all of Holden's friends left him. It seemed that only the ED could have a heart-to-heart conversation with him.
When no one was around, ED said, I can kill you completely, and then used his huge body to embrace Holden. The huge psychological pressure and physical pressure made Holden so frightened that he couldn't breathe, and tried to break free from the ED. hugged, ran out of the ward, and collapsed on the cold ground. At this time, we are like Holden, thinking that we can sit on the side objectively and safely, and only need to observe and analyze these devils rationally. As we get closer and closer to the abyss, the abyss is also approaching us.
The characteristic of David Fincher's movie lens is that it moves with the characters perfectly, so that people can't perceive the existence of the lens, which can lock the viewer in the performance itself, like a kind of magical magic that draws people into the plot.
Those inner explorations that he did not finish in the previous movies have reached the extreme in this drama, using a lot of dialogue, like a scalpel, slowly cutting, unknowingly digging deep into your soul .
In addition to the mainline part, the branch story also tells the delicate relationship between Holden, Bill and Wendy. And Bill's family story (this part of the story is said to be based on the real John Douglas), Holden's emotional line, Wendy's emotional line. But obviously, the handling of this part of the emotional line is weaker, and it plays a more role in promoting the characters.
After consulting the historical materials of John Douglas, ED and others, I realized that there is no exaggerated description of the crimes and characters of the criminals in the play. For example, ED is so gentle and calm in killing people, which makes people startled. The next article will be dedicated to sharing real stories about them, I hope you will continue to pay attention.
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