Unjust trials and little lambs led by the nose

Chesley 2021-12-30 17:21:43



First of all, I think the lawyer Jimmy played in this drama is not a righteous role, at least I didn't want him to be a righteous role. In the beginning, he led the lieutenant’s testimony in the prison and constantly inquired about the background information of the related people in the middle. It can be seen that he is a more skilled lawyer than a just lawyer, and even a little slick (although Jimmy Stewart looks too decent) ). Before the trial, he told the lieutenant that he wanted to see his wife again, and deliberately chatted under the condition that the lieutenant could see them. After experiencing this period, he already understood the actual sexual relationship of the couple, that is, the wife habitually attracts butterflies. Even cheating, her husband was irritable and jealous. At the same time, he also understood what happened that night, that is, his wife was arrested late for cheating. After confessing for an hour and telling more about hiding him, the husband finally couldn't help it anymore, beat his wife and then killed The owner of the bar returned home and the two confessed correctly and surrendered again. That's why the barkeeper's little attendant can be so sure that the boss has not raped the lieutenant's wife.

Then let's talk about the little lambs who were led by the nose in the film. The first is the lieutenant’s wife. Jimmy’s female assistant’s first evaluation of her is that she is the kind that is easy to be deceived and easy to do. The lawyer asked her background and the reason for her divorce, which proved this point. Both of her parents have been wandering since she was a child, but she was still vain and behaved well. These qualities may not be a big deal now, but in the society at that time, they could not be accepted by others. There was a good performance who indulged her like her husband (she mentioned that the lieutenant I like her to dress up and show off her in front of everyone), what about domestic violence. Finally, there was a dependency, but this dependency was about to go to jail for a lifetime, and she didn't want to be alone, so she lied to save him.

The other little lamb is the daughter of the barkeeper. I have been under the protection of the bar owner and his small attendants, and have never seen their character. At the end, I suddenly found the woman’s underwear and began to doubt my friends and father extremely. Jimmy was greatly led away by the nose. He was also persuaded to be a lawyer. The bar owner has always only appeared in the photos, so it is impossible to analyze, but from the behavior of his young attendants, it can be seen that he treats the lieutenant’s wife frivolously, and his disdainful attitude is also vulgar in the court trial. The words used in front of the daughter are more formal and decent. Presumably, the boss usually treats his daughter the same way. Judging from his daughter’s dress, she looks like an elegant lady, which fully meets the requirements of the society for ladies at the time. She sits upright and has straight hair. The disc is meticulous. Not enough to grow up in this kind of greenhouse environment, suddenly realized that my father was not what he thought, not what he played in front of her, it may be easy for the worldview to collapse, and Jimmy was led by the nose and walked away. It is also possible that she I originally felt that my father was not so noble, but he just couldn't believe the facts. This also confirmed what the film critic said, people are not only good and bad, people have many aspects.

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  • Linnea 2022-04-20 09:01:48

    Although the ink marks, although it is the horse face of Stewart, I am just like this. Who let the foreign monks recite the scriptures?

  • Toney 2021-12-30 17:21:43

    Preminger’s films in the 1950s clearly felt that the eternal, peaceful, self-consistent, black-and-white world and order that belonged to classical films had fallen apart. After all, the film will begin to face the violent, hideous, open, uncaused, and irresistible modern life. Hitchcock didn't really bid farewell to the old world until "Mentally Ill". As a court movie "Peachy Blood Case", it is said that there is no absolute truth, no absolute good and evil, and instrumental rationality is the moral law of modern life.

Anatomy of a Murder quotes

  • Paul Biegler: As a lawyer, I've had to learn that people aren't just good or just bad. People are many things.

  • Parnell Emmett McCarthy: You know I used to think the world looked better through a glass of whiskey. It doesn't. I think I'll keep it this way. Looks nice.