Let's talk about the quality of the film
Most of the past pure thought films are not easy to appreciate
The film is based on a documentary-like format
Mixed with some love and library complex
Nice soundtrack and background sound
Makes the story of the middle of the night very smooth and engaging
Let's talk about the idea of the film
on the surface
The film seems to be talking about a librarian
Can't bear the homeless to freeze to death
Thus allowing or even leading them to stay in the library to escape the cold
Libraries become the last bastion of the humane conscience
But in reality it's not that simple
What the film really explores is the issue of social management and popular democracy
Maybe this Chinese translation is for some sensitive reasons.
First, the English name of the film, the public
if translated accurately
should mean the general public
This movie is not about conscience
It's about the public and the managers
The prosecutors and politicians in the film represent the role of social managers
believes that so-called democracy should be achieved through strict governance
The director of the library retorted that
Knowledge and openness in libraries are the last bastion of democracy
Here is the first line of direct questioning
When the male protagonist is connected to the media and can speak
He did not simply say
I'm going to freeze to death, so I kindly let the homeless stay in the library.
but read a passage from the book
This passage shows anger towards managers and the upper class
"Like a grape full of fruit"
I didn't say it was a shelter from the cold during the call with the police.
Instead, it used the name of "peaceful demonstration"
At first the male protagonist wanted to give money to the homeless
But being stared at by the homeless man, unable to speak
"What do you think we should do?"
The bottom of society represented by the homeless wants
Not so-called small favors
not so-called conscience
'We're going to make noise'
When social managers pass various laws and violent institutions
When trying to manage society without flaws
but some people
Comparing each other with the number of times they went to prison
Boyfriend and girlfriend worship him even more because of his legal challenge
The sheriff's son is also a drug addict among the homeless
The film also satirizes the amendments to various laws and regulations.
The real heart of this film
It is the contradiction and confrontation between public democracy and urban management
I don't want to suffocate under the clean and well-organized rules
trying to make a mass noise
as the librarian said
"What's wrong with letting them stay there overnight? Will it cost more?"
And the statement given by politicians representing city management is that
"No way will give them an excuse to challenge management authority again"
。。。。。。
society is improving
But progress tends to narrow flexibility
How can't it slowly become how it should be
Three chapters of the covenant become 330,000 chapters of the covenant
The people are strictly managed in captivity
The media that was supposed to monitor the people on behalf of the public began to monitor the public on behalf of the official
Where should governance and autonomy each stop?
This is a very worthwhile question
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