a true record

Buster 2022-06-12 19:28:30

Very realistic shooting style, black and white pictures make people feel depressing.

In the recorded film, the director also expressed his own opinions.

At the end of the film, when the two Killers are executed, the conversation between the two who should be police officers is thought-provoking.

"That's it?"
"That's it. Four innocent people and two criminals lost their lives, and then no one is responsible for this anymore. . . . And next year, the same thing will still happen. Continue to happen."
"Or this incident will prevent similar incidents from happening again."
"Do you think it will?"


And the last criminal said before execution: I want to say: I'm sorry. But who can I tell?



And the director omits the killing process, and then repeats it from the criminal's mouth at the end of the film, which is very good.

Overall a good movie, I recommend it.

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In Cold Blood quotes

  • Prosecutor: Mercy for them. The killers. How fortunate that their amicable attorneys were not present at the Clutter house on that fateful evening. How very fortunate for them that they were not present that evening to plead mercy for the doomed family, because otherwise, they would have found their corpses too. If you allow them life imprisonment, they will be eligible for parole in 7 years. That is the law. Gentlemen, 4 of your neighbors were slaughtered like hogs in a pen by them. They did not strike suddenly in the heat of passion, but for money. They did not kill in vengeance, they planned it for money. And how cheaply those lives were bought. $40. $10 a life. They drove 400 miles to come here. They brought their weapons with them.

    [picks up a shotgun]

    Prosecutor: This shotgun.

    [picks up a knife]

    Prosecutor: This dagger.

    [picks up a rope]

    Prosecutor: This is the rope they hogtied their victims with.

    [picks up a vial of blood]

    Prosecutor: This is the blood they spilled. Herb Clutter's. They who had no pity, now ask for yours. They who had no mercy, now ask for yours. They who shed no tears, now ask for yours. If you have tears to shed, weep not for them, weep for their victims.

    [picks up a copy of the Holy Bible]

    Prosecutor: From the way the Holy Bible was quoted here today, You might think the word of God was written only to protect the killers, but they didn't read you this: Exodus 20:13: "Thou shalt not kill." Or this: Genesis 9:12: "Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed."

  • Dick: [to the prisoner in the next cell] Hey Andy, do them books say what happens when you hang?

    Andy: [smoking cigar] Neck breaks...

    [spits]

    Andy: crap your pants.