<In the Name of the Father> - Our Fears and Despair

Jamey 2022-03-21 09:01:42

At the last moment of the film, the court decreed the dismissal of the charges against Julie Conron and the four, meaning they were acquitted. Is this a victory for justice? The long two-hour stretch of the film ushered in the final justice carnival at the last moment, is that really true? After all, this is the vindication of an unjust case who was sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisoned for 15 years, but after all, I feel that there is indeed a trace of sadness in my heart that cannot be erased, haha, after a fifteen-year struggle, the only thing is to withdraw the accusation, who? To be responsible for this so-called UK's largest "unjust case"? Who is responsible for the fifteen years they were imprisoned? Who should be responsible for his father who died in prison, justice delayed is injustice, not to mention, this is not justice!

Watching the movie, I thought about a lot. I thought about China's history and reality, and I thought of Mr. Lu Xun, who established the world with extreme cruelty. We did not live in the worst era in history. On the contrary, it is probably the best in history. The age of the film, so we have this environment to think about these things, to question something, but the depths of history are extremely despairing and suffocating. After watching the film, I always think of some disgusting things. If you don't go, it's like a nightmare.

I've been afraid, known and unknown, so I feel the same, the violence and intimidation of Julie's interrogation in the name of the father, the great fear and repression of people in prison, the greatness and repression of JFK The ubiquitous shadow of the country, always watching your big brother in 1984.... The only thing we fear is fear itself, the kind of trampling that can crush everything you have and then wreak havoc, the kind that can make you feel all the time Fear, you'll go mad, so in prison Julie needs his father, someone to lean on at the last moment, and his father, he can only depend on God. In the end, the death of his father completed Jolie's Nirvana. In the end, we can only rely on ourselves, faith and reason, to believe in things that do not exist in this world.

Fear to the point of despair, perhaps the real fearlessness, that is, I have not reached the realm, I dare not say more. I haven't experienced major twists and turns, at least I don't watch horror movies, and the journey is like a mirror. If I went through that, I'd be the first to crash. I didn't want to go through it either, as Maslow described it, I just typed so many words in front of the computer after meeting the basic needs.

It was a triumph in the film at the end, and in any case, the case was dropped, and in the Queen's name, they were released after fifteen years of captivity. Standing at the height of history may be a belated justice. From their point of view, it is fifteen years of "life" - a lifetime is destroyed because of this. In the end, I want to say something irrelevant:

only progress is worth believing in;

only action is strength.

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In the Name of the Father quotes

  • Giuseppe Conlon: I want you have some respect.

    Gerry Conlon: Respect for who?

    Giuseppe Conlon: For yourself.

  • [Speaking to people outside the court]

    Gerry Conlon: I'm an innocent man. I spent 15 years in prison for something I didn't do. I watched my father die in a British prison for something he didn't do. And this government still says he's guilty. I want to tell them that until my father is proved innocent, until all the people involved in this case are proved innocent, until the guilty ones are brought to justice, I will fight on. In the name of my father and of the truth!