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Damion 2022-03-22 09:01:23

I watched two films in a row today, but I didn't search for the leading role. Coincidentally, both of them were starring my favorite Edward Norton. One is "Red Dragon" and the other is "First Degree Fear".
Including "Red Dragon", Hannibal has seen all four "orthodox" movies, and I think this and "Silence of the Lambs" are the best, better than "Hannibal" and the prequel with Gong Li. Uncle Hannibal really scares me and loves Norton.
I don't remember how I fell in love with Norton, and watched some of his work, Hulk, X-Men, Magician, Veil, and of course, Fight Club. I just searched casually, and it appeared in "Everybody Says I Love You" and "Modern Family" that I watched.
I watched two films today, and I will talk about the mixed feelings after watching it.
In Red Dragon, Norton goes to Uncle Hannibal, who says something like this: "You know why you got me? Because we're essentially the same, without our imaginations, Just like any other mundane bastard." Imagination! Yes, the most destructive force in people's hearts is the infinite magnification of the imagination that cannot be controlled. There is a saying that I saw in the big bang. It was a joke, but it hit my heart. "The only thing that limited you are your imagination". When Sun Zhongxu, a translator in the same university and college, committed suicide, he read several reports about him. The above probably said that he had written on Weibo or said a quote from Nietzsche: "I have fought with evil dragons. If you stare at the abyss for too long, the abyss will stare back."
Is our imagination at work, like a person walking into a dark cave, if there is no imagination limit, if you want to go Go as far as you want, as dark as you want, and go deeper and deeper. Looking back, there is no way out, all around are all kinds of bottomless black holes, absorbing the whole person in and never getting out.
Since I was a child, I have been a person with a rich imagination. The words and stories I heard would immediately appear in my head. I still remember watching The Legend of the White Snake when I was a child, Bai Suzhen was going to be deformed after drinking realgar wine. When Xu Xian was about to lift the curtain on the bed, the pictures in her little head were beyond my tolerance. The frightening impression of her is still vaguely imprinted. The moment Xu Xian opened the curtain, the white snake was less scary than he thought, so he was able to continue watching.
Therefore, many movies that let the audience imagine are more infiltrating than those that directly present the bloody scenes to the audience. For example, some Japanese, Korean and Thai horror movies. Many people are afraid of ghosts, and many people believe in gods. I think it may be the product of the unknown darkness and the fright after letting the imagination run wild. Our fanaticism or disgust for some things may also be beyond our own imagination.
Therefore, the imagination of Europeans and Americans is much more than that of our test-oriented education. Those who have galloped on the right path, such as those on the road of technological development, have changed life and history; Anti-social anti-human serial killer. Having seen some real perverted murder cases in China, I feel that many of the perpetrators are people who are not very educated, maybe because they have not been imprisoned by examination-oriented education and let their imaginations go to the abyss. So, exam-oriented education also has its benefits? Anyway, looking forward to "24 Billy" by Xiao Lizi next year.
Let's talk about "First Degree Fear". After watching Hannibal, plus watching "Deadly ID" before, I also learned a little about 24 real cases of Billy, and as a girl who regularly watches perverted murder cases, plus this name, first class! fear! The process of watching the movie didn't seem to be so enjoyable, and the bath towel that was ready to cover the eyes at any time didn't come in handy. There is a boy who said that he took off his pants and prepared a tissue, you show me this feeling.
BUT! After reading it, I was terrified, is Norton pretending or is he really a dual personality? I think this is an open ending, which allows the audience to take the wings of imagination and gallop, which is the most terrifying point of this film! What is even more terrifying is the presentation of justice, light, morality, and even holy religion in the film, like a watermelon falling on the mud, a fly slapped to death in the air, the kind that is smashed, blurred and indistinguishable. limit. How can a watermelon be smashed on the mud floor? Shooting dead flies in the air can be difficult, but it is possible, and often occurs.
Politicians with charming smiles, candid tones, and say what they are willing to do behind their backs? Some religious people are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, what about in their stomachs? In every industry, there are those sneaky activities. Under the appearance of fairness and integrity, in a situation where black and white seem to be clear, right and wrong are clear, can justice really be served? Is the darkness really beaten down? This is the one thing that scares me the most.

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Primal Fear quotes

  • Martin Vail: [sitting with Jack Connerman in a bar] Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.

  • Janet Venable: [aggressively to Aaron on the witness stand] Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him, I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God!... But that's me.