About the truth

Chesley 2022-12-26 00:21:16

"The Absent"

science? understand? reality? In doubt?

Sometimes the more you observe, the less you know the truth.

We always seek the truth, but at most we can only be infinitely close to the truth.

In the film, because of the narrator's perspective, he constantly emphasizes that he is just a barber, so various hairstyles appear in the film, which are common to him. inch, the back is the same as usual.

In the defense of the lawyer, he also kept stressing that he was just a barber and a modern man. If such an "unmotivated" person was guilty, then all "modern people" would not be forgiven. This is undoubtedly a moral trap.

As a modern person, everything that happens in life seems so commonplace that it can be explained by some theory. Explained as calm as his character. But what is the truth, the parties also want to know.

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The Man Who Wasn't There quotes

  • Ed Crane: [narrating] There they were. All going about their business. It seemed like I knew a secret, a bigger one even than what had really happened to Big Dave. Something none of them knew. Like I had made it to the outside somehow, and they were all still struggling way down below.

  • Big Dave Brewster: Japs had us pinned down in Buna for something like six weeks. Well, I gotta tell ya, I thought *we* had it tough, but, Jesus, we had supply. *They* were eating grubs, nuts, thistles. When we finally up and bust off the beach we found Arnie Bragg, kid missing on recon; the Japs had *eaten* the sonofabitch, if you'll pardon the, uh... And this was a scrawny, pimply kid too, nothin' to write home about. I mean, I never would've, ya know, so what do I say, honey? When I don't like dinner, what do I say? I say, 'Jesus, honey, Arnie Bragg - *again*'?