Good and evil are the opposites of the same coin. --Romain Rolland
Everyone has their own goodness, but also have their own evil, "Li Ji Qu Li Shang" once had a cloud "love and know its evil, hate and know its good", no matter how much we like people or hate people, but can not deny that they have their own other side.
Everyone has a seed of evil in their hearts, but we never know what kind of opportunity it will blossom into the flower of evil.
Shakespeare said that "the difference between good and evil lies in the behavior itself", but we often cannot measure this by a simple one or two things as a good person or a bad person.
The standard of a good person is difficult to define, many times, a rotten good person with no bottom line is often not doing good but doing evil, Confucius said, "Repay grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue"?
"Dogtown" is a very good interpretation of good and evil, looking at human nature from the perspective of God, where is the bottom line of good people?
This is a film with a very simple and rough set, and the whole film is 178 minutes long, but it is not the old woman's footshirt - it is smelly and long, it looks shabby in front of the camera, but it will be ugly humanity, mockingly skinless, but also let people see the whole body cold, there are many people in the film, but surprisingly, you can't find a good person in the whole film.
"Dogtown" is not known for its horror and bloodshed, but it is a film that tests the audience's psychological maturity, and behind its simple borrowing of stage plays and the virtual environment of the space environment, it is a subversion of traditional morality and ethics, and a terrible experiment on the good and evil of human nature carried out with the help of a weak and delicate girl.
This film, which shows the shabbiness of the crew everywhere, was released in 2003, but through the sublimation and discussion of the theme, it scored a Douban rating of 8.2 and shined in film festivals around the world.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > poor but kind town</h1>
The story of the film is actually not complicated, but in the opening few scenes, it makes people feel very boring and strange, it is different from the live-action shooting of conventional films, but like a stage play, there is no wall, no door, and some are just white lines to separate.
Whether it is opening or closing the door, the audience sees the scene is not intuitive, can only rely on the actor's gestures and later dubbing to guess, what trees, bushes, etc., are painted on the ground schematic, and the film uses overhead shots many times, the entire dog town is displayed as a drawing.
People feel very absurd when they look at it, but the story of the film does not show such an unexpected absurdity everywhere, and it is unreasonable and unreasonable.
It only demolishes the wall that can cover the privacy in reality, and also makes the evil of human nature become nowhere to hide, and it is also silently responding to the poverty of the town and the barrenness of human nature, and the sadness after losing goodness!
A drop of water is also a big world when viewed with a microscope, and this town is a microcosm of real society.
After the film has just opened, the town is full of harmonious and peaceful atmosphere, they work at sunrise and rest at sunset, as if people see the ideal peach blossom source, and think that they can also be one of them, and enjoy the quiet years of life.
However, one night, a gunshot suddenly broke the tranquility of the town, and a beautiful girl stumbled into the place, and even Tom, a young writer who sat on a bench and pondered philosophy, was amazed by her.
This girl is called Grace, is being chased by a group of fierce and vicious gangsters, at first sight of Tom, fallen for her beauty, so obligated to help her, successfully escaped the gang's pursuit, for the gang boss's inquiry, but also silently accepted the other party's business card, and did not reveal any information about Grace.
In order to let her beloved girl stay in the town smoothly, Tom lobbied the villagers for her, begging them to let Grace stay and give her some shelter.
But for such an unknown woman, no one was willing to take such a risk, so the villagers unanimously opposed her staying.
So Tom took a different approach and offered to let Grace stay in the town for two weeks to see if she was worthy of everyone's protection, so Grace was granted temporary residency in the town.
Although the people in this town are very idle, in order to stay in the town, Grace will always do her best to help the villagers, and what she does quickly touches the hearts of the villagers, and even the kind of them can't help but have a little more pity for Grace.
Soon, when the villagers voted again, Grace successfully stayed in the town with a unanimous vote, and became a member of the town, she was young, beautiful, industrious, kind, like a round of sunshine, making the whole town bright.
She felt that she had escaped from the dark life of the past and found her own utopia, and Grace gave her best hope here, such a life made her feel happy and satisfied.
Unexpectedly, all this was like a dream of yellow sorghum, which was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-center-line" > the transformation of human nature</h1>
In the town, Grace finally got her own home through hard work, but the intrusion of a police car and a search notice made her the object of discussion again.
Although every citizen has the obligation to cooperate with the police, there is always human affection in society, and the sky in their hearts is more inclined to Grace than the cold responsibility, so this time, she is still at peace in the town.
During this time, she had a very happy life in the town, not only began a sweet love affair with Tom, but also received unanimous approval from the residents.
But fate did not spare her men, and soon, a police arrest warrant replaced the previous search notice, the only constant is that the owner of the paper is still Grace, and the police even said that in two weeks, Grace committed the crime of robbing the bank.
In the past two weeks, Grace's whereabouts, the residents know better than the police, have more say, they know that all this is nothing, not the truth of the matter, they are not stupid enough to believe their own eyes, but blindly believe the police's baseless statements.
However, reason is on the one hand, and changes in behavior and heart are on the other hand, and gradually some residents begin to become indifferent, they no longer see Grace in equal eyes, and the once friendly is gone, and even begin to withhold her wages.
The townspeople are still resilient about this change, believing that they are taking great risks by shielding a fugitive pursued by the police, and that the withholding wages are only a compensation for the residents.
Inexplicably, she saw from them the robbery behavior of "this road is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, I want to cross this road, leave the road to buy money", she has to use more of her own labor and effort to obtain the right to live, and this category is all decided by other residents, Grace can not argue at all.
And in the eyes of the residents, this is far from enough, she also needs to contribute more time to help others, which is Grace's responsibility and obligation, if she wants to stay in the town, she must do everything she tells.
In fact, in this town, people need to do not have much to do, but when everyone is idle and bored to bask in the sun, Grace hates that she can't have three heads and six arms, she is really busy, from the moment she opens her eyes every morning, she begins a day of endless work, everyone shouts at her to drink, the group of people who were once very kind, in the blink of an eye, they have become a group of terrible demons.
They changed the law to summon Grace, all kinds of dirty work, all kinds of dirty work, all in front of her, until now she was tired and tired every day, but in fact, these tasks did not mean much, but they were happy to toss her like this, as if this would show their nobility.
The happiest time of the day, probably a short date with Tom before going to bed at night, allows her to taste a little sweet and get a moment of short relaxation.
Although Grace is trying very hard to cater to these residents, they begin to exclude her and isolate her because she is constantly in the midst of endless rushing and often making mistakes, as if Grace has really done something terrible, but this is not the darkest time of her life, the ugliness of human nature You never know its bottom line.
The contrast between good and evil in human nature is so frightening that angels and demons can actually share a body, which is really terrible!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > the ugly face behind the good guys</h1>
When the police car drives into town again, it is the beginning of Grace's real nightmare!
In order to avoid the police, Grace can only hide in a farmer's house and dare not go out, in the face of this poor girl, the evil farmer is actually beastly, he expects the girl to not want to be discovered by the police, so he meanly threatens her, making Grace obey him, otherwise he will confess her.
In the face of the farmer's terrible face, Grace did not resist, but at this moment, the huge disparity in strength between men and women could only make her like a fish on the board, ready to be slaughtered.
This beautiful town has become a nightmare in her heart, the farmer Q stormed her, which made Grace extremely painful, but the townspeople, after learning about the misfortune she suffered, did not show any sympathy for her, but instead stretched out their claws and became the next creator of her misfortune.
Although she escaped the police, she began her own humiliating life, and the price Grace needed to pay to stay in this town became even bigger, even longer than a viewer could imagine.
When people stand on the moral high ground, sin begins to germinate, ugly faces will no longer be disguised, and distorted faces will be shocking.
The women rightfully regarded her as a servant, she was humble to be called and drunk, and the men used her as a tool to vent their desires, taking advantage of her at will, but no one would stand up for her to say a fair word, and everyone would point the finger at her.
Suddenly I remembered a very familiar sentence pattern: "Dress up so well, be taken advantage of and deserve", being harassed, violated, and molested, as if it is all the fault of the victim, as if the weak deserve to be trampled in the dust.
The women's harsh accusations, Grace became their punching bag, both mentally and physically, she was tortured, Grace never thought that one day she would be so miserable, but the disaster was never over.
This former peach blossom garden has now become Grace's hell, so she wants to escape from here, but it ushers in another tragedy.
The only good person in her eyes is probably her lover Tom, who not only supports Grace to escape, but also steals 10 yuan from her family as a fare to fund her escape from the town.
But the freight driver she was riding on was a treacherous, cunning, and despicable villain, who not only accepted Grace's ride money, but also blackmailed her halfway and stained her body, but even so, this hateful driver took Grace out for a walk and took her back to the town, where the tragedy of her life is worse than death will be staged.
Ugly humanity is once again revealed, and even Tom unveiled his hypocrisy, and actually framed Grace for stealing money, pushing her into a hell of doom and gloom.
This group of demons dressed in human skin, in order to prevent Grace from escaping again, actually chained her to a grinding disc and tied her firmly to the millstone, and from then on she lived like a dog, and her fate was no longer in her own hands.
During the day, she had to work for the residents for free, and at night, she was abused and bullied by men, and the days were in her torment, slipping away day by day, and her tragic situation was unbearable to look at.
For these evil people, Grace repeatedly tolerated, she never believed that they were really so evil, but these people refreshed the bottom line of her cognition again and again, it is really "people are good to be bullied, horses are good to be ridden", and her kindness finally casts the tragedy of Grace's life.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > what makes a really good person</h1>
This young and kind woman, in the end, was reduced to a small town, a thorough tool man, even living worse than a pig or a dog.
In this ugly crowd, Tom is the most special person, and the only man who has not had a relationship with Grace, but do you think he is unbearable because of kindness?
No, it's a bunch of real villains, it's a hypocrite, he's just enjoying the difference, enjoying being the hero of Grace's heart, being worshipped and relied on, but not from the kindness that comes from the bottom of her heart, and it doesn't come from the friendship between each other, which is worthless in his opinion.
When his veil of hypocrisy was ruthlessly debunked by Grey, he called the gangster without mercy, but the unexpected reversal came.
Grace is actually the daughter of the gang boss, but she chooses to run away from her father's ideas, she thought that her father represented dirt and darkness, but these residents who were once kind in her eyes are actually demons, no different from her father, and even more vicious and unbearable than her father.
When your bottomless kindness is actually a crime, you are indulging the sins of others, creating your own misfortune and creating the tragedy of others.
When the cries resound over the town, it is the best proof that mistakes should be punished, small punishments and big admonitions, so that things will not be out of control.
So this time, Grace, who had been giving in, did not choose to forgive, the residents of the town, whether women, old people or children, had no life to live, and when she left, the only one alive was the dog tied to the entrance of the village, because in Grace's tragic life, only this dog did not hurt and bullied her.
Everyone in this film has exuded their own goodness, and they have also acted out their own evil, this girl who seems to have always been weak and hurt, is really innocent in this terrible catastrophe?
Yes or no, in everyone's heart, there is an answer, she once accused her father of arrogance, but she has always stood on the moral highest point, like a god looking down on the world, with a broad mind to forgive the sins of these people, is not the greatest arrogance?
People always have to pay for their own faults, even if not in this moment, but at some point in the future, the punishment will one day fall on your head.
The heavens are good for reincarnation, who has the heavens spared?
But what is good and what is evil? But it has to make people think deeply, and what is the bottom line of good people?
Suddenly I remembered a classic story of the Buddhist family, a monk and a butcher, the two agreed to wake each other up in the morning, but a hundred years later, the butcher went to heaven, and the monk was sent to hell, do you know why?