Violent crime has always been hated by everyone, but even around the world, this kind of gangster crime will be disliked and resisted by many people, and their existence has not been curtailed for thousands of years. Many countries have been plagued by a long history, and the reason is that these violent criminal groups have their own unique way of whitewashing. And this form of whitewashing can, to some extent, be seen as a window of reconciliation between them and those who oppose them. Of course, this reconciliation itself needs to be put in quotation marks. As long as this way is in place, violent crime will exist in various ways in all corners of our society that will never stop.
So what is this way? The film recommended to you today is one of these ways, and it is also a strange phenomenon that is very common in contemporary times. This film is called "Convict Me", at first glance it sounds like an indignant name, and behind such a name, there is a crime problem that many people hate deeply, and this film is very clever to make this kind of crime problem easy to accept, and after people accept this logic, they look back at this kind of crime problem, as if it is not too much to let bystanders directly feel bored.
"Convict Me" is about a movie based on a true story, a gangster crime leader named Jackie, who is one of the spokesmen of the famous mafia group in the United States, and after his arrest, he was implicated in dozens of people in the entire gang group because of the crimes he committed. The 21-month trial of this huge crime eventually lasted for 21 months, during which they made an unprecedented presentation of evidence and case statements, both defense lawyers and prosecution witnesses. These acts undoubtedly "added luster" to the trial, which was recorded in a witty way, and then became the film we saw, "Convict Me.".
Needless to say, the story of this film and the acting skills of the actors needless to say, Lumet has always been a very good director, and the films he has directed are also popular with fans, and films such as "Hot Afternoon" and "Fantasy Nuclear War" are also well-known. Therefore, there is no quality problem in this film, so today I am sharing with you the real core of the general gangster movie.
Many people have seen the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series, in this series of movies, what kind of image do we see as a gangster? Lecture on the righteousness, enough friends, this is probably the first look. Under this perception, if the boundary between the film and reality is not emphasized, then the gangsters in reality will be confused with the gangsters in the movie. Once the audience has this confused idea, then the creator's intention is achieved. Although the gangsters in the movie will not have a good ending, the audience's concern for the ending has naturally been diluted. In the minds of the audience, the specific impression of the gangsters has been occupied by the morality, while their criminal acts have unexpectedly become a side story, or directly ignored by the audience.
This is the existence value of gangster movies to some extent. Stealing concepts with values that are acceptable to ordinary people, and replacing them with them for the original true face of the gang, so that the audience is misled and eventually sympathizes with the gang, forgetting the various criminal acts of this group in reality. You can think about it, many gangster movies follow this routine. Replacing one concept with another achieves the purpose of reinforcing the influence, and these purposes are ultimately to change the stereotype of such a gangster criminal group in the real audience.
Understanding this, everyone will know that in film and television creation, any form of whitewashing creation for gangster groups will not be welcomed, let alone be vigorously promoted. Because the film itself has the responsibility of publicity, and once this responsibility is distorted, it will create a gap that is difficult to bridge.
Looking back at this film, "Convict Me" is a black humor film that can be viewed with the scrutiny of comedy, I have never doubted the artistry of this film, today we are discussing the practical significance of this film, and if any film does not have a realistic meaning as a support, it will definitely be popular. This film is no exception, the comedy form is another fixed routine that dilutes the meaning of reality, and the spokesperson in the Luchez family, one of the five major families of the National Gang, is portrayed as a humble person, which in itself dilutes his negative image as the spokesperson of the five major families of the National American Gangster. The perspective adopted in this film allows us to see how the jury is manipulated step by step in the carefully arranged defense scenes of the criminals, and how the prosecution lawyers are overthrown little by little. Seeing this reality, it is estimated that no one will laugh.
The reason why we look at this film from the perspective of a bystander is in a certain sense because this film has little to do with most of us, but in other words, people who have been hurt by gangsters will definitely hate this film. Using a playful way to resolve some kind of contradiction in reality, or to dilute the conflict point of the contradiction, seems to make the onlooker release the nervous emotion, but this does not make the participant feel any pleasure.
Therefore, at the end of "Convict Me", many people will feel that Jackie is a person who lectures on morality, and his behavior of teaching righteousness can even become the core of this film, but everyone ignores what kind of existence Jackie and even the group behind Jackie is in the United States. If gangsters can save their reputation by whitewashing themselves in this way, what should ordinary people do when they commit crimes in reality in the future? At this time, let me ask more, will human justice really be invincible?
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