After watching The Shawshank Redemption movie

Reflections after watching The Shawshank Redemption 1

After watching this movie, I suddenly wanted to write something. Maybe I was impressed by the protagonist Andy’s intelligence, maybe I was impressed by his Persistence may just be an excuse for myself because I want to write something. No matter what the reason is, one thing is undeniable: this movie really touched me.

There are two factions of characters in the movie: the prisoners represented by Andy and the powerful faction represented by Norton. There are overlapping interests and conflicts of status and roles between the two. Putting aside other factors, there is strong comparability based solely on the characteristics of the representatives of the two factions.

First of all, in terms of Andy’s personal qualities, his behavior is exemplary in many aspects: whether it is his rationality when facing an unfair fate when he was first imprisoned, or his dealings with prison guard Hadley. His calmness at the time, whether it was his brave resistance when being harassed by his sisters, or the confidence that he persevered to achieve his goals? It is undeniable that everything he did was extremely ordinary, but it was this calmness and open-mindedness at that moment that truly Moved me. Putting myself in his shoes, I can't say I could have done as well as he did. He was crazy about his goals, struggled for his ideals, and continued to write an unyielding song with his persistent struggle.

In addition to Andy, the good qualities of the other protagonist Red are also undeniable. As the narrator of the story, Andy’s friend, a kind-hearted person who was able to obtain contraband in prison. If you don't take into account his personal history (murderer) and the specific environment he is in (prison), you can say that he is a very kind old man. Both people have the most beautiful side of human nature: simplicity and kindness.

Speaking of the representatives of the powerful faction: Prison Guard Hadley and Warden Norton. The former symbolizes indifference, violence, and absolute obedience. It is a cold-blooded tool of the ruler. The latter symbolizes greed, selfishness, and cruelty. It is the embodiment of evil. Their relatively superior status makes them accustomed to using force to suppress everything and control everything.

From the moment Andy was imprisoned, all human rights ceased to exist. What he and his companions had to face were all injustices: being beaten without reason, being eaten Unpalatable meals, simple and repetitive laundry work, and a suffocating confinement that is monotonous?

The people in power wear a benevolent disguise, but trample everything on the prisoners wantonly.

The prisoners were imprisoned because they were convicted, but they showed a kind nature. The people in power, as officials, had no mercy. The strong contrast makes people have to reflect on the reality at that time. Perhaps the film wants to make a strong criticism of real society through the conflict between status and character behavior. I remember one of Andy's lines: "I try to be an upright person on the outside, but on the inside I have to be a bad guy." ?This line is not only a manifestation of the protagonist's strong dissatisfaction with reality, but also a ruthless satire of reality.

Maybe reality is so cruel, maybe prison is so real, maybe this kind of injustice is being repeated in some corner of society. But everything only exists in assumptions, and everything in reality hides the truth because of the existence of assumptions. Just give us an illusion that may be true, let us guess, let us imagine, let us experience the deeper meaning? Afterthoughts on Shawshank's Redemption 2

"Shaw" criticizes the American judiciary The various shortcomings of the system and the oppression and torture of human nature. At first, Andy was taken to court. We know that the evidence system should provide evidence by the prosecution and not by the defendant. If the prosecution cannot provide sufficient evidence, the defendant is presumed innocent. In the film, the police could not find Andy's gun and relied only on Andy's possible motive for killing and the forcefully fired bullets of the same caliber, without sufficient conclusive evidence at all. Andy was innocently sent to Shawshank Prison, where he stayed for 19 years.

Prison is more terrifying than hell. The prisoners are like lambs without the ability to fight back. The prison officers are ruthless in ruling over the little wretches under their noses. In their eyes, these prisoners are not worth anything, they are only divided into useful tools and useless tools. Ironically, the warden is a violent and hypocritical devil, but he keeps talking about the Bible. The loopholes in the U.S. judicial system have been fully exposed. Prison officers kill people with reckless abandon, and the judicial protection mechanism for prisoners is seriously lacking.

Prison officers also took advantage of loopholes in the tax system to obtain benefits and accepted bribes in a grand way? The director used meticulous techniques to calmly and boldly expose the evils of the American judicial system. Behind these ugly phenomena in the film, we can feel the director's strong criticism of these shortcomings.

These disadvantages are applied to the prisoners, which leads to the distortion of the prisoners' humanity. A high wall blocks freedom from the outside. Trapped within the high wall for a long time, the prisoners have become accustomed to no freedom, no hope, and everything that exists in prison. However, after all, human nature has not been destroyed. The instinct of longing for freedom and happiness in human nature is still struggling tenaciously, so they feel confused, lost, and painful. The old man in his 70s had deeply integrated himself into Shawshank Prison, but was released by the cold prison officer. Such an old man came to the outside world like a newborn, and his situation was extremely difficult. More importantly, he no longer has the energy or ability to extract his soul from Shawshank Prison and integrate it into this new world. So he chose to leave after a painful struggle and leave this world that did not belong to him.

When Andy came to Shawshank Prison, everything became different from the old and dull things before, and began to come to life. He is the human redeemer of the prisoners. What he wants to redeem is not only freedom, but also vitality, happiness, and knowledge? He makes the prisoners begin to feel that there is hope in life, and hope is not a dangerous thing. Andy built a library, played music for them, and taught them knowledge. Even the stubborn Rhett has undergone a welcome change. Thanks to Andy's redemption, although Rhett was very uncomfortable after being released from prison, he did not follow in the old man's footsteps after all, because he had hope, he longed for freedom, and he wanted happiness. He understood what Andy would rather do. Broken jade is not the true meaning of tiles. In the face of oppression and misfortune, we must not live alone and dare to pursue happiness.

Andy's redemption is also reflected in crushing the warden's gang of jackals and giving them a shameful end. In the film, a violent and unruly prison officer cried like a little girl when he was taken away. The warden also shot himself. It fully demonstrates Andy's superb skills and great wisdom. He is really a god: his extreme calmness in the face of inspection, escape from prison, and withdrawal of money? It is amazing. On the one hand, this result reflects that while the director is criticizing the American judicial system, he still holds a positive attitude towards the entire American judicial system. On the other hand, it also reflects the American belief that happiness must be striven for by oneself, rather than waiting for charity from fate. Thoughts after watching The Shawshank Redemption 3

The tone of the film is dark, cold, and depressing for most of the time, but at the end of the film it becomes brighter and brighter, and in the end there is a blue sea and a blue sky, and the two people have been together on the beach for 19 years. Old friends reunited, and the bright and bright colors on the screen seemed to burst out of the screen. At the end, it affirms the redemption of human nature, the pursuit of freedom, and the cherishing of hope.

"Xiao" describes such a redemption story from the perspective of Rhett, who is both a player and a bystander, allowing people to view and analyze it objectively and invest subjectively. Feel the same.

The film is very skilled in lens processing. Extensive use of depth-of-field lenses gives profound meaning and enhances the expression of effects. For example, Andy finally escaped from prison and ran to a small waterhole. The background of the shot is a prison, shrouded in darkness by thunder and lightning, symbolizing evil and the oppression of human nature. The background of the shot is a small waterhole with thunder and lightning, and heavy rain, which sets off the ecstasy, extreme excitement and excitement of Andy who has been suffering for 19 years in the thunder and lightning, and is freed once he is released from prison. Another depth-of-field shot shows Andy running away, with a row of branches in the foreground passing quickly. This shot well expresses Andy's ecstatic mood at finally being free after escaping from prison. In fact, the technique of arranging branches in the foreground is a very common method and can be seen in many videos. Others use wooden boxes instead of branches, such as gun fight movies and martial arts movies.

There is also a shot where the director gave a subjective shot of Andy looking up at the sky when he entered the prison cell. The blue sky and darkness were clearly distinct to show the oppression of human nature by the darkness of the prison.

There is also a scene where a young male thief is shot dead. The prison officer emerges from the darkness and shoots him, then disappears into the darkness, symbolizing the evil darkness of the prison officers. The only light source comes from a small lamp above. The light shines dimly on the young man in a pool of blood, which means that the light is suppressed by evil and darkness, and is powerless and weak.

The director’s montage skills are also superb.

At the beginning of the film, the director used a parallel montage technique, with passionate shots of Andy's wife and lover on one side, accompanied by loud gasping sounds. On one side, Andy was listlessly drinking, and there was only the monotonous and harsh sound of the wine flowing and the gun being loaded. This is both a parallel montage and a contrasting montage, which vividly expresses Andy's grief in the face of his wife's betrayal. This is not over yet. Then the director inserted a third parallel clue. Andy was accused by the prosecution lawyer in the court. The voiceover of the prosecution lawyer's words was inserted into the first and second parallel clues. The audio and video were double-tracked. This not only showed Andy's emotions at that time. The gray and cold mood of time and space also reflects Andy's dilemma of being unable to defend himself in court. It is truly a masterpiece.

The director also used repeated montages in many places to hint at the fate of the characters and show the changes in the characters' psychology. Typical is the repetitive montage of the old man and Red being released from prison respectively. In terms of lens processing, when the old man is released from prison, there is a depth of field shot with Shawshank Prison in the background. This shot symbolizes that the old man’s heart is still inside and that he belongs there, implying that the old man’s future is bleak. When Red was released from prison, the director did not show another shot of Shawshank Prison. Instead, he showed the scenery across from the prison. This reflects that Rhett's mentality is more positive than that of the old man, implying that Rhett's future is bright.

There is also a repetitive montage that was reviewed by Red three times. This mainly reflects the change in Red’s mentality, so I won’t go into details.