毒气室的剧情介绍,
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only four weeks before Sam Cayhall is to be executed, Adam meets his grandfather for the first time in the Mississippi prison which has held him since the crime. The meeting is predictably tense when the educated, young Mr. "Hall" confronts his venom-spewing elder, Mr. "Cayhall," about the murders. The next day, headlines run proclaiming Adam the grandson who has come to the state to save his grandfather, the infamous Ku Klux Klan bomber. While the old man's life lies in the balance, Adam's motivation in fighting this battle becomes clear as the story unfolds. Not only does he fight for his grandfather, but perhaps for himself as well. He has come to heal the wounds of his own father's suicide, to mitigate the secret shame he has always felt for the genetic fluke which made this man his grandfather, and to bring closure -- one way or another -- to the suffering the old man seems to have brought to everyone he has ever known. But, would mercy soften his grandfather's heart?
未成经典,有些遗憾。第一次完整地看到毒气室行刑。电影和思想控制。隐隐作痛的政治因素。
吉恩哈克曼的演技特别动人!阿兰德波顿认为新闻应该展示一种悲悯的态度,这种态度应该得以让人在动容的时刻清楚地意识到,我们是多么幸运没有被一条歧路送上悲途,而这种庆幸能够矫正我们的方向。可悲的是,没有多少媒体能够真正做到这一点,也没有多少人能够正视悲悯二字。
很感人,有幸能看到这部电影
毒气死刑太残酷,而美国人总是非要拍得那么真实..
风格很收敛的片子,让我一度以为确有其事。内涵饱满,寓意深刻。只是导演和编剧讲故事的功力还有待修炼。
最胆寒的地方不是受害者家属的不原谅,不是州长的讲话和政治伎俩,不是无情的法官和陪审团。而是那些认为sam十恶不赦,死得其所,然后试图把整个种族矛盾都归结在sam一人身上,而试图推卸责任的示威民众。想想自己就无辜清白么?如果是,南方何故是这样。