Chapter 1,495 Survival or death, that is the question
After "The Shawshank Redemption" became popular, "institutionalization" began to be mentioned frequently and became a hot word on the Internet.
The lines in "The Shawshank Redemption" have also been widely circulated by many netizens.
For example: Cowardice imprisons the soul, but I hope it can set you free.
The strong save themselves, the saints save others.
Life boils down to a simple choice: rush to survive or rush to die.
Hope is a dangerous thing.
I have to remind myself that some birds just can't be caged, their feathers are so beautiful and when they fly away... you feel like it's a sin to lock them up, but, they're not there
You will feel lonely, but I just miss my friends...
The high walls in prison are really interesting. When you first go to prison, you hate the high walls around you; slowly, you get used to living in them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is institutionalization
.
There are places in the world that stone walls cannot shut. There are things in people's hearts that they cannot control, and they belong completely to you.
Etc., etc.
Of course, the promotion of the movie is still going on, and Li Yi, the screenwriter and director, has naturally become an indispensable publicity point.
Different from China, the talk show culture is very popular here in the United States. You can often see some talk shows with different styles in bars and other places. In terms of TV programs, there are also many talk shows, which can be said to have long-lasting popularity and high ratings.
It is very high, so celebrities usually choose talk shows when they appear on TV to promote movies or something.
"The Tonight Show with Tommy" is a popular talk show in North America.
This talk show has been around for many years.
"Hi, gentlemen and ladies, it's the weekend again. It's me again, Tom. It's like this every week. I come here to meet you every week. There are also many people who are used to turning on the TV at the same time every weekend.
Phone, watch "The Tonight Show with Tommy"! So have we also been institutionalized?
This show is really interesting. When I first started doing the show, I was really not used to it. Gradually, I got used to coming here at this time every week to host "The Tonight Show with Tommy" and I enjoyed it.
;In the end I found that I had to rely on it to survive, this is institutionalization."
Tommy adapted the lines from the movie in a funny way. Although it was a bit nondescript, the audience laughed out loud.
Because they all know that what Tom is talking about is the most popular movie "The Shawshank Redemption".
"Okay, then let us invite tonight's guest, the screenwriter and director of "The Shawshank Redemption", the miracle director from China, Yi Li!"
The audience at the scene applauded vigorously. In fact, Li Yi already has a large number of fans in Hollywood and North America. Many of those who can come to the scene tonight are Li Yi's loyal fans.
"Snap, snap, snap!"
In fact, the talk shows here in the United States are sometimes very similar to interview shows, but the style is more humorous.
"The Tonight Show with Tommy" is actually no exception. If there are guests, such as in this episode, Li Yi, the writer and director of the most popular movie "The Shawshank Redemption", it actually turns into a talk show.
After a routine of making jokes, Tom also began to get down to business.
"So Lee, tell our fans, why did you think of writing such a story and shooting such a movie?"
This question is relatively common, but because Li Yi doesn't often appear in public, fans are still quite curious.
"It has something to do with the news back then. You know, that news was really sensational. The judge was shot in the court. Oh my god, I always thought that this kind of thing would only happen in movies! But the result is that reality is worse than
The movie is more magical!" Li Yi said with a smile.
There were bursts of laughter from below.
"So, you were inspired by the court shooting?" Tom asked curiously.
"It can be said that it is, or it can be said that it is not. In fact, this court shooting incident is indeed a very good movie material. It does not even need to be changed. The movie starts with the shooting in the courtroom, and then peels off the cocoon and tells the story behind it. It seems that it can be
A good movie, but I didn't like it.
I also paid attention to that news event, but what I was curious about was different from many people. I was particularly curious, how did that person escape from a high-tech modern prison?
For this reason, I became interested in prisons. I learned a lot about prisons and found a very interesting thing, that is, in the past, Gothic castle-style prisons were called the highest security prisons.
And I collected some relevant information and found that in the past, in the era when the story took place, unjust cases and wrongful convictions occurred frequently due to the imperfect legal system. Therefore, I was thinking, if a person was wrongly accused, then
What will happen to him in prison? Will he want to escape? If he escapes from what is known as the safest and strongest prison, what should he do? "
Li Yi talked freely, um, okay, actually he was just making it up!
Listed companies like to brag, draw pictures, and tell stories. In fact, the same thing is true. People don’t really care that much.
It doesn't matter at all why the movie was made. Li Yi has the final right to explain the truth, so he is naturally more willing to add an interesting background to this.
"Everyone has experienced an environment similar to Shawshank Prison in their life. An environment that you hated, it made you feel out of place, and you wanted to break away from it. When you can't break away, you have no choice but to adapt.
At the same time, you have become a part of the environment. Gradually, you find that you can no longer do without this environment. You used to work hard to escape, but now you rely on it to survive. It may be the city or country where you live, or it may be your family or team.
, or your company or school. The people living in it can be roughly divided into three types: those who cannot adapt, but are unable to break away; those who gradually adapt, and have no intention of breaking away; those who have adapted, but are always ready for opportunities to break away.
people.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hypocritical beliefs are always indispensable in an evil environment, and Shawshank Prison is no exception. The sanctimonious warden reads verses from the Bible and does dirty deeds. In this case
Under the circumstances, Andy Dufresne was miserable and unwilling, but he did not choose to escape. On the contrary, he chose to adapt to the environment in his own way, fighting for himself the dignity of a human being and the opportunity to regain freedom, and finally created
A story of a desperate fight back."
"Bah, bang, bang!" The audience applauded.
"Then I thought, how could Andy escape from prison? How could he escape from prison in such a high wall?" Li Yi continued.
"I visited a Gothic castle prison similar to the one in "The Shawshank Redemption" and consulted some relevant people. I came to the conclusion that in a normal way, if you want to escape from a Gothic castle prison, it is almost impossible to escape.
It's impossible!
But I had to let the male protagonist escape from prison successfully, so what should he do? Not only escape from prison, but not the kind of escape during a riot, but leave the wall quietly, so I thought of digging it open!"
"A movie is always a movie, and the screenwriter has the absolute right to interpret it. As long as there is a glimmer of possibility, it is reasonable. How to escape from prison to make people feel shocked?
Then it must be time!
Therefore, Andy spent twenty years to do this thing, to do this thing that others think is absolutely impossible!
This is shocking enough!”
"Did you ever think the movie would be so popular?" Tom asked again.
Li Yi shook his head and said: "I never thought of it. As you know, this movie is not suitable for showing on the big screen because the light is dark and depressing. So, my initial thought was that this kind of movie should be more suitable for sitting on the big screen."
I was reading on the sofa while drinking beer! I just didn’t expect that everyone would like this story so much!”
"So what are your expectations for this movie?" Tom continued to ask.
"If I have any expectations, I hope it can be divided into three stages. In the first stage, I hope people's first impression after watching this movie is "Wow, what a great prison escape movie!" I hope everyone will be impressed by the cleverness in the film.
I was amazed by the twists and turns in the plot.”
"What about the second stage?" Tom wondered.
"The second stage, I think is after a period of time, when you find that your life is not going as you wish, you turn on this movie and look at it, and you find that it talks about success, and you think, "Wow, what an inspirational movie!"
Therefore, maybe it can give fans a little more positive energy in their hearts, pack their bags, conserve their strength, and continue on the road."
"In the third stage, after a few years, things turn around and times change. When you find that your life is still not so smooth, then open this movie and you will find that you are like them, and you learn more or less from them.
You can find your own shadow.
You may be like Andy Dufren and have a successful career but an unhappy family. You may be like Rhett, eager to escape but unable to escape your environment. Of course, you can also make the best of your environment, but you always feel that something is missing.
What.
Are you happy like this?
Sometimes.
But from time to time, you will long for the outside world, a world different from the present one, imagine, prepare, and be rejected. In the end, you give up, become Brooks, and get used to being content with the status quo.
When one day finally comes, you are truly invited to go to the world you once thought about day and night, but you don’t know how to respond. Because you begin to fear that world, the world you once longed for, and you are afraid that you will not be able to find it there.
to your own place. And when you have to step into the world that you longed for before and are now afraid of, you find that you are so out of place in the new environment. From this point of view, even after walking out of Shawshank Prison, the outside is not new.
Prison, therefore, there is no real redemption. So, the question arises, how can we get redemption? At this time, we might as well get some inspiration from the movie."
"Revelation?" Tom asked.
"Yes, revelation, there are three people who successfully walked out of Shawshank prison in the movie: Brooks, Andy Dufresne and Red.
Although Brooks walked out of prison, he failed to find redemption and chose to hang himself from the rafter.
Andy Dufresne escaped, so he knew better where he was going. Andy was undoubtedly redeemed.
As for Rhett, like Brooks, he was released from prison in his later years, and almost followed Brooks's path. But in the end, he found a way to redemption by following Andy Dufren's guidance. It was not so much that Andy pulled Rui.
It would be better to say that Red chose Andy. Red also gained redemption.
This actually represents three types of people. We often say that if we can't change the environment, then adapt to it, but we ignore a question, what if we can't adapt?
Brooks undoubtedly tried to adapt to the environment, but he found that he could not adapt at all, so he chose to give up on himself!
And Andy represents another type of person. When he found that no matter how hard he tried, he could not change the environment, the first thing he did was to think about life and ask what kind of life he wanted.
Then he sticks to this belief, strives to adapt to the environment, finds his own value in the environment, and at the same time increases his irreplaceability to maintain his dignity and pride as a human being. He also reminds himself to always be prepared, because opportunities are only left to
A prepared person.
He understands the most important point: when we can change the environment, we must not doubt the life we want because of our past life.
So Andy walked out of his own way, even though it was so incredible and so difficult!
And Rhett, like Brooks, was initially at a loss for the new environment, but he was luckier than Brooks because he could still choose to jump out of this new cage and go to a new environment."
"Bah, bang, bang!" The audience burst into applause again.
At this time, Tom asked again: "So, does the Bible have any metaphors in the movie?"
Li Yi smiled and said: "We all know that Andy spent twenty years escaping from Shawshank. This is incredible. On the surface, it seems that he used a small hammer to persevere in carving holes in the stone wall.
Seventeen years, so what kind of power drove him to do this? I think persistence comes from the hope that has never been extinguished in his heart; at a deeper level, hope comes from his belief, the belief in the sublimation of the soul, and the sublimation of the soul so that it can
be redeemed.
And this kind of belief comes from the belief that people have transcendence from this world, which can light up the light in people's hearts, dispel the frightening darkness, and no longer be sad or confused.
In Christianity, faith is the starting point for salvation.”
Tom finally asked a very sensitive question: "But many movie fans think that the movie is satirizing people's belief in God. The two people in the movie who seem to believe in God the most are the Warden and Andy - the Warden.
He often talks about God's teachings, but in fact he is doing it to protect his own power and money; in order to hide the small hammer that drilled through the stone wall, Andy first hollowed out the Bible, which represents faith, and then hollowed out the
stone wall.
Isn’t the purpose of hollowing out the Bible an attempt to break free from the shackles of faith and gain true salvation?”
