"Shawshank RedemptionShawshank's Redemption"

1. You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.

You know , some birds are not destined to be locked in a cage, and every piece of their feathers shines with the brilliance of freedom.

2. There is something inside , that they can't get to , that they can't touch. That's yours.

That is something inside , that they can't get to , that they can't touch. , and what can’t be touched, that’s yours.

3.Hope is a good thing and maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

Hope is a good thing and maybe the best of things. It won't die out.

The story takes place in 1947. Banker Andy was mistakenly accused of killing his wife and her lover with a gun while drunk because he had an extramarital affair. Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment, which meant that he would Spend the rest of his life in Shawshank Prison.

Reed was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1927 and was paroled several times without success. He has now become the "authority figure" in Shawshank Prison, and as long as you can pay, he can get almost anything you want: cigarettes, candy, alcohol, and even marijuana. Whenever a new prisoner arrived, everyone would bet on who would cry on the first night. Rhett thought that the weak and bookish Andy would cry, but Andy's silence cost him two packs of cigarettes. But it also made Rhett look at him differently.

For a long time, Andy did not have contact with anyone. While everyone complained, he took a leisurely walk in the yard, just like in the park. A month later, the first thing Andy asked Red to help him was a stone hammer. His explanation was that he wanted to carve some small things to kill time, and said that he would find a way to escape the prison's routine. examine. Soon, Rhett was playing Andy's chess. Afterwards, Andy made a huge poster of Rita Hayworth and posted it on the wall of the cell.

Once, Andy and several other prisoners went out to work, and he overheard the prison officer talking about tax collection. Andy said that he had a way to make the prison officer legally exempt from this large amount of tax. In exchange, he won 3 bottles of beer for each of a dozen prisoner friends. Over a beer, Red said he felt free again for the first time in years.

Due to Andy's proficient knowledge of financial systems, he quickly got rid of the heavy manual labor in prison and the harassment of other perverted prisoners. Soon, the famous Andy began to handle tax issues for more and more prison guards, and even their children came to him for advice on their education. At the same time, Andy has gradually become an important tool for Shawshank Warden Norton to launder money. Prison life is very dull, and you always have to find something to do. Because Andy kept writing to the state assembly, he finally got a small amount of money for the prison to build a prison library. At the same time, in order to show the charm of music and let more people know about it, Andy risked being punished and played a piece of music and gave Red a harmonica.

The arrival of a young prisoner broke Andy's peaceful prison life: this prisoner had heard about Andy's case before when he served in another prison, and he knew who the real murderer was! But when Andy asked the warden to report the situation in order to seek a retrial of the case, he was flatly refused and was severely punished with a month of solitary confinement. In order to prevent Andy from being released, the prison did not hesitate to kill the insider!

Facing the cruel reality, Andy became very depressed... One day, he said to Rhett: "If one day you can get parole, you must go somewhere to complete a mission for me. That's where I proposed to my wife. I dug out a box under a big oak tree there and there was something for you. "That night, there was a storm and thunder, and you had the salvation of your soul. Dee escapes successfully.

It turned out that for twenty years, Andy had been digging holes with that small stone hammer every day, and then covering the hole entrance with posters. At the same time, because of his smart economic mind, the warden has been asking Andy to do black accounts for him, launder money, and transfer the black money he earned using the prison's cheap labor out one by one. And Andy placed all the black money under the name of a person named Steven. In fact, this Steven was a fictional character created by Andy. Andy made various certificates such as driver's license and ID card for Steven. Seamless. After Andy escaped from prison, he used the pseudonym Steven and took part of the black money stored in the prison as Steven, and used this considerable amount to live a good life. And exposed the truth about the prison warden's corruption and bribery. What the warden saw in the safe where he kept his small ledger was a Bible left by Andy. The title page read: "Warden, you are right, salvation is inside.

"When he saw that the hollowed out part inside was just right for putting down the small stone hammer, the warden realized that Andy had never surrendered. At this time, the police were rushing to the prison to arrest the warden, and the warden finally committed suicide by drinking a bullet. < /p>

Rhett was granted parole. After he found a box of cash and a letter left for him by Andy under the oak tree, he decided to violate his parole and set off for Zihuatanejo. Two old friends, Andy and Red, finally reunited on the sunny beach in Mexico.

Three Redemptions throughout the story

Redemption is not just Andy itself. In a sense, he not only saved himself, but also saved his fellow inmates. His rescue of the inmates was a kind of spiritual salvation, because he made the people around him understand to a certain extent. The value of pursuing freedom and hope - red is one of the typical examples. Two people who have the same hope for freedom but have different attitudes form the main line of the whole film:

< p> The first time was when he helped prison guard HADLEY evade taxes and won three bottles of beer for each prisoner. "We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders, and felt like free men. We could'a been tarring the roof. of one of our own houses. We were the Lords of all Creation."... "You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. Or maybe make a few friends among us cons. Me, I think he did it just to feel normal again...if only for a short while." At this time, you saw T.Robbins smile for the first time. After all, freedom is always the happiest, and it also represents a sense of self-worth. Realization. Everyone has this need to make themselves feel important. The second time is the most exciting part in the film, when he plays "The Marriage of Figaro" in the prison guard's office. Le Nozze de Figaro). This clip looks calm but is actually very passionate and lethal. "I have no idea to this day what them two Italian ladies were singin' about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think they were singin' about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it.". .."I tell you, those voices soared. Higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away... and for the briefest of moments -- every last man at Shawshank felt free." This time, Andy's smile was a smile with a sense of victory. He used his value among the prison guards and the trust he gained to give his friends a sense of freedom again - even for a moment. "There are things in this world not carved out of gray stone. That there's a small place inside of us they can never lock away, and that place is called hope."

The third time, he went to jail A library was established. To get the first batch of books, he wrote one letter a week for six years. He then increased it to two letters a week, and during Andy's second decade in prison, the library was completed.

This is also an epoch-making victory, and the impact of this victory is far-reaching. It was around this time that Tommy appeared, and the plot took a turn.

After Tommy was killed, Andy came out of the hole (confinement cell), and the day he was about to escape from prison, his dialogue with Red was very thought-provoking. Before escaping here, Andy reflected on his mistakes and that he must bear some responsibility for his wife's death.

It must be mentioned here that the scenes before and after the prison escape are handled very well. Red is always worried that Andy will commit suicide. In the face of despair, some people choose to die because it means a kind of relief - the director also tends to lead the audience to think in the direction of "death" here, and seems to want to make a joke with the audience - but for those who really want to be free For people, they will choose another path, a true path to freedom.

Later, Norton committed suicide. "HIS JUDGMENT COMETH AND THAT RIGHT SOON." This sentence is very ironic. The scene from Andy's successful escape to Red's release was a complete test of M. Freeman's acting skills. M. Freeman's monologues and performances always give people a feeling of seeing through the world and being proficient, which adds a lot to the show. (Wong Kar-wai has also used the monologue technique in films such as "Chungking Express" and "Happy Together", but Tony Leung's performance seems to be a little less than stellar.) From prison: "Sometimes it makes me sad, though, Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright..." In the end he opened the box and decided to go to Zihuatanejo to find his friend Andy and tell his last words "I find I am so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain ..." You can see his profound skills.

Obviously, this is not a simple, purely commercial film - although it did bring high commercial achievements - the 1995 US video rental champion. But apart from the box office, the amount of information it brings is also huge. For example, "value" is an important message brought by the film. What is the value of the life of a released prisoner? Brooks' story from his release from prison to his suicide is also a tear-jerking episode. As red said, he has been institutionalized ("institutionalized") by his long-term prison life. "Man's been here fifty years. This place is all he knows. In here, he's an important man, an educated man. A librarian. Out there, he's nothing but a used-up old con with arthritis in both hands. Couldn't even get a library card if he applied. You see what I'm saying?"..."Believe what you want. These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. After long enough, you get so you depend on 'em. That's "institutionalized.""

Cherishing your freedom is also one of the themes of this film. Red said of himself: "I'm the only guilty man in Shawshank." What he said in the HEARINGS ROOM for the last time was that he deeply regretted everything he had done.

"Not a day goes by I don't feel regret, and not because I'm in here or because you think I should. I look back on myself the way I was...stupid kid who did that terrible crime... wish I could talk sense to him. Tell him how things are right. But I can't. That kid's long gone, this old man is all that's left, and I have to live with that."

In fact, isn’t life itself a prison? Which of us is not the product of being institutionalized by society? The original movie poster of the film read this sentence: "Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free." This reminds me of a best-selling book some time ago: "Who Moved My Cheese": "Overcoming The fear in your heart, change yourself, release yourself."

When it comes to "The Shawshank Redemption" filmed in 1994 (known as "The Thrilling 1995" by movie fans), I will almost always be a movie fan. Classics in my heart, timeless topics in movie forums, bestsellers in video stores, and top three on the IMDB website.

Everyone is his own God. If you give up on yourself, who else will save you? Everyone is busy, some are busy living, some are busy dying. You are busy chasing fame and fortune, busy with daily necessities, stop and think for a second: Is your brain already institutionalized? Where is your God?

Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. A strong man can save himself, a great man can save another.

Cowardice can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. You feel free. The strong man saves himself, the saint saves others.

Prison life consists of routine, and then more routine.

Prison life consists of routine, and then more routine.

red:These walls are kind of funny like that. First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passed, get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

red: These walls are interesting. When you first go to prison, you hate the high walls around you; slowly, you get used to living within them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is called institutionalization.

I find I'm so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

< p> I found myself so excited that I couldn't sit still or think. I think only those who have regained their freedom and are about to embark on a new journey can feel the excitement of unveiling the mystery of the future. I hope to cross the border and shake hands with my friends. I hope the water in the Pacific Ocean is as blue as in my dreams. I hope.

I guess it comes down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying.

Life can come down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying. die.

Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stump your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth,I don't give a shit.< /p>

Red: I feel deeply guilty about what I have done all the time, not because I am here (prison), nor because I am trying to please you (parole officer). Looking back at the detours I have taken, how much I want to say something to that stupid young man who committed a serious crime, tell him how I feel now, and tell him that there are other ways to solve the problem. But, I can't do it anymore. That young man has long been submerged in the long river of time, leaving only an old man facing the past alone. Become a new person? That’s just a lie! Boy, stop wasting my time and put your stamp on it. To be honest, I don’t care.

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright...

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright...

Feathers are so beautiful!

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. Good things never go away.

there's something places, in the world that are not made out of stones, there's something inside, that they cannot get to, that they cannot touch. that's yours,

Andy in the video There is a saying: "forget that there are... place... in the world that are not made out of stone, there is something... inside... that they can not get to... that is hope" (Don't forget, this world penetrates All things with high walls, it is deep inside our hearts, they cannot reach it and cannot touch it, that is hope). Indeed, just as Andy said, the high walls of prison can constrain our physical freedom, and even institutionalized things can constrain our spiritual freedom, but hope cannot be given up. A life without hope is dark, lifeless, and even meaningless. Andy has never given up hope for freedom in his heart, and he has been working hard for his hope - every night he uses the small hammer to dig out walls that Red thinks he can't dig through in hundreds of years. As for Rhett and Lao Bu, they had given up hope long ago, thinking that hope would only make them more painful, and even believed that hope was the source of pain. What kind of spiritual belief does a person have that can endure 19 years of painful prison life without giving up his yearning for freedom? So he succeeded and took back his freedom.