Comments on the movie "Shoshank Escape" Parole Screening Scene

Comments on the movie "Shoshank Escape" Parole Screening Scene

"My opinion is that when you're incarnated and you're ready to go into society, you want to go out and you want freedom. When you were originally a free man, you couldn't be responsible for that freedom, so you went to prison for murder. So to say that you can go out because you don't know what else you're going to do with that freedom... But in prison and in society, human beings can't enjoy complete freedom, and in society, living in a decent way with other people is the same as in prison and society, so it doesn't matter where you live in prison, society or whatever you want to do. It seems like you're letting this person go, saying that you can now live with the responsibility of giving him freedom."

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Red (Morgan Freeman), a life sentence prisoner in Youngjwa Shawshank Escape, will be reviewed for parole in his 20th, 30th and 40th years.

In the 20th and 30th years, he appeals to be paroled, saying he swears to God that he is educated and will not harm society.

But parole is denied.

In her 40th year of screening, Red says edification is just a pun created by politicians. When asked if she is repenting for her sins, the little boy (the stupid old man) who caused the accident says he is gone and that only the old man who regrets it is left, and that she should just beat him and not waste her time.

The Parole Review Board then votes on parole.

The above comment received a lot of sympathy.

But I do not agree.

The committee voted for parole because the accused Red was old in body and mind, and he seemed to commit suicide after living helplessly in society. I can also feel that in the conversations between the judges.

However, it is true that the red has changed in the 40th year of screening.
He recognizes and accepts his situation (life in prison) by calmly reflecting on other stupid people who have had accidents in the past.

In any case, audiences can understand that Red has changed significantly after having many conversations with Andy, receiving requests for hope from him, and Andy's escape from prison. However, it is hard to say that the committee was formed only a few days ago, and that the parole judges, who are unaware of the internal changes of the accused, recognized Red's change. If the committee is set up in this way, the writer and director are embarrassed.