Film What if Andy Dufresne was guilty?

Parma Dewol

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Rewatched Shawshank for the umpteenth time and, for reasons unknown, viewed it differently.

Straight from the off I thought there was something suspect about Dufresne. He seemed evasive during his trial at the beginning, and quite controlling whilst in prison, expertly coercing all the other people to his will.

Far-fetched theory, but not as far-fetched as some kid claiming to have run into the supposed killer.

So, did Andy pull the trigger after all?
 

Vidyoyo

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Yeah he did but that's not important. TSR is an exercise in getting us to sympathise with Andy by virtue of spending all movie seeing him as the good character. We stop looking at the dude in the context of his violence and assess him in a more humanist way for all of his other qualities, which reminds us not to judge him for one act in his past. It's arguable that the ending is all made up too - part of a dream logic used in the movies where everybody lives happily ever after. Escaping using a filer is really unrealistic but we want it to happen so much that it does. King was always interested in meta fiction and so wills it into the plot. The references to Rita Hayworth (original title of the book) are another hint about fiction as a form of escapism.

It really is a fantastic movie.
 
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