《一级恐惧》影评：程序正义的胜利(2)

i believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty.
i believe in that notion because i choose to believe in the basic goodness of people.
i choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people.
and i try to understand that some very very good people do some very bad things.

分析完法律原理，再回头来看影片的构成。这部电影的精彩之处在于艾伦对马丁的追踪反追踪，他引导着律师与法官对于他没有杀人的结论进入一个否定之后再次否定的过程。如同影片《控方证人》，通过百转千回的方式去证明捷径的存在，案子看似扑朔迷离，实际只是简单的杀人逃命。但比起走一条宽大坦荡的路到达终点，人们更愿意相信山重水复和穷途末路后得到的终点。抓住了律师与法官心理走向的艾伦即使身在狱中也未影响自己呼吸自由的空气，在交涉时，他已经把头半伸出早已关不住他的铁窗，让阳光洒在他污浊却纯真的脸上，眼里嘴角的邪气与暴虐肆无忌惮地刺破着柔顺美少年的面具，他觉得，自己赢了法律。