The heart, which was tense to the extreme, finally resumed its beating, and Nicholas gasped for breath, looking at Ed with a determined face on the screen, his eyes were even a little blurred.

Nicholas clearly knows what Ed has gone through - if Dudley is allowed to go back, Ed can rise to prominence, and even become the right and left hand of Dudley's criminal syndicate, but at the same time, Ed's obsession with "Rollo Tommasi" has never been able to let go. Nicholas couldn't help but wonder, if it were him, how would he make his choice?

Then, Ed pulled the trigger.

Nicholas knew it wasn't just a flick of his index finger.

Under the watchful eye of Prosecutor Raute and the police chief, Ed told all the facts, starting with the night owl homicide, told the background behind the whole story, and confessed the underground transactions behind L.A. Prosecutor Raut, who had been listening with bated breath, breathlessly breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that Ed didn't say his name.

Since this was a big scandal for the Los Angeles Police Department, they finally came up with a stopgap solution, and Dudley became the hero of the heroic sacrifice of the crime syndicate. Although Ed didn't hear the conversation between the prosecutor and the bureau chief at all, he clearly knew what was going on in their hearts, so he told the truth, "hero", and the mocking smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to be enlightened.

So, Ed chose to trade, and he became the new director of the Hollywood bureau. At the ceremony, Ed saw Lynn with neat short hair, and Lynn laughed, "You just can't refuse the temptation." Confuse. ”

Ed tugged at the corners of his mouth, "They want to use me, why can't I use them?" "This is the social reality.

After following Lynn out, Ed saw Bud, who was seriously injured but had begun to recover, and the two of them shook their right hand through the car window. Bud and Lynn leave Los Angeles and return to Los Angeles to live an ordinary life together.

Under the sun, Ed sent Lynn and Bud's car away with a determined gaze, and the amber eyes that were not covered by gold wire glasses gleamed in the light, which seemed meaningful.

When the big screen went black, Nicholas was almost the first to stand up and stir his hands excitedly and excitedly, because this was the only way to vent the endless turbulent emotions in his heart. Because of this wonderful movie, but also because of this cruel and beautiful ending:

Ed chose to stay, using the only remaining heart of justice to take root in this dark society; Bud chose to leave and return to the simple life of the countryside with the woman he loved. This is the reality, the so-called heroes do not exist, justice is like the North Star, the dazzling light guides the direction of everyone, but the light in the thick night is so faint, only a small number of people can stick to the direction of the North Star. Unfortunately, what is even more cruel is that most of the others are the indelible darkness of the night.

But fortunately, when it is night in the Eastern Hemisphere, it is day in the Western Hemisphere. At the very least, it can be proved that there is still a pure land in this world. Bud and Lynn's backs basking in the sun as they walk away make people believe that it will be the path to happiness.

"L.A. Confidential" did not have a Hollywood-style happy ending - of course, Bard and Lynn's success was still happy, and Dudley's elimination was still perfect, but corrupt officials, including prosecutor Lauter, still existed, and definitely not a few; Ed made the most unsuitable choice for Hollywood heroes, he concealed the reality of Dudley and the conspiracy behind it, he concealed the dark status quo including Raut, he chose to trade in exchange for his promotion and future, and he is still the ambitious and scheming young man at the beginning of the movie. Such a hero is more like a dark hero, which does not correspond to a Hollywood-style happy ending.

However, it is precisely this ending that completes the whole story. Bad people are still bad people, good people are still good people, good people may become bad people, but bad people can hardly become good people, and people who wander in the gray area will never see the light. Sell. Lewdness, drugs. Industries such as goods, gambling, and violence still hold control of Los Angeles so deeply that the elimination of the leaders does not mean that these industries are eliminated. The Inspectorate's so-called "big picture" choice has become a breeding ground for evil, just like the cause of the whole "L.A. Secrets" story: Mitch Cohan is taken in, Dudley and Pierce appear; Now that Dudley and Pierce are dead, L.A.'s grey industry is still ambitiously waiting to be taken over, and corrupt officials are still in high positions, albeit trembling.

Society is still an endless cycle.

In fact, the ending of "L.A. Confidential" also asks a bold question: Will Ed Easley become the second Dudley?

Of course, Nicholas wants to believe that Ed won't, because Ed and Budd's fighting friendship, Ed and Jack's heart-to-heart conversation, all make Nicholas believe that Ed is still the young man who became a police detective for Rollo Tomasi. Ed is a smart man, but he's also a righteous man.

Perhaps, this is the biggest problem thrown by "L.A. Confidential".

However, at least "L.A. Confidential" gives a little hope, even if the society is still dark, corrupt, and mixed, there will always be people like Ed, Jack, and Bud who have a clear conscience, make the right choice at a critical moment, and then abandon their previous suspicions and work together to bring the world on the verge of darkness back into the sun. It's like the blinding sunlight when Bud and Lynn leave.

Cruel, but beautiful, such an ending made Nicholas have no way to control the emotions surging in his heart, he can only stand up quickly, and immediately encourage his hands, looking at the slowly moving subtitles through the hazy tears, the lights of the cinema are still not on, but Nicholas stubbornly stands in place, wantonly releasing the waves in his heart with applause, except for this method, he doesn't know what he should do, and the boiling thoughts in his brain can't be sorted out at all, he only knows"I'll watch this movie again, twice, three times......"

However, Nicholas was not alone, and almost at the same time as him, four or five audience members stood up in a scattered manner, and everyone struggled to cheer their hands and give applause to the film. Immediately after, more than 20 people, more than 100 people...... Finally the whole medium. The audience of the National Theater stood up collectively and cheered for the film with warm applause, and the thunderous applause gradually merged into one, making the entire theater begin to shake gently.

The lights of the movie theater slowly turned on, and when you looked back, you could see the dense audience standing up collectively, the excitement and excitement on everyone's faces were so similar, and the joyful applause was so consistent, simply and accurately expressing the feelings after the screening of "L.A. Confidential".

Perhaps, the theme of the "Seven Deadly Sins" is heavier and more profound, but it carries some religious implications: Is society really that bad? Maybe not yet, maybe terminally ill, the film uses an extreme means to tell the story, more of which leaves endless reverberations, and the character of Anonymous maintains all the thoughts.

But the theme of "L.A. Confidential" is more realistic and real, with the different personalities, different choices, and different endings of the three main characters, clearly representing different groups in today's society. There is no doubt that the story told by "L.A. Confidential" is the current state of society, not just in the fifties, but also in the present in 1997.

The ending of the "Seven Deadly Sins" is even darker because it does not give a solution to it, maybe society will continue to sink, maybe one day it will be redeemed; The ending of "L.A. Confidential" is more realistic, and the discussion of society is more comprehensive, it does not actually give an answer, but it tells people that different choices can make different contributions to society, and perhaps changing society requires everyone's little by little changes and efforts every day.

Nicholas suddenly remembered Hugo's words in an interview on the red carpet of the premiere, "'L.A. Confidential' is a thicker and more complex work", which is the truth. If Nicholas had to choose, he might have liked "L.A. Confidential" more, not because of the ending, but because the film was more realistic — the kind of cruel reality, even bloody reality, that seems to be happening in life while watching the movie.

Nicholas can't wait to walk into the cinema for the second time.

Curtis Hansen stood up, then Hugo and Kevin, then Russell and Charlize, and the applause of the audience rose a notch again, almost making people think that the roof of the theater was about to be torn off. The crew walked to the front of the cinema, took the microphone one after another, and waited for the next exchange and questioning session, but the applause at the scene was unwilling to stop for a long time, which made Curtis smile with satisfaction. All of this reminds one thing: "Hugo must be a masterpiece", and this time the film once again undoubtedly continues this law, whether "L.A. Confidential" is another "Seven Deadly Sins" or another "Death Row Walk", but it is certain that this is an absolute masterpiece worth remembering.

As for whether it can become a classic, it may take a second or third time to watch the movie and savor it carefully. It's like ...... "vulgar".

The applause, which lasted for nearly five minutes, finally subsided under Hugo's control, and all the members of the crew focused on Hugo, who picked up the microphone and chuckled lowly, "Very good, I will take these reactions just now as a sign that everyone is very satisfied with the movie, and then I refuse any kind of criticism." After saying that, Hugo solemnly pushed his hand and made a gesture of refusal, which made everyone in the audience laugh.