On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott's third graders from the small, all-white town of Riceville, Iowa, came to class confused and upset. They recently had made King their "Hero of the Month," and they couldn't understand why someone would kill him. So Elliott decided to teach her class a daring lesson in the meaning of discrimination. She wanted to show her pupils what discrimination feels like, and what it can do to people.
Elliott divided her class by eye color -- those with blue eyes and those with brown. On the first day, the blue-eyed children were told they were smarter, nicer, neater, and better than those with brown eyes. Throughout the day, Elliott praised them and allowed them privileges such as a taking a longer recess and being first in the lunch line. In contrast, the brown-eyed children had to wear collars around their necks and their behavior and performance were criticized and ridiculed by Elliott. On the second day, the roles were reversed and the blue-eyed children were made to feel inferior while the brown eyes were designated the dominant group.
What happened over the course of the unique two-day exercise astonished both students and teacher. On both days, children who were designated as inferior took on the look and behavior of genuinely inferior students, performing poorly on tests and other work. In contrast, the "superior" students -- students who had been sweet and tolerant before the exercise -- became mean-spirited and seemed to like discriminating against the "inferior" group.
"I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third-graders in a space of fifteen minutes," says Elliott. She says she realized then that she had "created a microcosm of society in a third-grade classroom."
Elliott repeated the exercise with her new classes in the following year. The third time, in 1970, cameras were present. Fourteen years later, FRONTLINE's "A Class Divided" chronicled a mini-reunion of that 1970 third-grade class. As young adults, Elliott's former students watch themselves on film and talk about the impact Elliott's lesson in bigotry has had on their lives and attitudes. It is Jane Elliott's first chance to find out how much of her lesson her students had retained.
"Nobody likes to be looked down upon. Nobody likes to be hated, teased or discriminated against," says Verla, one of the former students.
Another, Sandra, tells Elliott: "You hear these people talking about different people and how they'd like to have them out of the country. And sometimes I just wish I had that collar in my pocket. I could whip it out and put it on and say 'Wear this, and put yourself in their place.' I wish they would go through what I went through, you know."
In the last part of "A Class Divided," FRONTLINE's cameras follow Jane Elliott as she takes her exercise to employees of the Iowa prison system. During a daylong workshop in human relations she teaches the same lesson to the adults. Their reactions to the blue-eye, brown-eye exercise are similar to those of the children.
"After you do this exercise, when the debriefing starts, when the pain is over and they're all back together, you find out how society could be if we really believed all this stuff that we preach, if we really acted that way, you could feel as good about one another as those kids feel about one another after this exercise is over. You create instant cousins," says Elliott. "The kids said over and over, 'We're kind of like a family now.' They found out how to hurt one another and they found out how it feels to be hurt in that way and they refuse to hurt one another in that way again."
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/导演: William Peters
主演: Jane Elliott
官方网站:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/制片国家/地区: 美国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 1985-03-26
IMDb链接: tt0257489
http://movie.douban.com/subject/3883396/按此部编剧的剧情看,试验本身极不靠谱!第一,参与者全是社会上的失败者,都是为了拿钱而来,真实身份上的一致性,导致试验的不合理性!因为他们原本都一无所有,所以才没有了实验结束回到现实后的身份回归的顾虑!第二,如果参与者真实身份有不同,或者矛盾的升级如原作一样有卧底的唆使,红灯不亮是因为被迫,那么才会让人信服!第三,如果有现实的强者对狱警组的人说:你小子别找事!这只是个试验,小心俩礼拜以后,哥回头办理你!还会有人整他吗?
这个实验就是给了一系列暗示让人去暴力。
电影是导演意淫出来的监狱,里面的规则也是实验人员定的,他们真的有了解过监狱里面的规则吗?现在已经没有用水枪冲囚犯的规定了啊,而且囚犯生病了是要看医生的,这实验莫名其妙,对囚犯的惩罚不应该是劳动和隔离吗?群体惩罚?你在练兵吗?还要增加囚犯凝聚力?真正的监狱会这样做吗?最重要的人身安全规则却不遵守,根本就不是什么监狱实验,都是被实验规则玩死的。
别说什么真实实验就是这样的,实验原型也是坨屎,以实验的名义行使罪恶之实,这实验有哪门子参考价值?把武器给一群人,让他们管束另一群人,没有第三方管束,还不能讲道理,使劲让人往暴力方向想,能不疯吗?
人之所以区别于动物,在于人更善于理性思维,在遇到出于本能的诱/惑或集/权下的压迫等情况下,更能权衡利弊,作出对自己相对有利的处理方式。这无可厚非,在生存面前,人往往比动物能适应环境,所以,人才会统领地球,高居于食物链的最顶端。自古就有人不为己天诛地灭之说,一个私字当先,才彰显人性的千变万化。于是,人类的文明就在不断的私/欲泛滥和良知的忏悔中更迭前进。
《死亡实验》就是一部以探讨人性为主题,根据美国心理学家金巴多教授的“史丹佛监狱实验”为基础拍摄的影片。故事其实很简单,为了满足科学家对未知领域的好奇心,于是,在社会上招募了一群人,参与到一项所谓的科学实验中,并许诺在实验圆满结束后,每人可得到一笔丰厚的酬金。众所周知,像这种以人体作为研究对象的实验,在医学领域最为常见,当某种新药物即将面市时,都要在一定的受众群内做药物反应实验,但大多的实验对象是急需这种药物治疗的患者,当面临选择死亡或一线生机时,这类实验没有任何可谴责之处,反而带有特定的人道主义色彩。而《死亡实验》却是以重金做诱饵,在变相自愿的方式下,采用私自羁押和施以软暴/力等手段,来研究人类在这种非正常条件下,心理及行为所作出的反应的非人道的科学实验。而历史证明,所有打着科学的幌子进行的非人道的实验,都是伪科学。
当这群人被分别赋予特别的身份时,对立也就产生了。一方是被赋予了权力的狱警,一方是失去自由身份低下的犯人,在这种权力相对集中,身份截然对立的情况下,矛盾也就显得格外明显和尖锐。西装革履包裹着的未必就是文明的真相,当身处社会最低层,习惯于卑微身份的人,一旦被赋予了特殊的权利,往往恶的一面爆发的更纯粹彻底。最初为了酬劳以一种游戏态度来参与的这群人,在失去自由,且双方地位和权力极度悬殊的情况下,心理慢慢地发生了改变。身为狱警的一方以不违规为由,开始是规劝和轻度的惩罚,当看到犯人们怯懦的听之任之时,他们在这种控制中得到了从未有过的满足感,以至于到后来,逐渐沉溺于被权利催生而出的高高在上的优越感而泯灭良知,致使暴力不断升级,超出了规则和底线,最终酿成血案。
影片在毫无避讳的鞭笞人性丑恶的一面时,也毫不吝啬的宣扬了人性光辉的一面。阿德里安布洛迪饰演的77号犯人,在屡次挑战权力和规则,又屡遭羞辱与暴打后,情绪终于冲破理智的防线,带领犯人发动了暴/动。影片中,当自由和言语已被当权者操控,尊严和权利惨遭践踏时,几乎所有人都成了沉默的大多数,对一切安之若素,这跟人的惰性和骨子里的软弱是分不开的。然而值得兴庆的是,也总有像77号犯人这样不安分的人出现,正因如此,理想和希望才更显得弥足珍贵,且名副其实。
阿德里安布洛迪在影片中的表演可谓游刃有余,是继《钢琴师》之后的又一次演技的大爆发。在电影《钢琴师》中,他凭借单薄的身材和忧郁的眼神,把一个饱受纳粹迫害的艺术家,刻画的惟妙惟肖。而在《死亡实验》中,则颠覆了以往的形象,以刚猛的铁拳和不屈的韧性,完美的塑造了一个刚柔并济、叛逆血性的汉子。
实验结束了,那扇象征权利和自由的大门豁然开启的同时,也把人性的丑陋和良善暴露在阳光下。每个人都心神俱伤,面对大自然的开阔和***,他们无处遁形。正如影片开始时快速切换的动物弱肉强食的镜头一样,其实,人类进化的或许只是自以为是的智慧和越加强烈的私欲,骨子里的兽性却一直未变。最后,影片在浪漫的爱情和唯美的画面中结束了,这脉脉温情的一幕给整部影片画上了完整的句号。这样的结尾或许不够深邃刻骨,可人都向往美好的事物,都喜欢沉溺在幸福的想象中不愿醒来,这也是人性的一面。
首先要说一部电影毕竟是很多电影工作者个演员们辛苦了很久才做成的,随意评价也算是一种不尊重,但是我真的不吐不快~~就让我发发牢骚吧!!这是我这个寒假看最失败的片子。首先,是我失误,我是想看德语原版,看到标题是das Experiment,听到第一句对白是英语,我还以为是德国导演拍的英语片。看到大鼻子和大小眼开始还很有亲切感,以为会是个好片。但事实,真的不知道是否是剧本的问题。首先,有哪个社会学家,心理学家,会再有人在实验里面丧生后还坚持看完一场可预见的斗殴?会实验中断,被实验者非死即伤,自己面临牢狱之灾后还给报酬的?有哪个传过去的篮球可以把别人knock down还带留鼻血的?这个剧情逻辑啊。。。这是传说中的硬伤么。。我真的看到一半的时候,期待著结尾会来个意外惊喜。。。真是太悲剧了,。。两个主角的背景也交待得模模糊糊,也可能是我没有认真看,但是我不打算再看。。那几条规则根据剧情需要取用……哎……,
什么东西都往犯罪,心理,社会,人性靠就深奥了?震撼了?值得玩味了?逻辑硬伤就像*盆子一样扣在很多角色身上,对于我来说真是不忍回想…
主角性格情绪变化一剧烈,脏话一骂,狠招把人一整就能看出人性之恶了?人物背景交待一缺乏,主角的变化就使他变得像心理有问题一样,而这就像饭刚煮出来就馊了一样…木有过程啊…一般说和心理有关的片子,都是刻画人物所在的环境或者经历,用主角和其周围的人正反衬人性优缺点,,显然这又不是编剧或者导演想表达的……搞得我都没兴趣看德语版的了。。还是看看…被翻拍就说明应该至少有些观赏性……
这片就是憋屈不过瘾还没内容…很难碰到这样的片…
人之初性本善,亦或是性本恶……?社会给予每个人的角色不同,人们就在使用着自己应行的权利,一群心理健康的善良的普通人,随机分出两组,狱警和囚犯。从单纯的角色扮演到最后动刀见血,权利的膨胀,人性的扭曲,环境的压抑,本能的顺从,让人触目心惊……
人性的放大镜,在欲望的支配下所有的关于人的阴暗面都赤裸裸地暴露了出来。暴力崇拜权威服从以及最可悲的角色认同,当实验者开始重复一些符号化的举动时,这个理论上的社会培养皿也开始被这些人之秘辛所推动着形成。心得就是要尽可能随时保持清醒,以平衡自己的社会角色 。
配樂真不錯。看到男主角手握刀刃被割傷手掌時我的第一反應是:再也不能彈鋼琴了!(滾
虽然可能没有初始德国版的好(德国版还没看过),但它表达的意思和根据真实事件改变的事实让我震惊,一切都那么真实。在缺乏制度的情况下,被“人民”的权威会自然的变成暴君,镇压人民,慢慢失去所有的理性,完全的忘了,其实我们生来(进监狱)前都是平等的好人。看了感觉很冲击。
比德国版差在哪里呢?男主角参加实验动机不同,美版单纯为了钱,带头造反也没头没脑,让人觉得他是个事逼。导演用了更刺激的画面,却显得很肤浅。结尾大家都莫名其妙恢复原来状态,更是逻辑不通。惠特克完全照搬《末代皇帝》里的样子。
可以理解其表达的主题,但是某些剧情节点处的转折过于突兀。
权力是春药,谁吃谁发烧!故事疑点不少,实在禁不起推敲;好在演员表现不错,所以整体属于有可看性。比起同期、同一路数的《致命应聘》强。吊梢眉影帝Adrien Brody演技发挥正常,意外的是居然大秀上半身,倒是一道开胃菜~
感觉不错,决对权利导致绝对腐败。人性是可怕的,当权利为自己拥有的时候,或是感觉到权利的诱惑后,都会拼命去拥有并保持它,人是最可怕的动物。就是片头所示的短片一样,弱肉强食。大概这是大自然的规律吧。现实生活又何尝不是如此呢。
一正一邪两人演技都不错,最后反击那段看得我爽呀哈哈垂死他们!
哪里有权力,哪里就有腐败;哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗
动魄惊心,人性本恶
制度改变人性,真实的试验是对犯人暴力太严重而终止,而不是片中犯人的胜利
权力的意志。
这一部算是新翻拍的版本,令人印象深刻的开头,其实我们不比动物好多少
实验室环境下邪眼与歪鼻的争斗。
人性本兽,无分善恶!
很不错的创意,被导演讲烂了。另,Adrien Brody这两年接的片子可真不少。
主旨是想用理性的实验揭示人性,但电影却翻拍的很没逻辑,又僵硬、又刻意——还是原版好,虽然更压抑,但看着不来气。
怎么说呢,有点exam的影子,一个封闭的环境,给大家一个任务,来反映出人性!从人物的设置(Brody是个反战斗士,惠克特是个四十几岁还和母亲住在一起的基督徒),节奏把握和演员的表演上这部电影都是很不错的!问题出在一个是规则,红灯不是说好有暴力就亮的么,二是做这个实验的主体交待不清
可怜的津巴多实验,被过度艺术化处理了。
斯坦福监狱实验vs米尔格拉姆实验
严格意义上这并非2001德国版的一个简单翻拍,虽然两者都基于著名的斯坦福监狱实验进行改编,但创作者的根本追问并不相同。禁闭在漆黑囚笼中的Adrien.Brody面对监视摄像头(镜头,camera)的那句质问“why don't you stop this?”,才是这部片子真正想要质疑和声讨的。