Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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Ironic that Warner Bros distributed this as the Warden and Zaslav are essentially the same fucking person And both can rot in hell
Yeah, it's incredible. The most simple narratives can often provide you with the best narratives. powerful storytelling, complex and human characters, and the horrors you are forced to endure only help the ending feel as uplifting and relieving. I love Forrest Gump but there is no goddamn universe where it's better than this
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
This is without a doubt one of the greatest stories of all time. Perfectly executed and incredibly crafted. Undoubtedly influential. While a specific indictment on the modern slavery of America’s incarceration system, it is still widely relatable to most people’s ambitions, dreams, and hopes. While perhaps not literally imprisoned, many feel trapped, caged, and chained to their day-to-day lives. Institutionalized, never imagining a way out or a world outside. Never looking up. Hopeless. And I would like to say that if we, like Andy, keep plugging away, working hard day after day, year after year, we can eventually escape. But for most, that simply is not possible. Whether by will or by design, many will not escape the horrors of the systematic corruption that plagues our world and our nation today.
it's the potential of what someone can become if they stop masturbating to hot ladies.
amazing.