How Peter Medak Gains the Viewer's Sympathy for Derek Bentley in the Film Let Him Have It

Let's let him own the movie, how Peter Medak gained the spectator's sympathy for Derek Bentley in the movie. That is the real story of Derek Bentley. Derek was a 19-year-old epilepsy and entered the hut at a young age. He was sent to an authorized school, but due to his epilepsy and low IQ, he was released very soon. Later it was discovered that Derek's mental age was 11 years, it played a later cheating and important role. After he was released he finally dealt with local youth, Christopher Craig, an American style gang with a dangerous hobby.

From the beginning of the movie, Peter Medak chose to use Derek Bentley as a victim. The first thing you see in the movie is Derek's high angle shot trapped under the debris of fire, destruction, and building surrounded by panic. This will seduce you. Another reason why Derek was treated as a victim because his psychiatric patient was about 11 or 12 years old. His real age is 19 years old. He was healthy after the release from debacle, close up his face. In the whole movie, Derek has three very detailed epilepsy episodes. You can see the extent to which he feels pain and discomfort.

Recently, Peter Medak's movie "Let him own" held in New York last month has drawn an empathic portrait of Mr. Bentley's life and suggests that the authorities misrepresent the facts carried out by the authorities . Last July, a special preview of this movie was held in the Diet. This film will be released in New York and Philadelphia and will be held in 12 cities in the U.S. next week. On the evening of 2 November 1952, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Christopher Craig, 16 years old, apparently got into the thief on the roof of the candy warehouse in Croydon district of South London. Members of the Metropolitan Police Department Croydon Province arrived and immediately arrested Mr. Bentley. Mr. Bentley said he was armed with a knife and a brass knuckle. But Mr. Craig took a gun, shot and injured one of the police officers, and then shot the police officer Sidney Myers.

• Derek Bentley: In 1953, a 19 - year - old Derek Bentley was hanged for murdering a police officer. Derek has severe learning difficulties and suffers from epilepsy. He was arrested for robbing a child 16 years old, arms 16 years old, Bentley got a knife and knuckle. During his arrest, Bentley heard that he was shouting to his group "he has it," then he drove a police officer. All of them were accused of murder, but at the age of sixteen they were too young to face the death penalty. The lawsuit is ambiguous, but can Bentley spiritually try? When Bentley screams "he owns it", he can not say "Does he have it (gun)?" The jury found Bentley guilty but asked him to show mercy. Bentley was executed afterwards despite strong protests