The Shawshank Redemption

After recommendation of a friend I thought of watching ‘Shawshank Redemption’ and the movie had so much to inspire that I am writing a blog . Though m unlike many not a big movie buff, but trying to pen down my thoughts. The movie starts with a scene of Andy’s(protagonist of the movie, played by Tim Robins) wife in a compromising position with her paramour. That is the only scene in complete movie where an female character appears, rest they are only visible in posters(Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Raquel) in the prison wall to indicate change of decade and to hold a concealed secret till the end of the movie. The movie’s theme is based on Stephan King’s(famous horror writer) novel where Andy gets falsely convicted for his wife’s murder. He ends up with two life term sentence and from here it starts Andy’s struggle in “not fairy tale world”, Shawshank .The movie ultimately ends with trump of human character with Andy setting himself free and standing in front of the vast free Pacific Ocean. The idiosyncrasy of Andy from the start was palpable when after getting heavy thrashings he refuses to succumb to the sodomy of his fellow prisoners .He proves his brilliance to jailors and gets his fellow prisoners a beer treat. He breaks the code of conduct in prison many a times and brings relief to his fellow prisoners .The last half n hour movie takes an unprecedented turn where Andy proves its hope and conviction that wins u in life. Unlike his fellow prison mate who ends up committing suicide after getting parole from jail, Andy starts a new life after making his great escape. The film is made memorable by Red(Morgan Freeman) with his voice over narration. I end my blog with the dialogue of Andy to Red “Hope is a good thing and no good thing ever dies”.