Response to Marty's & Hans' Story

Seven Psychopaths - Viet Cong Psychopath, Original (Marty's)
Seven Psychopaths - Self Immolation Scene (Hans')

Seven Psychopaths - Transcript (en)

Hans edits Marty’s story dramatically. We compared both stories on class, and discussed their similarities and improvements. Apart from what we have already discovered, there may be an important point missed. I think the most significant change in Hans’ version is the positive ending, and the previous one is quite negative. We have came up with that the Marty’s and Hans’ ending are destruction, but the difference is that Hans’ is self-destruction rather than Marty’s destructing enemies. The former just releases rage without considering any effects which would grows more and more hatred. This is why I called it a extremely negative ending. The later conforms to Buddhism and Confucianism, which suffuse Vietnamese life, to render good for evil. The Vietnamese gives up to revenge. The life biggest moral excellence is the mercy, and the biggest courage is admits mistakes. I think the Vietnamese’s self-immolating will awake the American society to admit mistakes. There is no doubt that it is a thought-provoking positive ending. And this is the essential change, in my view.