Link back, in and about so they run together.
She comes back in about 25 to 30 minutes...The Thin Blue Line · 1988 — 第 7 / 20 章 · 3'34" · B2
Adams's Statement Labeled a Confession, Explained：went blank
A statement Adams signed gets treated as his confession, and the film lets both sides speak over it. An investigator mocks the gap in his memory: "That part of his mind just conveniently went blank." Adams insists the document was never a confession, while police describe wasting weeks chasing a car that never existed.
あらすじ
Across several interviews, the film returns to the statement Randall Adams signed. One speaker describes reading a copy and signing it. An investigator recounts the suspect's account — he admits driving, remembers nearing the scene, then loses ten minutes and recalls everything else vividly. Adams says the case was built on a document he never saw as a confession.
注目の表現
went blankmemory lapsesigned a confessionas it turned out
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このシーンの表現
went blank
could not recall anything
Reading the statement, the speaker repeats the claim of amnesia with open disbelief.
My mind went blank right before I answered.
このシーンの他の表現
- memory lapse
a short gap in memory
- signed a confession
put a signature on an admission of guilt
- as it turned out
in the end, it proved that
- wrong information
incorrect details
このシーンのメモ一覧
47 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
one duplicate of
with a copy of this statement.read from start to finish
I read through it...turn right
He admits driving the car and taking a right on Inwood Road...gerund object: Admit takes a gerund, so admits driving means he acknowledges doing it.
He admits driving the car and taking a right on Inwood Road...turned to the right
After he made his right turn on Inwood Road...remembers nothing
He says he does not remember anything after that.negative polarity: After a negative, English uses anything rather than something.
He didn't remember anything about a shooting.Of and his both reduce, so only the key nouns stand out.
That part of his mind just conveniently went blank.blanked out — Casual for suddenly drawing a blank.
That part of his mind just conveniently went blank.recall having done it
He remembered driving the car...arrive at a place
and can't remember until he gets to the motel room...all the other things
which is some 10 minutes later. Everything else he remembers vividly.that is all it is — Spoken closing emphasis, a little heated.
And that's just a convenient memory lapse, is all that is.called it exactly that
But yet, they labeled it as such.cannot argue against it
Of course, I couldn't dispute this because I didn't even know about it.The t sounds drop, so it blurs into one run.
Of course, I couldn't dispute this because I didn't even know about it.a fairly detailed account
And she gave us a pretty good description of the car.parenthetical: The phrase stands outside the clause, framing what is reported next.
As it turned out, her description of the car was real close.subject clause: It is a placeholder subject; the real content sits in the that-clause.
It comes out that we weren't looking for a blue Vega.hours of human labor — Workplace jargon for labor time; rare in casual talk.
No telling the man-hours we literally wasted...with regard to
So in reality, in regard to cars...「Adams's Statement Labeled a Confession」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is about a piece of paper and what it is allowed to mean. Adams's account is blunt: the statement 'was never... and never would have been anything as "a confession."', yet the press and the prosecution used the word. The investigator's version is just as pointed in the other direction, dismissing the missing minutes as bad faith: 'That part of his mind just conveniently went blank.' and 'that's just a convenient memory lapse.' Later the film turns to the car itself, where the police admit they spent huge effort hunting a blue Vega when the car was a Comet: 'We just all had the wrong information.'
Theme
JusticeA defendant's signed statement is redefined as a confession, and a wrong car detail sends the case the wrong way.
LiesBoth sides accuse the other of a convenient version — a blank spot in memory, or a document mislabeled.
このチャプターで学べること
- A signature can mean very different things to a reporter and a lawyer.
- A gap in memory becomes suspicious the moment it is called convenient.
- Even a careful investigation can chase the wrong car.
- Flat delivery can carry more anger than a shout.
発音のポイント
- back in about — Link back, in and about so they run together.
- part of his — Of and his both reduce, so only the key nouns stand out.
- didn't even know — The t sounds drop, so it blurs into one run.
That part of his mind just conveniently went blank.The investigator's sarcasm: he doubts the memory gap is real, suggesting it appears exactly where it would be useful.
And that's just a convenient memory lapse, is all that is.He states his verdict flatly — the missing minutes are self-serving, not genuine forgetting.
But yet, they labeled it as such.The statement did not call itself a confession, yet others applied the word anyway, and the label stuck.
They kept me completely away from everybody.Adams describes being isolated, cut off from news and people, so he could not contest what was being said about him.
We just all had the wrong information.The investigator admits the search was misdirected because callers described a car that was never the one they needed.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Adams say his statement wasn't a confession?
Because he signed it believing it was an account he agreed with, not an admission of guilt. In his telling it was never anything like 'a confession,' yet officials labeled it as one.
Why is the missing ten minutes important?
It covers exactly the shooting. Adams remembers driving and nearing the scene, then blanks until the motel room, which the investigator treats as a suspicious, self-serving gap rather than real memory loss.
What mistake did the police make about the car?
They searched for a blue Vega. The car they actually needed was a Mercury Comet, so every tip about a Vega sent the investigation the wrong way — a difference one officer sums up as having the wrong information.
What does 'convenient memory lapse' mean here?
A gap in memory that seems too useful to be real. The speaker uses it to accuse the suspect of pretending not to remember only the minutes that would incriminate him.
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第 4 章swear up and downDavid Harris Brags About the Killing
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第 8 章under the impressionThe Car With No Bullet Marks
第 9 章scot-freeDavid Harris Gets Off Scot-Free
第 10 章cover forWhy the Story Was Two Hours Late
第 11 章refreshed her memoryMrs. Miller Changes Her Story
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