"The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-New Orleans" is a mainstream entertainment film full of bizarre plots. The film is filled with a lot of black humor, and unexpectedly creates a pleasant mood of pessimism
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Symbolic images such as fish, lizards, water snakes, crocodile, etc. repeatedly appear at the turning point of Terence's life or emotions, creating an atmosphere and following the changes in the character's mental state, which are more important than the storyline in the film. In the context of Hollywood production, its European film noir temperament completely surpasses the logic of American police films. If Terrence’s mania and tenderness are so confusing, it is to show that he is unable to contend with drug addiction and emptiness and become abnormal; the loose plot, main line and branch line appear and disappear without warning. It is easy for those who are concerned about the progress of the plot to wonder what Herzog's intention is to pave the suspense
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