Infernal Affairs Compact narrative
2022-04-18 17:34
The biggest credit for this movie is the director Liu Weiqiang. Liu Weiqiang made the film's narrative completely serve the plot, without any ramifications, completely in one go. In addition, Liu Weiqiang has also abandoned the previous Hong Kong movie gangster movies. He no longer puts loyalty, grievances and hatreds in the first place, but focuses on portraying the psychological changes of the characters; he no longer blindly pursues big scenes, big bangs, but The focus is on describing how things will go. Although this approach was often seen in Johnnie To's movies before, what is different from Johnnie To is that Liu Weiqiang's narrative method is more compact. In the film, Liu Weiqiang used a lot of close-ups to express the inner thoughts of the characters, which strengthened the tension of the film and made people watchful).
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Lau Kin Ming: I have no choice before, but now I want to turn over a new leaf.
Chan Wing Yan: Good. Try telling that to the judge; see what he has to say.
Lau Kin Ming: You want me dead?
Chan Wing Yan: Sorry, I'm a cop
Lau Kin Ming: Who knows that?
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Sam: What thousands must die, so that Caesar may become the great.