The picture of the film has a strong sense of the times. From character costumes to story scenes, the film is full of gloomy and solemn atmosphere, which is consistent with the general tone of that era. Therefore, it also affects the clarity of the picture and the saturation of the color. For example, the skin color of the character is always sallow, and the details of the dark parts are not particularly good.
Director Brian Russell De Palma’s smooth visual style is faintly visible in the film, such as slow motion, cross-cutting, overhead and vertical shooting. For example , the detective played by Aaron Eckhart was killed on the spiral staircase before and after the fall. The scene and space, the movement of the camera, the shooting angle of the lens, the movement and position of the characters, and the editing effects in the later stage all rendered an extremely panic atmosphere
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