Death and the Maiden Comments

  • Ruthe 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    A typical masterpiece of Polanski-style confined spaces, the ending of the doctor's confession is evocative. The jaw-dropping sin turned out to be nothing but a playful exploration of the urchin's mentality, as long as the environment endowed it with a lack of conditioning....

  • Immanuel 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Mistakes cannot be forgiven by redemption. This is true of movies, and it is even more true of reality. Are we not under the torture of...

  • Deontae 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    I hope the ending can be more ambiguous, and one is counted as one. [The Chinese translation is wrong. The most important thing in subjective complaints is the attitude of giving up. It should not be transferred based on whether it can prove the truth or not. "If he's innocent, then he's really...

  • Timmy 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Only the truth from the suspect's own mouth can "convince" or "reverse the verdict" for the "unwarranted" crime. The only question is how to get him to confess, and to what extent can the confession obtained by the gun-wielding centralizer be convincing. Although the history of humiliation in the past is over, the sinner's confession of his past crimes can make him live stronger. At the end of the film, the three people's eye-transmission at the concert is a bit...

  • Lois 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    In contrast, there is too much nonsense in the killing, and if there is a dramatic conflict in the joke, there must be emotional outbursts. Hanging and beating blindfolded, are you saying your...

  • Coby 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Adapted from a play. In the cramped space, there are only a few people, and the dramatic effect of the film is unobstructed. This one is a bit bland, not as good as "Killing", the music before and after "Death and the Virgin", and the eye contact of several leading actors seems to be a concert reverie of the heroine. This trial was carried out under extreme circumstances. The hysterical heroine's nerves were strained by the insult, and the doctor really explained the crime. This story can be...

  • Haylie 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Polanski turned the moral-political drama into a melodrama of intricate twists and climaxes. In order to create a tense dramatic effect, he compresses the original stage play from one day to one night to create a tense and real time rhythm. The space design as abstract as a symbol gives the story a sense of The moral of the universal, suggesting that such a story could take place in any dictatorship. There are only three main characters in the whole film, and the scene is also limited to a...

  • Angelina 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    When the criminal may go unpunished, when it is impossible for the criminal to offset his crimes even if punished, when the criminal appears in front of you, it is a question whether to be his own "trial" or to follow the so-called procedural justice. If procedural justice can't solve the knot, "immoral trial" can. Overall, she's still a "strong" woman,...

  • Sid 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Pollina, who was planted by the abuser, and Miranda, who was accused and confessed by the judge, were Polanski's two sides, the first half of his life and the second half of his life. Gerardo is a bystander and a witness, history and...

  • Merl 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    It looked like Polanski was doing a male self-trial. I prefer this kind of story that tears apart lies and truth in a closed space. The expressive and dramatic style inherits Hitchcock's lineage, which is very exciting. ps: Men judge themselves more convincingly than women judge...

Extended Reading

Death and the Maiden quotes

  • [last lines]

    Gerardo Escobar: I can't do it Paulina. I just can't.

  • Paulina Escobar: [to Roberto] Let's listen to it for old times' sake...