Sweet Smell of Success

By Spencer 2022-03-21 09:03:14

Unpopular Movies - Those Young People Who Come Out of the Sludge and All Dyed

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New York in 1957 was very much like today's Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, impetuous and prosperous. The long shadows on the streets of Manhattan at night are also a breeding ground for sin and ugliness, where people degenerate and succeed; the intoxicating night scenes and bright neon lights in the city symbolize wealth and status-the

By Allen 2022-02-07 14:46:25

A thriller of the highest level

Fast paced, well acted, tautly directed, and carefully scripted, this superb thriller, in a realistic way, develops a gut-wrenching story, depicts some memorable characters and above all represents the filmmaking of the highest level. It is so dark that you almost feel despair about the world. The dramatic tension is raised a historically new height. If you use one word to describe the movie, then it should be jaw-dropping, which means that you will never close your mouth until the end of...

By Brandon 2022-02-07 14:46:25

To feel the charm of film noir, you might as well start with this one

Film noir, or classic film noir to be precise, may be the most unique kind of existence in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Although the life cycle is less than 20 years (starting in 1940 and ending with Orson Welles' "Gone with the Wind" in 1958), its unique image style and profound characterization still deeply influence the latecomers. So going back to the contemporary era, any film that involves a darker theme and characters who are on the edge of morality will be called film noir....

By Kody 2022-02-07 14:46:25

60 years later, no film that portrays human greed has surpassed it

British director Alexander Mackendrick made several classic comedies in the 1940s and 1950s, the most influential being 1955's The Ladykillers, a black crime comedy. After that, McKendrick went to Hollywood to develop, and soon made the most outstanding work of his directorial career , "Sweet Smell of Success" (Sweet Smell of Success) .

The film was adapted from Ernst Lechmann's short story of the same name published in 1950. At first, Lechman...

By Domenick 2022-02-07 14:46:25

Humanity's darkest hour

Hansek is the most influential columnist in New York, his articles can make people famous overnight, but also can bring people down. Law Ke is an insignificant propaganda broker who dreams of entering the upper classes.

These two people are unscrupulous in their pursuit of money and status, which is beyond conscience and inhumanity.

Ordinary noir films will design some romantic love scenes. Whether the beauties are femme fatales or not, it will be too dull without...

By Adriel 2022-03-27 09:01:20

The Chinese subtitle version is wrong, seriously out of touch; I thought the success started with the news intermediary, is it...

By Missouri 2022-03-27 09:01:20

The photography and performance are both excellent works, but unfortunately the large dialogues reveal a lot of logical loopholes, and there are many points worthy of careful scrutiny. In addition, the plot twists of the story are very blunt, and it is difficult to keep up with this...

By Nick 2022-03-27 09:01:20

Huang Zongzhan's photography Curtis and Lancaster's acting, Elmer Berstein's soundtrack, are relatively inferior to the book. Dramatic noir...

By Jess 2022-03-27 09:01:20

How does the media make people impetuous? It opens a quick door, for good and for hypocrisy. People are immersed in it, unable to extricate...

By Aurelio 2022-03-27 09:01:20

The performances of the two male protagonists are terrific, the chemistry between Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis is full of chemistry, conveying the corrupt side of the metropolis and subverting our definition of "success", from From the competition between the characters in the film, it seems that the film satirizes those "successful people" who did not achieve their goals and unscrupulous means, and expressed the sinister and dark side of society through their possessiveness and abuse of...