The film is low-cost and quite styled. When people talk about it, most people are amazed at the effect it uses to create at a very low cost, but ignore or deliberately not talk about its shortcomings. Zhou Liming commented in the book: “The film is very powerful, without traces of cheapness, and it is widely acclaimed. A few years later, the same director took a lot of money and invited a big star to remake the version, but it paled in comparison.” Zhou His comments also contained exaggerated elements. With that little capital, I needed to make a film involving multiple shootouts, and I had to establish a style. How could it be possible that there were no traces of roughness? The scene where the guitarist jumped over the body and the people on both sides killed each other was laughable. This has nothing to do with the humor of the film. The director obviously wants to use slow motion and editing to design persuasive scenes, but even with the cover up, it does not avoid traces of inferior quality, which is even ridiculous. If funds are abundant, this problem can be avoided. Later, in his films, similar shots did not happen.
The film as a whole looks very complete. The story is simple but a bit new and cumbersome. The effects created by editing and oblique photography have largely erased the poor performance of the actors and the roughness of the picture, and even established a kind of irritating The style of the eyes is kind of cool. The narration of the guitarist adds some flavor to the film, like a director interpreting to tourists, with a sense of Mexico.
The film was released by Colombia, and it made a considerable amount of money. Robert Rodriguez also rose to fame and began his Hollywood career. The title of the "Trilogy of Murders" is quite resounding, but the film that is the source of inspiration is far less well-known than the "Desperado" (Desperado) in 1995 and "Once Upon a" (Mexico) in 2003. Time in Mexico). The translation of the name has caused some misunderstandings. The translation of "Desperado" in 1995 into "Trilogy of Murder" is the culprit, and the translation into a name such as "Desperado" will not cause ambiguity. I remember that the college English teacher finished "Desperado" in class, and the roommate was amazed by the gorgeous action scenes, and then searched for the other two parts, but couldn't figure out which ones it was. The name of the "Hill Trilogy" is a bit of a misnomer. It is different from other trilogy where the production environment and quality are on the same level. The three versions of a movie whose value is squeezed to the point of dryness are more appropriately called "Triple Sigh of Murder", but it is not an aria, but a constant selling of cool. For the audience, watching the third "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" produced in 2003, there is no freshness. The biggest entertainment function is that the character actor Steve Buscemi (Steve Buscemi) and other people who were convened in the second part Alternative accent, change your taste and continue to appreciate Johnny Depp's cool and poses.
Repetition of an idea and style over and over again, Hollywood naturally does not care, as long as it is profitable, it can continue forever. For director Robert Rodriguez, he probably doesn't care, if he cares, why keep shooting repeatedly. So far, in addition to the "Murder Trilogy" and the children's film "Very Little Secret Agent" series, his most famous work may be the swaggering visual style of "Sin City". Now "Sin City" will have the second and third parts, and "Very Little Secret Agent" is going to make the fourth part.
Robert Rodriguez looks like the incarnation of evil and innocence, while holding a chainsaw to the dawn, while telling wonderful fairy tales to children by the cradle. Robert Rodriguez's nasty fun style coincides with Quentin's, and they co-produced a movie "Ring Room". In the Cannes film selection that year, Quentin's part was separated and placed in the main competition unit. Except for Cannes's love of Quentin's consistent style, and the rejection of Robert Rodriguez, I am afraid that Robert Rodriguez's too commercial route. He has a style, but he has been commercializing his style. He doesn't mind repeatedly misusing a style until there is no money to make. In terms of self-restraint and innovation, and the pursuit of film art, his ambition does not seem to be great.
Regardless of Robert Rodriguez's future career, "The Killer's Elegy" can be regarded as the start of a fairy tale. The cheap and romantic singers and killer stories in the film are very attractive to young people who love movies, and the greater charm is that "The Killer's Elegy" represents a director's dream career starting from a poor street. s inception. This is more dreamy than the film itself. "Elegy of the Killer" tells a romantic story with a little sadness, and its birth story is an excellent inspirational blockbuster.
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