This movie is an elegy for a prosperous age, a tribute to a bygone era, that golden moment of Hollywood movies, that moment of silent movies, that moment of great actresses, that moment of life where courage and wisdom coexist. Everything in reality is crushed to shreds, so the memory stays in that gilded age. The film focuses on the male protagonist Joe, and the viewer enters the film through Joe's guidance and becomes the main body of the story; and the film uses Joe's off-screen narration to start the narrative, which intentionally distances the viewer from the film's characters, and is ruthless. refusal to participate in the audience. Joe's opening narration, like the typical plot of a suspense film, foreshadows the ending of Joe's death and sets a huge suspense. Joe, a second-rate Hollywood screenwriter, accidentally broke into a desolate and eerie mansion while on the run, and because of a mysterious misunderstanding, he was never able to get out of the maze. When he ran away in anger in the middle of the night, the heroine Norma shot him, the first shot, he shuddered, still stubbornly walked forward, the second shot, and it was not until the third shot. Slammed into the water vertically and died in that ancient swimming pool. The swimming pool, which appears at least five times throughout the film, is heavily penned each time—when the only living creature runs by, when Joe swims, when Betty watches, and at the beginning and end , the moment when countless flashes are focused. In the mysterious building of this old Hollywood mansion, there are endless wine and money, but it is lonely, lonely, alienated, marginal, and exclusive. There is only one man and one woman here, guarding Shaky dreams. Norma lived in the glory of the past from beginning to end and never woke up. Max made her great and dug a coffin for her. When the lights on the set hit Norma's pampered face, the cheers one after another led her to return to the top. At that moment, her appearance in the movie made an annotation for Du Fu's "Qinghui Jade Arms Cold". When the film was frozen on Norma's distorted face at the last moment, her wild and mocking eyes squinted at the camera, as if to announce to the audience, "I am the king of the world". This dramatic scene scheduling makes people subconsciously use hand cover. Norma's schism is a true portrayal of many of us, only we refuse to admit it, seeking only alternative fulfillment in art, awakening that lost golden moment in fiction. In fact, there is still a lot to say about this excellent noir film, but let's stop here. Finally, I will mention the lines of the film, which is really wonderful and amazing.
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