The British Prime Minister's wife in the movie is indeed a CIA agent. Under the threat that her true identity may be revealed, she easily resolved the crisis. , and sow the seeds of turning defeat into victory.
The scene where the shadow writer dine alone with the Prime Minister's wife is a key part of the film. He told her that he suspected the murder, not the accidental death, of the former writer, McCalla. The Prime Minister's wife must be beating drums in her heart at this time, but her face is calm, expressing surprise and thinking of countermeasures:
first, to remove the disaster. Why does the shadow writer firmly believe that the Prime Minister is an agent developed by Professor Emmett after finding out that Professor Emmett is a CIA agent? I think his doubts about the Prime Minister started under the influence of the Prime Minister's wife. The Prime Minister's wife told him that McCalla had just quarreled with her husband before his death, apparently suggesting that the shadow writer's husband might have had a major role in the incident. It's really puzzling that the Prime Minister's wife can't keep her mouth shut. As a very politically minded wife of the head of the government, even if she suspects that her husband is involved in the murder, she should question her husband or secretly investigate it herself. How could she blurt out her suspicions to someone who has only known each other for a few days? Even if this person is her lover, she wouldn't have told her the family situation at the beginning of her acquaintance, right? So she said that her husband and McCalla's quarrel was just to divert the shadow writer's investigation.
The second is showing weakness. A strong woman during the day turns into a weak woman overwhelmed by internal and external troubles at night. The prime minister's wife sobbed and fell on the shoulder of the shadow writer, basically the purpose was achieved. Shadow Writer is completely blinded by her weak appearance. Almost everyone has sympathy for the weak.
Once again, it is short. The Prime Minister's wife took the initiative to reveal that her husband no longer listened to her words, and said in a fit of anger that she wanted a divorce. Unfortunate marriage is naturally empty of heart, so...
seduction. A unique and deadly weapon possessed by female agents. After that, the shadow writer will naively think that there is a tacit understanding between the two and others, and will be even less defensive about her.
When I saw this part of the movie, I felt that this bridge was very natural. Because from the careful eyes of the grass-roots like me, there must be turbulent waves under the calm waters of successful families. I didn't know until I saw the end that what the Prime Minister's wife said and did that night were all planned and prepared in a short period of time. A bloody movie will probably arrange for the prime minister's wife to be really emotional. Fortunately, this is Polanski, and good feelings are always smashed ruthlessly. The lack of emotion is the key to the victory of the Prime Minister's wife.
I think the naivety of the shadow writer is that after discovering the real identity of the Prime Minister's wife, he immediately wrote a note to protest against her. I don't think he knew he was doomed at the time and went out to show off to the Prime Minister's wife before he died. If so, he might as well write on the back of the note: please open to read and pass on to the next person. The shadow writer thinks that he has cracked the secret of the Prime Minister's wife, and wants to humor his one-night stand object. Since the shadow writer took over the job of ghostwriting an autobiography for the Prime Minister, his fate has always been in the hands of someone he can't see. The outcome of each of his actions cannot be predicted by himself. He couldn't predict his own death.
His tragedy is as he himself has always said, not understanding that politics is a cruel game.
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