At the beginning of the whole movie, before the shots of thunder and lightning appeared, there was a pitch-black sound with no image. It was the click of the lid of the lighter when it was opened and closed. A few seconds later it was the sound of the gun being loaded, and then It was the sound of a gunshot, followed by a storm of thunder and lightning, and the story began to unfold. The gunshot was cleverly connected to the sound of thunder. It sounded like thunder, but I heard it a few times and it was indeed The sound of gunfire followed by thunder was precisely due to the director's ingenious arrangement, so we ignored it at the beginning.
Why did the director make the sound of the lighter lid in front? It’s not to be cool or just to exaggerate the atmosphere, but in the scene when Joe knew that Chris had no money to pay the deposit, he originally left and didn’t take the business, and then there would be no more things going on. But when he turned around, he saw the beautiful Dotti dancing at the door. Dotti's smile and dancing disturbed the spring pond in his back garden, and he couldn't help flicking the lid of the lighter in his hand—click, click, and The sound at the beginning of the movie is exactly the same. The director deliberately close-up a shot of Qiao chucking with the lid of the lighter, because it was at this moment that he fell in love with Dotti, and it was also at this time that he changed his mind and decided to take the job. Joe is a principled killer. He definitely won't accept a job without a deposit, but the moment he went out, he was tempted to Dotti and wanted to get her, so he changed his mind. He made an exception and took over the single-homicide business. .
Therefore, the sound of the lid of the lighter represented this decisively unfolding process of a series of absurd events, but it also led to the ending of Joe, a bullet-it was the sound of the lid of the lighter opening and closing and the sound of the phone being loaded at the beginning of the movie. The sound of gunshots confused by thunder, this is the answer given by the director-when the lid of the lighter sounds, when Joe likes Dotti, there is a bullet behind it.
This movie can’t be seen through once, and it’s worth savoring again and again. It’s the best screenwriter of the movie, and there is more than just a little bit of what we saw.
View more about Killer Joe reviews
