A few things that impressed me about the film:
1. Peterson went to JB's room to express his love. The two expressed their sincerity and kissed each other. The doors of the heart were opened one after another, and the opened doors were superimposed on the scene of the two kissing affectionately. It shows that love has stood above any danger and reason at this moment. It is naturally not difficult to understand that the heroine gave up her promising psychiatrist position for JB. This kind of irrational love is very similar to the clown girl in "Suicide Squad". Desperately falling in love with the clown man, like a moth to the flame, and rushing towards the beautiful poisonous rose of love. The more dangerous the relationship, the more tempting it is. But the dangerous lover in the general film and television works can always get the return of love.
2. Dalí's surreal dream setting, JB is a patient who has been traumatized three times. The deepest wound is that he accidentally killed his brother on a slide in childhood, leaving a wound of lifelong remorse; the second time was a military plane crash and his arm was severely injured. The burns left indelible scars for a lifetime; the third time he accidentally bumped into Dr. Edward and was killed in a vendetta, he died in a ski resort, and the murderer also intended to blame himself. These three accidents left JB with painful memories, so he selectively forgot and turned himself into Dr. Edward, but sporadic memory fragments still came out from time to time to remind him that he had killed people. The symptom is that every time he sees a strip of scratches He was stunned, nervous, and scared.
The dream created by Dali is particularly fantastic and impressive.
A casino full of eyes, symbolizing prying, hateful eyes, and an uneasy atmosphere. A girl as beautiful as an angel brings a sweet kiss to everyone, and Peterson is the goddess in JB's heart. JB and Doctor Edward are playing cards. The card given by JB symbolizes the club location symbol, while the blank card given by the doctor symbolizes the peace that a doctor brings to the patient, because JB is here to ask Doctor Edward to treat the wounds of war. Then the accident happened, and the casino owner with stockings on his head came to accuse Dr. Edward of cheating, occupying his turf, and making him pay. A conspiracy walks into JB's dream. This conspiracy is what got JB into a murder case.
This shot is very similar to Dalí's painting "Eternal Memory".
3. Another one is that Peterson finally solved the mystery of JB's dream and ran to confront the dean. Although this operation is rather confusing, a crime is a big deal and the heroine will die together. Death and apology. Slowly turning the gun aimed at the heroine and shooting at the audience's subjective shot, this shot is very threatening, and the bloodless suicide has also become a classic that future suspense shootout films will continue to emulate.
Hitchcock, Dalí, and Freud, all three together, turned into a surreal suspenseful dream psychoanalysis crime film. Influenced generations of filmmakers.
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