This is a tragedy film with suspense as the story line. The first half is "suspense film" and the second half is "love film".
Hitchcock is really a master of storytelling, and he is fascinating, well-informed, and paving the way for it. Because this movie lasts for 2 hours, I can’t watch it all at once and watch it in two days. When it was interrupted for the first time, I couldn’t help being curious. I really wanted to know what was going on, but it didn’t happen. Hold back and go to read the comments. o(╯□╰)o In fact, I discovered a strange thing at the time: after the wealthy businessman commissioned Scottie, he did not appear in the middle of the period. Scottie does not report to him, nor does he take the initiative to inquire. He didn't feel nervous when he learned that his wife had dived and only called and asked at Scottie. Isn't this strange? So when flashing back in the form of memories When it comes to the truth, it's not surprising at all.
What I want to say is that this is a tragedy. The most pathetic is Scottie. When he was used as a gun for no reason, it was because he had a fear of heights. He fell in love with the hostess and was affected by her deliberate fatalistic words and elegance. The mysterious temperament was fascinated; the heroine Judy was originally the wife of a wealthy businessman, Madeleine, and was probably created by the wealthy businessman as a soul-out beauty. I didn’t expect that Scottie fell in love with Madeleine, and Judy fell in love. This detective who loves "self". He fell in love with the feeling of "falling in love with Madeleine", and Judy fell in love with the feeling of "being loved". Their love has no real support, no real "ontology" person, everything is built on illusion. So even if Scottie meets Judy, he still loves "Madeleine". He is unwilling to accept the vulgar and lively ordinary woman Judy. What he thinks of is the elegant, mysterious, and smileless "Madele." Lin", and this person does not exist, just like the movie portrays it is an illusion that attracted him to the bait. And Judy is also very pitiful. She was first the lover of a rich businessman. I guess the rich businessman is also interested in looking for someone like his wife. She is a salesperson from the bottom, and of course she is very longing for the luxury life of the upper class. So under the temptation of money, she played the role of "Madeline" and asked Scottie to testify to the fact that Madeline jumped off the building. But the problem is that Judy is a girl who is not very smart and loves fantasy. After she took the money, she did not leave the place of right and wrong. She fell in love with the feeling of "being in love". We know that the rich businessman never loved her, and Scottie's love She gave her a new life and made her willing to take the risk and try to make Scottie fall in love with herself. Unfortunately, when she took this sacrificed step, she gradually lost her initiative and continued to play Madeleine willingly, just to hear him. If you say you love her, you don't care if you love her. What a poor girl! Sometimes love is really blind, and people who fall in love can’t tell whether they fall in love with the feeling of being “in love” or “being in love”, or fall in love with the person themselves, because it is difficult to distinguish between the two. In addition, the fool in love is "silly and unclear", and reason is useless in the face of emotions. But in fact, there is a fundamental difference between falling in love with the "being in love" and falling in love with this person. If you just fall in love with the feeling, the feeling will not last long, because the feeling will change.
Of course, there are a few small bugs in the show. One is that the detective has repeatedly followed Madelyn at close range. Wouldn't Madelyn notice? Of course, according to the plot, she knows it, but the question is, doesn't Scottie doubt that the other party will find that she is following her for a long time? This tracking technique is too clumsy. Second, Scottie's ex-girlfriend, who has always been in love with Scottie, tried every means to please him. What happened? What do you want to explain? For some reason, when I saw her false smile (especially her upper lip is too thin), it reminded me of the sincere and nasty smile of a "clown" villain, always wondering if she would mess it up in the back? However, the silent character disappeared without any effect. Third, the script was written by a coincidence. There was a detective who was afraid of heights. He happened to be retiring. He happened to have a lover who looked like the wife of a wealthy businessman. Only by finding these factors together could she kill Madeleine. It's really not easy. If Judy didn't ascend the tower alone, then Madeleine who killed her first would have died in vain. Fourth, was there no technology to check footprints at that time? There are a few people's footprints on it. It shouldn't be difficult to find, right? Sherlock Holmes has already begun to see footprints. Didn't an autopsy find that the real cause of death was suffocation? The detective ran away after falling from the tower, but the prosecutor did not suspect the detective's crime? The logic for solving the case does not seem to be rigorous enough!
James Stewart was 50 years old when he was acting in this film, but thanks to the highlights, his skin is very smooth, but it is not like 50 years old. Some people say that Hitchcock thinks that he is not as good as he used to make the box office bad. The appearance and temperament are very good, but in fact, letting a lively market girl act as an elegant and upper-class lady is to be reborn, see "Slim Lady". I haven't had much interest in old films, but I recently discovered that Hitchcock's good films are not inferior at all, and the narrative and technique are quite good.
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