[Killer] Viewing notes

Elliot 2022-04-20 08:01:05

1. Taken in 1956, Kubrick's third feature film, when he was 28 years old.

2. Team crime + multi-line narrative + black humor, affecting Quentin, Gary and Ning Hao. The last shot of RMB flying all over the sky in "No Man's Land" can be traced back to this film.

3. Team crime routines: team up—make a plan—execute the plan—the plan encounters obstacles or accidents—the plan ultimately succeeds or fails—divide the spoils and escape. Begin to use a scene to show the background and character of the team members, explain the motive of committing the crime, the role shaping efficiency is extremely high, and the scene is done. Only two non-staff personnel were accounted for during the team formation, and the rest were already in the plan from the beginning. There is not much to say about making a plan, and the results are presented directly. The operative part uses narration to connect the lines in series, without using parallel editing, but to go back to each paragraph from the omniscience perspective and narrate separately.

4. Transverse and long-axis photography is mainly used. The camera scans the entire environment, and there will be many occlusions in the foreground. There are more horizontal scheduling, less vertical scheduling, and a strong sense of stage drama.

5. Disadvantages : As a film noir, femme fatale is the main character, but femme fatale has too little interference in the execution phase, which mainly affects the stolen phase, resulting in insufficient resistance in the execution phase. Jonny's super strong character design ended up in nothing, showing an ironic ending, but the ending is based on the contingency of life, not the logic of the story. The participation of the cashier and the bartender is too little, and the role of the cashier is basically to pit teammates.

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The Killing quotes

  • Johnny Clay: Like the man said, "Life is like a glass of tea." Huh?

    Maurice: Oh, Johnny, my friend, you never were very bright; but, I love you anyway.

  • Maurice: Would it be out of order for me to ask for what it is you are willing to pay such a price to see me demonstrate my talents? I would imagine, it is for more than just your own personal entertainment.

    Johnny Clay: $2,500 is a lot of dough, Maurice. Part of it's for not asking questions.