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Regarding the lack of color, movies in the era of black-and-white films tried to make up for it with the beauty of light, presenting a clean and delicate style, which was mostly beyond the reach of color films. According to Bazin's concept of "complete movie", this is due to the deformity brought about by a certain imperfection, but this carefully crafted attitude is still admirable.
The "Secrets of Lorna" produced by Fox in the 20th century is also exquisite in many black and white films. It is a work of the same period with "Ivan the Terrible" in 1945. It will be interesting to compare it.
Both films are very beautiful. "Ivan the Terrible" emphasizes the beauty of characters, and "The Secret of Lorna" pays more attention to the beauty of structure and layout. "Ivan the Terrible" focuses on the "telling" of emotional thoughts, and "The Secrets of Lorna" is closer to presentation: telling a story of repeated suspense.
The result is that films like "Ivan the Terrible" are no longer seen, and can only be seen as a special style in film history. The classic Hollywood model represented by "The Secret of Lorna" is still the mainstream of the world's cinema despite several transformations. It has been proved difficult to surpass by time.
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The narrative of "Laura" is very special, the camera follows " The "narrator" can be changed at will.
This film is a good proof that the film is not just the expression of literature through another medium. The narrative perspective in literature is difficult to change (the reader does not understand it). Because of the existence of the camera, it can be transferred almost without explanation. (The audience will not feel that there is anything wrong).
So the film can start with Ledeke’s inner narration, follow his actions after Inspector McPherson appears, enter Ledeke’s memories during the conversation (actually enter the past time and play the game of time), insert some other things from time to time Scenes. For the audience, knowing information is both limited and omniscience, so the appetite is stoked.
But this is not a film that relies entirely on suspense reasoning to advance the plot. The completion of Laura's image and the shaping of Ledec's character are the key points. If the impressive characters are to be ordered, I think they should be: Ledke, Laura, McPherson, Carpenter...
In the process of investigating, I fell in love with (other’s) narrative and imagination The victim's McPherson in this film may just be suspicion and create time for plot deduction. The silver shin has not been able to add much legendary color, after all, the case itself is not complicated (there are only three or four suspects, and they are better excluded), and the detective has not much room to play.
Waldo Ledec’s feelings for Laura are the focus of this film. Ledec has money, relationships, status, and fame, but he cannot get it from those strong men when he is old and weak. Laura's love. Although without him, Laura might never be known.
Laura succeeded under Ledeke's strong promotion and her own efforts, but Ledeke, who was so humorous and wise that could give her the whole world, could not get her love.
He couldn't bear it, so he decided to destroy. This behavior can be seen as a distortion, but it is not incomprehensible. Laura will be with others after all, you can only rest underground.
There are two lessons in this story:
1. Girls try not to rely on others too much, otherwise they may be mad if they refuse others at that time.
2. If you like someone and give something, don't expect to return, because there is no return, and the feelings paid out of return are not true and long-lasting.
In addition: As a suspense film, a lot of work has actually been done. For example, at the beginning, McPherson paid attention to the Ledec's clock. Ledec said there is another one in Laura's house. Ledec said that when he wanted to take back a few things from Laura's house, he could basically be judged to be the murderer (you like a person so much, how can you care about the value of a few things after her death).
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