In terms of the structure and plot of the story, "Razor's Edge" basically follows the model of Xi Pang's "Cry". From the introduction of the whole story by a woman who received a lunch box, to the pursuit of the truth by the relatives of the deceased rather than the police, to the unveiling of the fog, there are similarities in the design including many details, which shows that Palma has a lot of similarities with Hitchcock. Worship. However, Parma is not simply copying and plagiarizing. It also has its own unique place in the setting of suspense, the editing of the camera, the use of montage, and the arrangement of various tricks and small burdens. Take the two bathroom scenes from the beginning to the end. There is horror in the fragrance. Although they are dreams, they are extremely real. One brings out the story and the other is the finishing touch. At the same time, the two echoes from end to end, which is extremely impressive.
To talk about the most brilliant part of the whole movie, it is the period from the twelfth minute to the thirty-fourth minute. From walking into the gallery to being killed in the elevator of the hotel, the middle-aged woman Katie has experienced a trajectory from heaven (to affair) to hell (to be murdered). Especially in the non-dialog section in the gallery, Parma showed Katie’s desires and men’s excellent flirting methods incisively and vividly with only the language of the lens. What is hunger and thirst, and what does it mean to refuse and welcome? The psychological changes are really amazing.
Of course, the brilliance of the film lies in the highlight performance of the actors. Michael Caine, known as the old butler in the "Batman Trilogy", plays a perverted psychologist with gender identity disorder and split personality in the film. The two faces under the two faces are no less than in the history of movies. Those classic schizophrenics; although Angie Dickinson is not the protagonist, he perfectly interprets a middle-aged woman who is troubled by erotic desires, especially the psychological grasp of the role is absolutely in place; while Nancy Allen is acting A call girl who is both optimistic by nature and facing danger, sometimes nervous, sometimes courageous, makes people unforgettable.
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