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When the film in the miniature camera was washed out in the developer solution, all the secrets were revealed: it was not Julian who was with the German Becca and his wife, so it was Louis who killed the German with a pistol; he died in the office. Carrara, the owner of Carrara, did not commit suicide, but by Julian, because he and Carrara’s wife DeLorance hugged each other in the photos-some of the photos pointed to the murderer behind the shooting of the German, others An extramarital affair was exposed. When the photos became clues and evidences, the two murders were revealed to the world.
The 1957 film, Louis Mahler’s debut, in this black and white film, Louis Mahler does not seem to be simply shooting one or two murders, not to create suspense and be uncovered at the end, from beginning to end, these two The murders were not behind the scenes, Louis Mahler even removed all doubts, and straightforwardly pushed the case to the audience, without suspense, no horror, but when Louis Mahler stacked the two cases full of chance and coincidence Taken together, it seems that what he wants to explain is the metaphor in the hidden world of "the elevator to the gallows".
From the appearance of the movie, the story lacks enough appeal. Julian’s murder, Louis’ car theft, fake Julian, and even the final shooting are all performed in the lens. It’s just such a story in the lens of Louis Mahler. Here, it not only shows the inherent black style of crime films, but also is full of the possibility of being misunderstood. Julian and Carrara’s wife fell in love, and to maintain this extramarital affair, they had to kill Carrara. This was the first murder and the starting point of the whole story. After meeting at the coffee shop for about thirty minutes, Julian made full use of his experience as a paratrooper during the Algerian War, using a rope to climb up the floor where Carrara was, and easily killed him. With a trustworthy boss, Julian created the illusion of suicide after killing the boss, and then he returned to his office along the rope, leaving get off work with his colleagues without knowing it.
In this murder case, Julian was skillful in all operations, whether it was a rope or a pistol prepared before, or creating an illusion that had been in the office to prevent colleagues from suspecting it, all dripping, and at the crime scene, he was even more handy. In the first shot, Julian took out his hand and pointed it at Carrara. In the second shot, Carrara had fallen on the table. In the transition of the camera, everything seemed extremely natural, and the murder case was hidden in the dark. After the completion, Julian used a dagger to perfectly control the spring of the door lock, so that the judgment made when the door was locked was locked from the inside.
It was so perfect, but one detail was missed. When Julian left the office building with his colleagues and got in his convertible luxury car, the moment he looked up, he found that the rope had not been retracted, it was floating on the roof. This is undoubtedly a piece of evidence, so Julian quickly ran back to the floor, preparing to hide the exposed rope. But when he avoided Mosri, the doorman, and got on the elevator, Mosri, who was off work, turned off the electricity in the entire building. When the elevator stopped, Julian was locked in. He killed people, naturally unable to shout, unable to ask for help, so in this closed world, Julian wanted to open the elevator door through his own efforts. He unscrewed the screw and dismantled the door panel, but everything seemed to no avail, in the dark. , He even wanted to search for an exit by sliding to the elevator shaft. Not only was there no possibility, but it even created danger. When setting up the plot, Louis Mahler deliberately arranged for another person on duty to come and inspect late at night in order to create panic. After checking, he suddenly activated the electric device. At this time, the elevator started to run and went down with Julian hanging underneath. There was a solid floor underneath. If the elevator continued to go down, Julian would be crushed. At this critical moment, the duty officer turned off the electricity again, which made the audience's gripped hearts relax.
This is a narrative clue, and outside of Julian is the clue of Louis and his girlfriend Veronique. This clue is based on Julian's mistakes, so it is full of adventure. Louis envied Julian’s car parked on the side of the road, and then drove away with Veronique. They drove on the highway and felt the feeling of speeding while accelerating, while Louis put on the jacket Julian left in the car. In the pocket of the jacket was the pistol that killed the boss Carrara. The car later drove to a motel and met the Bekas couple from Germany in the hotel. They drank together. When they left, they went back to the house. Uneasy Louis decided to leave in the middle of the night. When he was about to start the car, he again When encountering Beka, Beka was holding a gun and pointed at them. It was probably a defensive mentality. However, in Louis’s opinion, this gun was full of danger, and he also took out his Julian coat. The pistol in the pocket was shot at the Bekas without any explanation. Finally, Louis and Veronica drove away from the motel. After returning to Paris in the early morning, they abandoned the car on the bridge.
Because of the murder, he was afraid of being caught by the police and even more afraid of being punished and tried. So Veronnik suggested to commit suicide earlier. They took the drugs and lay in bed waiting for death. This is the clue to the narrative of the second day, and beyond this, is the third clue that uncovers the two murders: De Lawrence is looking for Julian. Because I was about to meet in 30 minutes, DeLorance hadn't waited until Julian in the coffee shop, but saw his car on the street, and saw Veronique in the flower shop from her side, her suspicion began. Afterwards, she has been inquiring about Julian’s whereabouts, from coffee shops to bars, from Julian’s office building to friends. They all said they hadn’t seen him before, and they knew Julian when they were taken to the police station by the police in the early morning. Huweibi told him that Julian might be with a woman. Thinking of seeing Julian's car and Veronique sitting in the car, DeLawrance also seemed to suspect Julian's betrayal of him.
This is a critical watershed. If DeLorance believes what others have said, plus his own speculation, suspects that Julian is the one who drove away, then there will be no room for recovery from the police's accusation against Julian. He was finally free after the elevator restarted the next day, but found that the car was gone, and then saw the newspaper saying that two Germans were killed in a motel and that the suspect was him. He was taken to the police station. Officer Xerry told him the evidence he had: the name registered in the motel was him, and the coat with the pistol found on the bridge was him. Of course, the car also belonged to him, and DeLawrance seemed to He also said that he was driving away with a woman. Julian was locked in the elevator for killing the boss. He couldn't tell them about this situation. There was no other evidence to prove himself, so he was guilty. But at this critical time, DeLorance went to Veronique, and found Louis and Veronique lying on the bed in the apartment where she lived. They attempted suicide because of insufficient medication, and when Louis saw The newspaper said that when the suspect Julian was arrested, he thought he could get out of it, but Veronique reminded him that he had taken a photo with Becca in the motel. These pictures in the miniature camera must be thought of. Ways to eliminate.
So Louis drove his motorcycle to the motel to pick up the photos that were being printed, and Delaunay, who had been following him, also came to the motel. The police officer had been waiting there, when the photos became in the developer. It is becoming clearer who killed the German couple, but in other photos, the freeze frame of Julian and DeLorance hugging each other has become another clue: Carrara was murdered, and they are the biggest suspects. . The two cases came to the fore. The key point was DeLorance. It was precisely because she found Veronique, it was she who followed Louis, and it was precisely because she reported the case that it was finally revealed to the world. What Drurance did has only one purpose: she believed in Julian's love for him. This is a kind of perseverance to love, no matter if there has been suspicion, no matter what others have had rumors, but in the end love conquered everything. She was looking for Julian on the street as the proof of love. She kept calling Julian in her heart, Calling for this love, "You leave me alone, without a message, come to me, please." It is also under the support of this kind of love that she can maintain her sense, and this kind of love is also indirect Reflected in Louis and Veronique, they killed the German couple, thinking that they would be caught by the police and would be locked up in different cells when the time comes, and the principal Louis might be sentenced to death, so she didn’t want both Individuals will be separated from then on, and if they choose to commit suicide, they will be together forever.
The two kinds of love are both persevering and struggling. In the end, when the truth is revealed, Louis Mahler is not actually trying to praise this kind of love. Delaurance is a woman with a husband. She fell in love with Julian herself. It's against morals, and he also became an accomplice in Julian's murder. The last few photos were not to show their love, but to show the deformity of this love. Florance put his hand in the developer solution and stroked him with Zhu. Li'an's group photo together: "These are meaningless years, continuing, like closing my eyes-I am cold, but loving you, loving you alone, no one will separate us." A kind of indifferent Sadness, an inexplicable sense of helplessness, and this conveys Louis Mahler’s intention: In such a society and in such an era, does love mean freedom?
In the 1957 movie, there are actually shadows of that war everywhere. Julian was a paratrooper, and the Germans in that motel had also experienced war. The shadow of war seems to be incompletely understood. On the one hand, the war created a skill like Julian. On the other hand, she lost her freedom in this shadow. Carrara admired Julian very much before being killed. Julian also got the job of working in Carrara trading company and became a member of the upper class because he was a paratrooper. Status, so the car he drove was called Louis’s coveted object. Carrara’s evaluation of Julian was one sentence: "The paratroopers are angels." Or Carrara gained huge benefits in the country’s colonial war. In the end, when the group photo of DeLorance and Julian was exposed, Xie Li said: “Killing a German is a death sentence, and killing a husband is sentenced to 10 years, or 5 years.” This is an obvious injustice, and this kind of injustice. It implies that the post-war French society has not yet established a perfect order structure.
The paratrooper is an angel, but has become a devil; a rope has accomplished a murderous plot, but has become the source of evil. A car made by someone else makes his vanity soar, but he has taken him into the abyss of unrest, and an elevator Convenience is created, but it has also become a predicament that cannot be overcome. To the gallows is a kind of death and a kind of sinking, just like love. A price must be paid on the road to freedom, even freedom-1957, 25 The year-old Louis Mahler used such a paradox to open up his world of images.
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