Not classic

Rosalee 2022-01-12 08:01:42

The news of Paul Newman’s death is an inconspicuous landmark in the subtitle of the entertainment section of Phoenix.com, but it is very high-profile as the biggest topic on the homepage of mtime. This is the essential difference between a comprehensive information platform and a movie community. The former is to convey information and the latter. It is to vent emotions. Seeing the various retrospectives in the mtime memorial topic, it seems as if yesterday that newman was about to retire.

There is only one of his movies on hand, and two famous names, alfred hitchcork and Julie Andrews. The intuitive expressions are "Mentally Ill" and "The Sound of Music", the master of suspense and the universal angel. However, such a large cast has achieved such a cold war genre that is not classic, not classic, or even not classic. Unfortunately, this is not Hitchcock’s best film nor is Andrews’s work to climb the peak again. In the days of commemorating Paul Newman, it has also become an obscure laughingstock-a movie that even Newman’s top ten classics cannot be included.

Paul Newman, thirty-nine-year-old, plays an American missile expert who renegades to East Germany to collect military intelligence in the fourth to last Hitchcock film in 1966. He is in centralized monitoring of the ubiquitous East Berlin and Leipzig escaped from East Germany after obtaining information through difficulties and dangers. The story is a mess. Many talented TV directors in our country today are keen on anti-special themes more than that impact. However, under the mirror of Hitchcock, the scene of the murder of the farm is quickly promoted by the lens of extreme rendering of the sense of space. It seems that Hess has always been strong and strong and has not forgotten his "Thirty-Nine Steps" or "Rear Window", but this time, it has become a complete suspense film, condensing love into the life and death of going to the devil. The portrayal of the characters' facial makeup is easily reminiscent of the reactionaries in mainland China who were looking hideously under the dim lights during the same period. Newman’s acting skills in this play are a kind of introverted seclusion, not only because of the role’s uninterrupted circumstances, but also because of the excessive nature of the performance as an actor. It is said that Hitchcock is very uncomfortable with his kind of Steinney. Lavsky style. The joining of the angel teacher of the Sound of Music has only become a foil for the complete character of the protagonist. Due to funding issues, some scenes seem to have the stage feel of Hollywood musicals in the 1930s, but they were unbearable at the time of 66 years. It is strange that this film is actually the third most popular Hitchcock movie voted by the American audience, and according to "The Master of Suspense Hitchcock Mystery", "the audience has no interest in the film." . As far as I am concerned, I am still very interested in this film. After all, it is the continuation of His style, and such a clear political stance has to be connected with the background of the Cold War, and has nothing to do with personal likes or dislikes.

After watching the two-hour video, I really want to find "The True Colors of Money". The sixty-year-old newman must be much better than this spy boy. My understanding of the dead legend has just begun.

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Extended Reading
  • Kim 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    At that time, due to the popularity of the 007 series, Xi Pang also became interested in this theme, and even wanted to ask Nabokov to write the script for a time. Although it was rejected, it was finally made into a highly entertaining thriller.

  • Franco 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    7 points, Hitchcock's penultimate work, historical atmosphere is greater than story skills, familiar East Berlin, reminiscent of Billy Wilder's Jade Girl, the difference is a comedy and a thriller, but this time it is Hitchcock's film is the least thrilling film. The rhythm in the front is relatively slow, and there are murder scenes, so there is a big chase, escape, and grass box shooting in the back. The dancer's bridge is very interesting

Torn Curtain quotes

  • Hermann Gromek: Hot dog. You still say that?

    [chuckles]

    Hermann Gromek: Hot dog.

  • Hermann Gromek: Strictly for the birds, huh? They still say that? We used to say it all the time. It's strictly for the "boids."