When the chess player met the chess piece, everything was originally flat and gentle. The chess player was still a chess player, but his murder and hostility were faded. In the old manor of oil painting, he married a harpsichord player, and the husband and wife sang together. It seems to be very interesting, like the life of the rich man who was admired and killed by Napoli in the sun in his youth. The poor frame maker has not yet become a prisoner of desperate fate. The chess pieces played on the palms of the chess players, the family of three live ordinary lives, and there is He Keyingmen on his birthday. Two cars passed across the road on the road, and they pulled down the windows for a short conversation, and exchanged a ciao, an originally casual invitation, which planted the root of bitterness. The European continent looks down on the traitor America as much as the gloriously isolated Britain. Europeans despise Americans for their lack of culture and taste. They are rich and cheap and vulgar. As an Englishman living in continental Europe, Trevanny has a prejudice against Ripley, who is an American. It is understandable. There are several comments and sarcasm behind him. There would be nothing in the beginning, but he was wrong to talk in public and let him The irony was heard by the person involved. It was nothing to hear, but who told him to provoke Ripley. Ripley's heart disease has never healed. Even though he has become a habitual offender who has lifted heavy weights and is not surprised many years later, he still has to be sensitive to his birth problem, and there is still an extreme low self-esteem under his extreme pride. Trevanny stabbed Ripley in the death hole. After the three eerie "mean?" There was no public attack after that, and murderous intent had already grown.
Even without Reeves' timely opportunity, Ripley would have another plan for Trevanny. He is the kind of person who must report to him. At the beginning of the film, the merchant who bought the fake paintings just said "you guys", and his subordinates were killed directly. . He heard that Trevanny was terminally ill and immediately recommended him to Reeves as a killer. An innocent and innocent lamb, this is his comment on Trevanny. Because of a ridicule from the frame maker, he will dye this innocent lamb black and red. If Trevanny fails, he will lose his life at the same time. , If Trevanny succeeds, then he will face another heart disease of being unable to hold his head up in his life and unable to sit upright. Whether he missed or succeeded, Ripley's desire to retaliate against that insult has been fulfilled. There are many criminals in the world, but not every criminal is caught in the guilt of conscience.
It is precisely because Ripley's personal revenge has been achieved that Reeves's insatiable greed and attempt to use Trevanny as a killer again violated his limit. This is no longer in his plan. The punishment for Trevanny has been completed, and Ripley's pride and the player's desire to control the chess pieces led him to immediately protest against Reeves' attempts. But it was too late. Ripley had to follow the train to complete the task given to Trevanny by himself. Trevanny is his pawn, and Reeves cannot be allowed to interfere. Up to this point, Ripley had no sympathy for Trevanny. He was singing a one-man show, and the reactions of others had nothing to do with him. There is no interaction between the players and the pieces, only one-way control.
Then things "out of expectation." The person who shot Trevanny on the train did not die. He survived and remembered the face of the murderer. Because it creates the illusion of black and black, the police have no chance to intervene. Both Ripley and Trevanny face private revenge. Ripley told Trevanny not to contact him, but Trevanny not only failed to follow suit, but instead came to Ripley's manor to fight his enemies together. Ripley didn't object, he didn't object, mostly because he knew that Trevanny could not really break away from the relationship, as the story later developed. Trevanny finally blocked the chest shot for Ripley, passing away with a smile. He faces deep inner guilt, and his family also loses trust due to his behavior and falls apart. Moreover, he has been dead soon, and death is actually his salvation and his liberation.
A dialogue between Trevanny and Ripley in the film:
"I can't say....thank you.I don't know anything about you. Who are you?"
"I am a creation.I am a gifted improviser.I lack your conscience.When I was young, that troubled me.It no longer does.I don't worry about being caught, because anyone I don't believe is watching.The world is not a poorer place because those people are dead.It's not.It's one less car on the road.It's a little less noise and menace."
Therefore, until the end, Ripley’s actions towards Trevanny cannot be called pity or sympathy. He is just accomplishing one thing, something that starts and ends in his hands. You can call it " Games", but for Ripley, there is no difference between games and life, and lies and truth are the same. He has his principles, Trevanny participated in this game, Trevanny should not do anything outside the game, Trevanny should be paid, Trevanny lost his life, all of which are within his principles, therefore, No Surprise.
Dougray's role as the helpless and panicked innocent lamb is really unconvincing. He clearly has a domineering and gloomy face.
Thinking of Russell Crowe and Christian Bale's "Duel Yumatown", the relationship between the characters is a bit similar.
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