Black and white can be so gorgeous

Felipe 2022-03-18 09:01:02

I first saw "Sin City" in "Science Fiction World Illustrated". At that time, I didn't understand that the director was able to make black and white films under modern shooting techniques. But when I was completely conquered by Schindler's List, I finally understood the charm of black and white images. I began to look forward to this film that is said to be more technically played than "Schindler's List". Unexpectedly, this expectation was two years. I went from high school to university and started to watch movies that I wanted to watch but didn't have the chance to watch. Of course, "Sin City" was one of them.
"Sin City" is divided into three stories, namely: "sin city", "The Big Fat Kill" and "The Yellow Bastard". The three have the same background, but are independent of each other, but they echo each other. Let me express my infinite tribute to the segmented film. Because of my shallow knowledge, I don’t know who created this method of film creation. Anyway, I would like to compliment: You are so talented, predecessor! And "Sin City" is the most incisive use of this technology.
I have always been obsessed with the red in "Schindler's List". After reading "Sin City", I found that there are more memorable colors here, those twinkling blue eyes, scarlet sheets, and dark red blood. , The bright red car shell, the yellow weird people, each is so eye-catching, in the black and white around it, it seems so free and unruly. I think this is the role of contrast. The little red from Wanlv can still move people's minds, not to mention the slight colors in this black and white, which are destined to bring this black and white world into a splendid state.
Sin city naturally talks about sin, but who can explain what sin is. Maver's way of revenge for Cody is a process of finding and killing. The mastermind is indeed the person who should be killed, but what about the miscellaneous people in the middle, such as the priest, must he die? Ma Fu seems to be fighting for justice, but in essence he is challenging all the rules and morals. He himself has become a heinous person. The whole city, from the rulers to the police to the prostitutes, is blatantly evil. Crime has become the norm. Then a righteous body is naturally the target of public criticism. So the third story is that the policeman named Tegen, who has dedicated his life to society, is about to When he retired, he was wrongly imprisoned (this section is so familiar, the old policeman in the Hong Kong police and gangster film, as long as you say "I will retire tomorrow..." you will definitely not see the sun the next day, it turns out Lao Mei likes to play this set too!) He has been resisting, but it is a pity that he offended a congressman who was so powerful that he had no choice but to use his own way to understand the grievances, but when he was a congressman When his son was in the mud, he finally became a real sinner. His last suicide was not only to protect the beloved girl, but also to punish his sins.
"Sin City" is destined not to be released in China, or I won't let me see its true colors after two years. However, this film is really a bit of the effect of poisoning children that SARFT is often worried about. Fortunately, I am already a big friend, and I am almost poisoned, so let's have more "drug films" of this level.

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Sin City quotes

  • Yellow Bastard: Do you think I'm tired? You think I'm getting tired? You're the one who's gonna crack! You'll crack! You'll cry and beg! You'll Scream! Oh, yeah, you'll scream, you big, fat, ugly cow! You'll scream!

    [leans in closer]

    Yellow Bastard: You thinking the whip was the worse I could do? That was foreplay.

    Nancy Callahan: Hartigan was right about you. You can't get it up unless I scream. You're pathetic! You're pathetic.

    Yellow Bastard: It's not wise at all to make fun of me like that. It brings out the worst in me.

    [raises knife]

  • Shellie: I've done some dumb things.

    Dwight: Seeing as how I'm one of those dumb things, I can't give you too hard a time on that, Shellie.