"Lucky Number Slavin" --- A movie about technique and style

Isai 2022-03-16 09:01:02

I don’t like actors who give too much skill in the performance, but I like movies with superb director skills. Therefore, works marked with director symbols such as "Memories" and "Very Suspect" are easy to get my favor, despite their stories. Not necessarily perfect; so "Lucky Number Slavin" can easily capture my heart and join the ranks.
Just as my opening remarks have qualitatively defined such a movie, the two movies listed also clearly mark the style of the movie. Even its story is easier to understand than the first two, so the technique is more extreme. Director Paul McQueen cut almost the entire film. Although the narrative order is not reversed, the clever splicing makes the first two thirds nothing. Several related things are finally combined into a seamless and organic whole, so the last truth of the film has a kind of sudden realization. Even if someone guesses one or two in the process, many details are still spliced ​​together before the real will become clear. .
"Kansas Trail" is an important theme in the film, and it is the essence of Paul McQueen's essence. The entire film always draws the audience's attention to the surface of seemingly unrelated events. When the audience unanimously looks to the left, the ending is caught off guard from the right. And among them, Paul McQueen’s cunning is in it. For example, his mirror movement always moves from Slavin’s face to obstacles, and then reveals his face from the other side, really echoing the time when looking at the left side. , The answer is actually on the right. Just as Slavin’s name had been scammed twice, the answer was never as simple as it was on the surface.
"Slavin" also has an advantage that "Shards of Memory" and "Very Suspect" are not as good as the black humor that penetrates the entire film, which makes it a little bit up to the perspective of "Pulp Fiction", especially It was the two gangs who sent out the kidnappers of Slavin. They were very rappers while pretending to be cool. Even the Slavin people initially said a bit noisy that they had the shadow of Jules in "Pulp".
In terms of actors, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley play the roles of "Boss" and "Rabbi", the two gang bosses in the two big dramas. no. Although Lao Bu and Xiao Qiao's acting skills are mediocre, but the heroic and cool handsomeness is enough to make up for everything, especially, Xiao Qiao's gentle eyes are a bit like Peter said, I want to indulge in a roar again, roar! Liu Yuling, both for her and the whole story, are the existence of a vase, which is not enough.

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Extended Reading
  • Kaylah 2021-10-20 19:02:16

    The disease in it called Adorexia is so cool, it should be derived from this word Ataraxia

  • Talon 2021-10-20 19:02:16

    I watched it 3 times, every time I fell asleep in the middle of the way, until I insisted on watching it, I found out that it was an extremely powerful screenwriter... Liu Yuling's image was subverted

Lucky Number Slevin quotes

  • Slevin: I'm sorry, who are you?

    The Boss: I'm The Boss.

    Slevin: I thought he was The Boss.

    The Boss: Why? Do we look alike? So, Mr Fisher, you were gonna tell me something?

    Slevin: I don't know, you brought me here.

    The Boss: Yes I did. Back when you thought I was him.

    Slevin: I didn't think you were him, I thought he was you. And I was trying to tell him - you that they picked up the wrong guy.

    The Boss: The wrong guy for what?

    Slevin: Whatever it is you wanna see me about.

    The Boss: Do you know what I wanna see you about?

    Slevin: No.

    The Boss: Then how do you know I got the wrong guy?

    Slevin: Because I'm not...

    The Boss: Maybe I want to give you $96,000. In that case do I still have the wrong guy?

    Slevin: Do you wanna give me $96,000?

    The Boss: No, do you wanna give me $96,000?

    Slevin: No, should I?

    The Boss: I don't know, should you?

    Slevin: I don't know, should I?

    The Boss: [pause] Long story short.

    Slevin: I think we're well past that point.

    The Boss: I bet it was that mouth that got you that nose.

    Slevin: Okay, I'm under the impression that you're under the impression that I owe you $96,000...?

    The Boss: No, you owe Slim Hopkins $96,000. You owe Slim, Slim owes me. You owe me.

  • The Boss: That's all there is to it.

    Slevin: Is that all there is to it?

    Mr. Goodkat: Yup... That's all there is to it.