In Polanski's film world, there are huge conspiracies everywhere, and conspiracy theories seem to reveal the skeptical temperament of his own. To a certain extent, Polanski's works are quite close to Hitchcock's style. His works are always shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, as if they are innate qualities, and the sense of horror is nowhere in his works. No, it slowly penetrates into the audience's body and even into the bones, but this feeling is not a picture that appeals to sensory stimulation, but a kind of moisturizing and silent artistic conception.
The story of the film begins as soon as the protagonist takes over the task, and turns into the expected gloomy atmosphere, where everything is cooperating, rainy days, closed islands. The story progressed slowly, and then the protagonist as the writer slowly had some doubts, but in fact, the doubts only existed on the surface, until the material left by the ex was discovered, and the story began to progress to a deeper level. When the protagonist begins to search for the answer and the audience does not know the truth, we already know that the fate of the protagonist has been locked, as the saying goes, "curiosity killed the cat". In a political conspiracy, the protagonist with no background is driven not by a sense of justice to find answers, but by curiosity. The more you know, the closer you are to the grave.
The director played a little trick. At the beginning of the film, the unmanned BMW was dragged off the ferry and left in an ambush. When I saw the protagonist driving away in the BMW, I thought he was going to be on the road of no return. In the end, his vigilance Let him escape on the ferry, but he still did not escape the fate of the lock. The final shot of the film is very beautiful, but it is just to prove that "curiosity killed the cat", but it is too far-fetched in arranging the fate of the protagonist, no matter before or after, but it happens at the moment when the protagonist discovers the truth.
Mrs. Lang is a symbol commonly used by Polanski, the femme fatale hidden behind her back, and is endowed with erotic connotations. In fact, as a former prime minister's wife, it is not necessary to go to bed with a shadow writer. But there is often such a female symbol in Polanski's films, which will have something to do with the male protagonist, but only reveal its true face after the shredding. The death of former Prime Minister Lang is like a victim of politics. When the CIA found that the paper could no longer hold the fire, on the other hand, Mrs. Lang gradually lost control of her husband, so Lang's existence will become the opponent's pursuit to the end. clue.
The shooting was obviously premeditated. The assassin was deliberately overlooked by the CIA to assassinate Lang. Lang’s death made all the fuss and the commotion calmed down, and the political attack also lost its target. Political enemies can only hypocritically express this. Appreciation of his career. And the answer that the protagonist is looking for is completely worthless, especially for the British foreign minister.
The whole tone of the film is based on a stance against American meddling in European affairs, and no matter its innuendo to real politics, it is full of subjectivity. Because of dissatisfaction, there are private speculations, and then there are bold assumptions. Such assumptions are sensational enough, but the more sensational they are, the more dramatic they are, so such a story is suitable for the screen. But a story is a story after all, and it is difficult to compare it with reality. Gossip or gossip is always more talked about, but it is difficult to give the film more practical significance. It's just that such a conspiracy theme was made very ornamental in Polanski's hands.
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