second-rate film noir

Damon 2022-12-16 12:04:41

"Miss Shanghai" assumes that the heroine is from China and can speak Chinese, interspersed with a lot of Chinatown scenes to add mysterious elements and exotic flavors. As a result, the Chinese that the heroine speaks is neither Mandarin nor Cantonese nor Chaoshan dialect, just open her mouth there casually. Just talking nonsense. . . Thinking of the fact that the guns in the business card "The Eagle Over London" were criticized by experts for not being historically true, the behavior of "Miss Shanghai" can only be a shoddy comment.

The story is about a sailor who gradually fell into the abyss because he was fascinated by a rich young woman. Yunyun, a young lady from Shanghai, the director just wanted to use exoticism and trickery to win the box office, but he accidentally touched the essence of film noir by making things up It expresses the impermanence and absurdity of life's circumstances, although even in the single category of film noir, it can only barely squeeze into the second-rate.

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The Lady from Shanghai quotes

  • Jake Bjornsen: What's a tough guy?

    Arthur Bannister: I don't know.

    Jake Bjornsen: A guy with an edge. What makes him sing better than me? Something in here. What makes it loud? A microphone. That's his edge.

    Arthur Bannister: Edge?

    Jake Bjornsen: A gun or a knife, a nightstick or a razor. Something the other guy ain't got. Yeah, a little extra reach on a punch, instead of brass knuckles. A stripe on the sleeve. A badge that says cop on it. A rock in your hand, or a bankroll in your pocket. That's an edge, brother. Without an edge, they ain't no tough guy.

  • Michael O'Hara: [voiceover] He was exactly as helpless as a sleeping rattlesnake.