Shadow Writer is arguably the most tense suspense film since Zodiac in recent years. Although her slightly traditional ending left many viewers disappointed, I have to admit that. Luckily, I've never been one to focus only on the ending, which makes me more than happy to dedicate my first applause of the year to this film, especially Luo Dao himself.
This is a film full of metaphors, mostly political satire and prophecy. Among them, it may be reminiscent of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the increasingly domineering US Secret Service, and arms dealers' government entanglements, conspiracy theories, and so on.
Of course, the success of this film is most attributed to the perfect narrator: Roman Polanski - originally, all wonderful stories should have suspense, but with more and more sophisticated audiences and stronger and stronger nerves, those used to It seems that even the creators don't dare to use the technique. In most cases, the suspense we can see can only be based on the natural development of the plot. This kind of unadorned suspense, I don't know if the guides disdain it. It is still a deliberate idea of returning to the basics. In short, it is not often seen in the film, an art form that should be re-displayed by the director to show his personal style.
Another big hit this year, the social network is one of the best: almost every scene serves to show the different concepts and worldviews of the protagonist Zuckerberg and his partners and the × × brothers, so in the interweaving of time change and causality , the audience gradually realized that whether original sin or genius, intellectual property or wealth creation is by no means the key to the story, but human nature. The changes in human nature brought about by technology, some adapt, some are conservative, and most people are just bystanders who are free from it. Just like you and me watching movies, passivity is also a right, especially movie audiences. Conversely, the more daring and proactive the director is to implant his understanding and ideas in the film, the easier it is for him to succeed. For example, Inception, another big hit this year.
In fact, the more you watch movies, the more you realize that movies are something that has nothing to do with the truth. Fiction is the root of film production.
In this film, fictionalized: the Prime Minister's wife - used to add romance - Polanski's favorite; an island near Boston - a symbol of mystical desolation; even as a backup shadow writer for the protagonist - -The role is a key, a rope, strung the story before and after; and those seemingly lengthy details: the protagonist played by Ewan rides a bicycle to search for the truth on the rainy island; in the end, the camera follows that The note was passed from the crowd to the wife of the former prime minister, with the answer to the mystery written on it. etc.
This is a dazzling film based on the suspense theme of Polanski, I am sure, because it is exquisite, because it is sophisticated.
The tangled strings in the ps background are also very well matched
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