A typical political conspiracy theory movie, but not an ordinary movie

"Shadow Writer" is a typical political conspiracy theory movie, but not an ordinary movie. Aside from the Oliver Stone stuff, I can't recall for a moment how many movies are political. The director of "Shadow Writer" is Roman Polanski. He was able to make such a film without speeding cars and explosions so compact and not dull, and suspenseful, which is really a skill. It's also one of the few movies I've been able to label as "suspenseful" in quite a while.

What "Shadow Writer" does instead of the speeding car explosion is its strong connection to today's political reality. Anyone can see who the former British Prime Minister played by Pierce Brosnan in this film is insinuating: from his suave appearance and Oxbridge background, to participating in the invasion of Iraq, determined to fight terrorism, caught in a scandal and scolded, and various A policy of following the interests of the United States . At the same time, an ordinary American also mentioned that "the British Prime Minister looks very sober, why is he going to mix with the idiots in the White House?" It

is such a prime minister who is at the center of public opinion to publish a memoir, Ewan McGray Ge Lin was ordered to replace the former shadow writer who died unexpectedly to ghostwriter for the former prime minister. With so much suspense and intrigue at the beginning of such a boring plot of clinker, the prisoner abuse scandal involving the former prime minister is just the tip of the iceberg of a bigger secret. Although some people have accused the conspiracy theory routines and endings of "The Shadow Writer" as old-fashioned, even Hitchcock-style, it is undeniable that Hitchcock's classic misleading suspense settings can always grab the audience's attention. Heart, until the truth is revealed for a moment.

Complicated political scandals are always full of twists and turns. The greatest manifestation of the director's skill is how to edit and arrange, or ignore these clues, so that the audience can understand and enjoy watching. This "Shadow Writer" should be a success. Some people also praised the poetry of passing notes and flying paper shots at the end of the film. I think these are the icing on the cake after all. Telling the story well is the most important thing.

Of course, "Shadow Writer" is a political suspense film after all, without explosions and flying cars to refresh the mind. If you didn't grasp the details of some characters' behavior and language in the first half, and if you are not interested in international politics, it is inevitable that you will be a little sleepy.

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