This may not be the director's most powerful work, but such a seemingly simple story without any gimmicks has portrayed a lonely and trivial man in his life into three parts, especially the interaction with the cat at the beginning, the protagonist's broken thoughts continue all the way , such a private investigator is special. He is not a meticulous and mysterious detective in the traditional sense. He is kind, trusts his friends, gets along well with naked female neighbors, and even when the gang boss hurts his woman to demonstrate, he is not afraid, but caring. His cat is his closest companion throughout the text, and even though the cat disappeared halfway through, it was the companion he kept talking about. He also has the professionalism of a detective, which is to investigate cases without fear of getting into trouble, but it has nothing to do with money, because he wants more information about the death of his friend. In fact, the whole story is about such a person, who is bored with cats and innocently involved in a murder case. For the sake of friends and the truth, he searches and confirms step by step, but he learns that his friend has set up a game for him for no reason. Knowing that this friend was such a selfish rotten person who killed people, he confidently said that he had no choice but to kill two people directly and indirectly, so the protagonist killed the friend himself, and then jumped away. This departure is really a long goodbye, a life and death farewell. It's also his farewell to the whole thing that was designed. This goodbye atmosphere is referenced throughout the film, with someone passing away to the tune of "the long goodbye." This song is very good, and the director uses it in many places in the film, which is very impressive. Another point, the whole personality and feeling of the protagonist is very much like the protagonist in Godard's films, with long monologues and self-talk, which of course fits the character's personality very well.
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