I personally feel that this movie does not emphasize horror elements, but is biased towards bloody visual effects in terms of roads and expression methods, and the movie has obvious and well-arranged plots and suspenseful details. Therefore, this is a cult violent bloody film focusing on suspense and solving crimes.
"The Valley of the Deadhead" tells the story of Depp's role as a cowardly policeman who believes in science to solve the case, but was squeezed out by his boss. He came to the place of Deadhead Valley to investigate the supernatural case of four people who had died. The status of the four people who died was also different. There is no obvious connection. Following the legend of the headless horseman in the village, Depp also believed in the cause of the supernatural killing, but he still traced it. He came to the place where the headless knight was buried and found a lot of human heads. Slowly he found that these dead people were surrounded by a wealth of Fan Tasso's legacy. At the same time, he found that Katrina by his side was casting a curse. . However, when he continued to investigate, it was discovered that Katrina's stepmother was the real murderer behind the scenes. She used witchcraft to control the headless knight to kill people in an attempt to obtain inheritance. In the end, they worked together to rescue Katrina, and both the stepmother and the headless horseman died.
The general content is the above.
The script of "Drifthead Vale" is based on "The Legend of Deadhead Vale" created by "Godfather of American Literature" Washington Irving. The film version of "Dropped Head" exquisitely presents the suspense of the plot and the details of the suspense perfectly. This is not only the powerful script, but also the director's storytelling strategy and editing skills. Therefore, it is understandable that this is the first highlight of the film.
So let's talk about this specifically.
Take a look at a few shots at the beginning of the film.
First shot
A symbol of love for lovers from the first dissolve
Let the audience wonder here
It feels like seeing here: a couple left a will
This will started from the beginning and hasn't appeared for a long time. The second time it appears, it serves as a turning point for the plot (a link between the previous and the next)
At this time, more than half of the 100-minute movie has been in progress. The first will was only mentioned. The appearance of this will shifted Depp from a purposeless guess to a specific goal-that is, all the people who have died are the heirs of the will, and it is concluded that some of the close relatives of the Fan Tasso family are the murderers. (Because these people die, testamentary succession is close relatives), this person kills people for the sake of the will.
This is the supernatural curse that Depp remembered as a child
This is the curse he came under the bed in the valley of the broken head
Then, this pattern is a good transfer of the killer to Katrina, and it also adds the suspenseful color of the movie invisibly.
Will icon
Scene of the Valley of the Dead End
and:
This is Depp's tool
The representative of science and wisdom
Books recommended to Depp
The second point is the deliberately set suspense plot of the film. The director combines legend and scientific logic into the film and sets four suspenseful results to confuse the audience.
First of all, the legend refers to
This is Depp's first arrival, and the representatives of the four places told him about the headless horseman who killed people. The audience thought it was these four people who used the legend of the Headless Horseman to confuse Depp, which was essentially their conspiracy. This is the first confusing result of the setting.
Second, science is
At this time the film begins Depp’s speech
Then the second suspenseful result
Following the audience's thinking, the story developed and found that it was not a conspiracy of the four people. Because some of them are dead. After that, Depp found the letter. Naturally, we regard Katrina's father, a close relative of the Fan Tasso family, as the murderer.
However, the plot went on at this time and appeared
Katrina's hand
And then Katrina's father is also dead
The pink magic eyes on Katrina’s fingers were also found here
He concluded that Katrina was leaving
However, there is a fourth
The film entertained the audience before solving the answer
Through the image and the retelling of Katrina's father, we think that the stepmother has been killed by the headless horseman, which ruled out the possibility that she was a murderer.
There is a comparison
Pay attention to the changes in the clothes, movements and hair of the mother in the three pictures
The second and third are the evil stepmother who broke out.
This kind of obfuscation technique follows Hollywood's script creation method, wave after wave, interlocking, but there are always details pointing to the result (this film is a will).
Of course, the unique dark suspense environment of this film is really good.
Take the first picture as
an example: the sheep on the right represents the village. The cemetery on the left represents death. The head of the deer at the entrance of the village represents the mysterious and supernatural (mostly deer heads are used in American mysteries). A house in Gothic architecture, representing ancient times. The forest behind represents the unfathomable.
There is more fog above, creating a suspenseful and mysterious atmosphere.
Our Depp in the middle is walking into this place carrying science. ?
The remaining three camera angles, composition is very good (after all, the best camera Oscar three consecutive ah?), The film is also nominated for an Oscar for best video.
Finally, I want to talk about the topic
In people’s eyes, it’s just a scientific experiment
But in the end is the new century
Stepping into the new century Katrina leaves the valley of the dead ends to come to the new century
There is one more topic
In order to retaliate against the Fan Tasso family, the poor-born stepmother pretended to be a nurse and entered the Fan family. Later, she gradually became a stepmother and wanted a will while taking revenge.
However, in the end, he was swallowed by bloody slaughter together with the Headless Horseman. Therefore, evil will fail.
This is the scene shot of Depp and Katrina when they leave the Valley of the Broken Head, a distant view, and compare it with the shot of Depp just arrived in the Valley of the Broken Head. You will know something.
I will not say
this film is a good movie, no matter in every respect. It's worth taking a closer look.
Finally release the favorite director
Is this picture good too?
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