Classic is hard to be surpassed

Elda 2022-03-23 09:01:40

Hitchcock is worthy of being a master of suspense. Even today, this plot is much better than a single movie. A classic is a classic. The suspense points are very well laid out, starting with the disappearing love letters and extortion letters. Then the male protagonist called his old classmates and persuaded the accomplices (this part is very exciting and fascinating, the male protagonist confidently shows all the details one by one, but he is right with Mark's words, the perfect murder case is just a story on paper, echoed again at the end). The following late phone call and murder miss, to the heroine's killing of an old classmate (this is also a wonderful plot reversal), and the man who quickly starts planning to frame his wife on the other end of the phone, the rhythm is very good, and the audience is very nervous. Later, the police began to intervene, the male protagonist continued to lie, the female protagonist Bell was imprisoned, the police designed the investigation, interlocking, and finally gave the male protagonist and the audience an equally surprising ending at the end. The entire movie scene is relatively simple, basically in the house at No. 61, or even more in the living room, and the camera angle is not changed, but Hitchcock can unfold such a wonderful scene in such a simple scene s story. And the set of close-up shots of the heroine being tried is also very classic (the shooting method should be quite novel at that time), the background color and lighting keep getting darker as the trial situation goes down, with Grace Kelly panicking and finally despairing His expression perfectly expresses the plot of the trial without being sloppy. Of course, there are also the little Easter eggs that Hitchcock left for the audience. I only found one obvious one. At the beginning, the male protagonist and old classmates talked about the lost box of money. When it comes to a school worker, Old Alfred~~ planted himself like this. Into the?

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Extended Reading
  • Jade 2022-01-27 08:06:55

    Before the reversal, many times he was anxious about what he should say for the "husband", and Hitchcock also deliberately arranged a few times or avoided or was interrupted to relieve the siege, making this worry even more urgent, until the "husband" was relieved. . After the reversal, the story's extremely detailed analysis of human nature and criminal mental activities is surprising and worthy of the masterpiece.

  • Archibald 2022-03-22 09:01:34

    Cool! This is called brain hole! Usually, a movie with a very innovative theme may not be called a brain-opening, at most it is a gimmick. Basically, the whole film was completed in one room, and the details were impeccable. It was all supported by the lines in the lines. I was both impressed by the hero's storytelling skills and wanted to see how he was arrested. . Hitchcock almost never disappoints me, but he can only watch one of his films a year, otherwise it's easy to die like a drug addict.

Dial M for Murder quotes

  • Tony Wendice: Would any of you fellows have the right time?

    Men's Club party member: Yes, I have. It's seven minutes past eleven.

    Mark Halliday: I make it only just after that.

    Tony Wendice: My watch has stopped. I must have over wound it.

    Men's Club party member: So, as I was saying...

    Tony Wendice: Excuse me, old boy, I have to call my boss.

  • [last lines]

    Tony Wendice: As you said Mark, it might work out on paper, but congratulations, Inspector. Oh, by the way... How about you, Margot?

    Margot Mary Wendice: Yes, I could do with something.

    Tony Wendice: Mark?

    Mark Halliday: So could I.

    Tony Wendice: I suppose you're still on duty, Inspector.