as the protagonist of the investigator, has retired. In order to avoid a boring retirement life, he decided to write a book about the case he experienced 25 years ago. Several times at the beginning, it was difficult to continue. He put pen and paper on the head of the bed, ready to jot down the fleeting inspiration. One night, I wrote "TEMO" (fear) on the paper while I was asleep and awake. The next day I went to the place where I used to work, visited the female boss, and talked about writing books. The boss gave him an old typewriter, the typewriter he had used lacking A.
This missing A began to appear in the movie as an inconspicuous passage. The stories that follow intersect reality and memories. From the conversation between the two in reality and the content of the memories, we can know the ambiguous relationship between the male protagonist and the female boss. Love each other, but can't be together for various reasons. Perhaps it was because the male protagonist didn't have the courage to confess at the beginning, perhaps because the female boss had no courage to wait and was rushed to get engaged, or perhaps it was because the two finally had the courage to confess but they were separated from each other. 25 Five years have passed, and the female boss has long been married as a woman and became a mother of two children. The actor is single after a failed marriage. At this time, it seems that he has no possibility to chase this feeling that has been unable to let go anymore.
The "TEMO" written in half asleep and half awake, the fear in the subconscious, what exactly is it afraid of? Are you afraid of facing the case 25 years ago? Or are you afraid of living your life alone? He finally faced the case 25 years ago. The murderer who was at large because of unfair justice was punished. The husband who raped and murdered a woman used lynching to imprison him for 25 years. Whether the guilt caused by his powerlessness was eliminated is no longer important. What he saw from it was only a husband's uninterrupted love for his deceased wife for 25 years. He finally realized what he was afraid of. He was afraid that he would never have a chance to confess his love to her again. He was afraid that he would not be able to have the one he loves most in his entire life. He raised the pen and added an A in the middle of TEMO, "TEAMO"-"I love you". His life is like that old printer, lacking A, which is the courage to chase love. And now he has retrieved the A.
Closed the door three times and finally closed
There were three closings in the movie. This door represents the relationship between the male protagonist and the female boss. If the door is closed, the two are together. The first time he appeared at the beginning of the film, the male protagonist went to meet the female protagonist who was his boss. She asked him what to talk about, and should he close the door? The door was not closed that time. Appearing in the memory for the second time, the male protagonist walked into the office of the female boss solemnly. The female protagonist was about to close the door with great expectations, only to find that he was not here to confess, but to talk to her about the case that had been over a year. Perhaps this is also the reason why the heroine hastily got engaged and married? The door that could not be closed in this memory may indicate that the heroine asked if he wanted to close the door at the beginning and has another profound meaning: she has been waiting for his love, and every time he stepped into her office, she hoped that the door could be closed. I hope he can confess to her. That is her heart door, always open for him, waiting for him to close. At the end of the film, the actor who has found A in his life finally walks into the office. The door that has been open for 25 years is finally closed.
The power of details
This is a slow movie. Most of the front looks a bit boring, lacking the stimulus of the usual suspense film. However, at the end, when the film climax arrives, I discovered that these so-called "boring" are actually accumulating power all the time, waiting for the last moment to erupt. This explosive force is derived from the extremely rich details and a lot of foreshadowing. It will make people marvel in the climax paragraphs and bring back to life many seemingly meaningless paragraph plots that appeared before. For example, the missing A on the typewriter can only be understood at the last moment. For example, the picture frame flipped on the table that appeared before, elicits great friendship in the back, such as the door that was closed three times and finally closed, etc. Wait. This kind of echoes before and after, these small details full of the whole film, make the whole story endless aftertaste.
Emotional focus
The coat of the movie is suspense, but the story is undoubtedly emotion. The tension in the story is created through details, and the gradual development of feelings is driven by the story. Emotion is the only constant theme from beginning to end, everything else is just a taste, no matter the background of the era, or the unfairness of the judiciary, you can stop at it, never go deep, even for the lynching that occurs during the climax. Did not show the slightest critical or consensual attitude. In this way, the possible thanklessness of being biased due to the pursuit of a certain depth is avoided. Everything in this movie serves to tell emotions. So I like the Chinese translation of the movie "Mysterious Eyes". The mystery story is after all to tell the love that cannot be hidden in the eyes.
If the suspense in the movie is a tree, then there is no doubt that this tree grows on the vast land of emotions, absorbs its nutrients, and produces some fruits of love and hate. Over 25 years, the husband’s love for his deceased wife and his hatred for murdering his wife and his enemies; the friendship of a man who died for his confidant; and even the love and hatred of his childhood sweethearts that he could not get, so that he would rape and kill him. The fruit of evil that bears on a tree; and the flower of love between the male protagonist and the female boss for 25 years has finally come to fruition after being watered by the persistent love of the husband to the deceased wife.
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