Everyone says that this movie is a remake of "Girlfriend Friday", but I haven't seen the predecessor, so I won't comment on which of the two is better. I'll just say something about Billy Wilder that made me Amazing handling.
The first is the profile of the character . Generally speaking, the protagonist tells us how awesome he is through his behavior, but in this play, the protagonist just appeared in a completely condescending manner, humming a song and carrying a cane on his shoulders. Of course, the movie also explained the reason why he was so proud: after being stuck at work all day, he decided to quit his job and get married. And it was by having a big quarrel with the boss in the boss's office that it showed how the entire newspaper office relied on our male protagonist. Although the boss scolded, but his words were all affirmation of his business ability. His sneering and sarcasm, malicious words, and even cursing are all to provoke the male protagonist to choose to stay in anger. The boss values the male protagonist's business ability so much that we really became interested in him. Later stories also showed us that the male protagonist is indeed a rare good player in the journalism industry.
Do you think the profile of the protagonist is the point? No, the side description of the male supporting role is called the real master's handwriting. At the beginning of the story, we were told that a suspect named Williams was going to be hanged tomorrow, and then the scene moved to the scene of the hanging, where a group of workers were setting up the stage, and the zoomed-out camera allowed us to see the whole picture. The next scene is in a large office, a group of old men drinking tea, chatting, smoking and playing cards around the table, waiting for the next day's news. The imminent hanging and a large group of reporters, these two scenes make us more curious about the personal situation of the male supporting role, what crime did he commit to be hanged to death, and how did he commit the crime. It's addicting. The appearance of prostitutes is to solve this mystery. We know the poor background of this Williams, the sympathy of the prostitutes for him, his gratitude to the prostitutes, and how he "negligence" - according to the prostitutes - killed a black man Policemen. In just a few minutes of dialogue, a lot of information was explained, and we also had a preliminary understanding of the criminal in our minds. But it wasn't until later that he appeared in real life - a small man, wearing glasses and a hat, looking weak - this contrast between the front and the back formed a great comic effect, and even made people forget who he is now. a criminal.
The second is the expression of tension . Let me introduce the background first: the criminal hangs out of the window after escaping the prison. Finally, he can't support the broken window and meets the male protagonist when he enters the reporter's office, and then faints due to lack of energy. Since the male protagonist heard the news from bystanders and knew the truth, he wanted the scoop, so he locked the door. When the prostitute came, Williams recognized the prostitute, and they kept the door locked. But the group of journalist friends came back. In a hurry, they had to let Williams hide in a large table.
The male protagonist leaned on the closed table as if nothing had happened, while the prostitute fidgeted beside him. The group of reporters asked them why it took so long to open the door. But the reporters didn't believe it at all and kept asking questions. These questions are actually innocuous, just prevaricate them. The first tension is that the criminal's broken arm is bleeding, and the blood is spilling out of the table. The male protagonist cautiously wiped off the blood with the towel on his suit, and continued to act as if nothing had happened. Then, the owner of this table came back, and he insisted on opening his table to call back the newspaper. The male protagonist was still procrastinating with words, but the master only wanted to work.
This scene can be described as extremely tense. Half of Williams' body has leaked out, and the male protagonist shouted to make the master's attention focus on him. Fortunately, everyone else is reporting the latest progress to their bosses, and they have no time to care about what happens later, otherwise Just exposed. The male protagonist was in a hurry and put the handkerchief that had just wiped blood on the nose of the old gentleman, telling him that he had a nosebleed. Due to his advanced age, the old gentleman believed it and went to the bathroom to deal with it. Finally, escaped the catastrophe. ——Actually, there is a bug in this scene. Although the criminals with their backs to the table cannot be seen, it can be seen from the rear camera that there are still some reporters facing the table. Looking at the head, it is completely possible to see someone hiding in the table - but when the audience realizes that there is a bug, the tension has slowed down, which is not a problem.
In the following scene, the reporters, through analysis, believed that the criminal was still hiding in this building, and the male protagonist knew his whereabouts, so they all attacked him. The prostitute watched them put the male lead on the table, for fear that the filling would be leaked accidentally, so she turned to the guts, oh, no, so she yelled cruelly, this is called attracting attention, and then followed up with her. They are entangled. But misfortunes do not come singly, but the phone on the table rang, and the old man insisted on answering, but the prostitute couldn't, so she jumped from the window. In an instant, everyone went to the window to look, and the crisis was lifted. In order to save Williams, the prostitute would rather risk her life. This feeling is quite heavy.
The ensuing tension comes in the second appearance of the old gentleman. This time, the boss of the male protagonist is also there, who happens to be a senior in the industry that our old gentleman has admired for a long time. In order to prevent him from opening the table, the boss kept putting a high hat on him, and even asked him to come to work in his own company, and it took a lot of money to send him away. The last tension came when the detective and reporters came up to question the suspect. With their aura and sharp mouth, the boss and the male protagonist are about to cover up. But the boss couldn't help knocking on the table three times when he complained loudly against the detective, but this was the communication signal they had made an appointment with the suspect. So the suspect was discovered.
This scene after another always tugs at our hearts and makes us want to know how they deal with these kinds of emergencies. And all the reasons are just right, not too abrupt. Wonderful seconds.
What other image of a workaholic, once again let me know what is said in "The Queen Wears Prada": "When your life is a mess, your work is successful." And the boss's capitalist nature, in order to stay Living in the male protagonist, it is possible to frame it and slander it, to attack his self-esteem by aggressive generals, and to play emotional cards. At the end, when the boss bid farewell to the husband and wife and gave him the watch as a blessing, we were so moved. But then, he immediately changed his face and called the police, saying that the male protagonist stole his watch.
Of course, how can Billy Wilder's films have so little twist and satire. Just when we thought it was a happy ending, Dangdang, the boss still let the male protagonist return to the newspaper through a trick. Moreover, the film uses a strong contrast to attack the bureaucracy. For the votes, they don't care about taking a few lives; but in the end, for the votes, they decided to impose a suspended sentence on the criminal. There are countless such cases.
Finally, the male protagonist's fiancee got married and had children, and one of the daughters was named after the male protagonist. How precious is this feeling. The prostitute didn't fall to her death, and she became a family with the suspect. The mayor, who was omnipotent for his career, went a step further in his career, although he did not become the vice president. That stupid police detective lives behind bars. They are all in their own right.
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