American noir films in the 1930s can almost be called gangster films. Most of the protagonists are gangsters, and the endings are mostly bad guys who should be punished. Jacqueline, Robinson and Humphrey Bogart were the most famous screen robbers of that era. According to Bogart's recollection, he was shot to death by the police or sentenced to death by a judge many times in his first dozen or so films. These films often have hot action scenes and exaggerated descriptions of the history of gangsters, which are very popular with audiences. However, in the 1940s, because of the war, no audience was interested in gangsters. Hollywood noir films were transformed into family melodramas that were closer to reality. This type of film is at its peak. "Double Indemnity", "Eternal Sleep", "Green Window Shadow", "Red Street", "Desire of the Sea", "Blue Dahlia", "Beautiful Corpse on the Lake", etc., all the witches danced together on the screen for a while. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is one of the representative works of this period.
In fact, there is no postman in the whole film. This is a story without a country and without time. A beautiful young woman, a husband who could almost be her father, lived a dull life at a roadside gas station (we call the service area), until one day a young and strong man came, and the young woman's life was completely changed. After lingering again and again, she finally decided to leave her husband and fly away with the young man. But ideals and reality are always far apart, and she can't make up her mind to wander with penniless people for the sake of love and desire. The only way to live a good life with her sweetheart is to get rid of her husband This eyesore. I find it strange that in films like Double Indemnity, Truck Driver and Slut, the masterminds are women, and the men start to get scared and then have to become accomplices for the woman they love. What's interesting is that "Double Indemnity" focuses on describing the motive and process of committing the crime, while "Slut Resentment" focuses on writing the heart after the crime. It was originally for the same goal, but after they succeeded, they doubted each other, tortured each other, and made mistakes again and again in the end.
The actors of "Slut Resentment" are very good. The young woman played by Turner clearly interprets the changes in her heart before and after the two murders. ), the lawyer (Cronin), and the blackmailer are all well-acted. Interestingly, in the process of watching the movie, the audience started to sympathize with the murderer (the young woman), because she is young and beautiful, and his husband is good but not worthy of her, their sex life must be very discordant, once there is It is natural for her to want to go far away for a substitute, but it is impossible for her (most women) to give up her superior material life for love. Therefore, evil thoughts arise, like a poisonous snake that entangles her tightly, killing people for love. The woman lowered her hand. As for how much of a man is love and how much is desire, it is too late for her to see in the future! Because this civilized society is moral, even if the courteous prosecutors (positive characters represent morality) failed to bring the pair of criminals to court, they still received the punishment they deserved at the end of the film! Otherwise, such a film censorship authority would never allow it to be released to the public.
Interestingly, there are two versions available online, the black and white classic version from 1946 and the color remake of the 1970s. In the 70s version, when the stout and ugly Nichols came to the gas station, the heroine was very interested in such a man. Does temptation make people sympathetic? There are also judges and lawyers who are uglier than the other. Except for Huang, I can't stand it anymore!
There was a piece of news in the evening paper last night: Last night, a big boss returned to the villa on a business trip and found his young mistress and a hairstylist in his early 20s lying naked on his bed. The boss was angry and killed the hairstylist in a scuffle. ! It's another "Slut Resentment"!
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