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Refreshingly rich irony
Carmela 2022-09-04 21:25:52
Billy Wilder's rendition is not as definitive as the irony, and the irony doesn't always end there. The loss of justice in the journalism profession, the strong manipulation of the media age, the unscrupulous use of politicians in their struggle for power, and the desperate people at the bottom are forced to do nothing. Only when a society's irritability and moaning are seemingly carelessly inserted by Billy Wilder, and they are linked together. When it comes to laughter, the irony loses its pungent heaviness, and instead gives a dose of stimulant. Laughing and blaming the embarrassment of being riddled with holes can better take into account the short-term communication power of the movie's limitations than the suppression of bitterness and hatred. The transition of the lines is very exciting, and the dialogue with the punch line gives people an instinctive agitation when watching the movie. The composition of the crowd in several indoor scenes reminded me of "Twelve Angry Men". Although it is not as rigorous as the latter, the movement of the actors reflects the flexibility and compactness of the scene. At the end, I thought it was a nostalgic look back on the old American films that were produced in 1974 but also had a heavy responsibility for the aftertaste of "Golden Age Hollywood" (after all, the film background was in the 1920s, and the actors' slightly exaggerated performances were very stylized), but The last few minutes of the peak and circuit transfer the process of recollection, and the recollection stops at the recollection. Next, I want to see "Friday Girl" and compare it with the generosity of the film source.
Extended Reading
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Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Tell me, Mr. Williams, were you unhappy as a child?
Earl Williams: Not really. I had a perfectly normal childhood.
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: I see. You wanted to kill your father and sleep with you mother.
Earl Williams: [to Sheriff Hartman] If he's gonna talk dirty ...
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: When you were in grammar school, did you practice self-abuse?
Earl Williams: No, sir. I don't believe in it. I would never abuse myself or anybody else. I love people. I love all people.
'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: I suppose that cop committed suicide!
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Let us get back to masturbation. Did your father ever catch you in the act?
Earl Williams: Oh, my father was - was never home. He was a conductor on the Chicago-Northwestern.
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Very significant. Your father wore a uniform, just like that policeman. And when he pulled out that gun, an obvious phallic symbol, you thought he was your father, and he was going to use it to hurt your mother.
Earl Williams: [to Sheriff Hartman] He's crazy.
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'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: Sorry to break in, Sheriff, but we've located Williams. This time, for real.
'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: Where?
Officer Jacobi: On North Wabash, at the offices of the Friends of American Liberty. One of our patrols spotted him in the alley.
'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: All right. Get every available man. Seal off the whole area. But remember, God damn it, I want him taken alive!
Officer Jacobi: Check.