I just watched this film, and it gave me the illusion of seeing Sherlock Holmes. The film has a strong sense of the times, with a strong British detective drama style. The environment, stage, costumes and various props are arranged very well, and the atmosphere is quite created. In place, the character interpretation is also very exciting, giving people a strong sense of immersion. I would like to point out that several key characters in the show include Detective Kildare, Leeds, Reynolds, Kerry and Aveline, as well as Aveline's death and the film's finale.
Detective Kildare thinks he has found the real killer, John Kerry, by corroborating the pen, but he makes a serious mistake at the beginning: arbitrarily identifying the notes in a library book as a male's. The writing style, and verifying it based on this, that it is from the hands of Kerry, the conclusion that Kerry is the murderer must be unreliable, because it is impossible for him to see the real writing style of Kerry, Kerry The manuscripts were destroyed by Leeds. Until he rescued Liz from the gallows and asked her to write an explanation that Kerry was a murderer, she wrote that she was the murderer. At this time, he was extremely shocked by this fact, and his heart was extremely tortured. The fact was made public, but I burned Leeds's defense book after much thought. I felt that on the one hand, in order to preserve my own reputation and future, on the other hand, I also wanted to prevent Leeds from becoming famous as a murderer. Hope came true.
Let's talk about Liz and her relationship with Kerry, Reynolds and others. Liz was very pitiful since she was a child, and her living environment was extremely harsh. She was sexually assaulted when she was a child. After returning home, she was not protected and comforted by her mother. Instead, the experience of being pierced by her mother with a red needle made her extremely disgusted with that society and her own. Mother, who hates men and sex, also planted the seeds for her to become a murderous demon in the future. She is married to Kerry and has no feelings for Kerry, mainly to use him to make herself famous. She didn't want to share a bed with Kerry, so she asked Aveline to be Kerry's maid and sex partner. When she found out that Kerry couldn't write anything, she led the killing scene of "Tragic Knot", and people mistakenly thought it was Kerry. It can be said that Liz is a very cruel demon, and at the same time is a playwright and acting. 's master. Kerry's death was mainly due to his knowledge of what Leeds did (there is a scene where Leeds is coming home and the camera is pulled to the bloody clothes on the floor by the fire, and Kerry is sitting next to him nervously), and Leeds must be Get rid of him to cover up the crime.
Liz and Reynolds have a very good relationship. Reno admires Liz very much, has a good impression of her, and cares for her very much. The two often discussed issues; when Leeds was going to stage the gallows, Reynolds specifically asked to check the safety of the gallows (with regard to the safety of the gallows, Leeds and Kerry have also said that this issue will also be used for Aveline's future. Dead foreshadowing); Reynolds also told her to watch out for Kerry when Liz was dating Kerry. In the process of dating Leeds, Reynolds felt her ambition and should have known what she was doing, but he has been helping her in her career, and even helping her cover up her crimes, and they may be complicit. He really wanted to help Liz realize her dream and make her name into the Hall of Fame and be remembered by the world.
Regarding the final death of Aveline, a lot of people think it was suicide, and I can't completely deny this view. But from Reynolds' various expressions, including his saying that the color of the makeup is wrong, that he looked at Aveline from the guardrail as she went up to the gallows, that his indifferent eyes were reflected in the vanity mirror, until the gallows wanted to It was only at the moment of his whereabouts that he said a word about whether someone had checked the safety, which to a certain extent showed that Aveline's death was determined in advance, and it was very likely that he planned it.
At the end, when Reynolds replaces Aveline and continues to play the role of Liz, he and Detective Kildare looked at Detective Kildare with tears in his eyes, which was meaningful. In the final scene, Liz appeared at the gallows, and the curtain call for her directing drama ended. Although she was not remembered by the world as a murderer, she never imagined that she would realize her dream of being remembered by the world as a hero.
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