Twice murder - the postman always rings the bell twice

Haylee 2022-03-17 08:01:01

Highly focused. A restaurant, a couple, a hired worker. The hired worker has an affair with the boss's wife, Cora, and wants to kill the boss. The first action failed, and the proprietress decided to give up. When the boss recovers, drinks and celebrates all night, the employees and the proprietress act again, and the boss is killed. Cora pleaded guilty to the lawyer, but the lawyer helped them get out of it for $10,000. The hired worker and Cora lived together, and when Cora returned to her parents’ home, the hired worker fooled around, and the lawyer’s assistant came to extort money, and the price was also ten thousand dollars. The hireling subdued him and drove to the bank to pick up the papers. Cora finds hired workers fooling around. After some quarrel and reconciliation, the two drove out, kissed in the car, nearly crashed, and finally Cora was thrown out of the car, dead, and the employee cried. After crying for a while, he stopped. Cora shuts up forever, the hireling isn't a threat, and it's like a murder again. James Caan's novel, "God is like the postman, he always rings the bell twice. And he's usually in the backyard and can't hear it until he rings the bell twice." The novel is a classic, and it was made into a movie three times , this version starring Nicholson is the third version, with two murders, two car accidents, and an unexpected ending. It satirized the old American judicial system and deeply portrayed human nature.

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  • Janelle 2022-03-25 09:01:23

    Compared with the black temperament, the director seems to be more inclined to continue the neo-Hollywood-style suspension posture, and the loose texture stretches the characters into a state; but the film is essentially based on a sense of morality, and external pressure crushes this inner effort . It can be said that there is a lack of good themes, and perhaps it is also an image from the past.

  • Kenton 2022-03-21 09:03:27

    Originally thought it was the original version, but I didn't think it was the 1981 remake. This version has weakened the elements of film noir, and the rhythm, scheduling and other aspects are also relatively mediocre, and I feel that the director seems to be not very skilled. . . And Nicholson's performance didn't show much, or was slightly nondescript. Because of the presence of the heroine, the atmosphere of this film is quite erotic

The Postman Always Rings Twice quotes

  • Cora: He wants to have a baby... How'm I gonna do that, Frank?

  • Cora: [disgusted, after seeing Frank drink milk directly from the bottle] Will you use a glass? What are you, an animal?