Billy Wilder, who used to be a reporter, seems to have a keen eye on this profession. It was "Upside Down Ace" before, and then "The Wind and Rain" based on Hawkes' "Girlfriend Friday". laugh at.
"Wind and Rain in the City" is a light-hearted, humorous and satirical comedy film.
And "Upside Down Ace" is a noir and absurd movie by Billy Wilder.
This movie should be the biggest scene of his movies.
He opened the curtain of this absurd drama, and all kinds of people were waiting to appear. Maybe all of them came to this stage with a little bit of sympathy, but when all the crowd gathered, it became an alternative. Carnival, how absurd and how ironic.
This seemingly exaggerated noir film was criticized and criticized in the past, but... five, fifty or even seventy years later, everything in the film is so true and repeated constantly, which makes the theme of the film more and more. Deeper and more ironic.
one's calamity
The remote and desolate small county town was blocked from news and would not have been the focus of anyone.
The shopkeeper Leo in the small county was trapped in the cave. Although it was a little thrilling, he was not injured. He was trapped inside and was held down by a stone and couldn't get out by himself. This was not a big deal. Just get him out for a while, and then he can go on living in peace, although he will never know that his wife doesn't love him at all.
It was originally so simple that it would not cause any disturbances. No one would care about it except the family, and it was absolutely impossible for any news paper to pay attention to this trivial matter.
a reporter
This reporter named Chuck Tatum committed himself to such an inconspicuous small town newspaper only because he was poor and penniless. He was not a kind person. He was not willing to stay in this place where almost no news happened all his life. , what he needs is non-stop news.
However, everything went wrong.
He came to this small county town to report on catching the rattlesnake, but accidentally met Leo who was in distress.
He quickly discovered the useful value in this matter. He finally had the material to "lie". He reported the matter with exaggerated plots and made a big news.
He seems to have become the controller of this incident. He chose the slowest and most beneficial rescue plan. He wants to extend the influence time of this incident. He even has to influence the election of the town magistrate...
carnival of people
Soon someone came to hear the news. First, a family who was on vacation came here because they read the news report.
Immediately afterwards, all kinds of people quickly found the value of use in this event, and they appeared one after another driven by interests.
Various newspapers, various media, people watching the fun, singers, they even wrote a song for Leo, someone launched a fundraiser, and even the amusement park Ferris wheel was quickly established...
The vast field outside the mountain where Leo had an accident really became a playground for the whole people to revel in, with all the entertainment facilities. Leo's small shop is full of customers every day, which is in sharp contrast to the previous desertion. Leo's wife is very busy, and Leo's parents are forced to join in this busyness.
Everything is in the name of Leo, but everything seems to have nothing to do with him.
No one cares, no one even wants to know what happened to the protagonist of this incident...
Lonely Darkness and Carnival
Leo, who was alone in the dark waiting for rescue, had to endure the fear of the darkness every moment, as well as the dust and stones that kept falling from the top of his head, his body and spirit were on the verge of collapse, but even so, He still believed in Chuck, the reporter who first approached the cave to "greet him".
He never doubted him.
On the other side, outside the cave is another world. It is noisy, lively, and disturbing. It is crowded with people who "care" about him. They do care about him, because if you want to enter this square, you have to charge a ticket. .
The news media was busy every day, in and out, doing everything possible to "truthfully" report the rescue.
finally
From the very beginning of the rescue, Leo began a journey of life rather than death, so he did not persist until the rescue was successful, and he might never be able to wait for the success of this rescue.
He was dead, and this rescue was completely over.
When Tatum announced that Leo was dead, it only took a short while for the crowds and vehicles in the square to disperse, faster and more merciless than they gathered here, and finally only Li was left. Ao's father, a lonely figure accompanied by all kinds of garbage rising in the wind.
This farce ended quickly without people preparing.
And the movie came to a screeching halt at the crashing freeze of Chuck Tatum, played by Kirk Douglas.
The tragedy of one person, the carnival of a group of people, and a farce that seems absurd but is actually full of satire, Billy Wilder once again used his unique style to poison the negativity of the news media through this film.
The media's verbal criticism of this film actually confirms that sentence, and it will be violent when it is poked at the sore spot.
What's more, it's not poking, but kicking the sore spot.
Does the plot of reporter Chuck Tatum slamming to the ground also hint at the moral collapse of the industry, so how can it not be irritating and maddening?
But what about the facts?
The fact is, with the passage of time, he satirized everything in the past, and today it is intensified, with frenzied consumption, self-bragging and expansion, people seem to be unable to escape this vicious circle of interests and spectators, back and forth.
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