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Deonte 2022-03-21 09:01:54

1 How to use the point of view lens to build suspense and let the viewer share the emotions and tension of the protagonist

2 Alicia (different from the two male protagonists) has a high sense of substitution. Aside from the sympathy brought about by the plot and characterization, is it due to the use of a lot of subjective footage? (80+ subjective shots in the whole process, the female protagonist owns half, and the two male protagonists share the other half). So that when the neutral lens conveys the amount of information, it does not convey neutral emotions at the same time, and the viewer continues to be immersed in the worry about the heroine.

3 Actually the script and lines are well written. The contradiction between the male and female protagonists is a hard demand, which is used to promote the plot and introduce a triangular relationship, but the presentation of the contradiction in the play is not rigid and has sufficient personality basis, which is in line with the motives of the characters, and strengthens the characters while promoting the plot. The dependency relationship and character building of the second male and the second male mother are also very successful. When the second man wakes his mother up from his sleep and asks her for help, the mother lights a cigarette and is so handsome, full of control, scheming and power.

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  • Marcella 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    In Hitchcock's so-called "love films", Ingrid Bergman is still extremely cool and rational, and Cary Grant in "North by Northwest" is still relatively young and handsome at this time. Trying to find the taste of love in it, but still attracted by the suspenseful black and white plot. The laying out part of the whole film is a little procrastinated, and the following plot is full of uninterrupted tension, especially the wine cellar part, which can be called a classic.

  • Catharine 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    The year the film was released was the second year after the victory of World War II, and the three days before the release date was the Victory Day of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It can be said that this film can also be regarded as a kind of occasional film to commemorate the victory of the anti-fascist war. The nuclear material also corresponds to the history of the Allies and the Axis countries competing for the opportunity to manufacture atomic bombs. The main plot is even similar to Lust, Caution, but not enough. However, similar to catching a thief, when love becomes the main theme of Xifa's film, the sense of suspense will be weakened a lot. The narrative in the early stage of the movie is too bland, and the story is not twisty enough. Important props, and finally the boss suspects that Sebastian also makes the ending like an ellipsis that makes the audience full of reverie.

Notorious quotes

  • Devlin: A man doesn't tell a woman what to do. She tells herself.

  • Devlin: I can't help recalling some of your remarks about being a new woman. Daisies and buttercups, wasn't it?

    Alicia: You idiot! What are you sore about, you knew very well what I was doing!

    Devlin: Did I?

    Alicia: You could have stopped me with one word, but no, you wouldn't. You threw me at him!

    Devlin: I threw you at nobody.

    Alicia: Didn't you tell me what I had?

    Devlin: A man doesn't tell a woman what to do; she tells herself. You almost had me believing in that little hokey-pokey miracle of yours, that a woman like you could change her spots.

    Alicia: Oh, you're rotten.

    Devlin: That's why I didn't try to stop you. The answer had to come from you.

    Alicia: I see. Some kind of love test.

    Devlin: That's right.