Every scene is dense and delicate.
01
New York in 1957 was very much like today's Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, impetuous and prosperous. The long shadows on the streets of Manhattan at night are also a breeding ground for sin and ugliness, where people degenerate and succeed; the intoxicating night scenes and bright neon lights in the city symbolize wealth and status-the unreachable and easy-to-reach, tempting ambitious people. young people.
There are not a few young people who are full of mud and dye like Sidney. They are hypocritical, powerful, and greedy for profit. They firmly believe in the law of the jungle of social Darwinism: the weak eat the strong , suck the carbuncle and hemorrhoids, and fly the dog. It is often arrogant and rude to people of low status, and flattering to those who need it.
This kind of person is arrogant, arrogant, impetuous, and just wants to make quick money, hot money, and big money easily. For fear of others infringing on their own interests, they always compete for resources by unscrupulous means. Work hard all day long and make a promising appearance. He hated everything, felt that everyone was sorry for himself, and everyone had to bow down to him.
Just like the chaos in today's society, nei rolls, 996, workplace pua, big and small weeks, and single breaks - obviously can make money together, but internal consumption, vicious competition, so that everyone can't make money! Obviously, five people work, but only four people are hired. The reputation is that more work is more rewarding. As a result, the work assigned to each person has intensified, and the task can only be completed by staying up late, working overtime, giving up vacation, etc. In the past, it used to be 1.5 yuan to send an express, but now a group of small express companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. It is understandable to argue that this is an early strategy to seize the market at a low price. However, in the face of such a situation, other courier companies have to reduce logistics costs and reduce the wages of grassroots couriers.
Strange things like this are endless, and behind the good news and brotherhood in the mouth of the sanctimonious Zi family is the last drop of blood that the workers have been squeezed dry!
02
Hensek, a conceited and paranoid successful columnist with unusually possessive and incestuous tendencies towards his sister Susan, instigates Sidney to use his news agent status to frame upright and courageous jazz guitarist History in love with Susan. Tiff, break up the two at all costs. In the end, the kind-hearted Susan was pushed to the brink of collapse.
The greedy Sidney and the narrow-minded Hensek are not a parasitic relationship between enemies and friends, nor are they sympathetic partners, at least human nature has no effect on the two. They are more like two cold-blooded wolves . Young Sidney coveted Hensek's wealth and status on the one hand, and was willing to be insulted and used by him on the other hand. The taste of success .
The special relationship between the two, especially Sidney's complex feelings of admiration and contempt for Hensek, jealousy and resentment, seems to be mixed with ambiguous feelings between the same sex, which is quite interesting. Take the famous 21 Club scene, for example, in which Hensek relentlessly attacked Sidney in public, aggressively mean and hostile, making one shudder.
The writers flex their muscles in the dense lines and sophisticated plot design, including a wonderful example of intertwining plots: Hensek makes a vulgar joke on the phone, Sidney points to the hung up phone, and asks the opposite. The Senate claimed that "someone has just been sentenced to death", reflecting that he has just been "sentenced to death" by him. This is precisely the "refracting" effect of the dialogue: the dialogue is meant to be spoken to one person, but is spoken to another. This interweaving adds density to character interactions.
Other details: Sidney's indifferent distaste for beautiful girls, including his disdain for other female characters (such as his rough attitude towards Susan and the operator girl) as a metaphor for his sexuality, and being humiliated by her suspicion of being an actress (perhaps revealing his true face, the other is a stupid woman who loves vanity); when he left the club, Henseck mocked him for not storing his coat to save tips (but he clearly didn't tip the waiter himself), Sidney had to follow him like a dog, swallowing the humiliation out of the club.
03
After the upright Steve was miscalculated, he was emotionally confronted by the two, showing extreme disgust and contempt. This angered Hensek, who fought back his anger and sneered at Steve that "it's not easy being an artist in today's world" . When Steve says he's just "an ordinary guy who fell in love with your sister," the fetish Hensek seems to be beaten in the head, his expression vicious and sad, and the muscles on his face are deformed by convulsions. Afterwards, with a twisted heart and a vengeance, he sinisterly instructed Sidney to cut the kid into eight pieces!
At the end, Sidney, who seems to have got his wish, triumphantly roams the bar where the stars hold the moon. When he stepped into Hensek's luxury apartment, he called out Hensek's name but no one answered. When he wandered the empty living room, looking around the luxurious and exquisite decorations, he seemed to be the owner of the mansion, and the illusion of success reached its extreme at this moment. . Until seeing the despairing Susan on the balcony, heralding the impending disillusionment. Susan was heartbroken during the quarrel, and Sidney not only taunted her, but also teased her frivolously, "A bed is a girl's best friend . " Unexpectedly, Susan was really ready to jump, and Sidney rescued her in time. At this time, Hensek came home to meet the two people who were still in shock, misunderstanding that Sidney wanted to stain his sister.
We found that Susan was not as simple and vulnerable as she thought. She kicked back and acquiesced to her brother's guess. The two immediately scuffled together. In the chaos, Sidney reveals the truth - it was Hensek who instigated him to frame Steven. In fact, it is estimated that Susan had already guessed the truth, but Sidney confirmed it even more. Hensek lost his sister forever , and even though he's still seeking revenge—notifying his gangsters to catch Sidney, he's completely betrayed and Susan is determined to leave.
End
As a result, Susan completed the transformation of the real rite of passage . In the charismatic lens of the famous Chinese photographer Huang Zongzhan, she babbled into the streets of New York in the early morning. The city has just started a new busy, no one cares about the joys and sorrows of high-rise buildings and the heartbreak of a girl.
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