living spy movie

The film caused a great sensation when it came out, and it was remade several times in the following decades. However, from the current point of view, it seems a little outdated. As an undercover film, its twists and turns are not as good as "Infernal Affairs", and as a spy film, its thrilling and exciting is not as good as "Mission Impossible". However, it still has a uniqueness in the plot that cannot be ignored. This unique feature is mainly that it is a living spy movie. In general undercover spy films, many of the undercover spy are colleagues who are enemies, such as domestic and Hollywood movies, and some are small people who pretend to be inconspicuous, such as cigarette stalls, popsicle sellers, etc. , which is often seen in mainland anti-special films.
The life of "Beauty's Plan" mainly has these aspects. First, the triangular relationship between Agent Alicia, Agent Devlin and Sebastian of the Nazis, in this relationship there is cooperation in the sense of work. There are also misunderstandings and conflicts between lovers, which are subtly interspersed in the thrilling espionage work, making the whole film more full of dramatic tension.
The second is that Agent Alicia's other identity is the wife of her enemy, and she works secretly in her own home. It is very interesting that there are actually conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and the emotional conflict between her mother-in-law and Sebastian caused by it. These are very life-like things. From this perspective, the film can actually be seen as a metaphor for the conflict between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law as outsiders. Alicia went to Sebastian to steal information, in effect taking away his feelings for his mother from him, and Sebastian's mother's opposition to the marriage can be seen as a subconscious reflection of fear .
The third is that Sebastian and his mother intended to kill Alicia by poisoning her slowly with arsenic, creating the illusion that she was sick and dying, rather than the usual spy films that can be seen by killing or creating It's a way to kill the opponent at once with the illusion of a car accident. This method of letting others die slowly is obviously more lifelike. It easily reminds us of some social news that killed family members because of family conflicts. This is exactly what Hitchcock himself said, "I want to show that the wicked do evil in a rational way."

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