Money is the most effective weapon, running through the whole film, maybe it's...

Casimer 2022-03-21 09:02:54

Adapted from a stage play, of course, it is inseparable from the style of the stage play. The whole film consists of two actors and a house, but the director is still very skilled in controlling the camera.

The concept of closure and distortion is everywhere. The writer played by Michael Caine is imprisoned in the space of himself. All his life trajectory is his big house. If you take it out, this room can be regarded as Michael Caine himself. The brain, the whole movie is the writer's own war between heaven and man. An exploration of the ego's natural desires. Bring in maliciously, break moderately, and end safely! Of course, this journey is not over yet, and new excitement is still on the way.

Jude Law's appearance has many lens metaphors, which are not real. The point of view of the observed, the variable being introduced. The more eye-catching in the shot is the composition of him in the cup, the brilliance of the projection, the twisted evil head and so on.

Money is the most effective weapon, running through the whole film, maybe it's...

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Sleuth quotes

  • Andrew Wyke: In this day and age, is marriage absolutely necessary? Isn't it a bit old-hat?

  • Milo Tindle: Maggie never told me you were... such a manipulator. She told me you were no good in bed, but she never told me you were such a manipulator.

    Andrew Wyke: She told you I was no good in bed?

    Milo Tindle: Oh, yes.

    Andrew Wyke: She was joking. I'm wonderful in bed.

    Milo Tindle: I must tell her.

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