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The Night of the Hunter
Johnnie 2022-03-22 09:01:48
A textbook classic movie, real classic thriller. Each frame is like a comic, the scenery, characters, and lighting are carefully crafted. The protagonist is actually a small actor. The innocent, courageous and strong character characteristics are also performed just right, which is better than the few horror films I watched earlier. Many times, the plot structure is clear and fascinating, and the escape scene is even more exaggerated. Of course, contemporary people will definitely feel that it is too old-fashioned to set up symbolic scenes again and again before the main camera, but the classic meaning is set like this Yes, let's see the close-up scene when we flee downstream: cobwebs, toads, owls, tortoises, two rabbits, foxes... . In addition, the soundtrack, the songs sung by the main characters in the scene, set off the atmosphere very well, and the duet between the male prisoner and the female hostess is even more tense. I am glad that the director and screenwriter expressed their views from the child's standpoint. There are indeed very few plots that are so considerate of the child's situation. They abide and they endure.
Extended Reading
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Chris 2022-04-23 07:02:04
The light is the silhouette and the distant view of the black and white light and shadow, the light and shade of the foreground and the middle ground of the candle lighting, the photography art is admirable. It's fascinating in the early stage, and it's not a compliment to return to Christmas redemption in the later stage. It has a little Greek flavor. Subverting the traditional dogma of pastors, love and hate, both hands, mercy and greed are two sides of one. The perfect fusion of expressionism and film noir. The close-up of the animals means the weak, the collapse of the money, the madness of the people, the disappearance of the rainbow circle, and the floating hair under the water 4.5
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Amiya 2022-04-22 07:01:26
Cinematography and lighting ensure that the film's aesthetic value remains unchanged for a hundred years. The editing and narrative are slightly unstable, but for Lawton, it is timeless.
The Night of the Hunter quotes
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Rev. Harry Powell: Not that you mind the killings! There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord...
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Rachel Cooper: John, ain't you going to say hello to your pa?
John Harper: He's not my pa!
Rachel Cooper: No, and he ain't no preacher, neither!