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Touch of Evil 1958
Continue to read the IMDB250 series. This movie has been downloaded on the computer for some years, maybe 3-4 years. With IMDB250, read it.
The movie tells the story of how a good Mexican official arrested a bad American cop. Isn't it a bit of a joke? An old man of great standing came to the United States from Mexico and was killed just after crossing the border. The Mexican bomb went off in the US, and it became a tricky business. On the American side, there is a "bad" policeman who framed an innocent young man in order to handle the case and save trouble. On the Mexican side, there is a good official who just got married, and he can't stand it anymore, and he has to fight against the bad police in the United States, and on the Mexican side, there is a gangster who wants to threaten this good official. So the bad cops collude with the Mexican underworld to frame the good officer's new wife. What happened to the good official whose wife was framed was seen by the good friend of the bad policeman, who decided to kill the friend righteously and help the good official. Finally, after some shootings, the bad cop and other good friends were shot and killed, and the truth came out. , the Mexican anti-corruption fighters, won the final victory.
As I said just now, the story of this movie is ridiculous. Indeed, when I was writing the plot of this movie, I felt very crap, not to mention the process of watching it? This kind of story of justice triumphing over evil is very cliché. Therefore, the film is lackluster in terms of plot, and there is nothing new.
The uniqueness of this film lies in the condensed atmosphere of the film and the way the film is shot, which belongs to the category of film noir. After watching the IMDB250 series, I really understand the noir films that were once popular in Hollywood, such as "Malta Eagle", "Double Insurance", "North African Spy Movie", "Sunset Boulevard" and "Vertigo". List. The specific characteristics of film noir, as well as the way of shooting, I have seen more and more, and I have gradually understood. Black images, dim lighting, unconventional camera angles, gloomy skies, dark streets, and the protagonist's unethical way of doing things are the hallmarks of film noir. Film noir has a certain position in film history by virtue of its own distinctive characteristics. But personally, I value the plot of the movie more than the rendering of this "black" by the noir movie. So, out of all the noir films I've seen, I didn't particularly like them. The same is true for this film. The typical noir style did not give me much deep feelings, and the too-suppressing atmosphere of the film made it difficult for me to watch the film. All in all, I don't really like this style.
In addition to the plot, and the film's "black" characteristics, other aspects of the film are relatively general. The sets, costumes, and props are all set around the theme of the film. And because of the plot, the main location of the film is in a small town on the US-Mexico border. At that time, the economy was not yet developed, so the whole town looked very shabby, like a run-down town, looking very shabby. All in all, these aspects of the film are uncomfortable and add to the film's depressing atmosphere.
This is directed and starred by Orson Welles, who I once said was a genius. It's a pity that the talented man is also old. He looks fat in this film. I really can't imagine that he is the suave and suave male protagonist in "The Great Nation". So much change in less than two decades? Another male lead, Charlton Heston, is handsome and a typical sportsman, but he doesn't have much to do with Mexico at all. Why let him play a Mexican? The heroine is Janet Leigh, she starred in "Psycho", I didn't even see it, oh, my memory is getting worse and worse.
Also, this version of the film is not the director's approved version, and there never will be, it's just the Orson Welles version that the world understands. Why does this always happen in the film industry?
In short, a masterpiece of the late film noir, but the plot is very crap, I don't like it. People who like this type of film are interested in watching it.
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2011-07-18
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