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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
This is a very strange The film, the story is very different, the style is also very different.
The film tells the story of how a bad guy commits a crime and is finally brought to justice. There is a bad man who uses a priest as a disguise to defraud young widows of money. He not only obtained property, but also often killed people, and many women died in his hands. In prison, the bad man's roommate is a bank robber who is to be sentenced to death, and he learns that the robber has 10,000 yuan. But the robber has a very strict mouth and never says where the money is hidden. The bad man had no choice but to attack his family after he was released from prison. He first married the robber's wife, but the wife didn't know where the money was hidden, so the bad man killed the woman. Next he intimidates and lures the children, and the children do know where the money is, but the children are elf and run away with the money without the bad man noticing. The men started chasing them, and the children were hiding on the road. The children meet a kind woman who takes in many children and takes them in as well. The bad man found the children, but the good woman was very brave and shot him with a gun. The bad man got caught by the police and it was known that he had killed 25 widows like this. In the end, the bad man was sentenced to hang under the fury of the crowd.
Although the story of the movie has a bright ending, the whole story process is very depressing. Watching a movie is watching how bad guys do whatever they want, how they commit crimes, and it makes me very uncomfortable. However, the way the film tells the story can make people think about why bad people can do such bad things from another angle? Why do they still get away with it so often?
The trick of a bad man is very simple, that is to use his identity as a priest to disguise himself, use people's devout religious beliefs for his own use, and add his own clever lies. Through these three tools, you can gain the trust of many people . Of course, only the behavior of the bad man would not have so many tragedies. The stupidity of the murdered woman in the film is also an important reason for the success of the bad man. From this film, those victims are often silly and naive. They were all widows, silly women who liked to be rhetorical and tricked, and if they had a little bit of wisdom, they wouldn't have ended up like this. In addition, around these women, there are many kind and enthusiastic people who act as accomplices. Maybe they have good intentions, but their good intentions are in the hands of bad men. For example, the wife of the robber in the film was able to get married so quickly, all because of someone's instigation, and when the whole family disappeared, the old couple didn't have any doubts, which was really brainless. Fortunately, the children in the film are strong and brave and have amazing willpower, otherwise they would have become the next victims. Bad men would not have been caught without the resistance of children and the help of good women. The women in this film are really like the phrase "Women are stupid" repeatedly said by good-hearted women.
The beginning, end, and several times throughout the film enhance the Bible and some religious stories. In addition, the film also uses a lot of metaphors to express some religious content. For example, the scene when the robber's wife is killed is very similar to a church. The words on the hands of the bad man, and the tale of the two-handed fight he always tells. There are also songs with the same melody hummed many times in the film, and so on, which makes me, who is not familiar with European and American religious culture, confused. I guess that the director wants to reflect the opposition between good and evil that the film wants to express through some religious content, as well as a mockery of religion. As for the theme of the film, according to my understanding, it is to tell people that there are many bad people in the world. They are all wolves in sheep's clothing. We must learn to distinguish them and fight them resolutely. Through the story of the film, we must also learn to be vigilant about everything, and not to become a victim like those stupid women who were killed. Of course, the final bright ending of the film is to reiterate: justice always triumphs over evil, and life is still beautiful.
In terms of actors in this film, the one who impressed me the most was the actor who played the little sister, whose information is really too little. In the film, her performance is real and credible, that is, it has the cuteness of a child, and the true feelings of the character. She is a great little actor. The image of the male protagonist Robert Mitchum is very suitable for the role in the film. He is tall, handsome and handsome. He doesn't look like a bad guy. He is very suitable for the role of a wolf in sheep's clothing. His performance is mediocre, and there are a few scenes that do have a vicious feel to them.
In short, a film that can be very uncomfortable to watch, through which you can see the real evil. Now I know that the movies in IMDB250 are all kinds of variety, and there are all kinds of movies, which can be called the world's movie collection.
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2011-08-13
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