the director has a gun

Alana 2022-03-23 09:01:59

Movie watching is a game. In this game, for the first 3/4 of the time, the audience does not know a very important rule - voodoo really exists, and the director has always known it. The viewer is equivalent to being suddenly killed by the opponent's director in a knife fight. It seems that in an exam, the test paper given by the audience is 0 points, and the director's test paper is given a basic score of 1 point. Therefore, the film is destined to be surprising from the beginning. Because the director has more grabs than the audience.
Good movies play with inertia and thinking, not information asymmetry. Doing this would ruin the movie.

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  • Luke: So what exactly happened? I came to update her will, she was up with the doc and he said that he fell?

    Caroline Ellis: He DID fall.

    Luke: Like what from his wheelchair?

    Caroline Ellis: [gestures her head towards the roof]

    Luke: You cannot be serious? Up there? He fell from up there?

    Luke: How? He can't even walk?

  • Violet Devereaux: You can't get away, Caroline!