"Perfect Stranger" is my favorite secret room design. Similar to "The Night the Comet Came", "Twelve Angry Men", "This Man From Earth", etc., a group of people sit in a closed environment, focusing on dialogue, and the plot and characters are drawn from the dialogue. relation. In movies, this structure is the most suitable for the stage of drama. The script and structure basically do not need major changes, and the tension and climax are all based on the screenwriter's brain hole. For such a movie, the first ten minutes are usually more brain-intensive, because you need to remember all the characters' names and relationships; but after the plot unfolds, if the screenwriter's skills are good, all the stories will be spread out naturally, and it will be a lot of fun to watch.
The same is the secret room, the relationship between the characters is also very different. "Twelve Angry Men" and "Twelve Citizens" are jury members from all walks of life, composed of different interests, expressing the understanding of justice in social classes; "This Man From Earth" is a university teacher and department of different departments and Students, questioned the identity of the protagonist from the perspectives of humanities, science, history, religion, etc.; and "The Night of the Comet" is similar to this drama, involving friendship, love, family and other aspects between old friends for many years. interpersonal relationships.
I have long known that the relationship between these long-term friends is not easy, but as the story unfolds, the screenwriter's brain hole is still surprising. This kind of intricate relationship is very recognized by me: think about the story posts on Tianya, and then think about the relationship between a class in a closed university campus, or a netizen on a BBS page. You never know what kind of relationship you have with your friends on the left and your friends on the right, or what secrets your longtime friend who sits across from you is hiding; there's so much difference between what everyone looks like and what they really are, And the mobile phone is the center of all secrets, everyone's Pandora's box, and the perfect switch to open the hidden side of the heart.
The hostess proposes to play this game because she knows she is on the moral high ground (no spoilers here); the original intention of playing this game is to see if the husband with whom she maintains a fragile middle-class marriage There are untold secrets. The couple who lived with their mother-in-law, the newlyweds who had just stopped taking birth control pills, and the physical education teacher who left their girlfriend at home alone, unfolded a thrilling relationship reveal on the night of the lunar eclipse. As reflected by the moonlight on the balcony, it is the dark side of human nature, which is completely different from the friendly dialogue on the dining table. The relationship of family, love and friendship between them constantly triggers the moral bottom line of the audience. Oh, that's it", the screenwriter would give a follow-up of "Ah, it's still like this", and the small climaxes after halftime made the audience dizzy.
The film ends abruptly at the end of the lunar eclipse and the radiance floods the earth, and the friends walk out of the apartment holding hands politely, as if nothing had happened. Everything is the imagination of "if we played this game" given by the screenwriter. The relationship between husband and wife fell apart, and friends for many years revealed their identities. I am afraid that this group of friends will never get together again, and the seemingly peaceful and harmonious interpersonal relationship will never return. Once upon a time. I think if China can make a remake of this movie, in terms of the current turbulent Chinese society, I am afraid it will be even more explosive. The hot posts on Tianya finally have a good place, and the screenwriters should no longer lament that there are fewer good IPs.
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