Four stars, the one missing is the ending.
The director chose the trivial problems of the most common little people in life - the writer's alcoholism, which is not too profound, nor is it a main theme film, but won the 18th Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Screenplay. Four Best Actor Awards.
In less than two hours, it actually tells the story of an alcoholic who kept falling and finally sobered up for two days on the weekend. The plot is compact, and the bgm, which is a little too hard, has a sense of suspense and horror. In the first 80 minutes, with the onset of alcohol addiction, the pressure is also approaching step by step. From the beginning when I thought about catching up with my younger brother on vacation and only having a few drinks, searching all over the room for the moment when I finally found the wine that I had hidden, to the embarrassment and humiliation after I chose to steal and found out that I had no money for the wine, I hoped all the way to pawn the only one Valuable typewriters without the desperation of opening the door, other alcoholics who are seen as maddened by alcoholism, and finally choose to end everything with dignity. Under the progressive pressure, everyone expected a black ending of death, but in the end, the persistent girlfriend gave us a HE, a sense of gap that came to an abrupt end.
The projection lens of the wine bottle placed on the chandelier is very good. When the male protagonist searches the whole room and looks up in despair, the object in the bottle in the dimly lit place is actually relieved that we and the protagonist can breathe a sigh of relief, which is the charm of the director.
The film still hopes to express hope, the girlfriend who is so determined and even loves crazy, the bar owner who usually sneers but finally sends the typewriter, stealing his girlfriend's coat is not for money, but for robbing, even if he commits suicide, he still has a decent appearance in the end. It's not the point, but drawing attention to addicts and giving hope is what Billy Wilder wanted to say, I think.
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