2. Secondly, the director is good at guiding. I feel that although there is a relatively mature script as the backing, "Quiet Pen" is definitely one of the films that requires the ability to direct. The film's background, temperament, meaning, story, and careful thinking are not easy to show well, and it is difficult for ordinary directors to control it. Philip Kaufman took this actually very simple story with a sense of rhythm and gradually reached a climax step by step.
3. Again, the actors perform well. All actors have high collective scores, from leading actors to supporting actors and even extras, almost all of them can accurately portray the characters they play.
4. In fact, to put it bluntly, this movie is actually a satire and attacked the primitive desires of human beings that are imprisoned because of various ethics.
5. The character design of the dean is so good that it completely vents the theme of the movie. I really appreciate the performance of Jacques Phoenix and live the character of Dean. That kind of desire, kind of tolerance, kind of contradiction, kind of self-blame, kind of anger, played well. I personally think that in "Quill Pen", his performance is not lost to the protagonist Jeffrey Rush.
6. I always think that the old Michael Caine is more suitable for the role of villain. This interpretation of the Royal Doctor proves this very well. I remember the image of a polite hypocrite.
7. The last thing I want to say is that the Marquis de Thad really shouldn't be born in that era. His thinking is too advanced, avant-garde, and radical even in the modern era. It is an inevitable result that he will end his life in imprisonment.
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