Pick a few key details of the scene analysis, and the scenes are flashed back to the movie story:
[Scene 1] (Film Ending) The
illusion: Jeff came to the tavern and tried to kill the female pianist in public, but was shot dead by the police indiscriminately.
Truth: Jeff
can get the argument from the following key details that are easy to ignore:
Details 1. Jeff walked into the tavern and deposited his hat at the door, but deliberately didn't get the deposit number. (Reason: Jeff didn't plan to get out of the tavern alive, so naturally there is no need to get a deposit number)
Details 2. When Jeff entered the bar, he saw that the female pianist had not yet arrived, so he chose to wait at the bar. But he did not watch the band's performance. After hearing the piano sound, Jeff deliberately put on white gloves in front of the bartender who had previously identified him as a "killer" at the police station. (Reason: Jeff deliberately made the bartender aware of his own anomaly, so that the bartender can call the police)
Detail 3. (This is more difficult to understand, please understand carefully) When the black female pianist saw Jeff appearing in the bar, her expression changed many times ( From A to D). A froze → B smiles → C advises: The female pianist is saying "Don't stay here" to Jeff solemnly. →D Doubt: When the female pianist saw Jeff taking out the money to face herself, she was surprised and then smiled and said to Jeff "Why, Jeff?".
Reason: A is stunned, B smiles: It is reasonable to be stunned, because at this time either Jeff is killed by his employer and can't reappear, or Jeff kills his employer and runs away. In either case, Jeff shouldn't reappear. In front of myself. As for the smile: Since Jeff came to the bar alive, it means that Jeff's employer, the pianist's lover, has been killed by Jeff, and he is no longer in danger. C advises: She thinks that Jeff should avoid the limelight after killing the employer, and should not appear in the public; D is puzzled by Jeff raising the gun at herself: Jeff can kill the employer because he helped him, why Jeff Want to kill yourself? (For details about why she thinks this way, please continue to read)
Details 4. Jeff said to the pianist, "I was hired to kill you": In fact, he told the pianist that the employer is her lover, and he has actually asked Jeff to kill you. Lost the pianist. But he has killed his employer, so he is telling the pianist: You are safe.
Detail 5. When the police knocked down Jeff, a policeman Xiao Luoluo said to the female pianist, "You are so lucky (meaning that if we come one step later, you will be killed)". Reason: It means that after the police received the alarm from the bartender, a large number of people just caught up in a hurry, instead of ambushing. This also confirms the details 2.
Details 6. After the policeman Xiao Luoluo said so, the policeman replied "No!" in surprise. Reason: There were no bullets in the gun Jeff used to kill the female pianist. It shows that Jeff did not want to kill the pianist, but wanted the police to kill himself. Jeff was "suicide".
As for why Jeff chose to kill his employer, he still chose this "difficult" way to commit suicide: see scene 3# analysis.
[Scene 2#]
Detail 1: The pianist asked Jeff to call himself when he was two children. But when Jeff called two hours later, the pianist deliberately didn't answer the phone and left the room alone.
Reason: The pianist doesn't want to get involved in the struggle between Jeff and his employer. She doesn't care who wins or loses. But when Jeff found her and asked her to explain her relationship with her employer, she (the pianist) knew that she had been involved and could not leave the relationship. Therefore, she deliberately told Jeff to call in two hours later, but when the call came, she deliberately left the scene (note that the door the pianist entered was also the door to go out), but at the same time she notified the employer to come to her residence. The purpose is to let Jeff and the employer meet and PK face-to-face. No matter who wins or loses, it has nothing to do with him, but he can keep it safe. (Random sentence: The pianist does not identify Jeff. It is indeed the employer's instigation, not his own intention to cover up, so if Jeff is killed, the employer will not harm the pianist).
Detail 2: When Jeff killed the employer, the employer was in the room and ran out after hearing that the door was knocked open. He had no sense of precaution, indicating that the pianist did not remind the employer to be vigilant, and the employer thought it was the pianist who had returned home. In addition, Jeff discovered that the employer's address he got from the intermediary was actually the address of the pianist (inferred from the details). So I know that the relationship between the pianist and the employer is not ordinary. So he took the gun to the pianist's residence and planned to kill the employer and even the pianist. These two points also confirm the details 1.
[Scene 3]
Jeff said to his girlfriend (actually a sex worker who has been kept by multiple people for a long time): Did they (the police) ask you to trouble you? ...I will take care of it.
Reason: If Jeff wants to get rid of being chased by his employer, he needs to kill his employer; if he kills his employer, the police will definitely suspect him. If he kills and runs alone, the police will definitely come to investigate his girlfriend. And Jeff knows very well that his so-called girlfriend does not love him and will not run with him. Therefore, if Jeff wants to get his girlfriend to get rid of being harassed by the police, someone needs to be responsible for Matt's previous killing so that the police can close the case. So Jeff chose to create a false impression that he was "killed by the police when he committed the crime again." And why is Jeff willing to sacrifice himself for a sex worker who doesn't love him and has many other sex workers at the same time? There are two things I can think of: 1. Jeff is tired of his own living condition and has no positive expectations for life; 2. Although his girlfriend does not really love herself, she is affectionate and righteous to herself, which is also the comfort of Jeff's life , Jeff is willing to sacrifice himself for this kind of sentiment (of course on the basis of reason 1). The
film's soundtrack and lens switching are very, very powerful. As a film half a century ago, it is definitely a masterpiece. The script is also rare and good.
The only plot that makes me feel unreasonable is:
Jeff, as a professional killer, was indirectly encountered by witnesses (pianists, etc.) after his assault. Since he can rationally and professionally dispose of gloved guns, why? Don't know how to dispose of the outfits (windbreakers and hats) that can recognize their morphological characteristics?
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