Among genre films, I prefer suspense films. Suspense films can best reflect the struggle between the director and the audience: guess the end, the audience wins, if you can't guess, the director wins. In this game, the director has the advantage as the layout party, and the information asymmetry allows experienced directors to draw the attention of the audience and step by step into their own traps. And the tempered audience is getting smarter and smarter, maybe only a little detail can deduce the truth of the story, so the suspense film is a very test of the rigor of the script and the director's ability to control. This "Break" is undoubtedly my dish! Director Brad Anderson has filmed many American dramas, such as "Undead Forensic", "Atlantic Empire", etc., he is good at horror or horror in movies, and he is very schizophrenic, from "The Mechanic" to "Hell Hospital" ", and then to the latest "Break", "narrative tricks" have always been consistent. The truth described in "Break" is not difficult to guess. Even when the accident happened with his daughter Perry, the director had already voluntarily explained the truth of the matter. But starting from the black screen, the story re-expanded, and introduced another story line of the strange hospital and the strange disappearance of his wife and daughter. At this time, the audience began to wonder. Whether the problem was whether the protagonist Ray or the hospital was vacillating, Anderson successfully created a double doubt, which was supported by details and could not distinguish the authenticity. Since the disappearance of his wife and daughter, more and more details have been smashed into the audience, and the audience once turned the balance to the secret of the hospital. The appearance of the psychologist analyzes the protagonist’s post-traumatic emergency obstacles, and uses a pool of blood to make the audience swing the balance on Ray’s traumatic delusion again. Just when Lei and the audience had agreed that it was Lei’s own problem, the dog suddenly appeared at the time of the accident. Lei recalled the accident of his ex-wife and believed that he was not crazy. The audience finally breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that this is still a "Commuter Rescue" story. BUT, in the last few minutes, Anderson overturned all this again, the original truth is still the original idea! This reversal, reversal and reversal routine constantly breaks the audience's expectations, and plays with the audience by constantly amplifying the positive and negative information. This is Anderson's narrative trick. "Break" is a suspense film that is successful. It allows the audience's perspective to overlap with the protagonist's perspective through a single-line narrative, allowing the audience to actively participate in the development of the plot, exploring the truth with the protagonist, and tightly grasping the audience's attention, so to speak. There is no pee. The rhythm and atmosphere are well created. The blue and green tones are very suitable for cold winters, dark stories and even tragic endings. The rhythm is relaxed and the protagonist’s embarrassment is only shown through some dialogue and flashbacks, simple and neat. , And the ultra-widescreen The highway shots are very cinematic and form a closed loop with the ending Mercedes-Benz. Sam Worthington performed Ray’s pain, doubts, anger, entanglement, weakness and other emotions appropriately. Almost one person supported the entire film, and made another outstanding contribution after "Avatar" and "Blood War Hacksaw Ridge". character of. Except for some details that are not explained clearly, the film is undoubtedly a masterpiece of suspense. Another reason why I like "Break" is because it is produced at a small cost, and there are lessons to be learned from our stretched filming practice. Whether the movie is good or not, the most important thing is the way of telling the story. Movies with neuroscission themes can easily create blind spots for the audience, but if you only rely on dual or even multiple personalities, the story is meaningless, just like when the movie is over, it is only a dream of the character. There are comments on the Internet suggesting an open ending for the film. I think it’s a good ending. Lei finally lives in a world he recreated, where he rescued his wife and daughter and gained confidence and self-esteem, just like the bloody ending at the end. Dawn, tragic warmth.
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