Standing Today's Comment on "The Very Suspect"

Leif 2021-10-13 13:05:42

If the classic film is to create a new model, then the historical status of this film is absolutely beyond doubt.
However, like many classic films that have been repeated and repeated again and again, after many years, people can only miss it from the perspective of historical status and can no longer directly get a great spiritual impact from it.
Just like the first movie that uses a long lens, the first movie that disrupts the chronological narrative, the first movie that uses three-dimensional or computer special effects, etc., once many techniques are innovated, they will immediately become popular. The imitating of, may even end up so bad that even TV dramas are constantly being used.
The innovation of this film in the suspense film can probably be attributed to two points:
1. The most innocent people are bad guys. Don't mention Conan now, even the young Bao Qingtian knows that there is such a suspense. He has changed from innovation to routine. Maybe someone who looks like a bad person becomes a bad talent
. 2. The ending overturns all known assumptions in the whole article. Mystery movies and mystery movies are like mind games. It is a great pleasure for the audience to think about the answers from the given information. At the end of this film, I suddenly told everyone, "What else do you want? Don't think about it, it's all for fun, all the details are edited by Kint". Except for the corpse, and a Caesar's name, what happened in the middle is not true. When everyone found out that they were being fooled like the police, they couldn't help but praise them. But now this point has also been commonly imitated. It is not new to tell a fake story in the film first, and there are even many boring movies that are fudged for the sake of flickering.
As a result, this movie is about to be put into the museum. It's as if parents were shocked by the kissing scenes and countless sets of beautiful women's clothing when they watched "Love in Lushan". Now, who still thinks these are rare.
The film model is like science and technology, after all, is constantly innovating, transforming the world, developing vigorously, and finally waiting to be replaced by new models or technologies.
Therefore, there is no need to sigh or slander such classic old movies too much.
People today can see farther because they stand on the shoulders of their predecessors.

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Extended Reading
  • Marques 2021-10-20 18:58:00

    I admit that I didn't understand it the first time, and I was not familiar with Kevin Spacey at the time, and I didn't clarify the relationship between many characters. But when I watch it the second time I can quickly sort out my clues, because I am familiar with the actors, including Kevin, Benicio del Toro, and the role of Kobayashi in "Inception" Old fisher. The film tells that Kevin made up a perfect lie using the few words he just saw to deceive the police. It is indeed powerful.

  • Nikita 2022-03-24 09:01:03

    Watching a movie, picking is very important to time! -2012.10.11 —— Sometimes, even if I pick the right time, it may not make me like a well-recognized masterpiece. Finally, with my own efforts, I learned about the ins and outs of the case. Nevertheless, the plot of the story still made me feel a little boring. Even if I made a special sleep in order to prevent sleepiness again while watching the movie, it did not stop me from taking a nap. -2013.12.06 @中国电影 Archive revisited

The Usual Suspects quotes

  • Redfoot the Fence: You guys interested in any more work?

    McManus: We're always looking for extra work.

    Keaton: We're on vacation.

    Redfoot the Fence: Well. That's too bad. I got a ton of work and I don't have any good people. Not like you guys.

    McManus: What's the job?

    Redfoot the Fence: There's this jeweler out of Texas named Saul. He rents a suite, some downtown hotel. Does free appraisals for people, sometimes he buys, sometimes he doesn't. Anyway, the word is he carries around a lotta cash. So I figure, I keep the merchandise, you keep the green. Simple.

    Hockney: What about security?

    Redfoot the Fence: Couple of bodyguards. Nothing you couldn't handle.

    McManus: Give me time to check it out?

    Redfoot the Fence: I expect nothing less from you, man.

    McManus: Good to see you. We'll call you.

    Redfoot the Fence: Good to see you too.

    McManus: All right.

    Redfoot the Fence: Enjoy LA. Get yourself laid.

  • Verbal: [last line of the film] And like that... he's gone.