Don't do it with small evil

Randall 2022-04-23 07:01:01

Revisiting the movie, I have to admit the genius of David Fincher. The genius is that he pursues the rules of Hollywood commercial films, but can produce a mix of commercial and artistic products. The filming techniques follow Hollywood conventions, seamless Editing, linear narration, but in the details, the director shows his own style... At the
beginning of the film, before the subtitles, there is not much interpretation. In fact, he has already taken care of the whole film. The film was originally handled by Freeman, and he cared about his wife and husband. In the conflict, whether the child was frightened, and thus disdained by his colleagues, this is what the director of the whole movie wanted to convey. In fact, the most unusual feature of this movie is that the director is on the side of the criminal. Perversion, which is rare in Hollywood, the director and the criminal together attack the current society, because people have too much time to take care of, and the tolerance of the current life is allowing the evil to spread. Therefore, this motif recurs repeatedly, near the end. , The discussion between Pitt and Freeman is also around this topic...
At the same time, it cannot be ignored that the title of the movie is to bring out two male protagonists, but in the murder case, that is, the wife killed her husband, the motive was impulsive, here Echoing the end of the movie, Pitt killed the criminal on impulse. In addition, the subtitles of the movie actually showed the criminal's life and criminal methods, such as peeling the skin of his own fingers to cover up the fingerprints, etc...
It is true that the screenwriter of the movie has some The logic of the details is not clear enough, but the script of the movie is rigorous enough and fascinating. Whether or not Tracey dies in the end, this is discussed a lot. In fact, this is an open-ended conjecture, because whether Tracey dies or not, Pitt kills. Impulsive, but the audience seems to sympathize with the protagonist, so this has become the tolerance that the director wants to criticize. Does a crime with reason need sympathy and tolerance? I personally think that the biggest mistake of murder lies in whether it really committed the crime of jealousy, or did it on purpose to complete the sermon, if it is the latter, then his layout is still not perfect... From this point
of view, the director brings Leading the audience, standing on the side of the criminal, of course the audience may not follow, but it is subversive enough, the subversion is that the criminal and Pete are both white, and Freeman is black, this design is also very interesting, not only about race The coordination of black people is still a kind of slogan for black people. Imagine "Men in Black". The setting is just the opposite. Black people have become representatives of wisdom, instead of being negative or insignificant.
There are many shots in the film, so the editing speeds up the narrative and gives the audience a sense of oppression. When dealing with cases, the use of long shots also gives the audience suffocating tension. The use of depth of field and the use of light increase the suspense and depression. Atmosphere, David Fincher is familiar with these techniques. Obviously, the experience of sending mv before also played a role, that is, the visual impact...
David Fincher adopted a linear narrative in this film, recording day by day, strengthening the time , and at the same time dilute the space, this city may be any place, but it is generally dark, so the meaning of this irony burst out...
In the long river of time, human nature has never evolved, so sins continue to accumulate and escalate , which erodes every individual in the space. The director has nothing to do with this. The solution he tried is to call everyone's attention and pay attention to the evil around him. deep meaning...

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  • Mills: [while shaving their chest in order to install listening devices] Hey, man, if I should accidentally shave off a nipple, would it be covered by workman's comp?

    [Chuckling]

    Somerset: [Chuckling] I suppose so.

    Mills: Yeah.

    [Chuckling]

    Somerset: If you're actually man enough to file a claim, I'd buy you one out of my own pocket.

    Mills: If I keep coming home late, my wife's gonna think something's up.

  • Man in Booth at Massage Parlor: Hey, everybody that comes in there has got a package under their arms. Some guys are carrying suitcases full of stuff.