The first shot of "Killer Lyon" tells us that the story takes place in "Little Italy" in New York, USA. "Little Italy" refers to a place where Italians are relatively concentrated, where mafia activities are frequent, and the background city of the movie "The Godfather" is also here. Such a location full of dark mystery lends legitimacy to the existence of Leon and Tony, while also underpinning the screenplay for the entire film.
The first scene of the film takes place in Tony's company, where Tony, speaking Italian, gives Leon his first assignment, Tuesday, a fat man. Leon drank the milk and took the photo. This is how the story of a killer begins.
The beginning of the film is very thrilling, a series of killing scenes, skilled killing techniques, there is not a frontal shot of Lyon. This is a bold attempt. The more you hide the protagonist, the stronger the audience's first impression of the protagonist. With a cool black coat, round sunglasses, and a dark hat against the dark background, Lyon's appearance looks deep and cold, and the treatment of the all-black background also implies the darkness of the character's heart. In the fat man's mission, Leon holds a man named Tonto hostage, and he describes Leon very well: serious (serious), which is both his appearance and the character of his work. Obviously, on the first impression, the director succeeded, and people would never associate such a killer with his hidden angelic heart. Lyon came out like a mystery.
If it wasn't for Mattita, maybe Leon would always be the killer Leon. However, something extraordinary happened. When Lyon saw the crying face of little Martitta in the door mirror, and her pleas, after a fierce inner struggle, the moment he finally chose to open the door for Martitta, a killer Soft-hearted, this indicates that Lyon's fate will not be smooth, and he will pay the price for Mattita. The moment the door opened and the light of the sky entered the house, this moment could even be described in all good adjectives for Mattita, her life was saved by Leon. Similarly, there is a skylight at the end of the film. When Leon walks out of the apartment door full of hope, the light outside the door is particularly bright. Obviously, this is a way of expressing the beauty of the outside world. But Lyon failed to get out of the gate. Throughout the film, the light of the sky seems to symbolize life. Mattita walked into life, while Lyon fell outside the light of the sky.
And Lyon's decision was not made at that moment. On the first night Mattita spent at Lyon's house, Lyon had installed a silencer for the gun, but when she walked to Mattita's window, she hesitated, In the end, he failed to start, which completely made the killer's heart soften again and again in the future.
This movie is going to reveal to us a killer human side, so for the killer Leon, some things he does are abnormal, and he doesn't even ask himself why before doing it. Anyway, Leon found a toy pig in the kitchen, and he tried his best to make Mattita forget the pain that just happened. And where did that little pig in the kitchen come from? Why would a killer have a piggy toy? The audience did not ask these questions. But it is worth noting that the director may have arranged the pig in the kitchen on purpose, so that Leon hid behind the kitchen wall and hummed to learn the pig's voice, as if he was playing a children's play for him. The editing of the frontal shots of Lyon and Martitta can more clearly show Martitta's mental state from bad to good.
Mattita is an eccentric girl. According to common sense, for a weak girl who has just lost her family, this time should not be a calm state and clear thinking. But Mattita just played the cards out of the way, which led to Leon spraying milk in the face twice in the play. When Mattita learned Leon's name, the two stared at each other, and she went so far as to describe the name as "interesting." Obviously, this sentence is in contrast with Leon's inner expectations, and this little girl also used her own uniqueness to slowly change Leon's attitude towards life, and she is also different from other women, and is the only one in Leon's heart. There is a very famous scene in the film. Martitta lies on the bed and confesses to Leon. As soon as the words are spoken, Leon sprays a mouthful of milk on his face. And the following reasons for Martitta's love are even more surprising to Lyon, Martitta actually felt it first from his stomach. This is undoubtedly a romantic expression for the audience, and Lyon is also moved to a certain extent by Mattita's innocence and naive belief. This can fully explain that before this, perhaps Lyon has not developed love for Martitta, because Lyon has not opened up the idea of love, but after that, Lyon's concern for Martitta will inevitably have an element of love. .
Leon is a killer after all, and he is a stupid guy to cater to the status in the play. It’s hard to notice the meaning of it when you watch the film for the first time. When Mattita first stayed at Lyon’s house for the night, Lyon covered Mattita with a quilt. He directly put the folded blanket over Mattita’s body. It was clearly written in the original script that Leon awkwardly placed the quilt over Mattita. The director here is well-intentioned and fully expresses Lyon's clumsiness in his daily life and actions. At the same time, we can also imagine that Lyon sleeps on a chair every day. The blanket has been used for a long time for him, and Mattita is a guest. Lyon must have not received guests for a long time, and inevitably he does not know how to take care of it. And Leon's clumsiness is also reflected in his inability to read. He learns to write like Martitta, just like a big tiger learning from a kitten. His sincere and serious clumsiness completely takes off the stern killer shell. At this moment, the audience may have completely melted into the romantic killer life of the two, and it is natural that Leon's not too cold is realized.
"I work alone, understand? Alone" "Bonnie and Clyde never work alone, Selma and Louise don't work alone, but they're the best." Mattita always doesn't Obeying fate, she knows how to fight for herself. Leon drove her away, she didn't go, she was able to cite examples from the movie to convince Leon. In order to prove her love for Leon, she even bet her life with Leon. Here comes a classic line: "If, if there's a little love in your heart, I think at some point, you'll regret not saying anything to me." "I love you, Leon", a sound When the gun rang, Lyon finally chose to change the direction of the gun, which was Lyon's confession to Mattita. In this battle, Mattita won. And Lyon's love for Mattita was fought for with her life, so this love is extraordinarily precious.
There are two sequences in the film. The opening chapter describes Lyon's monotonous life as a killer: Lyon removes his plants from the window, closes the window; takes his hat, sunglasses, coat; takes a bath, sits in front of the milk, scrubs his plants, sleeps on the chair. This is a killer's day. Their lives after Martitta: Lyon teaches Martitta how to hold a gun; Martitta washes clothes, cleans glass, buys things, washes dishes, cleans guns; Lyon puts plants by the window; the two do supine together sit up. It was a day for two, obviously a lot richer. These two sequences form a strong contrast, Leon accepts Mattita and is happy to be with her, this is not a killer living alone, but a killer living like a human, so beautiful, how can it be? Do not call Leon nostalgia.
And Mattita enriches Lyon's life by playing a celebrity guessing game with Lyon. The director completed the narrative with relatively fast editing. Mattita first played Madonna, and Leon did not come out. Marilyn Monroe, Leon did not know, Charlie Chaplin, Leon did not say. But the narrative of the film is not so simple, there are many details. Although Lyon does not know each of the characters played by Mattita, his reflections are different. For Madonna, I simply don't know. When I saw Marilyn Monroe, the script wrote: Leon showed an unnatural expression and his face turned red. When Mattita played Chaplin, Leon felt like he knew, but he couldn't say it, so he felt a little disappointed. Very concise editing can reveal such a large amount of information, and vividly describe the characters. The contrast between Mattita's naughty and cuteness and Lyon's clumsiness is clear at a glance. I believe this is by no means a shooting without careful thought. And a more subtle echo is Lyon's performance. Lyon played a clip from Jim Kelly's "Sing in the Rain," which happened to be the one Lyon watched alone in theaters. The intuitive feeling that this gives the audience is that Lyon knows very little, but he does his best to cooperate with Martitta. He also bought a small pink dress for Martitta. Leon was obviously injured that day. I believe this is also a deliberate exaggeration of the play, but the director just wants to tell us that a human Leon knows how to do his best The power to make loved ones happy. At the end of the film, Mattita seeks revenge from Stan and leaves a note for Leon. Leon has just learned to read, but he still tries his best to read Mattita's letter. This also corresponds to the scene when Leon learned to read. Lyon cares deeply for Mattita. Although he can't fully read it, he is eager to know where Mattita is, Leon, a killer with love in his heart, trying to do what he can for Mattita.
At the same time, Mattita is an obedient child in big matters. She likes to say okay, and there are two long dialogues about Mattita's okay. "Don't shoot out the window at will, or I'll blow your head off, understand?" "okay" "I never do that, it's unprofessional, it's the rule" "okay" "Don't always say okay , okay?" The conversation "okay" not only shows Martitta's mischief, but also shows the tacit understanding between the two. Martitta's last okay did not arouse Leon's anger, but Lyon said with satisfaction. "Okay". This is the tacit understanding between the two. The second paragraph: "I hope you don't curse people, you can't keep talking to others like this, I hope you try to be better when you talk to others." "okay" "Then I hope you don't smoke all the time, cigarettes will Kill you." "okay" "Stay away from that kid, he's like a monster." The "okay" dialogue shows Mattita's obedience, she tries not to let herself cause trouble for Leon, because She wants to follow Leon, she loves Leon.
Lyon said twice in the film that it was "not negotiable", once when Mattita didn't drink milk, Lyon asked her to drink it. The second time at the end of the film, Leon asked Martitta to go first, but she refused, "We said it, there was no discussion", Martitta's consistent obedience continued to the end, she trusted and relied on Lyon, he I believe that what Leon said will be able to do it, this killer is omnipotent.
There is also a very obvious response in the film. The first gun Lyon taught Martitta to use was the rifle, and Lyon has this passage, "The rifle is the first gun you have to learn to use because it can keep you at a great distance from the task person. Your technique The higher you are, the closer you can get to the task person. The knife is the last thing you have to learn." This corresponds to the fat man at the beginning. In the task of the fat man, Leon used the knife to threaten the fat man, and reminded the audience of Leon Superb killing technique. As a killer, he seems to be all-powerful, which is Leon's means of making a living, and it is his personal charm as a killer. In the scene where Martitta seeks revenge on Stan, Leon asked the taxi driver to wait for him downstairs. He rescued Martitta in less than ten minutes, and the moment he saw Martitta safe and sound That hug, the feet of the little girl who was picked up in the camera just reached Lyon's knees. This is Lyon's love for the weak, and it is also his first and foremost love for the weak Mattita.
The most frequent prop in the play should be the plant that symbolizes Lyon's life. Lyon once said: "It's my best friend, always happy, and there are not so many problems, but it is very similar to me, not Is it? - No roots." Leon is a person with heavy feelings. He protected this pot of plant until the end, and this plant gradually became his incarnation, sharing his joy and sorrow with him.
We found that the killer is not without feelings. When Lyon was a child, he also fell in love with a girl, for which he started his murder career. In the play, Martitta invites Leon to sleep on the bed together, and Martitta asks Leon to hold her like a gentle kitten. In the dark, the two were so quiet and safe. Leon felt the warmth of life. A stern killer discovered that the life of a normal person is so warm, and even the ordinary thing of sleeping can make Leon feel very fresh. Seeing this, we sympathize with him.
After that comfortable rest, Leon was killed. However, Leon was right. When he slept, he kept one eye open all the time. Leon has already made plans for all this sudden, he is a good killer, and he can deal with everything unexpectedly. Faced with the police's siege, Leon smashed the fire hydrant and let little Martitta go first. In a freehand slow motion, Lyon is desperately trying to carve a way out for Mattita, who wants to be with the one he loves. He said "I love you" to her for the first and last time. During their happy life, Leon has said this sentence more than once with actions, but here, Leon must personally say the most Mattita Said, because this is what Mattita has been waiting for and the hope of her life. "You won't lose my Mattita, you gave me a sense of life, I want to be happy, sleep in bed, I want to grow roots and never be alone, Mattita..." All the thoughts, not The inhuman killer Leon owns, and this is given to him by the angel-like Mattita to let him know what is the difference between living and living.
Some people say that what Lyon has for Mattita is not love, but only pity for the weak. The play arranged for him to disguise himself as a policeman to preserve hope for his own life. He walked to the gate that shines into the sky, and his eyes revealed hope. All this was for his love for Mattita, and he wanted to see peace. Mattita, he wants to be with Mattita. The director also added special renderings here, the gate of the sky, Leon's hopeful eyes, and the switching shots extended the time Leon took to walk to the gate, making the audience have greater expectations for the mysterious ending. But God didn't give the killer this chance, and the camera fell down from Leon's perspective, like an almighty giant, falling down tragically. What's more unexpected is that Leon used his last breath to fulfill Mattita's wish. This is the biggest response in the whole film. It was the ring game, and Leon felt relieved.
Leon's killer career begins with hate and ends with love. When a killer meets love, the ending can only be tragic.
"If you don't take me in, I'll die this afternoon." This is Martitta's line, which appears twice in the film. The first time Lyon rescued her, the second time the school teacher took her in. Could it be that the only thing left for Martitta is to lose her love in the morning and die in the afternoon? No, not anymore... Leon was waiting for her under that big tree.
I know that spades represent the guard's sword, I know that clubs are the guns of war, and I know that diamonds represent wealth, but my heart, my heart, has no shape.
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