Sidney Lumet can still reach the top at the age of 63. Sidney Lumet has won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. His old horse has a fire. In 1975, "The Afternoon of Dog Day" was filmed and robbed a bank. Unexpectedly, he could still film and rob a jewelry store at the age of 63 in 2007. This robbery is his culmination work. The movie's name is "Before the Devil Knows You Are Dead", don't ignore it.
The bank robbery in 1975 and the jewelry store robbery in 2007 are quite different. After 32 years, American society is much bleak and miserable today. The people who robbed are no longer habitual bandits and socially abandoned people, but financial managers of large-scale companies and his younger brothers. As for their counterparts, they are actually It's a jewelry store for your loved ones.
Who would say that today's American society is a peaceful and prosperous age, and the compelling situation of life has not only caused multiple families to be broken, but also that parents, sons and brothers killed each other. Isn’t it chilling that such an ancient Greek tragedy appeared in New York, the so-called world’s largest city today?
Sidney Lumet showed us this side of the United States in his later years. It is very meaningful in the morning and evening, so it is no wonder that American film critic Roger Ebert used Japanese words and called him a living national treasure (an important cultural asset that is still living). When this film was launched last year, it was a pity that it was overshadowed by another similar crime film "No Country for Old Men" directed by the Gao An brothers, which is really unfortunate. In my personal opinion, Sidney Lumet’s drama is better than the one written by the Gaoan brothers. It discusses social significance, tragedy appeal, reflections on family parents, children and couples, script tension and interest, and actors’ performances. You can compare any link.
It must be said that this movie is better than the script. The screenwriter turned out to be a newcomer Kelly Masterson who has waited for many years of opportunities. He studied theology at university and has a deep understanding of good and evil. When people act for good, evil is evil. Thoughts will appear in an instant. As soon as a person has a bad idea, the evil result will be like a snowball.
The elder brother’s wife and younger brother have never met in the film, and there is no plot connection between them. There is no need to have plot lines between the two of them, but in order to push the tragedy of the family to the point of tragic, the wife is free from oppression. Xia told her husband that she had an affair with his brother.
In this case, the younger brother’s trouble with the older brother is enough, and the arrangement of the younger brother and the elder brother has an affair, seems to make this tragedy closer to the Greek tragedy format.
It took seven years for the screenwriter Kelly Masterson to work on the script before Sidney Lumet agreed to shoot. It is known that the play is simply tempered. The story is told from multiple angles, and the time sequence is often reversed, which greatly enhances the interest of the film.
The title of the film comes from what Irish people would say when they drink: "Before the devil knows about your death, may you have been in heaven for half an hour." I also said, "Before the film is released, I wish you had seen it in the cinema. ."(over)
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