I didn't expect the start of 2020 to be so difficult. The night before yesterday, while watching the Spring Festival Gala while reading the news of Wuhan, the hot search on Weibo, "Tong Liya is so beautiful", "Wuhan Hospital New Year's Eve", "Jia Ling's husband at Station B" and "National Epidemic Map" interspersed, as if two parallel worlds. In the unrehearsed broadcast of the epidemic, except for Bai Yansong, everyone else was like an emotionless recitation machine, but they still watched it with tears in their eyes. There is no way to expect more than this kind of evening show. What I feel most deeply in front of the disaster is my own insignificance. Seeing that Wuhan has become an island-like existence, all they can do is donate through various channels, but whether the donation can solve their urgent needs is unknown. The only thing left is to stay at home and watch movies obediently. This kind of moment when you can contribute to the society while lying down is also rare. The story of "Knives Out" takes place in an isolated villa in the American countryside, a classic background for "Wuthering Heights"-style suspense stories. A mystery novelist who owns a huge fortune and has a big harmonious and perfect family, but was found to have committed suicide by slitting his throat in his study during his birthday party. The death of a rich man may not be as simple as suicide when a prominent private investigator receives an anonymous letter full of cash pleading for an investigation. All the suspects appeared on the scene (sorry, the star detective was automatically brought in, too similar, the deceased should be surnamed Zhen): The deceased Harlan: a mystery novelist, with huge wealth, continued to provide financial support for his children, nurse Marta: female in the film Lord, a Uruguayan (not sure here), Harlan's carer and friend, and his most trusted person. Never lie, lie will spit Linda: Harlan's eldest daughter, founded a business from scratch, strong woman Frank: Harlan's eldest son-in-law Walter: Harlan's second son, runs Harlan's publishing house, because Harlan refuses to publish his work Adapted into a film and television, there have been many conflicts with it Joni: Harlan's daughter-in-law, Internet celebrity, her husband died, and her life depends on Harlan to support Lansen: Harlan's grandson played by the American team, ignorant and ignorant, often causing trouble for the family grandma: Ha Lan's mother, over 100 years old, is the most easily overlooked person in the family but is extremely important to the plot.
On the day of the birthday party, there were several quarrels, and the following are some heard: Harlan said to his eldest son-in-law: "Either you speak, or I will speak for you." Harlan in the study with his eldest grandson. Harlan: "I won't give you a penny." Grandson: "I warn you..." ... Harlan: "Marta is better at Go than you." The grandson left the table angrily that night , did not attend the banquet. The detective sorted out everyone's motives based on these quarrels. On the surface, He and Meimei's big family is actually full of conspiracies and contradictions. Everyone is scheming and may lie. The eldest son-in-law's affair was discovered by Harlan; the Internet celebrity daughter-in-law may be interrupted or reduced in funding; Walter may be kicked out of the publishing house. The conversation with the great-grandson is the most interesting. "Not a penny" means that the great grandson is very angry when he knows that he will not be able to share the inheritance, and the conversation suddenly turns to Marta. It is impossible to mention Marta in such an important and intense conversation. It must be Harlan who told him , his estate will be distributed to Marta. Timeline of the day: The birthday party ended around 11:30, Marta took Harlan upstairs to take medicine (for shoulder and neck pain), Linda was woken up by the sound of the stairs going upstairs; daughter-in-law Joni heard a bang in Harlan's room upstairs Ring, go upstairs to check the situation, and wake Linda again; Harlan explains that they just knocked over the chessboard, and Joni goes back to sleep; Marta leaves and Linda wakes up again. Walter saw Marta leave at the door, glanced at his watch, it was 12 midnight; fifteen minutes later, Linda was awakened again and for the last time, and Walter saw Harlan coming downstairs looking for a late-night snack through the window and persuaded him not to eat it . Based on this, the forensic doctor determined that the time of death was between 12:15-2:00. According to the timeline, some obvious problems and foreshadowings can be seen. 12: 15Walter saw Harlan going downstairs, which was the last time Harlan appeared. No one went upstairs since then. It seems that it must have been suicide. Found clues; Walter happened to look at his watch when Marta left, and found it was midnight, thus determining the last time Harlan appeared. According to the tonality of suspense novels, there is a high probability that it is not a coincidence, either Walter lied, or Marta deliberately reminded, so Marta seems suspicious; Walter sees Harlan coming down the stairs through the window, through which he can only see the outline, and it is most likely not Harlan that he sees, who may have been dead by then. This approach of informing all the characters, timeline, etc., and giving the audience the same amount of information, is a typical classical reasoning, and this film also has a strong shadow of Agatha Christie's novels. I have only read two of my grandma's works, and the style is very obvious. Novels always begin with a sudden death, where a powerful detective will cross-examine the suspects, figuring out their motives, timelines, and evidence. Most of the suspects have complex disputes with the deceased, and the cases often fall into the Rashomon where there are different opinions. Detectives will use superhuman keen insight into one lie after another, capturing key evidence from the most inconspicuous places, (such as the movement of the chair at the crime scene in "Roger Mystery") and finally gathering all the suspects to announce the truth in public. , to find the most unlikely murderer. The charm of the case-based reasoning lies in the sense of participation. The reader has the same case information as the detective. The reading process is like a game with the detective, who can guess the real culprit first. (Although I never guessed it right once I read Grandma's novels) If it develops according to this structure, the detective should sort out everyone's suspicions, restore the process of the crime, and find the real murderer. Movie. But the latter did not follow the routine. The self-playing part of the film is a bit cliché, although it is also good-looking, but as a reasoning film, it is not exciting enough. When the detective questioned the nurse Marta, the plot flashed back to explain the cause of death. Marta routinely injected Harlan with painkillers and a very small dose of morphine, but found herself mixing the two reagents through the bottle label that night. Harlan was injected with enough morphine to kill in ten minutes. The first aid medicine that was supposed to be in the bag was also missing. Harlan had no intention of blaming Marta, and decided to cut his neck to commit suicide to help Marta escape. Then the suspense focus of the plot is the game between Marta and the detective, how to do everything possible to get rid of his suspicion. But the story still has two doubts, one is who invited the detective? What is his purpose? The second is Ma Why did the tower get the reagents wrong, and the life-saving medicine just happened to be missing? Marta is set up as a very experienced nurse. She can tell the difference between the two reagents based on the viscosity of the reagents alone. It is very likely that she chose the right medicine based on her experience and read the bottle label, but thought that Mistyped myself. Apparently someone had changed the label bottle, hoping to kill Harlan in this way and put the blame on Marta. Here is an inference premise, the person who changed the dressing and the person who hired the detective may be the same person. Harlan is dead, but he committed suicide. Marta is not responsible. If he doesn't give up, he must ask detectives to find Marta. Why? The suspect is no longer targeting Harlan, but Marta. Who has to kill Marta? Based on the available information, and inferring with motivation, the answer is almost there. In addition to reasoning and suspense, the film also has strong political metaphors, or similes. The Harlan house itself was bought from the Mexicans by his grandparents, and the Uruguayan care workers finally defeated the white people to live in the house, which is simply scolding Trump's strict immigration policy. In the end, the film is considered a qualified suspense film, but for those who have been immersed in mystery novels and "Star Detective" for a long time, the reasoning scenes are obviously insufficient. First of all, Marta, the heroine is obviously oriented, and the kindness written on her face is also very unreasonable. A very important point of mystery novels is that all members may be villains, even the narrator himself. Secondly, the detective's reasoning is obviously imaginative and the evidence is insufficient. However, even if it is directed at the face of the US team, it is also worth recommending. But for those who have been immersed in mystery novels and "Star Detective" for a long time, the reasoning scenes are obviously insufficient. First of all, Marta, the heroine is obviously oriented, and the kindness written on her face is also very unreasonable. A very important point of mystery novels is that all members may be villains, even the narrator himself. Secondly, the detective's reasoning is obviously imaginative and the evidence is insufficient. However, even if it is directed at the face of the US team, it is also worth recommending. But for those who have been immersed in mystery novels and "Star Detective" for a long time, the reasoning scenes are obviously insufficient. First of all, Marta, the heroine is obviously oriented, and the kindness written on her face is also very unreasonable. A very important point of mystery novels is that all members may be villains, even the narrator himself. Secondly, the detective's reasoning is obviously imaginative and the evidence is insufficient. However, even if it is directed at the face of the US team, it is also worth recommending.
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