A thief calls a thief and a thief catches a thief - a short review of "American Hustle"

Frieda 2022-04-23 07:01:06

The author of this famous academy film with no Oscars has been downloaded to the hard disk for a long time, but I have never watched it. Today, I heard that the theatrical version was released, so I went to join in the fun.
It is not uncommon, but it is not uncommon, to cut down more than half an hour and then release it. Cloud map is a typical example, and it is even a very successful example. We can think of the mainland release version of Yuntu as the only director's cut release in the world. The author even thinks it may look better than the original, at least not as procrastinating and nonsense. As for this film, it is said that it was released in China with 35 minutes of deletion. I don't know if this is the director's cut version, but from the effect point of view, the author did not understand what the film was about. At the beginning of the movie, Bell had nothing, and at the end of the movie, he still had nothing. This big liar did not bring himself any benefits.
If you've seen the original version, don't come to show me any sense of existence. But judging from the amount of information that this public release version can provide, the movie can probably be summed up as follows: the little liar thinks he is better than the big liar, but he seizes the big liar's handle and asks the big liar to help him deceive, but is unexpectedly placed by the big liar In the end, the big liar deceived everyone, won the support of the gang, and lived a normal life. From then on, he washed his hands. Moreover, in the process of deceiving the big liar, he solved his problems of marriage, children and love, and had a short but sincere friendship with a deceived object. In a more high-level generalization, it can be described in one word: thieves are also good.
Of course, this film cannot be simply understood as a conscientious discovery of a habitual deceiver, because although he does appear to be a conscience discovery on the surface, in fact, he is only acting for his own interests from beginning to end, including his own interests. Efforts made to wash hands with gold. As for whether the act of exposing the FBI agent, that is, the little liar, can be regarded as a conscience discovery, the author thinks that it is not possible. This is actually a means for him to protect himself. After all, the FBI agent's desire is too strong. If he is not solved, Bell's life will be destroyed.
The background of the film is probably set in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. However, this version of the film has almost no explanation for the background of the era. It is estimated that it was cut by the director. The author guesses that these backgrounds are probably only familiar to the Americans themselves. , and the domestic audience will probably only regard it as nonsense. Therefore, this film lacking the imprint of the times can only be reduced to a regular ordinary crime film.
In the end, the one who impressed the author the most in this film is probably the big cousin, and the laughs of the whole film are basically concentrated on her. Even for this Chinese version of the American hoax, the author's characterization of it is a comedy crime movie.

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American Hustle quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Irving Rosenfeld: Did you ever have to find a way to survive and you knew your choices were bad, *but* you had to survive?

  • Sydney Prosser: You're nothing to me until you're everything.