Midnight Movie: "Man On Fire"

When reading various novels and movies, I always envy those women who are killers. Yes, they live on the tip of a knife, they are always wandering, wandering in unsafe places, but they are one by one. Being carefully protected, the killer is always gentle in front of them. (One of my favorite examples is Zhongyuan Yidianhong and Qu Wurong, who said, "You are the most beautiful"; she felt that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. One broke her wrist, the other broke her arm, and she traveled the world. )

Man On Fire tells the story of a killer and a little girl: the
girl is only ten years old, she "loves" him, she shows him the value of survival. It is "love", not the "love" we usually say.
Denzel Washington's killer, the killer needs a poker face and a soft smile or two;
Dakota Fanning's little girl Pita, you know, when a little girl wants something, she's always going to do everything possible to get. And Pita wanted to be Denzel's friend.

The story at the end can be guessed from the beginning, but the person watching it does not focus on the plot. The two-and-a-half-hour film is very long, and it feels like a few months have passed, and in these months, it seems that all the great sorrows and joys have been screened. The director's style is a bit like Wong Kar-wai, the difference is that Wong always confuses people; the style of photography is also like the Du Kefeng used by Wong Kar-wai, the difference is that Du Kefeng's lens is too shaky and always makes people dizzy; the style of the soundtrack is like " Collateral", the same ethereal, vicissitudes, if the story itself still leaves gaps in the senses, then the soundtrack fills all these gaps, it is definitely a soundtrack worth listening to again and again! Maybe the film is about the turmoil in Mexico City, or something about human nature and people's hearts, but in the middle of the night, I just stared at him naked, not caring about the location and background, not caring about the ironic statue. The statue of the Virgin Mary and the room full of white candles for prayer were seen only in the most primitive way—eyes, ears. So there is no burden after reading, no need to feel sorry for anyone, just give yourself a big meal before going to bed.

PS: Dakota Fanning was the little girl in "I am Sam" back then, the voice of Coraline in "Coraline", and... actually she will play "Twilight2". Watching her is like watching Natalie Portman a few years ago: both of them have acted in films related to killers, they were little beauties when they were young, and big beauties when they grew up

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