"Out of the Past" cleverly weaves the two parts of love story and murder together, so that the characters face more choices, and deliberately creates a repetition of the plot, so that the protagonist faces the same problem and makes another choice. During the repetition, the character and spirit of the characters have been greatly enriched, and finally formed a patchwork and irreplaceable character structure.
"Out of the Past" integrates the three powers of romance, conspiracy and reality. The lover in the first half of the elopement is as romantic and intoxicating and impulsive; the murder of the second half is simple in structure, but exciting and well-arranged; in the end, In the finale, these dramatic plots are once again pulled back to the most fundamental characters' destiny and character themes. The design of a movie can have such a combination of inheritance and transformation, which cannot but be admired. Perhaps this is the best result of the game between three screenwriters with different styles
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"Out of the Past" is an excellent road movie, but it is different from the road movie we usually understand. It's not what you have seen and felt on the road all the time, but the characters have tossed around and life has changed several times. The road film means the change of the environment, and the natural psychology will also change accordingly. And here, the characters change their lives time and time again as the scene changes, and they settle down with the situation. People yearn for road movies, maybe that freedom is what they yearn for. The independence of the detective profession and the plot design of wandering around the world with a lover and living in a secluded town after falling in love are also somewhat of the unruly road movie, which seems to satisfy people's yearning for another kind of life entrusted to the road movie
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