There is no perfect murder in the world

Scot 2022-04-21 09:01:45

There is no perfect murder in the world. Every step you take will inevitably leave traces and surprises and flaws. For Tony's well-planned murder, Leith's failure and death become an accident, and the key swap becomes a loophole. The whole film unfolds through a large number of dialogues, Tony's planning of the murder, Mark's exculpatory and correct assumptions for the murder, the sheriff's reasoning about the case, and a large number of dialogues are laid out to show the ins and outs of the murder. If you miss a line, you miss the whole murder. This film reminds me of "Gone Girl" and "Detective Chinatown," where seemingly perfect murders always leave clues. There is no perfect murder case in the world, I don't know how Chen Sicheng will show us a "perfect" murder case in the third "Detective Chinatown".

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  • Sincere 2022-03-23 09:01:40

    ❶Anti-routine - the plan can't keep up with the changes, adapt to the situation, and catch the previous script; It's copied, it can be borrowed, but it can't be made up by the audience's own brains), which leads to unfinished endings; ❸Unfortunately, it didn't break the rules to the end - Tony noticed the trap and got away with it. His indifference to drinking after the crime was revealed made up for this a little;

  • Bobby 2022-01-27 08:06:55

    I especially like this ending. He went, he stopped, he went, he came back, he wanted to understand.

Dial M for Murder quotes

  • Margot Mary Wendice: Anyone would have realized he was dead. Just one look at those staring eyes...

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: So you did see his face, after all.

    Margot Mary Wendice: I saw his eyes! I can't remember his face!

  • Tony Wendice: What makes you think he came in by this door?

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: His shoes.

    Tony Wendice: His shoes?

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: The ground was soaking wet last night. If he'd come in by the garden, he'd have left mud all over the carpet. As it is, he didn't leave any marks at all, because he wiped his shoes on the front doormat.

    Tony Wendice: How can you tell?

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: It's a fairly new mat, and some of its fibers came off on his shoes.

    Tony Wendice: Oh, but surely...

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: And there was a small tar stain on the mat, and some of the fibers show that as well. There is no question about it.