When movie lovers talk about movies or TV shows related to prison break, most of them will think of "Moon and Go" or "Prison Break". Among them, "Moon Black and Goofy" has occupied various professional movie lists for a long time. Even "Prison Break" has brought a "drama pursuit" upsurge in Europe, America, Hong Kong and Taiwan that year, and the characters in it are also popular among drama fans. Relish. But 30 or 40 years ago, the French film director Jacques. Jacques Becker made the world's first crime-type film with a prison break as the background, namely "The Hole".
The film won the Best Film Award of the French Film Critics Association, the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Foreign Actor nomination, the Palme d'Or nomination at the Cannes Film Festival, and one of the top ten best films of the French "Cinema". Also Jacques. The last work of Baker's seventeen-year career as a film director.
"The Hole" tells the story of Claude, who accidentally wounded his wife with a gun because of a dispute, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and went to prison. Later, he was assigned to a prison cell that had already been occupied by four people because of the renovation of the cell. The four inmates who are considered "model prisons" by others were all sentenced to ten years or more in prison, but in fact they have been conspiring to escape the prison. Prison escape experience, prison escape master Roland, Dazhiruoyu, Vossellin who is good at reconciling relationships and Jo who is powerful and naughty. However, Claude's arrival disrupted their plans, and at Manu's decision, Claude was finally included in their escape. The plan of jailbreak, in addition to careful planning, also needs to get the necessary jailbreak tools in this state where the person is restricted and supervised. The movie also explains the prison's supervision system for censoring items and strength, but it also shows the traditional Under a mechanical supervision operation, it is easy for people with ulterior motives to master the rules and evade inspection. The loopholes in these systems were understood and used by the prisoners, and finally they successfully opened the channels inside and outside the prison within a limited time. However, at this time, Claude was informed by the warden that his wife finally decided to cancel the prosecution, and he could regain his freedom in a short time. This news shook his heart, and the purpose of escape became meaningless in an instant.
This film is one of the most famous noir films in the history of French cinema. The setting and ideas of many thrilling plots are the first of the crime films, and these plots and designs have also been imitated by many classic films later. The director packaged the characters' distinctive character and placed them in a prison with relatively limited conditions. After everyone expressed the strong purpose of escape from prison, through a series of battles of wits and courage with the prison authorities, the danger is full of danger but perseverance. Under the circumstance that the plot is driven, even success is in sight, and one step away, the proposition is pulled from the spirit of cooperation to the choice of human existence, and a crucial choice is made between collectivism and personal interests. The whole film did not use any soundtrack. In the absence of the choice to promote the plot through music, the director focused more on the details of the plot and the picture, including the team working together to start digging holes and using a homemade small saw to saw off the iron bars. The director recorded the process as completely as possible, and even chose a long shot in the middle shot, using the ambient sound, which was a bit like a pseudo-documentary. Surprisingly, under this kind of lens expression, it will not feel dull, and even immersive. The repetition of the characters' actions and behaviors and the live soundtrack bring the audience a sense of tension and urgency. Secondly, the limited environments of prisons, cellars, and sewers are very suitable for black-and-white movies of that era. This innate condition can make full use of shooting and lighting in confined spaces, including some limited sense of space, the use of light and shadow, and more Changes in shadows under the light can be reflected.
If it is said that the first 110 minutes of this 120-minute movie is about planning and brewing, then the last 10 minutes of the plot is an explosive release of energy, which has also made this original crime prison escape movie set up for future generations. The standard of the balance bar: a wonderful turning point, no need for more, one shot is enough.
Remember a very interesting detail: during the escape, they encountered a prison guard patrolling the cellar. The prison guard took out a small bug from his matchbox and fed it to the spider on the web. Perhaps the most difficult cell to escape from is for five people instead of one.
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