A detective who has retired has re-entered the story of the vortex of old disputes.
The first thing to be sure is the casting. The male protagonist’s looks and temperament drift between elegance, stability and romanticism. It is subtle and charming, and it fits perfectly with the character's personality, which makes the film a lot more glorious. Secondly, the female protagonist is beautiful, which is more outstanding than the male protagonist and his girlfriend. Even if the female protagonist of that era is full of flowers, and even tends to be the same, she can still clearly distinguish the priority of the role, and the character's bonus cannot be ignored.
A major feature of film noir is "light and shadow" processing. The film also uses a lot of shadows to aid composition and narration. In the composition, the shadow often occupies the main part of the picture, with strong contrast and outstanding style; in narration, the characters may be hidden in the shadow to imply their dark side, or the shadow may appear exaggerated and deformed, implying the true distortion of the character. This is handled well in this film, but unfortunately there is nothing particularly impressive. It seems to be better in "The Absent" and "The Third Person".
The narrative framework is orderly, and the structure of "present-remembrance-present" is gradually advanced, and a certain reversal plot is set up, so that the audience can be well immersed in it and enjoy the fun of reasoning. The best part may be the handling of the heroine's role, especially in the era of Hollywood studios that focused on star halo, the heroine was actually a "wall grass" blowing in the wind, which is very rare, thus strengthening the reversal. The drama.
It is especially a pity to discuss the psychology of the characters. Because the script is more ornamental, all characters are almost the same, so there is no extra space in the film to discuss the "struggle of human nature", in short, "the characters have not stood up", lacking a vivid side.
Generally speaking, it is a movie worth watching, but from the perspective of "film noir", "M" and the two mentioned above are more recommended.
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