The age of elegance is over

Giuseppe 2021-10-20 17:27:35

The beginning of the film quickly brought people into that era.

Simple subtitles.

prison Break. They escaped so easily, they have the strongest firepower, they got into a toast-like car, and they kicked away the impulsive and rude people. This is the chaotic era of the Great Depression, and a mob of gentlemen.

On one side, Bell was kneeling on one knee like a nobleman practicing shooting, sniping the fugitive; on the other side, he deployed a meticulous and unhurried bank robbery, for a small amount of tens of thousands of dollars.

After the three-stage play came down, a word came to mind, decent.

Johnny Depp is the only protagonist. I saw film critics saying that his expression was too single. I think his expression is just right. Without Captain Jack's glib tongue and exaggerated body language, his grace and calmness from the beginning of a sluggish world to the vacant struggle that was abandoned by the times seems to be from the corners of his slightly opened mouth, raised eyebrows and stubborn strands of forehead. Flow out. The film uses a lot of close-up close-ups to capture subtle expressions. The introverted expression of emotion is the style of the gentleman of that era.

It is the age that has abandoned elegance. Bell was forced to accept torture to extract a confession, and Depp had to work with people he didn't like and take jobs that he didn't like. They have both called the wind and the rain, but they are so pale and helpless to face the times.

This is a nostalgic movie. It has no stunning visual effects, no twists and turns, and no thought-provoking philosophy. It only has nostalgia. Therefore, it cannot be a good work accepted by everyone, but it is still a good work.

With a very unique sense of reality, it shows us who are also in the Great Depression today with different elegance from that era.

The photography of this film is very special. Many lenses choose to be handheld and shake slightly, which involuntarily think of "Dog Town" in the same darkness. The sound effect is also very special, as if all the noise in the environment was recorded without post-sculpting. This kind of treatment makes people feel that this is not a movie from time to time, but a cheap TV movie or documentary. I used two specials, just don't want to criticize it too directly. After all, the intention of shooting in this way is understandable, but at least for me it does not increase any sense of substitution or realism. Depp's face is staged, and I think documentary shooting is not appropriate.

bye bye, black bird

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Extended Reading
  • Audreanne 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Robbing the rich and helping the poor is at ease in the world.

  • Abe 2021-10-20 19:02:39

    He also smashed his face.

Public Enemies quotes

  • [Agents Baum and Purvis are briefing the Chicago field agents]

    Agent Carter Baum: According to the bank teller Barbara Patzke, this is John Dillinger's coat. It's made by Shragge-Quality out of St. Louis. Price: $35 dollars. Windproof, 32 ounce wool. Top stitching.

    Melvin Purvis: [nods approvingly] Thank you, Agent Baum.

    [Baum steps aside]

    Melvin Purvis: Agents in our offices across the country are identifying every store in the United States that sold this overcoat. Then, we will cross-reference every Dillinger associate, in locales where that coat was sold. He was in a place, he got cold, he bought a coat. Unless he was traveling through, he was being harbored nearby. If he returns, we will be there. It is by such methods that our bureau will get John Dillinger.

    [turns to Doris Rogers]

    Melvin Purvis: Now Doris, would you please contact the Chicago area telephone exchange supervisors? There are six. Request appointments for Carter Baum and myself.

    [as she does that, Purvis turns back to his agents]

    Melvin Purvis: Gentlemen, shortly you will be provided... Thompson submachine guns, BARs, and uh, .351 Winchester semi-automatic rifles. We are pursuing hardened killers. It will be dangerous. Those of you who aren't prepared for that should go. And if you are going to go, please go now.

    [No one leaves]

  • [Purvis and Baum are listening in on a wiretapped call]

    Agent Carter Baum: This is a phone conversation from a car dealership twenty-seven minutes ago. Harry Berman.

    [He pushes down the needle to play back an acetate disk]

    John Dillinger's voice: When you drop it, leave the keys on the floorboard.

    Harry Berman's voice: I got a DeSoto.

    John Dillinger's voice: Okay.

    [Purvis takes off his headphones]

    Melvin Purvis: How did we get to Berman?

    Agent Carter Baum: Off the Dillinger coat. The coat was bought in Cicero, Illinois, a few doors down from Berman's dealership. Now we know Berman. He's been supplying cars to the Syndicate since Capone. When Dillinger bought that coat, he must've been at Berman's switching cars.

    Melvin Purvis: Soon as they call to drop the DeSoto, we'll tail it. I want men on this, around the clock.