Turning Hands for Clouds and Covering Hands for Rain "The Upside-Down Ace"

Marc 2022-01-26 08:45:16

What was supposed to be a life-and-death rescue turned into a national carnival, initiated by a reporter named Chuck. Unemployed and struggling, Chuck seized the eye-catching entry point of the Indian soul revenge in the accident, setting off a frenzy of exploration across the United States. Everyone had their own ideas, and except for Leo's parents, no one really cared about the buried victim. The most ironic thing is journalists. The primary goal of these professionals who are supposed to report the facts, expose the truth, and guide the correct public opinion is how to attract people's attention. This is probably the embryonic form of paparazzi. Thinking of the photographer Carter who shot "The Hungry Sudan", after he won the Pulitzer Prize, there were more accusations against him. No one knew the story behind the photos. The accusations made him choose Self-execution, just like the indifference to life and crazy carnival of the people in the film indirectly killed Leo. It can be said that Leo's death was not caused by Chuck alone. It was a massacre of the whole people. means. At the last moment, Chuck's goodness of humanity overcame desire, but there was no room for manoeuvre in this farce. Leo exhausted all his hopes and died, and Chuck also paid the price of his life. There is no shortage of goodness in this world. A mother who prays all day long, a father who runs around to rescue her son, a tourist who questions the rescue plan, a newspaper president who still has a conscience, these few good things have been drowned in the evil. The Leo Rescue fundraising sign on the floor of the accident, which had recovered from the farce, stabbed the viewers' eyes.

Finally, I was curious whether Billy Wilder's film was boycotted by reporters when it was released. In China, a director named Cai Chusheng was shot by a new woman just because there was a negative image of a tabloid reporter in the film. The Shanghai Press Association resisted and attacked, demanding an apology from the crew across the country, and incidentally dragged Ruan Lingyu into the water.

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Extended Reading
  • Everett 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    It's hard to imagine that this is a movie from 60 years ago, and what happened in the film is still happening now. This is what makes the plot attractive. It's hard to say whether this immutability stems from society or the essence of human nature. The media is the eye that examines the world. What kind of society is there, what kind of media is produced and what kind of human nature it sees. Billy Wilder's classic noir film, written and directed by himself, has a wonderful ending, with whiplash strength and warm afterglow.

  • Marcus 2022-03-22 09:02:49

    "Everybody in this game has to make up his own mind."

Ace in the Hole quotes

  • Jacob Q. Boot: [after learning that Tatum was once fired from another newspaper for "starting something" with the publisher's wife] Now about that publisher's wife. I think you should know that Mrs. Boot is a grandmother three times. If you want to start something with her, she'd be very flattered.

  • Charles Tatum: Leo Minosa is dead. He died a quarter of an hour ago with the drill just ten feet away. There is nothing we can do anymore. There is nothing anybody can do anymore.

    [long pause]

    Charles Tatum: No go home, all of you.

    [referring to the entire set up infront of the mountain metaphorically which also includes the display of the media and consumerism in general]

    Charles Tatum: The circus is over!