Hitchcock-style zoom talk about the best suspense film "Victorius" in my heart

Kurt 2022-03-18 09:01:02

Suspense master Hitchcock’s "Victorius" is a film that keeps me away from the beginning to the end.

At the beginning of the film, the audience was brought into a tense atmosphere through a set of chasing shots and fast-paced music. It was also the first small foreshadowing that Hitchcock planted: the male protagonist Scotty’s fear of heights, and in this detail processing Hitchcock used a set of vertigo lenses to make us seem to be wearing 3D glasses while watching a 3D movie. This is also a bold attempt by Hitchcock and eventually became a classic Hitchcock-style zoom in the history of film, creating real vertigo. Effect

As soon as the style of painting changed, he entered Scotty’s home and the atmosphere began to ease. Then the old classmate of the male lead invited him to investigate his wife Madeline as a private investigator. He listed all kinds of weird behaviors and suspected that his wife was possessed by a ghost. Di stalked Madeleine and found out that Madeleine had made many unusual actions as the old classmate said, and the people of the Steamship Bureau convinced Scottie that Madeleine was possessed by a ghost, and finally made her first time in Madeleine. Scottie rescued her when she tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river, but during the entire investigation, Scottie fell in love with Madeleine. In the church, Madeleine ran to the top of the stairs and Scotty couldn't catch up because of height fear. He watched Madeleine's figure fall. Here again, the aforementioned Hitchcock zoom film was used. The use of these two sliding zooms also made the lens language of this film a classic worthy of study and study. I watched my beloved woman die in front of my eyes but couldn't do anything. This was a great blow and devastation to Scotty's heart. Tie also suffered from depression. After the death of his wife, his old classmates traveled to Europe.

I thought the story would end here, but I didn’t expect the suspense master Hitchcock to release another bomb. Scottie saw a woman who looked almost exactly the same as Madeleine on the street. My doubts and confusion. Has reached the extreme at this time Is Madeleine possessed by a ghost? Who is this woman who suddenly appeared? Why is it almost exactly the same as Madeleine? Hitchcock's brilliance is also reflected in this. When the audience is extremely confused, he did not choose to let the audience wait for a long time. If the audience enters the second half of the film with infinite doubts, it will inevitably be impatient for Hitchcock to choose. Let this woman who appeared suddenly tell everyone the truth by writing a letter. It turns out that all this is a wife murder case carefully designed by this woman named Judy and Scotty’s old classmates. This woman is responsible for playing Madeleine. In the process, she and Scotty fell in love. She wanted to tell Scotty the truth in a letter and chose to leave. However, it was because of her love for Scotty that she tore up the letter and chose to play Scott. The Madeleine that Di loves does not expect him to fall in love with the real Judy, that is, she herself. The audience in front of the screen has already understood the truth, but the male protagonist Scotty is still in the dark at this time. It is also the ingenious design of Hitchcock to tell the audience the truth in this way. The audience will look forward to the next story and look forward to how Scotty knows the truth. What will he do after knowing the truth? Is Scotty true? I can fall in love with Judy. These are all my doubts and expectations about the last few tens of minutes of the film. Just imagine when you watch a film with countless questions and thoughts, then how can you be distracted if you are not fully committed? Hitchcock perfectly interprets his famous saying to us: "Bombs must never explode. If the bomb does not explode, the audience will always be anxious."

After Judy appeared, the film began to enter the middle and late stages. First, Judy interacted with Scotty as Madeleine. She didn't like to dress up as Madeleine according to Scotty's request, but because of her love for Scotty. Still choose to accept

Then the film was pushed to a climax. Judy put on Madeleine's necklace before a date. Scotty understood everything when he saw this necklace. He took Judy back to the church where Madeleine died. He knew his old classmates. The truth about the murder of his wife with Judy defeated his fear of heights. He knew that he was deceived by the woman in front of him, but he knew better that this woman really loved him before he would come back. The two of them hugged each other tightly on the top of the tower when I thought it was the story. When it was over, Hitchcock threw an amazing bomb again. Suddenly a fuzzy figure appeared in the dark. This figure scared Judy jumped from the place where Madeleine fell and committed suicide. The figure walked out of the darkness. I realized that this was just a nun. The setting of the ending shocked me. Is it really the nun that suddenly appeared that killed Judy? Perhaps no one in her own heart knows what is under the shadow. Perhaps the shadow symbolizes the darkest side of her heart. The guilt of participating in the murder and the love for Scottie has been torturing Judy. Death may also be for her. A kind of relief Hitchcock, the master of suspense, is still creating suspense and thinking for the audience until the last minute before the end of the film.

"Suspense is the most effective way to keep the audience's attention." In "Victoria", Hitchcock used his famous quotes to the fullest. In 128 minutes, he planted foreshadowing one after another and set up a lot of unexpected suspense by the audience. This is also Hitchcock’s brilliance. He knows how to completely attract the audience’s attention in 128 minutes. He is worthy of the title of master of suspense.

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Vertigo quotes

  • Scottie: I'm not telling you what I think! I'm telling you what *he* thinks!

  • Scottie: What are you thinking?

    Madeleine: Of all the people who have been born and have died while the trees went on living.

    Scottie: Their true name is Sequoia Sempervirens: always green, ever- living.

    Madeleine: I don't like them.

    Scottie: Why?

    Madeleine: Knowing I have to die...