Close that door

Zack 2021-11-12 08:01:16

Like "Memories of Murder", "The Secret in Their Eyes" also revolves around an unsolved mystery. Benjamin can't get rid of the influence of the case for a long time, and the film accurately points to a dark and chaotic era. The difference is that "Memories of Murder" has put a lot of effort into creating a sense of the times. "The Secret in Their Eyes" only mentions a little bit, but more about the description of the characters' inner emotions. At the end of "Memories of Murder", there is a turn to the audience's eyes. The close-up contains extremely complicated things. It turns out that the murderer is just an ordinary person. He may be hidden among the people present, and is not discovered or noticed by those around him. There are also a lot of close-ups of eyes and gaze communication in "The Secret in Their Eyes", but they are more used in the communication between characters and objects. Benjamin and his lover’s station said goodbye and looked at each other affectionately. In the climax paragraph, the eyes of the three people separated by iron bars meet...

"The Secret in Their Eyes" has a first point of view. It comes from Benjamin’s recollection of the anxiety and fear of the rape and murder, but it was difficult to understand his expression at first. Dignified, why is this person so involved or involved in it, and where does his undispelled depressive pain come from? It's not enough to be appalling. Then the case was peeled off layer by layer, and the curtain slowly opened: it turned out that there was a random conviction when handling the case, and he was hindered and threatened, and his friend took his life for this. This case also disrupted Benjamin's life. He didn't know the whereabouts of the murderer, he couldn't face his lover, and he didn't dare to pursue it. He didn't understand how the deceased husband could heal from the shadow of the pain.

The eyes in the movie also include the eyes that the deceased did not close and the deceased's husband waiting for the murderer to appear, but the most ingenious thing is the repeated use of photos. We know that the camera can function as the human eye and freeze the moment captured. Benjamin saw that the deceased could have a warm and happy life, and the murderer’s skew on the photos aroused Benjamin’s suspicion. On the court, they looked for the photos one by one, and they were lying down on the table when an accident occurred at home. The many details of the photos intensify the various meanings contained in the eyes and directly influence the entire investigation process.

Whether it's an over-the-shoulder shot or a dialogue scene, the movie uses a lot of obstructions from characters or props in the foreground to create a lot of depth-of-field processing in the depth direction. These all signify the specific extension of time and space, especially in the treatment of the case, the film tries to find a thick and deep human nature when looking at the problem. After all, the truth is often confusing and impossible to understand at a glance. In addition, "The Secret in Their Eyes" only used one shot to find the murderer and take him down, with twists and turns in the middle. This is a subversive attempt.

The film also talked about the issue of "habit". Some people can't change the habit of going to the stadium, and some people just like to get drunk in a bar. Some people can't forget their dead wife, and the old Benjamin can't let go of the case, let alone love. The film focuses partly on the two loves, which mirror each other. The husband of the deceased was steadfast, and he would rather carry a life-long burden to lynch him, and use his own will to fight against the unfairness of the law. This also gave Benjamin the answer, and his belated decision was not late. When the door of the office was closed, the memories that had entangled Benjamin for most of his life were also locked, and those stumbling blocks could finally disappear.

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  • Rhiannon 2021-11-12 08:01:16

    The long shot of the stadium is very dazzling. TE (A) MO, because of fear of love, and the delay in typing A, it represents the knot that cannot be dispatched. Selective forgetting belongs to everyone's own persistence. Twenty-five years ago, a rape and murder case evokes unbearable memories and also outlines the back of an era. The story is fluent, the performance is vivid, and the joys and sorrows are touching. However, the system and historical criticism are too simple to give one star.

  • Clifton 2021-11-12 08:01:16

    I listened to them whispering that Spanish I couldn't enter it. It turned out to be a bitter love movie T_T....The middle-aged healing department is really the subject I fear most. It's nothing more than using extremely thick emotions as salad oil to mix time, memories, truth, etc., which seems to be self-salvation, but after all, it is still a hypocritical and invincible daughter-in-law.

The Secret in Their Eyes quotes

  • Benjamín Esposito: How's the irresistible smile that you said you got? Cause I never saw it.

    Irene Menéndez Hastings: Of couse you didn't. I only use it with my fiancé.

  • Ricardo Morales: If you keep going over the past, you're going to end up with a thousand pasts and no future.