Absurd or not

Idella 2022-06-20 15:22:11

At first, I felt that the core of the story was too similar to "Double Indemnity", and I complained that the film was not selected well, which affected the reading experience. As a result, the line opened and reopened in an unexpected direction. Originally, I thought that Nick couldn't justify it without pitting them, but Nick was really a cannon fodder. I thought the story would turn to the prosecutor and the lawyer fighting each other's wits to fall in love and kill each other, but they somehow came to an agreement. By the way, wasn't manslaughter in your country not sentenced? Originally, I thought that Cora and Frank would design confrontational acting skills for each other in order to survive or premeditatedly, but they were both led by emotions—Frank was feared, Cora was angered. This is going to be invisible to ordinary people. Except for the last five minutes, I was sure that the two of them put down their suspicions, and there would be an accident after everyone was happy. At other times, I wondered if I had ordered the wrong movie. What does this have to do with the postman knocking on the door? It's just the end of the topic.

The only thing that fits my thinking is the plot of the two eloping for the first time: before the bright clothes become ragged, as long as she walks on the ground and gets some dust on her body, she will no longer trade comfort for love.

If Camus was inspired to write "The Outsider" after watching "The Postman Always Knocks Twice", I would absolutely believe it. Swimming in the sea to finalize mutual trust is indeed romantic. Before that, where did people not doubt human nature? Frank's steadfast reluctance to be sentenced for the murder of Cora at the end shows that there is love between them -- a beautiful human feeling. It makes sense for sensitive writers to associate this story with the absurdity of life, and finally conclude a new meaning.

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Extended Reading
  • Morgan 2022-06-20 14:29:59

    There were so many desperate mandarin ducks in the noir films of that era, and it was still fatalistic. I liked the last sentence very much: this is like a letter you are looking forward to, and you are wandering in front of the door, for fear that you will not hear the doorbell, you Never realized he'd ring the doorbell twice, God is like the postman, he always rings twice, you're usually in the backyard and you can't hear it until the second ring.

  • Rosie 2022-06-20 21:57:54

    Desire will pull you close to the infinite abyss, and there is no way to escape. Lana Turner always wears plain clothes, which is indeed a seductive crime.

The Postman Always Rings Twice quotes

  • Cora Smith: It's my wedding present to him, but the way he wears it, you'd think it was a noose around his neck.

  • [Arthur Keats enters, closes the door]

    Cora Smith: If it's the last thing I do, I'll put you out of business. There must be a law, even for lawyers.

    Arthur Keats: Of course you know the district attorney fooled you into that confession, don't you? And you fell for it, both of you.

    [small hrmph]

    Arthur Keats: He planned to get you working against each other. Don't you see?

    Cora Smith: You bet I see.

    [turning to Frank]

    Cora Smith: So when Sackett couldn't get anything out of me, he started in on you, and right away you turned yellow.

    Arthur Keats: Yellow? Yellow is a color you figure on in a murder, and nobody figures it better than Kyle Sackett.

    [to Frank]

    Arthur Keats: That was Sackett's trump card. Once he tricked you into signing that complaint against her, he knew no power on earth could keep you

    [to Cora]

    Arthur Keats: from turning on him.

    [back to Frank]

    Arthur Keats: That way he gets you both.

    Cora Smith: If you knew all that, why didn't you stop me from confessing?

    Arthur Keats: Oh, I tried. I tried, but nobody could've stopped you. However, now that you've got it off your chest...

    [moving to door, opening it]

    Arthur Keats: Kennedy?

    Ezra Liam Kennedy: Yes, sir?

    [enters]

    Arthur Keats: [closes door] That confession Mrs. Smith signed. What did you do with it?

    Ezra Liam Kennedy: I gave it to Jimmy White to lock up in your safe like you told me to.

    Arthur Keats: [opening door] That's all.

    [Kennedy leaves, he closes door]

    Cora Smith: You mean he's not from the D.A.'s office?

    Frank Chambers: He's a plainclothes dick if I ever saw one.

    Arthur Keats: He used to be a dick, but he's not a dick anymore. He works for me now. He's my gumshoe man. With the district attorney using high-pressure tactics, I had to fight fire with fire. Since you were due to spill the beans anyway, I figured you better do it to my man rather than to Sackett's.

    Cora Smith: Why, you...

    Arthur Keats: That's why I said we'd plead guilty, so as to stop everything cold in that courtroom before you blew your topper right there and then.

    Frank Chambers: Then the district attorney's got nothing against me.

    Arthur Keats: No, Frank, you're not even under arrest.

    Cora Smith: Oh, sure, he goes free, and I get tossed in for murder and attempt.

    Arthur Keats: Unless... unless you let me handle it.

    Cora Smith: Ha!

    Arthur Keats: Listen, my girl, you're still in plenty of trouble, 'cause we don't know exactly what evidence Sackett's got against us. From now on, you speak only when you're spoken to, and in that court tomorrow try to look as young and innocent as possible under the circumstances. And remember I'm the only hope you've got.