Watching Notes 61: Several very beautiful treatments

Idell 2022-03-23 09:01:39

1 As soon as the shot came up, it was directly strangling the victim, which was very impactful, putting suspense and conflict on the stage at once, making the audience unable to take their attention away. (The person who actually pulls the rope is the second male who has a worse psychological quality. At first glance, it seems wrong but it is actually more reasonable. In this case, the male protagonist will ask the second male to "practice", and he will "assist" him)

2 After the banquet, the camera is aimed at the box, one side is the guests politely saying goodbye, and the other side is the maid cleaning the "table" in an orderly manner. Great tension and suspense with such a daily & smooth shot.

3 When the teacher recreated the crime scene, instead of filming the crime, the narrator's line of sight was shown by moving the camera. Simple, elegant, very immersive, full of imagination.

4 The "criminal solver" chosen by the male protagonist is his former teacher. In the words of the second male lead, he said, "You are the same as before, and want others to see how smart you are". The underlying psychology of wanting the teacher to praise himself is very convincing, and it greatly explains the biggest contradiction that the story may exist-why did the male protagonist specially invite a smart and suspicious person to this banquet (if it is just for excitement, this story It will be one level lower than it is now, pure psychopath).

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Extended Reading
  • Barbara 2022-03-21 09:01:40

    James Stewart was paid extremely high, with a budget of 1.5 million and 300,000, but this film was the only work he did not like in the cooperation with Hitch. At that time, he also half-jokingly suggested to Hitchcock that since you made the movie into a stage play, why not pull in the temporary stand to sell tickets to the outside world? ... Personally, I think that the "great significance" of the Soul Requisition Cord is precisely that it uses cunning tricks to pierce the illusion of people's worship of long shots. It's like the reverse of the plot in a Soderbergh thriller: I told you that there was a drug in the water, but it wasn't, but the other party pretended to be in a coma for fear of revealing the truth, but instead exposed it. Reaper of Souls, I also told you in advance that one shot goes to the end. In fact, there are no less than ten light and dark breakpoints, but the audience doesn't care, and still thinks the story is very catchy, so it proves that it has nothing to do with the long shot.

  • Deontae 2022-03-27 09:01:04

    Even under the current conditions, it is extremely difficult to complete a film with one shot, and the significance of this attempt is too great. Gossip According to Hitch, the budget came down to 1.5 million, of which Jimmy received 300,000.

Rope quotes

  • Brandon: Determined to get drunk, aren't you?

    Phillip: I am drunk.

    Brandon: And just as childish as you were before when you called me a liar.

    Phillip: You had no business telling that story.

    Brandon: Why did you lie anyway?

    Phillip: I had to! Have you ever bothered for just one minute to understand how someone else might feel?

    Brandon: I'm not sentimental if that's what you...

    Phillip: No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening!

    Brandon: Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning.

    Phillip: At least if I have a hangover, it'll be all mine!

  • Brandon: I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.