After watching the movie "The Killer"

Darien 2022-04-20 08:01:05

The story is clever, and the narrative structure is quite simple. Clean and neat, concise and lively, with perfect logic. Express the richest character background and emotional connotation in the least amount of time. There are many characters and few lines, but everyone does not live in the case, but in his life. For example, the police called the police station in advance and said they had radio problems, and before hanging up, they talked to the operator about the sixth child. Mysterious martial arts characters. Kubrick seems to be particularly fascinated by action. In "Kiss of the Killer," there are long close-ups of fighting scenes. In this film that basically does not require action, the only small fighter character is set with the background of a ranger hiding in the city. , And gave him a long fight scene. This little thug can talk about artists and the underworld with a single mouth, which is very awesome. The ending is playful and deliberate, but it is in line with the mainstream view of "bad guys must be punished", and it is also a bit lightly joking. The main line of the story is beautiful, which is something that many directors can do. When the main line is being carried out, everyone in the group portrait uses the shortest screen time to express the most sense of prototype, which is where Kubrick is awesome.

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Extended Reading
  • Doug 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    Twenty-seven-year-old Kubrick is already ahead of the times. This multi-line narrative black crime film has an influence on both Guy Ritchie and Quentin. There are a few more voice-overs, but the dialogue is really sparkling, especially between the wimpy husband and the vicious wife, so exciting. The police, bartender, buddy, sharpshooter, hooligan and other three religions and nine streams jointly staged the big racehorse robbery, constantly retracing the preparation process of all parties, and then a series of climaxes, and the last scene was empty, in one go

  • Clay 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    There are some shortcomings in Kubrick's early works. For example, the narration is very redundant. Of course, this is mainly to take care of the viewing habits of the audience in the 1950s. Some scenes and lines are not refined enough, and the ending is slightly sloppy, but the multi-line narrative disrupts the time. The method of the line is very powerful, the dramatic tension is very good, and it was completely ahead of the times at that time.

The Killing quotes

  • Val Cannon: Don't be greedy.

    Sherry Peatty: I'm not greedy! Val, I'm in love with you and if that's being greedy, then, I'm the biggest glutton that ever walked the earth.

    Val Cannon: Don't make it sounds so ominous. It sounds like you're gonna eat me alive.

    Sherry Peatty: I may just do that.

  • Sherry Peatty: Darling, what are the two things in life you're most interested in?

    Val Cannon: What?

    Sherry Peatty: Money and women?

    Val Cannon: That's a nice way to put me down.

    Sherry Peatty: That sums it up, doesn't it?