just revisited Daniel Craig’s first work "Casino Royale" under the direction of Daniel Craig. Thirteen years ago, Craig played the reckless and reckless agent Bond with a soft voice. The waves are calm, and the private detective Blanco played by him in "The Knife Out of the Sheath" is a world away. Bran's subjects are as bright as a torch and have a rough voice. Craig changed his English intonation and opened up his Kentucky accent, often unexpectedly hitting the party's psychological defense.
"The Knife Out of the Sheath" stills, private detective Blanco (right) played by Craig.
In this reasoning production, which was released on November 29, 2019, Craig looks like a careless rough guy. Although there is a factor of personal age changes over the past ten years, a more convincing explanation should be his character A high degree of identity and perception of itself. It was precisely in the eastward attack that Blanco easily resolved the dispute and murder suspicion caused by the sudden death of the old reasoning writer Harlan, much like the classic detective Polo written by Agatha Christie.
There are many surprises like this in "Blade Out of the Sheath". For example, the writer played by Christopher Plummer who plays Harlan is agile, and the third generation son of the family played by "Captain America" Chris Evans, Lan Sen is youthful, like an American idol in the 1950s.
"Captain America" Chris Evans plays Lanson. The reasoning method of
this movie has a clear tribute to Christie, and the visual modeling is also extremely classical. The era of character modeling and the place where the story takes place-the full and exquisite two-in-one in Harlan's deep house compound. The portraits of the owner hung on the wall, the books of the owner in the attic, and the dagger seat resembling the Iron Throne of the Ten Thousand Swords in "Game of Thrones" bring the audience into the British atmosphere of the post-Victorian period, but they can jump at any time Come out and realize that it belongs to the time and space background of modern America. The beautiful and mixed setting style is like pulling out two very important expression systems in the film: Hitchcock and Christie.
Christie's style has long been revealed in the process of solving the case of Blanco, while Hitchcock's taste comes from the various characters arranged by director and screenwriter Ryan Johnson in the intricate three generations of the Harlan family, and the female nurse from abroad. The chaos that Erta broke into. In the process of exploring the truth about Haran’s death, the truth of the incident has been revealed very early. In the rest of the time, the party in charge of the truth and the investigating party who urgently need to solve the mystery will confront the audience with wisdom and courage. Expecting to be placed in the context of "whether the murderer can be exonerated" is too easy for people to relate to Hitchcock's works including "Conspiracy Destruction" and "Terror".
I hope that all viewers will see this film directly as a re-enactment of Hitchcock's spirit during the viewing process, because this can not only create a pleasant sense of engagement, but also help in predictable reversals. Get a higher level of satisfaction. The film does not have too strong conflicting action scenes. The only car chase scene is processed into a very simple rhythm, creating an uncontrollable humor during the investigation time.
Marta. The physical reaction of the female nurse Marta
in the face of questioning not only constitutes the character's own action characteristics, but also deeply participates in the entire narrative process, and even creates a very unexpected effect at the end of the film. In essence, "Knife Out of the Sheath" is not only a tribute to the classic texts of the past, but also a dangerous step away from the routine traps set by the experienced audience. It touches the classic style, but it can't follow the established ways. Therefore, what the audience sees in the film is not only a model of "property-murder" reasoning that may have been narrated thousands of times, but also a narrative mix based on this model. The family members appearing in the film have different postures. Senior technical players including Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, etc. are able to present the internal and externalization of the characters with ease, and effectively integrate them into the steps. In the shocking narrative situation, almost every turning point mobilized everyone's unique reaction. Therefore, although the rhythm of the film has been kept flat, the attraction of leading the audience to walk frantically in the maze is getting stronger and stronger.
Harlan, an old reasoning writer (middle), and his children and grandchildren with their own thoughts.
Compared with Ryan Johnson’s previous works such as "The Ring Messenger", "Star Wars 8", and "Breaking Bad", "Blade Out of the Sheath" really restores the rhythm of the classical reasoning text, and at the same time it is referred to as "Knives Out" The tense family relationship and Wan Xu's return to the clanIt means that the techniques are refined and the purpose is clear. It can be said that the director's self-portrait of himself in the contemporary Hollywood business environment. For Chinese audiences who have watched too many American-style visual productions in theaters, it has a relatively important annual summary significance. It has almost simultaneously witnessed the authorization efforts in the Hollywood industrial system with audiences on the other side (Hitchcock also won this Evaluation), such opportunities are not too many, but the important thing is that such works deserve to be seen more.
□Lord of the Dugu Island (film critic)
Beijing News editor Wu Longzhen proofreading Li Ming
