In recent theaters, "Knife Unsheathed" is definitely the first choice film in the first echelon. It is not only its suspense metaphor, but its tribute to the classics. It is not only the exquisite script and the interspersed black humor, mainly without Have seen such a hearty crime-solving film. The reason why "The Knife Out of the Sheath" is so heartily and heartily is because this script gets grandma's reasoning structure and techniques for solving the case, and it narrates from the self-interest of each party, creating various fogs, but at the last one, revealing the answer. . For example, Granny’s classic "No Life Survival" is known as "one of the most accomplished mystery novels in history." The book tells about 10 strangers who were invited to a private villa by a rich man. And the story of one death after another. Another example is "Murder on the Orient Express", "Tragedy on the Nile", "Crimes in the Sun", grandma's usual handling method: the same enclosed space, the same ghosts, and the same group drama.
However, the screenwriter of "Blade Unsheathed" basically borrowed the "skin" of grandma's suspense detective to polish a "core"-his own story. Before watching this detective film joined by traffic stars (007 and Captain America), please remember that this suspense film is mainly used to tell a case-solving story to achieve a metaphorical purpose. Come and take a look at the "cat and mouse game" of the two male gods: The story takes place in a large mansion in the American countryside. Harlan, a famous suspense novel writer, and his family gathered together to celebrate his 85th birthday, but the next day People found the old man dead. The police and private detectives intervened. During the questioning of the father’s three descendants of family members, each individual’s personality characteristics, status in the family, and the relationship with the father, whether it is possible to be a murderer, and so on, appeared in front of the audience.
All people don't seem to care why the old man died. They care about themselves, whether they can protect themselves wisely, and whether they can get a "appropriate" slice of the inheritance. It's funny here. Harlan, who has written suspense novels for a lifetime, finally had to choose "special means" when facing "special circumstances" and left a will that made everyone "unbelievable". The grandfather’s three heirs: the eldest daughter took $1 million from his father to start a business, and the second daughter-in-law cheated extra dollars through her granddaughter’s tuition every year. As Haran’s personal nurse, Marta is a serious, responsible and kind-hearted immigrant. Although he has won the trust of his father, he cannot gain the real respect and recognition of the family.
Except for Harlan, everyone else was polite and polite to Marta, praised and approved, but in private they looked down on her, couldn't remember which country she came from, used her kindness to sell her privacy, and even refused to attend the father's funeral. Instead, she shied away and said that other people refused to let her go and put her own responsibility away. If this family represents a country, then the nurse Marta represents the hard-working, serious and responsible immigrant class who always lives at the bottom of the country; the family living in the house, except for the father, are parasites. , Represents the mainstay of this country, their political views and principles of life: the piece of cake that clings to oneself cannot be shared with others, and they refuse to accept the immigrant class; even the laughter of Captain America’s eat shit, insert a sentence , Someone actually answered, I don’t eat shit, I laugh! You should easily see which politician is so emotional.
Of course, there is a very interesting person here: Harlan, he represents the high-level people who still have a conscience in this country and have a certain opinion on the whole situation. The result of his treatment is death. This tells you plainly and unambiguously, this story is bludgeoning, but the plot and logic can still be supported. Through the mouth of the father, I tell my story, lead my approach, and express my opinion. . To really consider this story, there are many bugs, will such a rich senior give all the money to others? Since Marta, the representative of "Truth, Goodness and Beauty", won the victory with "Intention and Kindness", why would there be any behaviors that wanted to evade punishment? How do you wake up? Even Detective 007 did not see through the many acts of "destroying" evidence that Marta had done to cover up? If you are serious, you lose! I have reminded you that this is not a suspense film in the traditional sense. It is a black comedy with a "suspense film", rich in metaphors. It is a metaphor: the cleverness of life will be mistaken by cleverness. Goodness and justice will eventually defeat evil.Robbers who lead other people's houses do not let others in, hypocritical bourgeois upper-class society is full of lies, selfish and greedy, falsify facts in order to achieve goals, and so on.
said it was black humor, because the script had many interesting arrangements: Detective Blanc played by 007 felt that the question was off the subject, he would knock on the keyboard, Marta would vomit if he lied, and grandma mistakenly identified Mar. Tower, Captain America rushed to Marta to kill a fake knife, and so on, not spoiled, haha! Careful people must know at this time: "The Knife Out of the Sheath" is about to begin another wonderful story description. These plot settings are grounded and have a smile. It kills two birds with one stone. Next, let’s talk about the classic tribute to "The Knife Out of the Sheath": First, Blanc analyzes his logic of solving the case and talks about a book: the novel "The Rainbow of Gravity." "The Rainbow of Gravity" is a novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon, involving religion, war, sex and violence, spatial imagination, etc. The plot is complicated, the relationship is intricate, and it is great and difficult to understand. Like a grandmother, the author himself is an extreme The controversial modern hermit. His main works include "V", "Auction No. 49", "Vineyard" and so on.
Second, tribute to Agatha, this is too obvious to say more. In tribute to Holmes, Marta is called "Watson" in the film. Of course, Blank has the shadows of Holmes and Poirot at the same time. Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays the arrogant eldest daughter, was once the queen of horror films. In 1978, he entered the film scene with the horror film "Moonlight Panic" and was called the "Screaming Queen." PS: Does the fake knife decoration at home look like "Quanyou"? Family members are constantly struggling, and they are tearing their faces, like "Everything is Good." Third, pay tribute to classic movies: "Footprints", "Ecstasy", "Green Book", "Parasite" and so on. Of course, there are still a bunch of easter eggs, waiting for you to discover by yourself!
1972 classic: "footprint." In a word, this kind of good movie from the 50s to 70s is so good!
