Chapter 287： Dusty conscience

Evan Bell knew that when "Batman: The Dark Knight" swept across the world in later generations, when "Inception" astounded the world, many people liked to call Christopher Nolan "God Nolan" before and after "Batman". Five films, "The Dark Knight", "Inception", "Memento", "Deadly Magic" and "Batman: Mystery of Heroes", made it into the top 250 of the IMBD rankings, making it even more so. Christopher Nolan has reached a new level in the audience's word of mouth.

In contrast, as a new challenge after Christopher Nolan's third film "Memento", the first commercial film "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" suffered a lot. Many people believe that this is Christopher Nolan's most human-like work, and it is slightly inferior in terms of narrative structure, rhythm control, plot carving, and core sublimation.

But Evan Bell doesn't think so, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the script in the first place. Evan Bell believes that this film should be the most neglected of Nolan's films, and perhaps this film is only Christopher Nolan's second feature-length film, and the Nolan style has not yet fully awakened. However, when watching this movie, Evan Bell's thoughts always moved forward with Will Domo, thinking together, chasing clues together, chasing the murderer together, and even after being attracted by the plot of the movie, he would follow Will Domo together. Eryi Duomo's emotions fluctuated and tangled together, constantly struggling on the edge of justice and sin.

Perhaps, this is not a typical Nolan movie, but the discussion on the psychological level, the struggle against the edge of darkness, and the delicate taste brought by the exquisite shots are still worthy of aftertaste.

This point became more and more firm after Evan Bell watched the finished film of the premiere. Perhaps, at this time Christopher Nolan has not yet matured, but "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" is still a brilliant work. The sighs from the audience at the end of the movie, as well as the doubts and puzzles left on their faces, all proved Evan-Bell's thoughts.

"Chasing the Murderer in the White Night may not be called a classic, but it is definitely a good movie.

"This sentence from the "New York Times" film review has become the epitome of all film critics' evaluation of the film.

Chris Fair Punk's film review in "Film Criticism" and Elliott Carter's film review in "Premier", the positions of the two most authoritative magazines in the United States, have respectively become the praise of "Nose Night Chase" and critics.

Chris Fairpunk has had an unusual appreciation for Christopher Chang Nolan since "Memento", and his appreciation for Evan Bell has been around since "Death Illusion". Of course, he had no reason to miss this "white night chase".

"Most of the films titled "psychological thriller" will focus on depicting the rich and complex inner world of the film's corners. Through the lens, you can create an audio-visual pattern captured by the gods, so as to expand the content of the film, strengthen its depth, and present The psychological emotions of characters, so as to achieve the purpose of screen consciousness.

In this type of film, the violent and **** scenes of blood splatter are not necessary selling points and gimmicks. On the contrary, how to analyze the psychological awareness of the characters delicately, and even project them on the big screen using ingenious and superb narrative techniques, so that the audience can feel the invisible horror atmosphere, and always follow the subjective lens of the characters in the play to experience it. The precarious situation of the protagonist can create a real sense of urgency psychologically, rather than a simple sensory thorn.

Christopher Nolan's film "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" is an excellent work in this type of thriller film. A large number of inner scenes are presented through the superb performances of the two leading actors, allowing the audience to have a psychological connection with the characters in the play. The tacit understanding of the soul, and the experience of the difficult choices and fierce inner conflicts faced by the story characters in the dilemma.

The name of the film is "Insomnia (a), which is actually just an external factor in the heart of the protagonist Will. Insomnia makes Will become confused and foggy, and people's thoughts become slow and sluggish due to bursts of tiredness. The footage of the film conveys the restless signal of bō after bō in the form of a stream of consciousness.

The biggest highlight of this movie is not the suspense, because the murderer has surfaced in the middle of the movie. The real focus is on the inner situation of the war between heaven and man. After a single thought, I have to do things that go against my conscience again and again . A lie often needs countless lies to make up for it. In fact, some problems can be simplified, and people who are too shrewd may take risks and risk their lives for the sake of their hearts and hidden secrets when they cannot predict the consequences of a serious situation. The shrewd Will made such a simple mistake.

The core of the film is here, the confrontation between Will and Walter, and the confrontation between Will and himself. This is the series of oppression brought about by insomnia.

Nolan's choice of actors can be said to be a desperate attempt to create a god, or he can be said to be a genius.

Robin Williams, who is widely known for his comedy, challenged the cunning image of a cunning novelist. He was still smiling and soft-spoken, but he was already stubborn and pressing. In particular, the scene where he told the process of committing a crime on the phone was particularly exciting. At first, he was a little uneasy, and it seemed difficult to say it. Gradually, the more he talked, the more excited he became, as if describing something to be proud of. And after the murder, he regained the cool and rigorous image inherent in the detective novelist. Undoubtedly, he gave a wonderful performance.

Evan Bell, who won the attention with "Death Illusion, and was born as a singer, was only eighteen years old (the age at the time of the movie) and defeated Al Pacino to get the police who walked on the edge of justice and crime. Looking at a corner, the sluggish eye sockets are deep in the eyelids, and the scene in the extreme eye is spinning, the complex expression and body language that try to maintain a clear consciousness and unbearable guilt, sometimes tyrannical and sometimes pensive. , especially when the crime bit by bit as a policeman's inner struggle for justice, under Evan's interpretation, it shines brightly, which can be called a textbook-level performance. When watching the movie, no one will remember this man The boy was not yet twenty years old, and only the image of the struggling policeman remained in his eyes.

There is only a thin line between truth and falsehood, and what is the difference between conscience and sin? Insomnia is just an appearance, and the struggle and distortion of the inner self is the truth. Will, who was suffering from insomnia, finally closed his eyes tiredly at the end of the film. Although Will made a deal with the devil and danced wildly on the edge of sin, in the end I was willing to believe that justice still exists after all.

Nolan followed Bell's performance, leaving us with a subject, principle. Everyone has their own principles, but in the process of birth, how many people can create gods and follow their own principles without hesitation? "Obviously, Chris Fairbank gave the film a high evaluation, especially for Evan Bell's performance. For Evan Bell, it is undoubtedly very important. This is his third footprint on the actor's road, and he has once again successfully taken a big step.

At the same time, Elliott Tente's comments on "Premier" were not sluggish and held high the banner of criticism.

"No matter how flamboyant rhetoric is used to render "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", in fact, this movie seems pale and powerless.

The simple storyline, the arrogant psychological rendering, the tension and the tension of the atmosphere are slightly insufficient, and the hour-long film is under the pale and slow lens, creating a terrible sense of dullness. It was to fit the theme of insomnia, but Nolan was obviously a little jerky in his grasp, and as a result, the audience fell into a drowsy state of boredom.

When it's not about oneself, everyone can create a **** and be righteous. When things come to an end, people can still create gods and righteousness, but most people base this on the premise that their own interests are not harmed. This is the self-preservation instinct in people. This kind of contest between people's self-preservation instinct and conscience and justice has been explained countless times in countless films and in countless forms. This "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" is also one of them. It is a pity that this film is destined to be It's just one of the few novelties and highlights in this type of film.

The film is set against the backdrop of polar day, which is used as a factor in Will's insomnia. But in my opinion, such a design makes little sense. Although the film contains a lot of details to describe the impact of the extreme daytime weather on the newly arrived Domo, such as being unable to distinguish between day and night, closing the windows and still feeling that the room is too bright, etc., the root cause of Domo’s insomnia is more from his heart entanglement and struggle. The film also hopes to use this kind of inner pain of the characters to portray "self-preservation, the stalemate between nature and conscience to the mental torment and destruction of the characters. This kind of extreme daytime weather has become an irreplaceable alternative. In other words, even if the place where the story takes place is changed to New Zealand with a comfortable climate the protagonist can completely create insomnia in a situation where his heart is extremely entangled.

The film's flat and straightforward narrative technique, the suspenseful design at the end of the halfway, and the tasteless background of the extremely daytime weather, make the second half of the whole film completely reduced to an exploration film like "The Mystery of Humanity".

Although the film adds a lot of flashbacks, it is still a little messy. At the end of the film, Will and the landlady talk to him, revealing the real reason for the repeated scenes of blood seeping through the fibers in the film, but it does not have the miraculous effect of turning the tide. Because this is a trick played by countless screenwriters and directors. If it weren't for the addition of Evan Bell and Robin Williams, perhaps this movie would have been buried in the crowd.

Robin-Williams abandoned the comedy image, and the performance in the play can be called wonderful: Evan-Bell challenged the middle-aged police detective at the age of eighteen, and tried his best to shine a lot, but the age Childishness is inevitable, and after all, he is slightly inferior, but even so, his performance is still worthy of admiration. "Unexpectedly, Elliott Tent criticized the movie itself, but he was not too harsh on Evan Bell and Robin Williams, especially Evan Bell. Very rare. Of course, also "Premier..., a compromise of the magazine under the authority."

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