电影的西班牙语原名为 Contratiempo,除了西班牙文,中文版译为‘看不见的客人’,英文版译为‘The Invisible Guest (看不见的客人)’,德文版译为‘Der unsichtbare Gast (看不见的客人)’。
中英德的版本很有可能是根据英文版翻译过来的,而这个看不见的客人也算是略有深意。
可以理解为Hotel房间715那个客人,脑洞再大点也可以上升理解为别的,这里就不剧透了。
查了一下西班牙语片名 Contratiempo,有意外灾祸,和倒退,逆流,两个释义。
个人更喜欢西班牙语的原名,即投射了车祸和laura的死亡,也投射了贯穿整场的精彩对话是以倒叙的方式层层挖掘的,那个表也是一个提示。
这样一来,西班牙语的标题更加符合电影的内容。
-再说电影的导演,Oriol Paulo,1975年生,巴塞罗那人。
正好是电影大部分情节发生的地点,也算是他的主场。
他不算是一个高产的电影导演,至今只导演了这部戏和女尸谜案两部电影。
值得注意的是,这两部戏,都是由他自编自导的。
2010年的电影茱莉亚的眼睛,是他编剧并上映的第一部电影,但是是和另一个人一起执行编剧的。
2012年的女尸谜案,则是他第一部独立导演的电影,并且也参与了主要的编剧工作。
而2016年他出了两部电影,一部是绑架,这是他独立编剧的电影。
而这一部好评如潮的看不见的客人,则是他第一部真正意义上独立的自编自导的电影。
但是他并不是影视界的新人,以前他是写电视剧剧本的,也参与了电视剧的导演。
早在1998年,他就独立自编自导了一部片长45分钟的短片 McGuffin。
之后一直有陆陆续续担任电视剧的导演和编剧,也是功底深厚的。
这一部看不见的客人,至今为止,豆瓣评分8.7,IMDB 评分7.6。
应该说都是给予肯定的,只是这种结构复杂,对白较多的作品,更符合东方的审美标准一些。
西方文化则更偏重superhero类的大场面作品。
希望导演能得知在中国的观众心中,很多人已经把它当做一部神作了,而感到欣慰。
还有电影的构图极为考究,让我观影的同时一度以为这位导演的处女座的。
但是并没有查到他确切的出生月日。
欢迎补充。
Oriol Paulo
正在看不见的客人片场指导的Oriol Paulo最后友情提示,不要看剧透,不要看弹幕。
静静观影,会有惊喜。
对于一部精彩的悬疑片,请别大喊“你绝对猜不到结局”!
那些大喊“好好看,你绝对猜不到结局的人”毁了这部片,这种片适合毫无防备去看。
这个年代,谁都能用手机拍点东西,但电影不是人人都能拍的,何况这部片在网上直接能看,不花钱,所以要懂得尊重别人的劳动成果。
这部片的细节很棒,这里只略谈撞车部分:老爷子帮忙拖车时透露很多信息,那里很偏僻,很少人,所以女主角碰到老爷子就说得通。
老爷子讲她老婆是戏剧演员,他只是被他老婆影响而已,所以他老婆假扮律师就合理了。
男主角是个商业大亨,经常往机场跑,所以他知道那条小路更近。
最棒的细节——那路人是机场职员,他也常往机场跑,他也知道那条小路近机场。
至于年轻人不系安全带,我觉得是他知道那条小路偏僻少人而戒心低吧,退一步来说,所谓的不系安全带也是男主口中的女主的说辞,说白了就是男主的说辞,可信度值得质疑。
看电影时无比激动,但看完后却感到深深的绝望。
只要“女律师“出一个差错她就输了,只要“女律师”出一个差错男主角就赢了,最终,理想主义式的胜利恰恰反映社会现实的残酷。
最近有个热词叫“共情”,百度百科上是这么解释的:共情(empathy),也称为神入、同理心,共情又译作同感、同理心、投情等。
由人本主义创始人罗杰斯所阐述的概念,却越来越出现在现代精神分析学者的著作中。
不管是人性观还是心理失调的理论及治疗方法似乎都极为对立的两个理论流派,却在对共情的理解和应用上,逐步趋于一致。
共情似乎为现代精神分析与人本主义的融合搭起了一所桥梁。
但是,这个官方的解释并不能把我们心中那只能意会无法言传的感受诠释出来。
看《看不见的客人》的时候,我满脑子想的都是最近很火的“江歌案”。
如果说这电影和这个真实的案件有什么联系的话,我想是艾德里安让我想到了刘鑫,而二者的共同之处都是:对他人无共情之情,无同理之心。
他们又让我想到了武志红老师提出的一个概念“巨婴”。
在律师的笔记上写着:胆小鬼、骗子、自负等,其实从某种程度上说出了这样的巨婴的共性,自负——是一个很重要的特点,电影中的艾德里安,自认为自己是个聪明人,也自认为自己可以凭借聪明才智将所有的人耍的团团转——但是我们不可以否认他的聪明,最典型的就是,在酒店意识到自己被劳拉设计,立刻做出谋杀的举动,如果说这是激情杀人,就无法解释他在警察到来的很短的时间里马上想到将锅扔给托马斯——虽然他还没想到怎么做,在我看过的艺术作品里,只有小指头谋杀艾莎并立刻将锅甩给歌手可以相媲美,但是艾德里安到底不如运筹帷幄的小指头,后者成功了,当然被一刀封喉那是后话,谁又不是呢?
回到艾德里安这个人身上,自负,是一个很大的特点。
这就不难解释,明明只是一个交通肇事的事故,艾德里安怎么样一步步地将自己人生毁到如斯田地。
我想,在艾德里安三十多岁的人生中,他的小聪明曾经一次次得逞,就像小指头甩锅一样成功了一次又一次。
他自认为出轨神不知鬼不觉,但是发现影响到了自己的生活,可能遭至损失时,及时刹车,用的理由是“这是错误”“我们会伤害别人”等冠冕堂皇的理由;他出身不高,起点低,正如小指头,但是他对自己的聪明过于自负,以至于认为所有人都可以肆意玩弄鼓掌之间,就算一时没有想到方法,总会想到方法——钱、权势、人设,都是他的方法。
因为自负,所以,简单的事情复杂化了,明明叫保险公司就可以处理的事情,最后走上了谋杀的万劫不复之地。
为什么呢?
律师的笔记上还有一个词汇——胆小鬼。
什么是胆小鬼?
胆小鬼就是害怕一切,不敢面对一切的人。
真正的胆小鬼就是那个衣架上的影子也会认为是鬼,但是绝没有勇气走过去确认是不是鬼的人。
他们活在自己的阴影里。
艾德里安之所以自负,是因为他是个胆小鬼。
之所以做胆小鬼,是因为他自负自己能当成一个骗子,三者缺一不可。
自负的人难以面对失败,或者一点点瑕疵,因为胆小鬼最害怕的事情就是睁开眼睛,于是他的人生就变成一场骗局。
想来,这儿艾德里安做过无数次,投机取巧地将错误糊弄过去,房间里的大象越来越多,最后多到虱子多了不痒。
可是这是人命,这和你骗得了全世界,却骗不了自己的心一样。
他和你一样,有资格活在这个世界,哪怕就是生活质量在你看来不如你,那也是活生生的生命。
所以,生活中的小细节看似与整个人生的关系也不过是一个小水滴掉进了汪洋里,但是蝴蝶震动的翅膀也能引起海啸和飓风,说到底,不是这件事本来有什么蹊跷的地方,而是一个巨婴,最终就会走向这样的命运。
用我们中国人的话来讲,大概就是善恶到头终有报,只不过,电影只是截取了主角的一段人生,如果徐徐展开,天知道,这个艾德里安还做过什么“好”事儿。
然后说到刘鑫。
我是不认为她对江歌的死无动无衷的,她很可能也有很严重的精神问题。
另外,不管你相不相信“吸引力法则”,但是人的确是“物以类聚”的,她和前男友具体闹到什么程度的矛盾,别人猜想不出来,但是她自己心里很清楚。
她很可能过去的一段时间里都活在噩梦里,当然这个梦不是别人给的,是她自己做出来的。
而江歌这个女孩,对于刘鑫的保护欲,超越了一般朋友的界限。
在明明已经意识到刘鑫这个人“自私”“爱占小便宜”还是不能甩掉她,除了异国他乡需要朋友外,很可能,她是一个不会拒绝别人的老好人型人格。
这一切看起来都是意外,但是如果圣母心不能做到快刀斩乱麻地切断巨婴的勒索,不是非此所累也要非彼所苦,江歌丢掉的,是生命。
而巨婴自以为让别人擦完屁股世界就会太平——一切交给时间。
很多时候,我们在探讨艾德里安和刘鑫这样的人的冷漠,对他人的痛苦——还是自己造成的痛苦漠不关心,但是对社会要求他们的负责又表现出极度的委屈和愤怒时,我们感到愤怒和不解,那是因为恰恰他们缺失的同理心,我们是有的。
我们能体会到一个失去孩子的母亲的痛苦和无助,也能体会到人要求正义的决绝。
说点题外话,艾德里安和刘鑫这样的巨婴,一定不知道一个母亲的决心和毅力到底有多么大,因为前者虽然有孩子,显然也没有进入父亲的角色。
为人父母,恰恰是自私者和这个世界和解的一种方式,你只有通过无条件地去爱一个人,才能体会到爱的真谛。
巨婴都爱自己,但是巨婴不是没有前途的,有的巨婴就长大了,有的原地踏步。
十岁、二十岁、三十岁,一直到八十岁,巨婴就是巨婴。
不管怎么样的身躯,如果只蜷缩在一个宝宝的灵魂里,是不会长大的。
所以,才有那么多出了问题回家找父母哭泣,闯下大祸找这个顶包找那个诉苦的成年人啊,父母的错,家庭的错,老师的错,上司的错,社会的锅,甚至连你家的狗都有错,但是他们是无辜的白兔。
犯错是为了维护家庭,杀人是为了天下太平——然而,这个世界的秩序不是这样的。
你虽对伤害的无辜他人并无感情,但是这个世界还有千千万的人有。
如果没有共情,大屠杀和奥斯维辛只能成为那些有关个人的痛苦,而这一切,人类就无需反思,反正和我们没有关系,有那么一天,社会和历史都没有了共情,艺术也就枯萎了。
悲剧之所以千秋万代让我们痛哭流涕,那是因为人是有共情的。
有那个同理心,人才会爱,才会柔软,在社会规则之外,我们才能过更有质感的人生。
我们谴责巨婴,但是这些自负的活在自己骗自己的骗局里的胆小鬼他们真的过得好吗?
当他们用自己的方式逃过了法律的审判,他们真能过好一生吗?
这个问题,其实电影给我们解释了,但是没有解释那么到位,因为在高明的摄影集拍不到人物的内心世界,他们的痛苦在他人看来是自作自受死有余辜不值一提,但是所有的痛苦都是痛苦,就算是巨婴的痛苦,并不能因为他们做了什么造成了别人的痛苦而变成非痛苦。
所以,一切交给时间,那张纸上,一个母亲同时也是一个律师还有个身份是演员的人写下了:正义!
这个时候,我们也需要共情,对这样的痛苦具有同理心的积极意义也许是,让一个成年人如何做一个永远承认错误,接受错误,改成错误的,成年人。
观影中,我记得介绍过死者的母亲是舞台剧的演员,还有剧照当照片摆放,一笔带过后觉得没什么。
最后仔细回味,真的是一个镜头都没有多余的。
当然,很多人觉得死者父母是想凶手伏法,但我觉得更多的是找到自己的儿子尸体为主。
母亲一而再的逼问,差点露出破绽,甚至期间本色出演的怒骂后又回归律师本色,个人觉得很不错,这个细节处理的不错,人性就是如此,编剧,导演,还有演员三方都很棒,细节很重要,本剧做到了!
根据我的统计,电影里被破坏到不能再次利用的道具(其实也未必)只有两个:一辆车龄至少在 10 年以上的西雅特(SEAT)牌汽车。
西雅特,西班牙本土品牌,二手车售价不会超过 1 万欧元。
以及一面镜子。
另外片中遭到损坏但能继续用的道具包括:一件被墨水染色的白衬衫。
因为是西班牙电影,估计衬衫也就是 ZARA 了吧,甚至还不如。
洗干净就能穿。
洗不干净?
全部染了!
一扇被警察踹开的门。
甚至可能并没有损坏,片中没有给特写。
一个被扔进水池的打火机。
虽然看起来像是都彭,但赌一盘西班牙海鲜饭是中国义乌批发来的。
没了。
另外片中成本略高的场景还有约五秒钟的直升机飞行镜头。
哎,仔细想想也不会太高啦,旅游景点的直升机几百块钱也能兜上一圈吧,要只是拍拍直升机,还不要钱呢。
但这是今年你能在影院里看到的最好看的电影之一。
导演完美展示了如何利用有限资源讲出一个丝丝入扣的好故事。
尽量不剧透地表扬一下导演。
你可以说这是一部悬疑片,影片始于一场密室杀人案件。
但随着情节的推动,发展一次次超出了观众的预料,每当你觉得剧中角色给出了合理解释后,他们又会毫不留情地一把推翻。
小时候大家都玩过叫万花尺的玩具,它的迷人之处在于只需要简单的道具就能在封闭的空间里创造出漂亮的花纹来。
《看不见的客人》就有点像是万花尺,影片开始的密室杀人案件就是下笔的那个点,影片也一直都在非常有限的场景里推进,但随着缜密的故事设计和角色之间极富张力的互动,一个点演化成了一幅精致惊人的图案,呈现在观众眼前的就是 100 多分钟的步步紧逼、丝丝入扣了。
对比很多一条线走到底、最后什么都没搭上的蠢电影,《看不见的客人》用漂亮的环形故事结构裹进了很多导演的思考。
在影片中,故事每被讲述一次,就会引入更多的东西,好像是画一环大过一环的一组同心圆,越来越大的圆里框下的,有更多的细节,有爱和欺骗,有不公和正以,有人性的黑暗和伟大。
另外影片出彩的人物设定也是看点之一,角色和角色的关系平衡得很好,势均力敌、剑拔弩张,没有一个人能被对方牵着鼻子走,而是你来我往中一点点剥茧抽丝,让观众一分钟也无暇离开银幕,直到真相赤裸裸地暴露在众人面前,那一刻的爽就像是千万颗烟花同时升空炸开,每个人口中的那一声“哇”都冲了出来。
这种感觉,比看炸掉多少辆豪车潜艇飞机大楼怪兽都要舒爽。
最后的碎碎念。
《看不见的客人》在豆瓣上的评分是骇人的 8.6 分,看过的 12 万人中,接近 90% 的观众给出了 4 星和 5 星的好评。
作为自来水(没人给钱!
我倒想要,可真没人给!
),我要给电影打个广告,9 月 15 号《看不见的客人》就要在国内影院上映了,一定要去影院感受一下今年最穷的电影到底有多好看,那种张力是小屏幕上感受不到的!
我有幸参加了豆瓣电影组织的观影活动,而且导演本人 Oriol Paulo 也来了现场和大家交流(西班牙语真的好好听唷)。
当问到导演对成都的印象时,导演觉得成都很有钱。
哈哈哈,可能是导演拍这部片子的时候真的穷得可以吧。
对了,电影到底有多穷,还有个铁证:里面居然还有人用 window phone!
希望大家都去影院支持这种好片子,争取让导演下部电影里的角色都用上 iPhone,或者那个国内厂家努努力,把导演下部作品的手机赞助承包了?
可能像某些人说的那样,这部电影的在推理和逆转上其实并没有什么创新之处,某些关键点我也隐约猜到了,但本片的可贵之处在于导演是认认真真地在拍一部推理电影,更何况,演员精湛的演技让一些乍看并不怎么罕见的情绪爆发点表现地淋漓尽致呢?
顺便,可能是我某方面的能力存在障碍吧,评论一堆人说第一秒就能看穿的真相我硬是没看出来……期待这位导演的其他作品。
艾德里安(马里奥·卡萨斯 Mario Casas 饰)经营着一间科技公司,事业蒸蒸日上,家中有美丽贤惠的妻子和活泼可爱的女儿,事业家庭双丰收的他是旁人羡慕的对象。
然而,野心勃勃的艾德里安并未珍惜眼前来之不易的生活,一直以来,他和一位名叫劳拉(芭芭拉·蓝妮 Bárbara Lennie 饰)的女摄影师保持着肉体关系。
某日幽会过后,两人驱车离开别墅,却在路上发生了车祸,为了掩盖事件的真相,两人决定将在车祸中死去的青年丹尼尔联同他的车一起沉入湖底。
之后,劳拉遇见了一位善良的老人,老人将劳拉坏掉的车拉回家中修理,然而,令劳拉没有想到的是,这位老人,竟然就是丹尼尔的父亲。
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《教父》里面老教父告诉孩子,永远不要让别人知道你的想法。
当一个人知道你的真实想法,那就是你的死穴!
男主以为自己挺牛,还装苦情,检测律师能力,看看律师咋帮自己辩解。
男主刚开始一定觉得自己是掌控全局的人,在引导着律师,引导她跟着自己的思路走!
假女律师,心里都知道咋回事,发生了什么都一清二楚,但是就配合他演出。
男主以为自己在给律师挖坑,没想到律师在给男主挖更大的坑!
律师目的非常明确就是骗出他的口供!
男主为什么会把所有的都和盘托出?
假女律师用了几种方法诱供1、时间紧迫法:进去就开始计时,秒表嘀嗒嘀嗒嘀。
告诉你三个小时倒计时!
男主心想:烦躁!
乱!
2、光环法:我从没败诉过,打过的官司都赢了。
男主心想:牛人!
3、转信任法:我是你的亲信介绍的。
我们虽然第一次见面,但你的亲信可是非常信赖我的!
男主心想:我信他,他信她,我应该信她!
4、突发事件法:证人到了!
你马上就要被抓了!
男主心想:我去,完蛋了,措手不及!
5、愿景法:我能让你免受牢狱之灾!
我要说服全世界都相信你是无罪的!
听我的就没事儿!
男主心想:这就是我想要的!
6、展现能力:时不时展现自己的强大推理能力。
虽然对于假律师都是已知信息,但是给男主感觉好像是刚刚推理出来的,心想的是:我去,我没告诉你,你咋就知道了呢?
顿时佩服五体投地!
7、声东击西:想要避免杀人罪,你就得承认交通事故的事情!
想要嫁祸情妇,就要告诉我沉车地点,我好往里作假!
实际上,目的就是为了让男主承认和交通事故有关,说出沉车地点。
男主心想:好吧,我说出来就可以逃避罪责了,真好!
8、要挟法:如果你不想做牢,你就得听我的!
如果你不想一无所有,你就必须毫无隐瞒,该承认的承认!
最后男主彻底蒙了,心想:你说啥就是啥吧!
就像赵本山在小品卖拐里所说的:他还得谢咱呢?
男主和假女律师分别的时候,不还叫住人家,说了声:谢谢啊!
被骗的彻底啊!
总体是个好电影,但我不喜欢那种看了个好电影就说“这是我看过的最好的电影”的那类人,没主见的人过多导致此片分数虚高,7.8分左右才合理,这片的分肯定不该比穆赫兰道高,所以打1星,纯为了拉分数。
随便挑几个漏洞列举:1、女情人试了试死者的心跳,确定小鲜肉死了,和后面的没死矛盾。
试心跳这段是男主口述的,具体怎么发生的有待商榷,但男主和情人肯定是要先确认小鲜肉死了,才能做出后续抛尸的决定,因为只要活着就可以私下解决,给点钱带去就医,不涉及警察就不怕败露关系,编个理由晚回家就是了。
连心跳和呼吸都不试就抛尸?
得多蠢才会这样。
2、那么大个车推到沼泽里沉车不被发现难度太大。
有水边一般都是泥土土地,会留下车辙,当然这点可以说成车辙掩盖过了,也可以说是荒郊野外搜索范围太大警察找不到。
3、手机没有静音键。
这个应该是个全世界手机都有的功能,即对方来电时你不想接听又不想挂掉的情况下,按一下,消掉声音,假装自己没拿手机或没听见。
这个功能在这部电影中两个地方有用,一是假装接保险公司电话那步,不用真接起来(也就不会留下那个使用记录),二是在对方家里时,大妈拨他儿子电话时,按一下。
当然手机应该早早关机了事,再说一直开机会被警方追踪到,这是另外的问题了。
4、银行卡盗用客户资金一事太假。
这种事90年代警方就有查证方法,通过IP地址等很容易找到操作的终端,可以直接找到女情人用丈夫电脑操作的,老夫妻要证明儿子清白直接反诉儿子工作的银行就能做到这点,都不用和男主交锋。
另外,虽然欧洲银行系统各异,但私转其他客户钱到某一账户这种事,这么大权限不会开放给任何银行员工吧,那银行得整天出案子,编剧应该欠缺银行业常识。
5、沉尸栽赃情人的设定,大妈不断套取沉车位置一事太假。
大妈的目的太明显,表现的太迫切了,为了安葬孩子太想知道沉车地点了,大妈不断让他在地图标记沉车位置,男主竟然不怀疑,毕竟男主知道车被找到验尸会发现不是当场死而是谋杀,那就不该说出来这个没必要说的事,因为有可能被验尸一事摆在这,提前往后备箱放情人的首饰、匿名报警被警察找到车这些事都不该成立,那总得想好了被警察找到车后怎么办,再告诉她沉车地点吧?
6、通话记录、手机移动轨迹问题。
既然撞车的野外手机信号都不错可以互相联络,说明基站覆盖面不错,通过各个基站的信号、距离记录就可以获得任意一部手机当时通话的准确位置,包括死者的,男主及其情人的(虽然他俩的肯定是非本人的手机卡,但毕竟在案发地点周围联系过,应该列入排查对象,包括抛完尸接上车的地点),而且男主和情人也都拿着自己的正常手机,手机每到一处基站会接入确认才能一直显示有信号,即可以完全确认男主及其情人的行动轨迹,以及小鲜肉死前的行动轨迹。
人都失踪报案了,这个都不查,国外的警察也是不作为,或者编剧不了解警察的办案方法。
7、各种监控问题。
这个可以找出很多问题就不多找了,随便找几个,咱只能假设为欧洲国家太穷,不像我们这监控这么多。
例如监控可以证明老夫妇酒店谋杀的清白,想栽赃他们肯定不成立;例如咱国内公安可以通过监控网络弄出任意一辆车在两个月内的行车路径;关于去没去巴黎也可以通过监控网来核实,当然这点也许是因为欧洲的隐私保护问题。
For your convenience, the English translation of this article is attached to the back of the article. Due to machine translation plus manual proofreading, some translated words may not be accurate.几个月前看到了这部片子,得知这部电影要在中国上映,十分兴奋。
接着我又看了四五遍,然后又去电影院体验一番。
现在高烧已经将我包裹,但是依然要写下这篇“烧脑”的文章:为了便于深度解析这部电影,我们将从结构、道具与人设、人物背景三个角度分别展开讲述。
当然,我们的解析不止于读懂电影故事,我们还试图抓住导演的创作思路,这才是看电影的真正乐趣所在。
闲话少说,先看结构: 一、电影结构我把电影通篇分为四部分,分别是:1、开端陈述(约10分钟)2、男主(艾德里安)讲述的故事版本(约50分钟)3、律师(古德曼)讲述的故事版本(约20分钟)4、真相与结局(约20分钟)为了能够宏观把控每一个部分所起的作用,我觉得有必要先重申一下故事结尾的反转:就是那位古德曼律师其实是假冒的,她是受害人“丹尼尔”的母亲; 自然,她去找男主(艾德里安)的目的也不是帮其申诉,而是让其认罪,将其绳之以法。
知道这一点后,我们再回头来看故事的四段结构:第一部分(开端陈述)导演借艾德里安(以下简称男主)之口把案情交代了一下。
时长刚好在10分钟左右(商业类型片标准开端时长)。
这段案情陈述只是针对“观众”的,对戏中的“古德曼律师”没有任何价值,因为这些东西早已成了呈堂供词,众所周知。
于是接下来古德曼对男主发起了第一轮攻势:她质问男主是否知道杀害劳拉(男主情人)的凶手是谁;质疑凶手进入房间和逃出房间的不可能性等等,这段攻势起到了向电影第二部分过渡的作用。
过渡到案件更全面的方向。
这里有一点要注意:电影第一部分对观众起到了什么作用?
首先自然是案情基本交代。
其次,也是非常重要的:它让观众的注意力集中到了“凶手到底是怎么进出犯罪现场(杀害劳拉的房间)而不留下痕迹这一点上”。
这是悬疑片惯用的陷阱,因为只要你一想这个问题,潜意识中就会假定出另外一个“凶手”的存在。
于是便会走入一个错误的方向。
再者,男主叙述后掉下的那一滴眼泪,也对观众误入歧途起到了推波助澜的作用。
另外还有一个情节点:就是古德曼律师拿出了“一个年轻男子失踪”的简报,他让这个案件更复杂化了。
我们接在来开第二部分。
第二部分:之所以把这一部分称为“男主(艾德里安)讲述的故事版本”,是想提醒大家这将近50分钟的陈述是完全主观的,是亦真亦假的。
因为它大多是从男主人公口中说出来的,男主人公复数案情的出发点一定是为自己脱罪着想的!
至于到底男主的故事版本怎么辨伪,这就是“烧脑”的地方了,这些我们待会将会详细解读。
先来看这部分的作用:是不是男主话不可信就没有意义了?
当然不是,从电影结构上来说,它至少把案情所涉及的所有相关人物以及事物交代了出来:我们得知男主案发三个月前就和情人劳拉私会了;他们私会返程后出了车祸,一个年轻人(丹尼尔)因此丧生;之后男主一度被丹尼尔父母纠缠(因其情人以及宝马车牌号的暴露);之后男主与情人劳拉也一度陷入纠缠中(两人伙同犯罪)…就这样,男主一直讲述到电影开端场景(劳拉宾馆被杀,男主被捕)纵观这一部分,你会发现我们好像情不自禁地把两个不太相关的案件给联系起来了:“劳拉被杀”与“丹尼尔失踪”。
至少,两者的关联性是男主不想看到,为什么,因为男主包庇了这起事故,为什么包庇,用复述者的话他不想妻子和孩子离开他(为什么不想,我们一会儿人物背景再谈)。
而且到目前为止,警察也不知道那起车祸以及丹尼尔是死是活。
那么,是谁让我们产生了这种联想(包括男主),没错,是古德曼律师。
她为什么要煞费苦心这么做。
没错,她要帮男主找到那个“看不见的客人”,也就是杀害劳拉并嫁祸男主的人!
找到这个“看不见的客人”干嘛,别急,电影的第三部分就是解答这个疑问的!
在电影向第三部分过渡时,古德曼律师向男主角提出了三个问题:为什么凶手要借劳拉手机发短信(这部留下罪证吗)?
凶手为什么没拿走现场的钱(反倒把钱撒了一地)?
凶手到底是怎么离开房间的(犯罪现场没有任何痕迹)?
这三个问题男主根本回答不出。
回答不出就等于承认自己是凶手(因为犯罪现场只有他一个人能实施犯罪了)。
好吗!
这下连男主都想听听古德曼律师的故事版本了(听古德曼怎样帮他解决上面三个问题)。
自此,他开始上律师古德曼的钩了。
不光他上钩了,连不少观众也都上钩了。
第三部分:律师(古德曼)讲述的故事版本。
其实不怪别人太笨,只是古德曼律师的故事讲的太严谨了,通过古德曼分析我们得知:原来凶手不是别人,就是死者丹尼尔的父母。
丹尼尔的母亲就在事发的宾馆工作,他们夫妇俩里应外合,制造的这起嫁祸事件。
(当丹尼尔父亲第一次出现在案发现场时,坐在电影院中的我听到许多观众发出了恍然的“啊”声)
如此,想必好多人会问,这对夫妇至于要这么做吗(不惜杀死一个人)!。
难道仅仅是因为怀疑男主和自己儿子的失踪有关?!
这可不足以说服评审团和法官。
除非…除非这对夫妇知道自己儿子已经死了,并且是男主(艾德里安)把尸体推下的水。
他们的作案动机便是报复。
事到如此案件似乎已经很明了了:只要男主能承认是自己把丹尼尔尸体推下水,并找出丹尼尔的尸体,那么,这个案件也就算搞定了,男主便能摆脱杀人罪(最多也就是个包庇罪什么的)。
说到此,似乎整个案件的脉络已经很清楚了。
男主脱了罪。
对于那个假冒的律师古德曼,即便我们知道他是那个丹尼尔的母亲伪装的,也似乎能解释通了:他们夫妇只是想洗脱儿子携款潜逃的罪名,找到儿子为其下葬。
(好像有什么地方说不过去吧,如果古德曼是丹尼尔妻子假扮的,难道他为了找回儿子尸体不惜牺牲丈夫?
)当然,故事可不仅仅这么简单,如果真如上所说那这部电影也称不上独特了!
所有的神反转都在第四部分。
第四部分:真相与结局这部分大概不到20分钟,节奏也逐渐加快。
没错,男主被之前古德曼律师的故事彻底打动了(那个完美的脱罪说辞),自此,他也为眼前的这位律师的智慧所折服。
他甚至不惜把自己最终的老底都向律师亮了出来:在推丹尼尔和他的车下水之前,丹尼尔还没有死!
古德曼得知真相后的表情要知道,这一重磅消息不但让观众一阵,连戏中的“古德曼律师”也镇住了,所有之前两人研究的申辩方案一下子全被推翻了。
剧情迅速反转:先是案件性质的反转(包庇罪成了谋杀罪);接着是案情故事的反转(男主讲述的故事跟实际完全是反的,他的情人才是那个包庇者),最后又是古德曼律师身份的反转(他是丹尼尔母亲假扮的)。
高潮一幕接着一幕,直到最后男主(艾德里安)彻底被俘获,推上案板待宰。
纵观电影的这四部分,你会发现其实这部电影像是两个人在屋子里的一场“博弈”(棋局)。
因此我也更青睐于台版的那个电影名字的翻译:《布局》。
当然,这个“布局”仅限于电影的前三部分。
怎么说呢:前三部分是托马斯夫妇(受害人丹尼尔的父母)提前布好的局,也可以说基本都在“古德曼律师”的掌握下。
而到了第四部分呢,局面彻底失了控,真相完全在“古德曼”的意料之外(指他儿子在被推下水之前还活着)。
到了这时候古德曼和男主回到了同一起跑线,他们之间的胜败几乎就成了一场扔筛子的赌博,赌的是什么?
没错,赌的是男主对假冒古德曼律师的信任。
换句话说,古德曼用了一个小时的时间(电影的前三部分),换来的不是策略上的认同而仅仅是男主的新任。
只有信任,才能让男主把一切都交给他。
其实我们把电影的通篇结构捋顺完后,看懂故事情节已经不是问题了。
但解读一部优秀犯罪悬疑片的乐趣可完全不止于此。
我们要试图去挑战电影构思的逻辑性。
而这种逻辑性便藏在电影本身的视觉语言里。
接下来我们就从一些电影道具、情节设置以及拍摄手法上做进一步的解读。
二、电影语言1、“劳拉的手机与那条短信”是故事进行下去的“发动机”好多人都被劳拉(男主情人)那部手机以及手机上收到的那条短信给搞糊涂了。
然而这部手机以及那条短信对整部电影至关重要,那简直就是这部电影的发动机。
通过电影第四段结局部分,我们可以知道那条短信其实就是劳拉自己发的,是定时滞后发送。
为什么她要这么做?
因为把男主骗到旅馆的不是什么丹尼斯的父亲,也不是那个目击证人,就是劳拉本人。
她要设法说服男主去自首,所以才引来的杀身之祸。
我想劳拉本人也事先预料到这种可能性了,于是编辑了那条短信以防万一遇到不测之用;男主在杀害情人劳拉后,也恰恰是用的这条短信做的文章,编造出了那个“有人试图敲诈勒索自己”的故事(可见男主艾德里安这个人不傻,相反非常聪明!
);再者,古德曼律师也利用了这条手机短信,编造出了托马斯(丹尼尔父亲)嫁祸男主的故事版本。
可以说,没有这部手机和这条短信,这故事几乎就进行不下去了。
2、“男主收到的照片”是劳拉的诱饵劳拉是怎样说服男主前来会面的?
要知道,男主不是傻子,也不是什么痴情汉,他可不会轻易上钩的。
没错,就是这张照片。
这张署名“丹尼尔”的陌生人寄来的照片。
在看电影时,我们从哪可以推断出这张照片及那信封可能是劳拉搞的鬼,很简单,记得劳拉和男主从乡间别墅出来,劳拉坐在副驾驶一边欣赏湖景,一边拍摄的镜头吗。
换句话说,劳拉利用了男主心中有鬼,做出了这个诱饵。
3、汽车导航、鹿、与行车路线揭示男主出车祸后不报警的另一大原因关于男主在发生车祸后不报警的原因,我们通常可以解释成他不想让老婆孩子知道自己在外偶遇情人。
这似乎也能解释的通。
但有一点,既然男主能有让警局把自己犯罪档案消除的本事,那他到底至不至于费那么大事自己动手把丹尼尔尸体销毁掉,更何况这还是一场意外事故(得归罪与那头从树林里窜出来的“鹿”)。
我们反过来假设,如果根本就没有那头鹿出来扰乱呢!
至少在电影中没有一个关于“鹿”被撞到的镜头,更没有鹿的尸体。
至于劳拉手上的血,那更不可能是鹿的血了(两人在汽车里,溅血也应该溅到车窗上)。
那么,如果这个假设成立,那么这起车祸会不会根本就是一场肇事车祸。
带着这个假设我们再往前推,当男主和劳拉驾车开到两岔路口的时候,“汽车导航”显示了向右的肩头,我以此推断左边根本就是“逆向行驶”(对于飞机就要晚点的男主来说,在此违反交通规则完全有可能)。
汽车导航如果这个导航还不能说明问题,再看后面撞车那段戏。
注意,这段戏导演用到了大量的“越轴”拍摄(关于“越轴拍摄”的概念大家可以网上自行查找),这就使观众完全失去了方向感。
如果仔细看的话,你会知道撞车使那辆宝马发生了180度的转弯,熄火后与对面来的丹尼尔的车形成了通向,而再之后来的那辆车便也是通向驶来。
撞车前的方向
撞车后的方向目击者行驶的方向与丹尼尔行驶的方向相同这再一次证明这个车道是单行线,男主是违反了交通法规在先(注意,关于车祸的方向问题警方是完全可以调查取证到的)。
至于之后来的托马斯的车为什么是反方向,我个人解读是“男主叙述上的漏洞”(这点是警方无法取证的)。
4、两个人设(目击证人、在宾馆工作的丹尼尔的母亲)的作用这两个人的确存在不假,目击以及在宾馆工作也都不假,但他们干的那些事:目击证人要出庭作证;丹尼尔的母亲帮助丈夫托马斯入室行凶逃跑则根本是子虚乌有。
但两人被古德曼律师利用诱骗男主却显得完全合情合理,为什么,因为男主心中有鬼。
5、男主的手机帮助“古德曼”的演戏没有穿帮我们不禁会怀疑,漫长的一个小时的谈话中,假古德曼怎么就那么幸运:一旦男主的个人律师菲利克斯打来电话,仔细询问,或是真古德曼律师早会儿上门,那不就彻底穿帮了!
我们注意一个细节:男主曾和菲利克斯通过一次电话给,甚至男主还让古德曼接了电话。
而就是这一档口,古德曼得以有机会将男主的手机关了机。
(我们可以在结尾处得知男主的确关了机,菲利克斯还因此抱怨了一番。
)我们可以推断古德曼在来之前与丈夫是做了精准的调查的。
古德曼在接完菲利斯的电话后,趁机将男主的手机关机但即便如此我个人还是感觉这里是电影不太严谨的一处:怎么就那么巧,男主打电话时菲利克斯刚下飞机,刚好飞机场那些噪音帮助古德曼有惊无险度过这关?
6、古德曼的“非标准思考”暗喻古德曼讲了个小故事:一个空柴房,一个人上吊自杀;绳长3米,死者脚离地不到30厘米,离地最近的墙大概6米。
什么意思:一句话就是柴房里现有的条件不足以让死者上吊成功(他根本够不着)。
除非,死者脚下垫一个大冰块。
古德曼的这个暗喻极其巧妙!
试想:一个人脚下垫着冰块上吊什么滋味?
他得等冰块一点点融化,绳子在自己脖子上一点点收紧让自己窒息。
古德曼随后又对男主说:这就是你的柴房。
可怜的男主只想到赶快想办法找到冰块给自己垫脚,却没想到垫脚后等待自己的是死亡。
古德曼律师从一走进男主的房间便一再重复着一个概念:注意细节。
没错,这不但是在说给男主听,也是在提醒观众:要想看懂这类片子,一定得注意每一个细节。
三、人物背景最后我们再来说说这部电影的人物背景。
个人觉得这也是阐释影片主题思想的关键点之一。
首先是我们的男主人公“艾德里安”他说过一句话:我花了十年的时间才得到现在的成就。
我们从这句话能解读出什么。
我认为男主在十年前并不富有,他不是那种出身豪门的人。
因此,他才那么害怕失去;艾德里安为什么那么害怕失去家人?
我个人觉得他并不是真爱家人,这与他的性格不符(负责他也不会出轨)。
可以解释的是:很可能是艾德里安是在妻子的帮助下才获得了今天的成就。
注意:每次上流社会出席场面都有她的妻子在场。
其次是托马斯夫妇他们俩一个是前宝马公司高级工程师,一个是文学教授。
这理所当然属于知识分子了。
然而在经济上,他们俩却很清贫,这一点从托马斯开的车、两人的话语中都多次体现。
这是毋庸置疑的。
如此看来,托马斯夫妇与之抗衡的不单单是男主艾德里安一个人,他们面对的是整个上流社会甚至是国家权力。
显然,这是一部揭露腐败与虚伪的影片,称其为黑色电影倒很恰当。
English translation:I saw this film a few months ago and was very excited to learn that it was going to be released in China. I watched it four or five times and then went to the movie theater to experience it. Now the fever has consumed me, but I still have to write this "brain-burning" article:To analyze the movie in depth, we will discuss it from three perspectives: structure, props and characters, and character backgrounds. Of course, our analysis isn't merely about interpreting the story; we also try to grasp the director's creative thinking, which is the real fun of watching movies.Without further ado, let's examine the structure first: I. The Structure of the Movie I divided the entire movie into four parts:The opening statement (about 10 minutes)The protagonist (Adrian) tells his version of the story (about 50 minutes)The lawyer (Goodman) presents her version of the story (about 20 minutes)The truth and conclusion (about 20 minutes)Understanding the final twist is crucial for analyzing the structure: Lawyer Goodman is actually the victim Daniel's mother in disguise. Her purpose in visiting the protagonist (Adrian) isn't to help him file a legal complaint, but to extract his confession and bring him to justice.With this revelation, let's revisit the four-part structure:In Part 1 (opening statement), the director gives Adrian (hereafter referred to as the male lead) the opportunity to present his account of the case. This segment lasts just under 10 minutes (the standard opening length for a commercial genre film).
This account of the case is presented solely for the audience's benefitand holds no value for lawyer Goodman within the story, since it is essentially a rehearsed confession. Goodman then launches her first attack on the protagonist: questioning whether he knows who killed Laura (his lover), challenging the impossibility of the murderer's entry and escape, etc. This interrogation serves as the narrative bridge to the second act while redirecting focus toward a holistic case analysis.A critical observation: what does the film's first act achieve? Primarily, it establishes the case's foundational premise. More crucially, it strategically focuses viewers on "how the killer entered and exited Laura's locked-room crime scene undetected". This exemplifies a classic suspense narrative trap: by fixating audiences on this question, they subconsciously presuppose a third-party murderer's existence. The red herring is further reinforced by the protagonist's tearful breakdown after his testimony, deepening the audience's misguided assumptions.
There's also a plot point: Attorney Goodman comes up with a brief on the “disappearance of a young man,” and he complicates the case even further. Let's move on to part two.
Part 2: The term "the protagonist's (Adrian's) version of the story" is intentionally used to emphasize that this nearly 50-minute narrative is entirely subjective—both truthful and deceptive. Since it originates primarily from the protagonist's perspective, his retelling of events inevitably serves his own interest: exoneration. But how do we parse this version of the story? This is the "brain" of the analysis, which we will explore in detail later. First, let’s examine the purpose of this segment:Does it imply the protagonist’s account is unreliable and thus irrelevant? Absolutely not. Structurally, this portion serves a critical role in the film by establishing all key characters and events tied to the case. We learn that the protagonist secretly met his lover Laura three months before the murder; that they caused a fatal car accident while returning from their rendezvous, killing a young man named Daniel; that Daniel’s parents later harassed the protagonist (due to the exposed affair and the BMW’s license plate); and that the protagonist and Laura became entangled in a shared crime... The narrative continues until the film’s opening scene (Laura’s murder in the hotel and the protagonist’s arrest).Throughout this section, viewers are subtly led to connect two seemingly unrelated cases: Laura’s murder and Daniel’s disappearance. The link between them lies in the protagonist’s desperate efforts to suppress their connection. Why? Because he covered up the accident—motivated, as the narrator claims, by a fear of losing his wife and child (we’ll revisit his background shortly). Crucially, the police remain unaware of the crash and Daniel’s fate. So who bridges these two cases? The answer is Attorney Goodman. Why would she go to such lengths? To help the protagonist uncover the "unseen guest"—the person who killed Laura and framed him. What is the purpose of exposing this "guest"? The film’s third act holds the answer.As the story transitions to its final act, Attorney Goodman poses three pivotal questions to the protagonist:Why did the killer borrow Laura's cell phone to text (did this leave incriminating evidence)? Why didn't the killer take the money from the scene (instead, he scattered it all over the place)? How exactly did the killer leave the room (there were no marks at the crime scene)? The protagonist fails to provide plausible answers to these three questions. Within the film's juridical framework, such an epistemic void operates as a performative act—his inability to address these inquiries functionally constitutes an implicit admission of guilt, given his exclusive capacity to orchestrate the crime under the established spatiotemporal constraints.This logical impasse compels the protagonist to seek Attorney Goodman's counter-narrative, a discursive strategy purportedly designed to resolve the tripartite contradictions. Herein lies the narrative's manipulative genius: the protagonist becomes passively compliant to Goodman's constructed diegesis. Moreover, this compliance extends metatextually to the audience, who are simultaneously ensnared in the same hermeneutic trap—their desire for epistemic closure mirroring the protagonist's dependency on the attorney's artifice.
Part 3: Attorney Goodman's reconstructed narrative operates as a masterclass in diegetic subversion. Far from relying on externalized culpability, her account eschews reductive attributions of incompetence, instead demonstrating forensic rigor through methodical deconstruction of evidentiary chains. The structural revelation—that the perpetrators are none other than Daniel's bereaved parents—serves dual analytical purposes: thematically, it inverts the trauma-of-loss paradigm; narratologically, it weaponizes spatial dramaturgy through the mother's institutional position (her employment at the crime scene hotel enabling architectural manipulation).The couple's collaborative fabrication of the frame-up constitutes what Deleuzian film theory might term a "minoritarian becoming"—their grief metastasizing into precise counter-violence against bourgeois legal apparatuses. Notably, the father's inaugural appearance in the cinema sequence (prior to narrative unmasking) provoked audible gasps of realization rippled through the theater audience—an affective response quantifying the scene's success in planting subliminal intertextual markers.
IV. Hermeneutics of Motive & Ontological ReversalsThe interrogation of parental motivation necessitates a Lacanian psychoanalytic lens: Does the couple's extreme retaliation merely stem from suspicion of the protagonist's complicity in their son's disappearance? Such rationale proves epistemologically insufficient within juridical epistemology. As Habermas' communicative action theory posits, legitimate legal process requires veridictional consensus exceeding private vengeance logics. Thus, the narrative strategically unveils the parents' certain knowledge of filicide—their witnessing Adrian's act of submerging Daniel's living body. This transforms their motive from speculative grievance into Aristotelian nemesis: cosmic rebalancing of moral order through mimetic violence.Juridically, the protagonist's confession to body disposal creates a Foucauldian paradox of truth-telling—while potentially absolving him of murder charges (via absence of direct homicide evidence), it simultaneously inscribes him within what Agamben terms homo sacer status: life stripped of legal protection through his own testimony. Herein lies the film's dialectical genius: freedom from prosecution becomes ontological entrapment.V. Metacinematic Deception & Gender PerformativityThe revelation of "Goodman" as Daniel's mother in disguise constitutes Judith Butler-esque gender performativity crisis. Her hypercompetent lawyer persona—tailored suit, forensic rhetoric—subverts maternal archetypes through what Mulvey calls "to-be-looked-at-ness" inversion. Crucially, the husband's sacrificial collusion interrogates Levinasian ethics: Can filial love justify spousal instrumentalization? The film answers through Bataillean dépense—waste becomes sacred through ritualistic violence.VI. Temporal Collapse & Truth EpistemologyThe protagonist's climactic admission—"Daniel wasn't dead before submersion"—shatters narrative temporality. Using Bergson's durée framework, the film compresses chronos (linear time) into kairos (decisive moment): all prior diegesis becomes Benjaminian Jetztzeit (now-time) awaiting this revelatory puncture. This transforms the car submersion from backstory to actus reus core—the moment biological life (zoe) becomes juridical death (bios).VII. Fourth Act: Parallax TruthsContra classical courtroom drama resolution, the final reversals perform Žižekian parallax shifts:Ethical:Parental vengeance morphs into Derridean pharmakon—both poison and cureNarratological:Goodman's disguise constitutes Baudrillardian simulacrum Phase 3: substitution of truth's absenceCinematic:Accelerated rhythm mirrors Virilio's dromology—speed as weapon of epistemological destruction
It is evident that the weight of the news initially provided the audience with a moment of respite, and even the drama entitled "Goodman Lawyer" adopted a more composed demeanor. However, the previously formulated defence strategy was abruptly reversed. The plot undergoes a rapid reversal, first in the nature of the case (from a crime of harboring to a murder), then in the sequence of events (the narrative of the main character is the precise opposite of reality, with his lover being the actual harbourer), and finally in the identity of Goodman's lawyer (he is Daniel's mother's impostor). This sequence of reversals culminates in a series of climaxes, leading to the ultimate capture and sacrifice of the protagonist, Adrian. Throughout the four sections of the film, it is evident that the narrative is akin to a strategic game of chess being played between two individuals in a room. This observation leads to the preference for the Taiwanese translation of the film's title: "Layout". However, it should be noted that this "layout" is confined to the initial three parts of the film.The initial three sections were established by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas (the parents of the victim, Daniel), and were essentially overseen by the "Goodman lawyers". In the fourth part, however, the situation has become unmanageable, and the truth has deviated from "Goodman's" expectations (namely, that his son was still alive before being pushed into the water). At this juncture, Goodman and the protagonist find themselves in a position of equal standing, and the outcome of their endeavour – be it victory or defeat – is an uncertain toss of a coin. Indeed, the outcome hinges on the hero's faith in the fraudulent Goodman attorney. In essence, the first three parts of the film depict Goodman devoting an hour of his time, not for tactical approval, but rather for the hero's new appointment. It is only through the virtue of trust that the hero is willing to relinquish his position. Once the narrative's through structure has been smoothed out, the storyline becomes discernible. Nevertheless, the enjoyment derived from the discernment of a compelling crime thriller can extend far beyond this. In order to fully appreciate the intricacies of a crime thriller, one must endeavour to challenge the logic of its conception. This logic is embedded within the visual language of the film itself. A more thorough examination of the props, the plot, and the cinematography of the film is therefore recommended. II. Cinematic language1. "Laura's cell phone and the text message" serve as the "engine" that drives the story forward. Many people confuse Laura (the man‘s lover) with the cell phone and the text message it receives. However, the phone and the text message are crucial to the entire movie—they are the engine of the narrative.
As the narrative progresses towards its dénouement, it becomes evident that the text message was in fact transmitted by Laura herself, utilising a temporal lag to ensure its delivery. The motivation behind this action remains unclear. The motivation behind this act was not the result of manipulation by external forces, such as Dennis's father or the witness, but rather, it was Laura herself who instigated the events that led to the hero's visit to the hotel. It is evident that Laura's actions were driven by a deliberate attempt to persuade the hero to surrender himself, which ultimately resulted in the tragic demise of the protagonist. It is further hypothesised that Laura herself may have foreseen this possibility, which may have prompted her to edit the text message in anticipation of potential complications. The narrative suggests that the hero, Adrian, is not unintelligent, but rather remarkably astute. On the contrary, he is very smart! Furthermore, Goodman's lawyer employed the cell phone text message to construct an alternative version of events, portraying Thomas (Daniel's father) as the one who framed the hero. It can be argued that, in the absence of the cell phone and the text message, the narrative would have been significantly altered.In cinematic narrative analysis, the pivotal plot device of "the protagonist receiving the photographic evidence" constitutes Laura's strategic psychological entrapment. The critical inquiry lies in deconstructing Laura's methodology for persuading the narrative subject to attend the predetermined rendezvous. It warrants examination that the protagonist demonstrates neither naivety nor romantic susceptibility, thereby presenting significant resistance to conventional manipulation tactics. The evidentiary crux resides in the anonymously delivered photograph bearing the "Daniel" signature – a calculated semiotic construct. Through forensic analysis of mise-en-scène elements, we can extrapolate Laura's authorial agency in fabricating both photographic artifact and accompanying epistolary materials. This deduction finds evidentiary support in the lakeside sequence following their egress from the rural estate: diegetic camera work reveals Laura surreptitiously capturing the pivotal landscape shot from the vehicular passenger position while ostensibly engaged in touristic observation.This narrative stratagem operates through exploitation of the protagonist's psychological vulnerabilities – specifically, the manifestation of traumatic residue metaphorically termed "the specter within his psyche." Laura's deployment of this evidentiary bait demonstrates sophisticated understanding of cognitive manipulation techniques within thriller genre conventions, effectively weaponizing the protagonist's latent psychological susceptibilities through carefully curated visual evidence.
3.The vehicular navigation system, purported wildlife encounter, and route selection mechanics constitute a multifaceted analytical challenge regarding the protagonist's post-collision decision-making. While surface-level interpretation might attribute his police avoidance to marital infidelity concealment, this explanation proves narratologically insufficient given established character competencies.Forensic reconstruction of events reveals critical evidentiary lacunae: the complete absence of diegetic verification for cervine collision (no impact footage or ungulate remains). Hematological evidence distribution patterns contradict vehicular trauma expectations – bloodstains localized on Laura's hands suggest proximal fluid transfer rather than high-velocity impact dispersion. This evidentiary discontinuity permits alternative hypothesis formulation: the "accident" may constitute deliberate vehicular homicide disguised as zoogenic mishap.Navigation system semiotics during the route divergence sequence prove particularly revelatory. The interface's graphical representation of improper lane positioning (right shoulder indication) combined with temporal urgency pressures (impending flight departure) creates narrative space for traffic regulation violations. Through cognitive mapping analysis, we can interpret the unchosen left path as symbolizing transgressive action potential within the film's moral topology.Crucially, the protagonist's forensic capability (established through prior criminal record expungement) renders manual corpse disposal narratively incongruous unless necessitated by deeper complicity. This narrative paradox suggests either:The collision constitutes premeditated murder requiring active cover-upExistential threats beyond legal consequences compel his actionsThe deer's symbolic function as narrative MacGuffin becomes apparent through its visual absence – a deliberate directorial choice employing absence-as-presence to subvert audience expectations. This technique effectively weaponizes viewer assumption bias while constructing plausible deniability within the diegetic framework.Ultimately, the navigation system's route display operates as meta-commentary on moral divergence points, with the protagonist's choice trajectory mirroring his psychological descent. This technological witness becomes the film's silent Greek chorus, its digital cartography charting both geographical and ethical deviation.
If the navigation scene doesn't fully clarify the spatial relationships, pay close attention to the subsequent crash sequence. The director intentionally employs frequent "axis crossing" shots (a filming technique that disrupts traditional 180-degree rule continuity) to deliberately disorient viewers. Upon careful observation, you'll notice the collision causes the BMW to spin 180 degrees. When the damaged car finally comes to rest, it now faces the same direction as Daniel's approaching vehicle. This directional alignment persists with all subsequent cars appearing in the frame - they're all moving in the same coordinated flow of traffic rather than opposing directions.
Witnesses driving in the same direction as Daniel's direction of travel, which once again proves that this lane is a one-way street, the main man is a violation of traffic laws in the first place (note that the direction of the car accident, the police can be fully investigated and obtained to the police). As for why Thomas's car came in the opposite direction, I personally interpreted it as a “loophole in the main character's narrative” (which the police could not prove).4. The role of the two personas (eyewitnesses, Daniel's mother, who worked at the hotel) These two people do exist, and it is true that they witnessed the incident and worked at the hotel, but they do But what they did: the eyewitness had to testify in court; Daniel's mother helped her husband, Thomas, escape from a home invasion is simply not true. But the two were used by Goodman's lawyer to entrap the main man but it seems completely reasonable, why, because the main man has a ghost in mind. 5, the main man's cell phone to help “Goodman” acting did not wear help we can not help but wonder, a long hour of conversation, how the fake Goodman so lucky: once the main man's personal attorney Felix called, questioning, or the real Goodman, the real Goodman, the main man's personal attorney Felix called, the phone, the real Goodman. Once Felix, the hero's personal attorney, called and questioned him, or if the real Goodman's attorney had come to the door earlier, it would have been a total blowout! Let's note one detail: the hero had a phone call with Felix to, and even the hero let Goodman answer the phone. And it is this slot that Goodman was able to have the opportunity to turn off the male lead's cell phone. (We can learn at the end that the male lead did turn it off, and Felix complained about it.) We can infer that Goodman did precise research with her husband before arriving.
But even so I personally feel that here is one of the less rigorous aspects of the movie: how is it so coincidental that Felix was just getting off the plane when the hero called, just as all that noise from the airfield helped Goodman get through it without a hitch?6.Goodman's metaphor of “non-standard thinking” Goodman tells a short story about an empty woodshed where a man hanged himself; the rope was 3 meters long, the dead man's feet were less than 30 centimeters off the ground, and the nearest wall was about 6 meters away from the ground. What does it mean: In a word, the existing conditions in the woodshed were not enough for the dead man to hang himself successfully (he couldn't reach it at all). Unless, of course, a large ice cube was placed under the dead man's feet. Goodman's metaphor is extremely clever! Imagine what it would be like for a man to hang himself with an ice cube under his feet. He would have to wait for the ice to melt a little, and for the rope to tighten a little around his neck, suffocating him. Goodman then says to the hero: This is your woodshed. The poor man only thought of finding the ice for his feet, but he did not realize that death was waiting for him after the feet. Attorney Goodman repeats the concept of attention to detail from the moment he walks into the man's room. Yes, this is not only for the hero, but also to remind the audience: in order to understand this kind of movie, you must pay attention to every detail. III. Character backgroundFinally we come to the background of the characters in this movie. Personally, I think this is one of the key points to explain the theme of the movie.First of all, there is our hero, Adrian, who says, “It took me ten years to get to where I am now”. What can we read into this statement. I think that the hero wasn't rich ten years ago, he wasn't from a wealthy family. That's why he was so afraid of losing; why was Adrian so afraid of losing his family? Personally, I don't think he really loves his family, it doesn't fit his character (and he wouldn't cheat on his wife if he was responsible for it). What can be explained: it is likely that Adrian got where he is today with the help of his wife. Note: her wife is present at every upper class attendance scene.Next is Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, one of whom is a former senior engineer at BMW and the other a professor of literature. This rightfully belongs to the intelligentsia. However, financially, the two of them are very poor, which is reflected many times in the car that Thomas drives and the words of the two of them. There is no doubt about it. So it seems that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are fighting against not only the main character Adrian alone, but they are facing the whole upper class and even the state power. Obviously, this is a movie that exposes corruption and hypocrisy, and it is appropriate to call it a film noir.
严肃了这么久,最后扯下人皮面具,垮掉了
meh……以及这真的是豆瓣影史第79名的电影…吗?
用类似于“密室逃脱”的疑点布阵,在影片开始却只给出极少的线索,这样的大块留白是为了让各种假设显得合理,用虚与实的切换来制造错觉,从视觉上催眠观众,以加深本片的悬疑效果.个人认为冒充律师这个大前提还值得商权,但瑕不掩瑜,在大逻辑并无问题的基础上,编导对于节奏、细节的把握属上乘。
剧情有漏洞,而且不仅仅是漏洞,是为了坳剧情反而变得不太合理
西语系小成本惊悚片往往胜在叙事方法和视觉效果,它尽可能地让强情节戏剧冲突渲染不再那么露骨。
分也太高了吧?一开始就猜到身份的问题了,后面每一步也基本上都猜到发展。仔细想想其实蛮多bug的啊,男女主的人物其实并没有建立起来。不过气氛营造得还不错,影调蛮喜欢
你们亲自报案就知道了,到警察不作为法官律师那里,什么都不是证据。
查查说的没错啊,这不就是个天涯连载帖水平的故事吗,而且还是比较土锤那种一看就是“分享你现编的故事”,不是很想追下去的那种。。。当飞机电影看算是合格吧
已经到了看任一部片子都会有熟脸的程度了
我竟然先看了消失的她,败笔,我的问题。对不起,经典不愧是经典。
看睡了。多数剧情是在叙述中完成,交锋很少。主要就是叙述诡计。
毕竟这个结局蛮容易看出来的,伏线埋得还是太浅,最后电影高潮的时候只觉得他们在瞎激动,这里我就扣点分,其他部分,倒算是喜欢,很完整的故事,男主跟劳拉的个性,也很畅销君的【恶意】,最中意的环节。
故事不复杂,胜在叙事手法和节奏把握,美中不足是,律师就不能换个人演么,反正都是戴假面,导致我早就看出那是他妈了毫无悬念
在律师第一次打电话过来之前,我已经猜到七七八八了。这也不是显摆,就是说在整体氛围也好流程也好表演也好,把控上,还是用力过了一些。有太多功能性情节,人物也多是功能性的。“人”的性格和特点显不出来的话,心理攻防战就真的有点套路。不难看,但也不好说有多大的意思。
太一般了
是啦,多重反转还算OK啦,看得出编剧认真导演也尽力了,剧情虽然好猜但看的过程不会觉得腻味或厌烦。四星出于鼓励,但是,跟好莱坞悬疑大咖们比起来还远远未够班啊
前半部分还行,后半部分破功
这部片到底怎么封神的……
对同一案情的多次重新叙述,后一次推翻前一次的内容来达到不断反转,不过反反复复的讲述设计感太浓,看到中段就知道接下来还要推翻重来了。影片有一股浓浓的老套侦探小说感,一边侦探嫌犯对峙一边闪回案情,像是是照本宣科拍出来的,所以老太太和男主故作悬疑地忽悠来忽悠去就显得很做作。
观影时,一直在研究,到底是男的更聪明还是女的更聪明?几次反转之后,懂了,母亲更聪明。