Many screenwriters will ignore the power of lines, on the one hand, they ignore the setting and foreshadowing of the plot by the lines, and the screenwriter often uses a large number of lines as transitions or foreshadowing blanks, making the lines boring. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn this regard, referring to Quentin Tarantino's words and nagging movies are undoubtedly the best examples, among which "pulp fiction" is the most, on the surface those verbose lines seem to have no meaning, they are even discussing the different names of McDonald's burgers in different countries, but these dialogues will continue to be mentioned later, not only quirky and funny, but also have rules to follow, and carry them throughout, the foreshadowing of the lines and the editing skills complement each other, creating a completely different viewing experience and promoting the plot.

On the other hand, it ignores the role of lines in character building, screenwriters are often lazy and hope that actors will complete this work, especially in Hollywood, where methodist acting is prevalent, even if there are no lines, actors will interpret themselves according to the plot and characters, and then give meaning to the lines, but the screenwriter loses the support of the lines and the role itself. In this regard, Woody Allen's words and nagging movies are a good example, taking "Annie Hall" as an example, the seemingly meaningless dialogues between the male and female protagonists in the movie actually rely on their respective living classes, their respective elite education, their respective outlook on life and world view values, as well as their respective personalities, images and personalities, and the chatter has become a means of performance, without the support of any "methodist" performance, the audience is extremely profound about the character image.

But in modern Hollywood, fewer and fewer screenwriters are willing to tap into the charm of the idiom itself, and directors with no literary literacy can only rely more and more on action scenes and visual effects. "Pearl Harbor" is like that, if it weren't for the spoof, not a single line in the movie would have any value, let alone the so-called aftertaste.

When Lance wrote the script for "Killing with a Knife", he carefully arranged the lines. Including character building, including plot promotion, including atmosphere creation, the power of lines is indispensable. The same goes for "Fruit Hard Candy" this time, where the core of the story is the constant shift in the positions of the prey and the hunter.

In the beginning, people thought that Jeff was the hunter and Hayley was the prey; Then the two people change positions, supporting the second half of the story; But in the end, Jeff and Hayley are both hunters and prey, and the reflection that is really thrown to the audience is the core of the movie, so the movie becomes the hunter and the audience becomes the prey.

For Lance to reach such heights, he had to delve into the two characters, Jeff and Hayley.

First of all, the character of Hailey, why would she want to take revenge on the fetish/child/fetish, and why would she choose to risk her life instead of calling the police? This will become the core of the idea that underpins the entire connotation of the film. But in Brian's script, there is almost no elaboration on this point, only suggesting that the disappearance of Hayley's friend is related to Jeff, but the problem is that the disappearance of her own friend, or even death, makes Hayley do such an outrageous and even terrible thing, and makes Hayley make such a tragic decision as castration, which seems unreasonable.

So, in the last life, after watching a movie, the biggest feeling people felt was discomfort. On the one hand, they know that Jeff's approach is wrong, but because it is not shown in the movie, the hatred is not so real; On the other hand, it was creepy because of Hailey's excesses, and even caused many people to condemn Hailey's lynching. This is also the reason why there is such a heated argument between Jeff and Hayley after the movie ends.

In fact, a closer look at the script reveals that this is not the case at all.

In the story, Hayley first pretended to castrate Jeff, and she used a lot of psychological hints to make Jeff believe that she was castrated, which caused psychological torture to the audience, but she actually did not castrate at all, and then Jeff observed his lower body after breaking free, and instead of despair, he was relieved. This is the first step.

Subsequently, Hayley deliberately left a gap to give Jeff enough time to break free under the pretext of "taking a bath". After Jeff managed to get rid of it, he had the opportunity to call the police to end it all, but instead he chose to retaliate and decided to kill Hayley. In fact, at this time, Hailey left Jeff with room to choose, and Jeff's choice will determine the subsequent direction. Jeff chooses revenge, so Hayley hides in the bathroom and knocks Jeff unconscious with a stun gun to begin a second torture.

Subsequently, Hayley used Jeff's first love as a threat, forcing Jeff to jump from the second floor with a noose and complete the suicide by hanging, otherwise the fact that Jeff was a child/child would be published in public, making him discredited. Jeff chose to jump off the building, and the movie ended, at this time the audience's psychological torture reached its peak, and it was even more unacceptable to Hailey's "evil deeds".

But Hayley didn't actually want Jeff to die at all, the rope Hayley left behind was long enough that the rope didn't straighten at all after Jeff jumped, and the sound of Jeff falling to the grass could be heard. This also means that Hayley once again toyed with Jeff, making him think that suicide would clear his name, obviously, for Jeff, reputation is greater than life - just like he chose to give up calling the police and solving it privately, this time he chose honor and gave up his life, and when he was in a state of extreme panic, he found that the rope was long enough and he fell into the grass on the first floor. "I want to die, but I can't die", this is Hailey's ultimate goal.

In other words, Hayley used two illusions - castration and death - to severely torture Jeff mentally, and truly achieved the purpose of punishment. Jeff's body never really hurts, but he paid a terrible price for his sins.

The reason why the audience has not been able to understand this is that on the one hand, they are not careful enough to watch, and if they watch it repeatedly, these details can be found, which is also the source of controversy among fans; On the one hand, there is a lack of character shaping, especially Hailey, which makes many behaviors and actions lose their emotional support, and naturally cannot further impress the audience.

What is the reason why Hayley refuses to call the police and chooses to carry out the punishment herself, but gives up the physical punishment and replaces the price with mental torture? Perhaps, Hailey once experienced such an incident herself, but after calling the police without success, she even let the criminal escape, watching the criminal commit the crime for the second or third time, so she no longer believes in the justice system, and chooses a mentally shocking way to achieve the goal of "not letting the crime happen again".

How did Hayley come up with such a form of punishment, from almost being castrated with a fake reality to the illusion of suicide that deceived everyone? Perhaps, Hailey was inspired by the movie "A Clockwork Orange", and she realized that mental torture is the core force that destroys a person, so she began to study medical documentaries and even medical books to think of the whole plan.

So, what kind of person is Hayley herself? What about her family? How did such a dark, rock, and such a bold move come about? Perhaps, Hailey's parents are doctors, or police/detectives, or they are a bad family of alcoholics and violence, she is an introverted girl living in her own world, with a strong interest in medicine, or an interest in justice, she longs for friends, but she is alone and can't find anything to rely on, only rock and Dona are her spiritual support. Now, Dona is missing......

These details can make Hailey's character full and three-dimensional, but in fact, it doesn't need to spend a lot of pen and ink in the script writing. For example, leaving a "clockwork orange" videotape or promotional poster or original novel in Hayley's school bag is enough; Another example is that when Hayley is preparing for castration, she can play a little music, accompanied by the rock of her youth; And when Hayley finds out that Jeff is a lover/child/fetish, she only needs to say something like "why do you never know how to stop", and then the camera is blank, which is enough for the audience to sketch the image.

The so-called lines are actually part of an independent personality, in the face of the same situation, different people will say different words, as long as they can figure out the accurate lines, the character image will naturally be established.

If you can skillfully use the details of the lines to make Hailey's image complete, and then achieve this goal through the performance power of the actors, then after the end of the movie, the audience's shock will be twice or three times surging. From the character of Hailey, we can explore the grim status quo of love/child/fetish in the whole society, as well as the indifference of neighbors who have invisibly become accomplices, and then discuss the root causes of the crime of countering violence with violence and retaliating with a tooth for a tooth...... Today it is "Hailey", tomorrow it may be her own child, and this realism of skin pain is the best part of the movie.

Hayley became a hunter, which is a tragedy of society, not her personal.

And what about Jeff? And how did Jeff fall prey? In fact, Jeff has always been a hunter, a heinous hunter.

In the first draft of Brian's script and the finished film from the previous life, almost all of the acting weight fell on Hayley, and the description of Jeff is very limited. There are pros and cons to this, the advantage is that Hailey has enough room to play, and at the same time, the weird pleasure/feeling of punishing love/child/fetish reaches its peak, and the disadvantage is that it loses the emotional source of hatred, so that the movie only stays at the height of the thriller genre and fails to go further.

There's no denying that Hayley is indeed at the heart of the film, and even if Lance were to write it, he wouldn't change that. But as a supporting character, Jeff's image integrity is crucial, not only as a supplement to the plot, but also as a boost to Hailey's revenge. It's like "borrowing a knife to kill", the confrontation between Vincent and Max bursts into a spark, which is why the film successfully digs deeper.

However, in conceiving the role of Jeff, Lance encountered some bottlenecks: on the one hand, the structure of the script was determined, and Jeff was given limited room to play, and most of the time Jeff was in a passive situation of being slaughtered by others, pain was his only way to express, and there was no opportunity to speak and express himself at all; On the other hand, Lance really doesn't have any sympathy for love/child/fetish, and he can't figure out Jeff's mentality, if it's just his own fiction, then it will inevitably lead to the distortion of the character.

It's a real headache. (To be continued.) )