Revisiting “Knives Out”- Now on Amazon Prime
Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi), Knives Out was one of the most clever and intricately crafted films of 2019.
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This film takes a high-profile serial murder case as the entry point, exposes the harms of online trust crisis and domestic violence, and criticizes the plight of women under the male gaze. Pan Lei's desperate counterattack, working with criminal police and psychological experts to solve the case, demonstrates that justice requires the combined power of rationality and empathy. Beethoven's "Fate" runs through the whole film, and the ending "Nirvana of Light" makes it clear that the courage to confront the evil of human nature is the redemption that cuts through darkness.
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This film takes a high-profile serial murder case as the entry point, exposes the harms of online trust crisis and domestic violence, and criticizes the plight of women under the male gaze. Pan Lei's desperate counterattack, working with criminal police and psychological experts to solve the case, demonstrates that justice requires the combined power of rationality and empathy. Beethoven's "Fate" runs through the whole film, and the ending "Nirvana of Light" makes it clear that the courage to confront the evil of human nature is the redemption that cuts through darkness.
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