◎Translation: Zodiac/Zodiac Killer/Zodiac of Killers/Zodiac of Death/Kill and Hide
◎Title: Zodiac
◎ Era 2007
◎Country United States
◎Category Thriller/Drama/Crime
◎Language English
◎Subtitles English/French/Spanish Text
◎IMDB rating 8.1/10 (20,745 votes) Top 250: #198
◎IMDB link/title/tt0443706
◎File format XviD + AC3
◎Video size 640 x 272
◎File size 2CD 2 x 49 x 15MB
◎Length 158 Min
◎Director David Fincher
◎Starring Dermot Mulroney....Captain Lee
Jake Gyllenhaal.... .Robert Graysmith
Brian Cox .....Melvin Belli
Robert Downey Jr. .....Paul Avery
p>Chlo? Sevigny .....Melanie
Mark Ruffalo .....Dave Toschi
Kerry· DuVallClea DuVall....Linda Ferrin
Anthony Edwards....Bill Armstrong
Adam Goldberg.... Duffy Jennings
Donal Logue .....Ken Narlow
Ione Skye .....Kathleen John
Elias ·Elias Koteas .....Jack Mulanax
Richmond Arquette .... Zodiac 1 & 2
Robert J. Stephenson .... Zodiac 3
John Lacy .... Zodiac 4
◎Introduction
On July 4, 1969, a shooting shocked the night in San Francisco, which was supposed to be the Independence Day of the United States. The blooming fireworks seemed to show blood at this moment. A few days later, a scrawled letter was sent to three newspapers in San Francisco. Among the mountains of mail, this letter with only a few lines mixed with mysterious symbols shocked the entire press! "Dear Editor, I am a serial killer!" This handwritten letter actually revealed clues to two murders that only the killer and the police knew, and hinted that he was the rampant murderer!
The whole of San Francisco fell into panic, and the newspaper had to print the password in the letter on the front page, hoping to jointly crack the password and find out the identity of the killer. On September 27, 1969, the murders continued. On October 11, 1969, the killer focused on innocent children. He named himself the "Zodiac Killer". Not only did his killing methods become more and more cruel, but he also became more bold and bold in every crime. After the next murder, he sent another coded letter composed of letters, clues and symbols to the media and the police, claiming that as long as someone could decipher the letters, he would be willing to be behind bars.
However, innocent people became prey time and time again, and the dull police failed to respond. However, it was the reporters Robert (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Paul (Robert Downey Jr.) of the San Francisco Chronicle who saw the clues to the case. With the assistance of detective David (Mark Raffaro) and his partners, they launched a never-ending battle of wits with the "Zodiac Killer", but they did not know that this would only lead their respective lives into a deeper... Dark...
Behind the scenes:
About the story
"Zodiac" tells a true incident, a chilling one crime. The entire story stems from the revenge of a crazy man. No one knows his true identity, and he has never been punished by law for his atrocities. He named himself "Zodiac". He was elusive and good at creating puzzles. This serial murderer once put the entire United States into panic and was a complete devil. Between the 1960s and 1970s, at least 13 people died at his hands, and according to his own statement, the number was 24... The police confirmed that 8 homicides were related to him, but the specific number has always been unknown. Mystery, the only certainty is that this number also includes living people.
The film, directed by David Fincher, focuses on a serial killer who wanders around San Francisco. He taunts society by mailing coded letters, claiming that his true identity is hidden in the code. However, until the end, the code was not solved. The behavior of the "Zodiac" attracted the attention of four men. In the process of tracking the murderer, they were not only awakened to another self and re-entered the soul construction of life, but they were also fascinated by these never-ending clues. destroy.
Among the four people, Robert Graysmith is the most variable. This shy and introverted cartoonist specializes in contributing to the "San Francisco News". However, he resolutely followed the newspaper's ace reporter Paul ·After Avery's death, the "Zodiac" case entered into an in-depth investigation. Although he lacked Paul's network of connections and news sensitivity, he possessed vital insight and foresight, and had an indelible influence. enthusiasm.
Paul Avery has a very special relationship with the famous and ambitious detective Dave Toscher of the San Francisco Police Department and his cautious partner William Armstrong. It is unknown how special the relationship is, but many of the violent crime news reported by Avery came from them... and all events began on an ordinary day-August 1, 1969. On this day, a rough handwritten letter arrived at the editorial office of the San Francisco News along with a large pile of mail. Its arrival represented a bad omen and caused an uproar among the editors: "Dear Editor, This is It was a murder..." It lists several murders starting on December 20, 1968 - the day David Ferretti and Betty Lou Jensen were shot to death, and then on July 4, 1969 Darlene Fury suffered a fatal shooting and an attempted murder by Mike McGonagall. The writer of the letter did not know the names of these victims, but he accurately stated some very detailed and clear details that only the police knew. From then on, he continued to send letters to the editorial office, claiming that each piece of letter paper contained a password. Once they were cracked one by one, his true identity would be revealed. These letters are like declarations of death one after another, and behind each letter is one or more murders. He became another serial murderer after "Jack the Ripper" who took pleasure in toying with the police.
The name "Zodiac" became a feared taboo. Although a couple living in Salinas deciphered the codes, Robert Graysmith, who had a fanatical hobby of codes. Believing that the information they gave was incorrect, he uncovered the hidden meaning of the code, which involved a 1932 film "The Most Dangerous Game", but what exactly did this film convey? , he himself doesn’t know.
On September 27, 1969, "Zodiac" disguised himself with a scarf, a pistol and a dagger, and continued to commit murders, killing a young couple who went to have a picnic by the lake - Se Celia Ann Shepard and Brian Hartnell; a month later, on October 11, "Zodiac" returned to San Francisco to put a bullet in Taxi Driver Paul Lee Stein the back of the head.
Three days later, a letter brought worse information. "Zodiac" said that the police would arrest him that night, but before that, he would shoot a student on the school bus... The problem was, he didn't say it He would set up an ambush in front of any school, causing the entire San Francisco Police Department to be in a panic. The information revealed by "Zodiac" in the letter allowed detectives Dave Toscher, William Armstrong and reporter Paul Avery to form a temporary alliance to solve the case. However, "Zodiac" will never All of them were one step ahead of them. Not only did these three people lose themselves in the clues left by the "Twelve Palaces", but they also ended up being ruined. The only person left behind was Robert Graysmith, who had been present throughout the incident as a bystander.
About the film
Welcome once again to step into the nightmare created by director David Fincher... Like many American children living in San Francisco in the last century, I was only seven years old. Year-old David Fincher also lived in the nightmare of a mysterious invisible murderous devil, people called him "Zodiac". David Fincher recalled the scene: "If you grew up here, fear will always permeate your childhood: What if he chooses our school bus? What if he shows up next to us? Looking back now, my thoughts at that time were indeed a bit dramatic, but children are children. I grew up in Marin, San Francisco. Now, I know that the place where the crime occurred is quite far away from me, but when you are a primary school student, there is a lack of it. It was this kind of rational thinking that at that time I could only think of one thing - he would appear in our school. I still remember the horror on the faces of the children when they talked about this killer. In 1974, we. The family moved away, but I clearly remember that the name 'Zodiac' has always been with my childhood memories."
In the following 30 years, David Fincher never dreamed. I thought that I would repeat the nightmare I had at that time in this way - directing "Zodiac". After searching through more than 10,000 pages of documentary documents and evidence about the incident, David Fincher felt that his childhood memories far away from him were being revived bit by bit. He interviewed several police officers related to the incident, the surviving victims, and the families of the main suspects. ...At that time, a primary school teacher was arrested, dismissed as a pedophile because of his perverted preference for primary school students, and imprisoned, but whether he was a "Zodiac" is still a mystery to this day.
And David Fincher himself also wanted to know what burned the passion of Robert Graysmith, who was just a cartoonist for the "San Francisco News" at the time, and made him want to uncover the murderer's secret. Mystery. Graysmith wrote the remaining confusion and troubles into two best-selling novels - "Zodiac" and later "Zodiac Unmasked" (Zodiac Unmasked), which not only recorded every detail of the time, There is also the tortured and painful investigation process of four people, and their words are full of irony on human nature. David Fincher described Graysmith like this: "He knew that he was just a spectator to the whole story, but he always wanted to be a part of it, and he really did it. As long as he had time, He threw himself into the investigation, because although he worked in a newspaper, he was not a reporter, but he never gave up the pursuit and was very close to the truth. Strictly speaking, this film is entirely based on the point of view given by Graysmith. Yes, but we also did our own investigation, including the official report made by the police station and interviews with the parties... However, so much time has passed, and even the memory of the parties will inevitably be affected, so we got the relevant information There are many different interpretations of this story, and when doubt arises, we use the police report as a benchmark. Regarding the "Zodiac" story, many people have come forward to say that some of Graysmith's views are wrong and that they are correct. However, there are so many secrets about the incident that are waiting to be solved, so when dealing with the film, the truth will always be uncertain, which is why we chose to tell the story through Graysmith's eyes. Simple, as long as it can capture the 'truth' expressed in the two novels.
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Tips:
·Screenwriter Shane Salerno bought Robert Graysmith's novel " He and Graysmith worked on the story for many years, and then sold the script to Touchstone Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney, and received a seven-figure remuneration. Although the screenwriter of this film did not include West. En Salerno, but he did write multiple versions of the script for the story about the real-life San Francisco serial killers
·Anthony Baig, who is also an actor and producer. The parents of Neil (Anthony Begonia) were classmates of a victim who died at the hands of "Zodiac" in San Francisco.
·The role of Linda Flynn in the film was originally played by Bee. She was played by Bijou Phillips, but because she had to be reshot in the later stage, and Philip's schedule could not be adjusted, she had to be replaced by Clea DuVall for reshoots.
·Director David Fincher originally asked Gary Oldman to play the role of detective Dave Toscher, but because Oldman wanted to continue to play the role of "Harry Potter" and the Order of the Phoenix", so he had to reluctantly give up "Zodiac"
David Fincher's strict requirements for performance made one of the leading actors Jake Gyllenhaal ( Jake Gyllenhaal suffered a lot. On the first day of filming, his first scene failed 67 times.
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◎Chinese title: Stay of Life and Death/Line of Life/Stay
◎Title: Stay
◎Era 2005
◎Country United States
< p>◎Category Drama/Thriller◎Language English
◎Subtitles without subtitles
◎IMDB rating 6.8/10 (1,929 votes)
< p>◎IMDB link/title/tt0371257/◎File format XviD + MP3
◎Video size 576x240
◎File size 1CD 49 x 15MB
◎Length 99 Min
◎Directed by Marc Forster
◎Starring Ewan McGregor
Naomi Watts
Kate Burton
Bob Hoskins
◎Rated R (for foul language and Uncomfortable scene)
◎Publishing company 20th Century Fox
◎Official website/
◎Introduction
Sam Fox As a psychologist, Te (Ewan McGregor) has helped many patients with mental illness to untie their knots and bring them back into normal lives. However, this time he really encountered a difficult patient, Henry Lassam (Ryan Gosling). Henry is a student at nearby Ivey Union University. He originally had good grades, but he gradually became decadent and threatened to commit suicide within a few days and go to another world.
In order to save Henry, Sam decided to adopt a more effective treatment method, but after a subtle in-depth understanding, he discovered that Henry had joined a terrifying suicide organization. But the strange thing is that many strange phenomena that are strange and difficult to understand and explain scientifically often appear in Henry's mind. Henry himself often made terrible predictions, and within a short period of time, his terrible predictions were confirmed one by one. This adds to Sam's courage and confidence to solve all the mysteries. Among them, Sam's girlfriend Lila Culpe (Naomi Watts) also gave him great help and support.
However, at this time, the horrific facts predicted by Henry are still happening one after another in the city, and have gradually endangered what Sam loves. In order to save Henry, he can save everything he loves, including this city. Sam tried his best to fight the inexplicable force...
Related introduction
In fact, the film had been filmed two years ago, and during production, the director Two completely different endings are set up for the story, and we can only see one in the theater. We can only explore the rest after the DVD is released.
After successfully bringing "Finding Neverland" full of human warmth to movie fans last spring, this year, Marc Forster returned to his usual dark world. "Stay", a thriller that is almost beyond human imagination, is the representative of Mark's new dark work. On the other hand, looking at the sharp contrast between "Finding Neverland" and "Stay", it is almost impossible for any director to make such a complete change in such a short period of time. Despite this, Mark, who is still young, still showed people his super ability to control the rhythm and story direction of the film. From beginning to end, the audience could not escape his "control".
Back to the film itself, the film is named after "Stay", which of course has its profound meaning. Everyone knows that apart from life, people are also dead, and ghosts are only said to stay in legends. However, the film and its suspenseful methods tell people that in addition to life and death, people can also go to the realm between the two. There is a special state in time, and "staying" here seems to be more terrifying than death. In the creepy process, the film gives us surviving humans endless reverie and even panic...
Actor introduction
The name Ewan McGregor is mentioned , the first thing that comes to my mind is the incompetent guy who looked decadent and searched for drugs in the toilet; the Jedi warrior Obi-Wan Kenobi who tried his best to maintain peace and save his apprentice who had gone astray during the interstellar war. ; And the recent clone dressed in white, desperate to avoid being hunted by humans... Indeed, among the various roles played by Ivan, there are countless special characters on the "edge of humanity". It seems that Ivan has also become accustomed to it. A weird movie trip of one kind or another. He has also developed extraordinary acting skills and is able to grasp the characteristics of such special roles. This time as the lead in "Stay", although he plays a relatively normal psychologist, the topics, research, and solution objects he comes into contact with are full of strange and even terrifying, and he almost has to face even more terrifying lives. Danger. Such a role is more difficult to master than being a Jedi Knight. For Ivan, who has gone through many years of tempering, it is still a big or small test. Is it his new life or a continuation of his old ways? The answer is worth looking forward to!
Brief review of the movie
To measure the quality of a movie, it all depends on whether the work has moved you in some way, no matter if it is just for a moment.
Fake plays are often more shocking when they are calm. Many things that we regard as child's play suddenly become reality one day. This is such a terrifying and surprising thing. And such stories often have the characteristics of dealing with people's inner thoughts.
In fact, similar stories are not uncommon. Let’s talk about the scenes about prophecies that appear in movies. We know that these so-called prophecies will definitely come true, otherwise this kind of foreshadowing will seem meaningless, but we still like it. Self-flagellation and liking to read those shocking stories are also touching.
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