
The editor of a New York exploitation newspaper meets the wife he had abandoned years ago, while using another name, at a LonelyHearts ball sponsored by his newspaper. She threatens to expose him as a wife-deserter, wife-beater and an impostor, and, in anger, he hits her with his fist and accidentally kills her. Later, when her body is found, he assigns his protégé reporter to ...
剧情发生转折的点比较刻意,作茧自缚的典范;一个谎言往往需要另一个更大的谎言去修补。
精彩的故事,处理得非常紧凑。但是由于这位编辑犯案后一直在坐以待毙,使得最后他以自己为祭贡献新闻头条的行动失去了应有的力度,实在没能打动我。人物关系比较经典,蛮喜欢最后编辑在亮部暗部两个空间间移动的设计
7.6/10 情节设置让人想到【大钟】。短小精悍,节奏明快,本是一个普通到不能再普通的廉价故事,然而放置在这个报社环境中,足以卖出报纸了。
一步错 步步错。悔不当初 为时已晚。
黑色电影。开头有趣,赶在警方之前到达现场再冒充警官盘问目击证人。一下子就把一个为报道素材不择手段的无良记者形象建立起来了。但后半段突然摇身一变成正直记者了,还领头揭露自己老板的杀人事件。