《杀手乔》——威廉·弗里德金又一惊悚片

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Emile Hirsch and Thomas Haden Church as the hapless if grasping son and father and Matthew McConaughey as Killer Joe in William Friedkin's new film. Friedkin, you probably recall, is the American director who 40 years ago, was at the top of the go-to list after the rough and ready police drama, The French Connection, which netted him an Oscar for Best Direction and The Exorcist which ensured its place in the nightmares of two generations. Since then, he's made a dozen features, including the controversial gay serial killer thriller starring Al Pacino, Cruising, and the court-martial drama, Rules of Engagement with Tommy Lee Jones. But nothing that's attracted the same degree of praise or notoriety. Then along comes Killer Joe, not a subtle film, but arguably an impressive one. It's adapted from a play by award-winning Oklahoma-raised writer, Tracy Letts, now of Chicago's famous Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Letts also wrote Friedkin's last film, Bug. And as you can gather from that brief excerpt, Killer Joe does not shy from stereotypes, the dumb but crafty hick, the ruthless killer with the gentle southern manners and amidst the trash, the innocent girl. Or is she playing crazy? And indeed where is the good in any of these people? The whole affair is played for maximum impact in vibrant colours, cinematographed by Caleb Deschanel with a gory resolution and before that, a highly sensational scene involving fried chicken. The combination of food, family exploitation and murder rhymes it almost as extreme as The Duchess of Malfi.在威廉·弗里德金的新电影《杀手乔》里，埃米尔·赫斯基和托马斯·哈登·丘奇饰演一对贪婪的父子。你也许能回想起，弗里德金是一位美国导演，40年前，他拍的粗犷的警察片是当时人们的首选。《法国贩毒网》使他获得了奥斯卡最佳导演奖，而《驱魔人》则让两代人为之惊恐。从此之后，他拍了很多有争议性的同性恋题材，和连环杀手的惊悚片，像阿尔·帕西诺主演的《虎口巡航》和汤米·李·琼斯主演的军事法庭戏剧《交战规则》。但这并没有受到同等的表扬或者批评。电影《杀手乔》不是一部安排巧妙的电影，但却给人留下了深刻的印象。这部电影改编自俄克拉何马州的作家特雷西·莱特的获奖作品，她现在在芝加哥著名的Steppenwolf剧院公司。特雷西编写了弗里德金最新的电影《千疮百孔》的剧本。从这些电影摘要上，《杀手乔》并不回避科模式化的人物：沉默、狡猾的乡巴佬，拥有南方文质彬彬的形象的无情的杀手，还有垃圾堆里无辜的女孩。还是说她在装疯？这些人到底有何优点呢？整部电影中，鲜艳的色彩带来强大的冲击力。Caleb Deschanel用清晰的分辨率拍摄出暴力血腥的场面。在此之前，有一个拍摄炸鸡的镜头，刺激着人们的感观。这部电影把食物、 家庭剥削和谋杀结合在一起，和《马尔菲公爵夫人》一样极端。