首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The challenge of making a serious film about the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorised northern California in the late 1960s an
The challenge of making a serious film about the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorised northern California in the late 1960s an
admin
2018-06-06
43
问题
The challenge of making a serious film about the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorised northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is that he was never caught. By focusing on the men who tried to catch the murderer and the effect the investigation had on their lives, David Fincher weaves a potent spell.
James Vanderbilt’s intelligent, factual script is based on a book by Robert Graysmith, who became intrigued by the letters the Zodiac wrote to the San Francisco newspaper where he worked as a political cartoonist. Played by Jake Gyllenhaal, Graysmith is that familiar figure, the earnest amateur sleuth solving crimes that baffle the authorities. Dave Toschi(Mark Ruffalo), a San Francisco homicide detective, and Paul Avery(Robert Downey junior), a star reporter, are also hunting the Zodiac. The three men stay on the case for two decades, during which the embittered Avery sinks into substance abuse, Toschi is transferred from the homicide department under a cloud, and Graysmith’s marriage comes to grief.
Obsessed investigators are common in films about serial killers, a genre in which Mr. Fincher scored a notable success in 1995 with "Seven". But what was a melodramatic device in that film becomes gripping drama in "Zodiac", which has also seen a refining of his visual style. "Seven" was flashy: "Zodiac" is sober and ravishingly elegant.
Instead of dwelling on gruesome images, Mr. Fincher sets our nerves on edge with three brutal crimes, then mesmerises us with a mystery—just as the Zodiac did. After an initial killing spree, he continued to hold the Bay Area in thrall with threatening letters accompanied by blocks of cipher code, which newspapers printed like the morning crossword. During one sequence the words of the taunting messages even seem to float in the air around the frustrated investigators.
Mr. Fincher aims to tell a fascinating story, not to exorcise a collective obsession. Jack the Ripper, who was never caught, became an industry, whereas the solution "Zodiac" proposes is convincing enough to forestall a stream of books and films in which the Zodiac turns out to be Spiro Agnew, say, or Janis Joplin. That should at least put a dent in the undying notoriety this particular psychopath killed to achieve.
Which of the following serves as the best title of the passage?
选项
A、Zodiac and "Zodiac"
B、Mr. Fincher and His Films
C、Crime Movies
D、Three Men and A Crime
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HBSO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Ofcourse,therearepersonalfactors:someruncleverexperiments,havegoodcollaboratingskills,andare______incommunicatin
Thenarratorseemsaninformedpersonwhotellsusaboutthecharactersandtheirrelations.
Howmuchphysicalactivityshouldteenagersdo,andhowcantheygetenough?Manyteenagersspendalot
Howmuchphysicalactivityshouldteenagersdo,andhowcantheygetenough?Manyteenagersspendalot
Howmuchphysicalactivityshouldteenagersdo,andhowcantheygetenough?Manyteenagersspendalot
CitingOhioordinancesthatallowindividualstoseekchargesagainstsomeonethey’veseencommitacrime,sevenEuclidresident
Thehumanbeingshavepollutedtheenvironmentseriously.ItistimetheUnitedNationsmusttakesomemeasures.
Californiahasmorelightthanitknows________todowith,buteverythingelseisexpensive.
Mankind’sfascinationwithgoldisasoldascivilizationitself.TheancientEgyptiansesteemedgold,whichhadreligioussigni
A、Manyanimalsandplantswoulddiebecausetheycannotsurvivethechangingenvironment.B、Manyanimalswouldbeslaughtered,s
随机试题
在聚乙烯防腐管补伤时,采用补伤片补伤,补伤片对聚乙烯防腐层的剥离强度不小于()。
空闲块的链接方式有单块链接和________。
You’llneversellanyproductthatisasimportantasyourself,soyouwanttodoitright.Sellingyourself--injobinterviews,
莱姆病的传播媒介为
输血时,由两名医护人虽带病历共同到患者床旁疑为溶血性或细菌污染性输血压应,应立即停止输血,应
()导致的费用偏差,往往是无法避免和控制的,只能防患于未然,力求减少经济损失。
2005年之前金宝集团着重于公用事业,主要围绕城市燃气来推动企业发展。从2005年开始金宝集团专注于清洁能源的开发和利用,依托技术创新和商业模式创新,形成从能源开发、能源转化、能源物流到能源分销的上中下游纵向一体化的产业链条,为客户提供多种清洁能源组合的整
某市公安机关接到王某报案,称其于2018年9月11日花了11万元在某银行购买邮政基金,并随即开通了网上银行业务,10月15日当其准备赎回时,才发现该基金已被他人通过网上交易系统赎回。本案中的犯罪分子可能涉及的刑事犯罪有()。(多选)
有的人觉得公务员工作轻松,但参加工作以后又觉得压力大,不能适应。你觉得你会怎么应对未来工作中的压力?
结构化程序设计强调()
最新回复
(
0
)