Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 574 Vermouth: Is the organization planning a collective debut?!
Not only Gin, but also Curaçao, who played Clarice, delivered an extremely superb performance.

This surprised Vermouth and others who were also colleagues at the brewery.

Goodness, those who can survive in this organization are all masters of acting!
In the film "The Silence of the Lambs," there is a hidden storyline that runs throughout the entire film: Clarice's childhood memories.

Although this storyline only appears twice on screen and is mentioned once in dialogue, it is the core theme of the entire film and the origin of the film's title.

Clarice lost her father in childhood, lived on a ranch, and silently witnessed the slaughter of lambs before running away.

These memories accompanied her growth, influenced her life, led her to want to become a federal agent, and inspired her to refuse to lose to men in this male-dominated field.

A strong desire arose to bring Buffalo Bill, who mocked gender and took pleasure in killing women, to justice.

Hannibal saw all of this, described it in detail, and presented it to Clarice.

This storyline is presented not through numerous flashbacks, but through a comprehensively constructed atmosphere and the characters' visual actions.

Based on this, simply mentioning Clarice's backstory is enough to convince people.

When filming this scene, Takeshi Ono considered whether to go to a real ranch to shoot a flashback.

However, at the moment of filming, Gin and Curaçao used their superb acting skills to tell him: it's completely unnecessary!

Considering the context of this dialogue within the film, viewers can easily construct Clarice's inner world through their imagination alone.

This also highlights how outstanding the acting skills of Gin and the other actor are!
Closer to home.

In the movie, Clarice, with Hannibal's help, successfully discovers Buffalo Bill's true identity!
So they prepared to arrest him.

The film thus enters an omniscient perspective.

The suspense lies in the audience's worry for Clarice in her perilous situation.

This became the climax of the entire film.

Next, the film uses a series of intercut scenes to further build up the atmosphere—

The fully armed superior led his men into the suspect's house, only to find it empty.

Clarice, who was left to investigate alone, stumbled upon the real hiding place of "Buffalo Bill".

Clarice had no idea that the man in front of her was the murderer she was looking for, but the audience did.

Seeing the ruthless "Buffalo Bill" so close to Clarice, everyone secretly worried for her.

The tension immediately reached its peak.

Fortunately, Clarice discovered Buffalo Bill's identity in time and immediately drew her gun to give chase.

Buffalo Bill quickly fled into his basement, with Clarice in hot pursuit.

At that moment, she had a distinct look of nervousness on her face.

Although Clarice is a well-trained federal agent, Curaçao brilliantly portrays an agent who is awkward and nervous as she draws a gun for the first time.

Clarice's cautious exploration of the basement is like leading the audience into a haunted house; the greatest fear lies in not knowing when the ferocious Buffalo Bill will suddenly jump out.

However, the audience may know more than Clarice does, because the layout of Buffalo Bill's house has already been shown in the previous long shot.

In this scene, Takeshi Ono used several fixed shots, as if Buffalo Bill was waiting for Clarice to appear in the room, showing her exploration from a voyeuristic perspective.

From a cinematic perspective, the entire plot focuses more on Clarice's reactions to the space, with numerous medium and close-up shots of her, and only a very small number of subjective perspective shots interspersed.

This effect enhances the suspense and tension of the overall atmosphere, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in Buffalo Bill's perspective and experience a unique thrill.

Later, when Clarice entered a room, the door was closed, all the lights went out, and it was pitch black. The film then switched to a night-vision perspective, and completely became Buffalo Bill's perspective.

The tension surged again!
This is the highlight of the entire film.

Firstly, the second appearance of the night vision goggles echoes the previous text, and it also foreshadows that Clarice is very likely to become Buffalo Bill's next prey.

Through the night vision goggles, Clarice's panic and helplessness gripped the audience's hearts, while Buffalo Bill reached out to touch her, the fear so close it was almost suffocating.

At this point, Buffalo Bill's morbid fascination with the female body is visually elevated.

As the tension reached its peak—Buffalo Bill finally decided to kill—the alert Clarice noticed him the moment he drew his gun and quickly fired back.

boom!
With a fatal gunshot, Buffalo Bill was killed in the nick of time.

This scene has almost no dialogue and uses only the simplest visual language (mostly continuous long takes) and even the simplest colors (green in night vision goggles).

Thanks to the actors' outstanding performances and the groundwork laid in the preceding story, the film reached an emotional and plot climax!

And in the gunshots that Clarice fired in self-defense and to release her, he experienced a cathartic release.

"Masterful structural design and plot development!"

Film critics once again expressed their sincere admiration for Takeshi Ono.

The audience, on the other hand, witnessed Curaçao's acting skills.

Previously, her brilliance was overshadowed by Gin's portrayal of Hannibal, but at this moment, she perfectly embodies the image of a strong, brave, and intelligent female agent.

and……

"The actress who plays Clarice is so beautiful!"

Many young viewers expressed their feelings.

Curaçao's image, temperament, and looks surpass even those of the original Jodie Foster.

This naturally sparked considerable discussion.

Hearing the praise coming from those around her, Vermouth couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

As the head of East TV, she has a professional eye on Curaçao, which is already showing signs of becoming a hit.

And then I think of Gin...

His lips twitched violently again.

The thought of Curaçao, Gin, and others becoming big stars left Vermouth at a loss for words.

In addition to Bourbon, herself, Binga, and others...

Goodness, it seems like their entire brewery is about to make their debut!

Why don't they all just quit being in any organization and become idols instead...?

Vermouth was internally ranting and raving.

Takeshi Ono is just toxic; every film he makes becomes a hit!
Then he couldn't help but find it amusing; Gin certainly wouldn't be happy about this!
It's a pity that Gin refused to come to the movie, otherwise his expression would have been quite interesting.

Vermouth smacked her lips a few times in regret...

……

"This actress..."

Mary Akai stared at Curaçao on the screen, her gaze suddenly sharpening.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Sera Masumi asked, noticing her unusual behavior.

"The way she held the gun was so professional, it didn't look like she was acting..."

"Mari Akai said in a deep voice."

"Although she tried her best to make it seem like it was her first time firing a gun, some details still came out."

There are still some subtle differences in behavior between people who deliberately put on a show and those who actually have long-term contact with and use firearms.

Of course, ordinary people would not be able to tell the difference; only a professional and perceptive person like Mary Akai could notice it.

This made her begin to have some doubts about Curaçao's identity...

(End of this chapter)