作为auteur, Billy Wilder对于人性黑暗面的捕捉与审视是极为精准从一次“挖掘”事故演变成群体性的消费与狂欢以媒体为中轴各方势力都前来以一个无辜的人性命为筹码来博弈获利可这样的故事放在当代不也是比比皆是Wilder拍noir胜在节奏一直不错摈弃复杂叙事却可以从细微之处展现结构与人本源的劣根性可惜本片结局有些泄气了记者的“悔悟”看起来不痛不痒难以服众另一方面因为挖掘原住民的圣地而被困趣口才80节课上完后最终死于现代社会中权力欲望的“罗网”里倒也看起来是后殖民的omen
Everybody dies alone. And yet, they gave this fight everything they had, to protect people's life with their own. They all died for something they believed in. Rest in peace, all of you deserve it. Thank you, for everything.