``Léon: The Professional Complete Edition'' A quiet man and eloquent images - A strange way to charm people to evoke feelings

Psychological depiction of the meaning of “changing”, “wearing” and “taking off” costumes

``Léon: The Professional'' has a very good visual sense of character, but the costumes are also used effectively to change the relationship between Léon: The Professional and Matilda.

Influenced by Léon: The Professional, who wears a knit cap to prevent colds, Matilda also puts on a knit cap and matching sunglasses. This is a scene where we can get a glimpse of Matilda's purity as she acts bravely to get closer to the person she admires.

However, Matilda likes to wear knit caps in flashy colors, and it is important that her girly hobbies can be seen through. Even though Léon: The Professional tells him, ``If you're a killer, don't wear clothes that are lighter in color than the floor,'' he doesn't obey. This points to the fragility of her determination to become a killer - to her, it is her best determination, but it also shows that it has not yet come to fruition, creating a heartrending feeling.

Other scenes include a scene where Matilda and Léon: The Professional imitate Marilyn Monroe, Charles Chaplin, and John Wayne, a scene where Léon: The Professional uses mittens with a pig illustration printed on them to calm Matilda, and a scene where Léon: The Professional wears special forces uniform. The costumes in this film are not just practical, but have a strong meaning as something that can be changed by wearing them, such as the scene in which Matilda is dressed in camouflage for camouflage, and the scene in which Matilda enters Stansfield's office. .

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It may be a naive point of view, but the brutal scene in which Stansfield fires bullets at Matilda's father, who is crawling on the floor, complaining that his suit is torn, may also be seen as an expression of his self-consciousness about his clothes. He doesn't change costumes during the movie, which makes this feeling even stronger.

On the contrary, the act of ``taking off'' his costume is placed as a sign of peace of mind and true feelings, and in the several scenes in which Léon: The Professional takes a shower, we see one of the few times that his ``true face'' is seen. He was looking at the blood flowing into the drain with a complicated expression, and his face was grimacing in pain, something he didn't show in front of Matilda. Shower scenes have an important meaning in many movies (particularly Hitman movies), but in ``Léon: The Professional'' they are even more effective because the costumes have individuality.

As for the ``undressing'' part, the scene where Léon: The Professional lies on the bed after being begged by Matilda is also impressive. As a hitman, he has developed a habit of ``sleeping sitting on the couch with one eye open,'' and since he started this business at the age of 19, he has lived a far from peaceful life. However, when Matilda takes off his shoes and he lies on the bed, he regains a sense of peace. Although it is a short scene, it can be said to be an important element that brings tears to the viewer's eyes.

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