“Dark Glasses” A return to the origins of giallo, full of Argento-esque chords

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What I found very interesting was that the setting of the protagonist being blind contributed little to the suspense. Dario Argento's works often feature blind characters, such as the former The Journalist Franco in `` I Am a Witness '' (1971) and the keyboard player Daniel in `` Suspiria .'' There is no need to bring up the example of `` Wait Until Dark '' (67) starring Audrey, where the setting of blindness directly creates suspense. It was `` Don't Breathe '' (16), which had a blind character in it.

However, in Dark Glasses, there are no scenes that effectively create suspense, such as when Diana is blind and cannot pinpoint where the murderer is or predict his actions. Franco in `` I Was a Witness '' was blind and a great detective character, but Diana is so desperate to run away that she doesn't have the time or ability to use her deductions (although there was a scene where she identified the culprit by scent). .

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She used to be an escort, but when she loses her eyesight, she is pushed further to the periphery of society. By living together in a strange way with Chin (Xinyu Zhang), a Chinese boy who has no family, he develops a pseudo-family relationship. The two can only survive by holding hands. When you think about it, the setting of a ``blind protagonist'' seems more like a hook for two lonely souls to come together, rather than the usual suspense story of fighting an invisible fear. For two people from minorities to understand each other and heal each other. Considering this, ``Dark Glasses'' can be said to be Argento's most heart-warming work in history.

I have a strange impression of the line that a regular customer murmurs to Diana, who has lost her eyesight: ``Now you won't be able to see your ugly self.'' Perhaps he himself has lived alone in society. After watching ``Dark Glasses,'' what I think back to is not the gruesome murder scene, but the emotional scene that penetrates into the folds of my heart.

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