《西方电影文化——影视鉴赏》课程论文教学班序号：003姓名：邓航学号：20102518序号：21年级与专业：2010级机械设计制造及其自动化09班联系电话/电邮：15922976804Reviewon“MatchstickMen”IntheUS,peopleusuallycallcheaterorcon-menas“matchstickmen”.So,youmaybesayyouknowhowtheplotgoeson.Notreally,youarepartlycorrect.RidleyScott,thedirectorof”matchstickmen”,hasprovedhimselftimeandtimeagaintobeoneofcinema'smostdependableandvariabledirectors.Afinecraftsmanwithaperfecteyeforvisuals,hehasmadecountlessclassicsthatstandinseveralgenres.There'shisworkinsciencefiction("Alien","BladeRunner"),medievalepics("Gladiator","KingdomofHeaven"),war("BlackHawkDown"),andcharacterstudy("ThelmaandLouise")①.Histalenthasawiderange,andagainheproveshimselfamulti-talenteddirector,byconqueringthegenreofcomedywith"MatchstickMen"(orcomedyorconmovie…whateveryouwanttocallit).Roy(NicholasCage)andpartnerFrank(SamRockwell)arehigh-classcon-men;rollinginthemoney,expertsatscammingunsuspectinginnocents,anduntraceable(neitherhavecriminalrecords).Frankisahot-headedprotegeeofRoy's;hehasbiggerplansforbiggerconsthanRoy,andhewantstogetinwiththeladies.RoymaywellbeFrank’spolaropposite;hencethetitle.Aneatfreakwithabadcaseofobsessivecompulsivedisorder,andaconstanteyetwitch,Royisacareful,precautiousman;satisfiedwithhislifethewayitis,andun-needingofeitherhumancontactorgoingoutside.ThefilmismorefocusedonRoy,whosecarefullyplanneddailyroutinesaredisruptedbythesuddenappearanceofhisfourteen-year-olddaughter(AlisonLohman),whomhehasnevermet.Sheisnothinglikeherfather;awild-child,asspontaneousandunpredictableastheycome.Andshewantstospendqualitytimewithdad;whoisbusytryingtoperformabigtimeconFrankconvincedhimtodo.Theappealof"MatchstickMen"isderivedprimarilyfromtheappealandsolidworkofitsleads,Cage,Lohman,andSamRockwell,whoisCage'spartnerincrime.Akintohisrolein"Adaptation",CageplaysanidiosyncraticpersonwhoexhibitssymptomsandticssimilartoonewithTourette'sSyndrome.Hedoesthiswithoutsuccumbingtothetemptationtooveract,insteadeffectivelymeldingitintohischaracter.Lohman,whowastwenty-twoatthetimeofshoot