Forests and trees, the former being imperceptible from the latter, correlate to the bigger picture that Mikael and Lisbeth are too close to see – at first! Bridges are a recurring motif – the macro counterpart to the links discovered through meticulous sleuthing. Blue, for example, is symbolic of an icy winter locale as well as the cool reception of an unwelcome investigation. Lighting ranges from naturalistic to subtly expressionistic, and different hues are used to convey both physical exteriors and interior emotions. The striking compositions by cinematographers Jens Fischer and Eric Kress are expressive and varied. But as the great film critic Andrew Sarris once noted, “The art of the cinema is… not so much what as how.” It’s on this basis that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo distinguishes itself. Clues are followed, false leads are exposed, and justice prevails. When she finally makes her existence known by emailing him a vital clue, he recruits her to help him, creating one of cinema’s most memorable crime-solving duos.Īs a mystery, the plot is fairly typical. He still doesn’t know about Lisbeth, who takes an interest in him from a distance.
Mikael has six months to discover her killer before he begins serving his deferred prison sentence.
He is completely ignorant of her existence.īased on her assessment, Mikael is employed by Henrik Vanger, the wealthy uncle of Harriet, a girl presumed murdered some forty years earlier. “He’s clean,” she later tells her employer. Lisbeth is concluding an investigation into Mikael’s integrity on behalf of a third party. The defendant is Mikael Blomkvist, a publisher convicted of liable for falsely accusing a business tycoon of corruption. Her enigmatic persona is instantly established the moment she appears onscreen, creating an indelible image of nose rings and scowl as she takes a seat in the spectator’s section of a courtroom to hear the announcement of a verdict. One of the main themes of the instant Swedish classic from 2009, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is, “Everybody’s got secrets.” It’s also the personal aphorism of its central character – the young, mysterious, professional hacker, Lisbeth Salander, aka, Wasp. Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 3:29 | Recorded on July 7, 2020
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