First of all, thanks to OMY for the invitation to the sneak preview of Duplicity, starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. It’s great that I could get to watch the movie before the cinema release.
I was completely thrown into the cinematic techniques the moment the movie started. A master shot which showed the massive structure and fortune of the two rival multinational companies at the hangar coupled with slow motion effect made my curiosity rose. Have you ever seen CEOs in a fight? The fight meant something.
The split screen technique appeared a few times in the movie, whereby the screen was split into fours, simultaneous actions happened in the windows. I was confused and my eyes were busy. Settings in places like London, Rome and New York made Julia and Clive appeared to be working on something big and complicated.
Julia and Clive were each serving a different lord but all because of the affection they have for each other, they decided to work together to get hold of the formula of a product that the two companies were fighting for. Both of them have a talent, duplicity. It really amused me when they actually came up with a script to act like pretending not to know each other. Transitions in time showcased the plot Julia and Clive have been hatching all the while.
Things worked out perfectly for them but trusting each other was hard as they doubted each other. They were afraid to be deceived. The beautiful picture was ruptured. Reality is grim. There was an unexpected double agent. Julia and Clive’s underground affair exposed, their plan burned and they have been plotted. They have never thought that in the end, they have been double-dealt. The loser had a great fall. The winner emerged. There are others who have the same talent. Julia and Clive lost their wits to L-O-V-E.
It’s a movie which has a few humor scenes. It portrayed the unscrupulous handling of the companies in order to win and the emotional obstacles like love which will cause failure in a corporate war.
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