Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
画面质感和演员表现都很好 节奏太乱了 拍成剧集更好 给我鳖多加一颗星
观感竟然还不错。恩怨情仇的狗血故事，剔掉了狗血味道全程波澜不惊地压着拍，却也拍出了一种浮华世家里人人如小丑的滑稽感，各有各的活该，全都一副罪有应得的模样，好几次噗呲笑出来，真的叫人谁也不同情。gaga不错啊。可莱托少爷的角色真抢戏，感觉不单独给他开个外传表一表都亏了。铁叔和艾尔帕西诺两位爷爷也各有各的骚气。最弱的反倒是司机。
太悲伤了，家族必须团结一心啊！！！... :(
原来这才是真正的 The Tragedy of Macbeth.
本来就是drama，拍成电影我都觉得可能不如现实drama
就是一出狗血大戏，剧本未免太流水账了，王家卫不拍了也是对的，这么三俗的内容往高雅了拍估计会更灾难。
大概是主角们都太坏了（也有可能是太有钱了）吧，真的很难共情。
第三代接班人可真是个废物➕懦夫，gaga饰演的帕特里奇亚论能力论魄力论智商哪点不比他强？懦夫无论是家族争权、还是经营企业，干啥啥不行，抛妻弃女却是第一名🥇
leto好神奇那句台词dont even look at me you lying sack of potatos笑得我不行 那个口音那个语调 为什么sex scenes也让我想笑 对司机感情复杂
观感竟然还不错。恩怨情仇的狗血故事，剔掉了狗血味道全程波澜不惊地压着拍，却也拍出了一种浮华世家里人人如小丑的滑稽感，各有各的活该，全都一副罪有应得的模样，好几次噗呲笑出来，真的叫人谁也不同情。gaga不错啊。可莱托少爷的角色真抢戏，感觉不单独给他开个外传表一表都亏了。铁叔和艾尔帕西诺两位爷爷也各有各的骚气。最弱的反倒是司机。
老了，一个几十年前就能拍出末路狂花的大导演，现在尽拍辣鸡
踏入豪门，堕入欲望的牢笼。
考究与平庸。前前后后都少有锐气十足的无限感，两个半小时的片长在雷老爷子手里头一次变成疲累感。再度不理解为什么短评里那么多夸gaga演得好的…我们可以这样断言，在类似的现实主义叙事中使用娱乐圈的非演员celebrity，绝大多数的情况下都会变成灾难。本片还真没有到灾难的程度——gaga老师确实有一手，但是在具体情节的从塑造到传达，都真是完全不行。举个例子，男主父子和解，几乎是女主一手促成的，但父亲并不卖她面子，无视了她付出的努力。我们可以说这就是全片悲剧的雏形和预兆，那女主在被无视的这一刻，情绪是什么？怎么想，怎么隐瞒自己怎么想？怎么应对？后续有什么余韵？不妨回忆一下何赛飞老师是怎样诠释被禁止戴孝的杨九红的，再想想，究竟什么程度的表演，才是「演得真好」。
本人作为一个五尺二寸看过无数遍的你嘎路人粉真的吹不起来，说是全年最佳的人是怎么闭着眼睛说出这话的？想想那些六七分的被underrated的好电影，这个电影真的只值两星，勉强靠莱托少爷以假乱真的演技和Adam的翘臀长腿再加一星。
今年第一次见影厅座无虚席，人人手捧爆米花的一部电影。Gaga的票房号召力还是强。片子本身有点闷，总觉得节奏不对头，坐到后面简直有点煎熬。老爷子是中规中矩讲故事的导演，不玩花活儿，所以就要求故事本身特别丰满，这个故事的问题在于元素太多了，又是家庭伦理，又是商业运营，又是品牌营销，又是时尚演化，片子是匀速向前，什么都沾一点就走，详略感觉很不得当，也没有那种决定性的瞬间，比如雇凶杀人，明明可以着眼下决心的时候的心态，结果搞得像临时起意一样。比如出轨，也没有人物凝视，就是在山里偶遇了个青年时的暧昧对象就出了，但感觉这个人也是个工具人，换谁都可以。就这样平平无奇的节奏撑了两个半小时，能不煎熬吗？还好有莱托少爷，全片精彩断落全是他奉献的，要不是前半部分那么多笑点，还要更煎熬。
无厘头又意料之中。因一个女人起，因一个女人亡。
请给雷导换血换脊髓液等等等，反正要保证他长命百岁。虽然故事很狗血，但集中表现人物的权力幻觉倒挺有趣。我鳖还挺适合，当然莱托很可怕😱
Rolls-Royce（宝马）哭单车笑名句出处！
一句台词概括全片：Gucci is a family business，that means family problems。演员都不错呢
雷德利·斯科特的《第一炉香》，不过雷公比许鞍华的极致之处在于，他真的拍了一部名门望族大型喜剧，全员跳梁小丑级的人物塑造也是相当大胆了。这把年纪确实很容易闪着腰，一个不留神老当益壮就要变成晚节不保。要拍Gucci家族的历史退场，却把传奇理解成狗血，连一点人性的挣扎都没挖掘出来，Lady Gaga也经不起如此强捧。
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