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.
种族文化大旗深入骨髓了，现在非得一部电影里主角肤色对半才足够政治正确吗？
一个尝试自我救赎的故事，赌局和回忆相互穿插， 编剧真的有在为观众努力减轻剧本的沉重感了。赌桌上那个USA玩家讽刺值直接拉满。总的来说还挺有意思吧
不知道怎么样，反正我努力看完了。英文字幕加我的英文听力，大概弄懂了百分之八九十。看起来像一个简单的复仇。 不过这跟扑克牌有什么关系呢？ 既然片名取名为算牌人，那么这个复仇跟算牌有什么关系吗？
too concentrated，人物所处的环境是很凸现的，人在其中走总是想要去到哪里，然而没能卸下这股力，通道是紊乱的。
赌片怎么可以拍得这么无聊，奥斯卡面瘫冷漠脸就是我的观影写照
3.5 非类型片。完全释放人物魅力的电影，在揭晓过程中仍始终保有神秘，等待观众的炸弹不知隐形埋藏于黑暗何方，一种神奇的悬念吸引。过于迟缓的动作拥有极为凝滞内化的公路电影特质，那赎罪的弧光，摄像机在角色间审慎飘游的距离，散发着松弛的场景魔力，恍如踏入河流前的虚无，有遮掩不住的坦诚存在。这部里奥斯卡·伊萨克性感冷峻的气质才是真的迷人……几分邪魅掺杂着骨子里根植的信仰坚毅，尽管施拉德在竭尽全力消灭这种围绕脆弱的困顿，却在后期逐渐演化成无法自拔的诡异质疑，似乎下一秒就要吞噬毁灭掉稳固的现状，也是一类呈现溃败的创作者。不难理解人们观看入口的参差，就像进入牌局的动机，清醒着迈入黑暗莫过是最大的痛苦。爱情的牢笼终归要靠现实的牢笼去打破，最后一镜已然诠释了起点与终点的浪漫源头，仅仅直视创作本身就已是珍贵的。
感情上来说，非常温吞，感觉会是一场大雨，结果最后只是一场毛毛雨。本片的唯一看点大概是Oscar Isaac，刮了胡子，梳着背头，又是另外一种魅力。
有电影的质感，画面老练，故事本身冲突有点儿突兀
故事本身也算有趣， 一个打着算牌的马甲。。。实际就是饱经沧桑的算牌人救赎和自我救赎的故事 可惜平淡无波男中音絮絮叨叨讲述自己经历和心路历程 再加上无病呻吟低沉背景音乐 不知道导演是不是想让观者在全程看与不看的挣扎与自我意志作斗争的过程 以此让观者感同身受男主心里挣扎 。。。。。。。
熔炼美国最好的几个导演。紧密嵌套的声画锁匙，所以有一些赘笔也被含入，在电影的齿轮中只顾运进。松散？那是眼睛栖息的地方。
最后 男主与其女友在看守所隔着玻璃食指相抵 还是很有感情哒 呃。。。。。女友的指甲太长吧。。。顶在玻璃上有点搞笑 有点出戏ヾ(。￣□￣)ツ
各方面都干净克制，也就用这么点干净对抗肮脏了。监狱的单一生活，牌桌上的简单数字， 写日记的习惯……终究避无可避，如同主角的名字谐音“Will Tell”一样，真相在鱼眼镜头下扭曲的梦魇里窒息，年轻人的复仇被杀和主角的复仇都在画外，没有给观众一丝释放怜悯或者快感的机会，只留下五彩灯带里牵起的双手和隔着玻璃触碰的指尖。
冤有头债有主。
看到监狱的部分有惊喜，但和算牌始终有点割裂，如果只讲虐囚会不会好一些？
熔炼美国最好的几个导演。紧密嵌套的声画锁匙，所以有一些赘笔也被含入，在电影的齿轮中只顾运进。松散？那是眼睛栖息的地方。
拯救他人可以安慰自己的创伤，然而事与愿违，选择直面才是最好的方式，片尾回到了监狱，就是自我疗愈的修行。鱼眼长镜头和结尾都是漂亮的戏，但是其它部分散而沉闷，女主这个人物比较尬。
7.2冷静克制的描述虐囚丑闻，威廉的戏太少，演技无从发挥
让人昏昏欲睡的对白，歌好听但也铺太多了吧。感情线尤为莫名其妙，最后竟然还ending在这种指尖相印的画面…我对这类美式中年个人英雄故事实在是提不起兴趣。
dreaming away your life
冤有头债有主。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
