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.
为何而学？功名利禄？外在身份？改变命运？而那些知识若是盔甲，遮掩内心的尘埃，离“人为何而来，为何而去”渐渐远去呢？
毫无共鸣，完全看不下去，不知好在哪，这种题材等一个国产导演来拍吧
知识分子上山下乡，接受贫下中农的再教育，很有必要；而贫下中农只想着在平凡的世界「胜天半子」……死循环。
看罢感慨良多。“帝国最优秀的人才却与鱼虾相伴”。想起韩昌黎的诗：“嗟哉吾党二三子，安得至老不更归。”《兹山鱼谱》用汉语写成，去年点校了一部分，国内还没出过。
还有很多值得拍的，神农、孙思邈、蔡伦、徐光启、贾思勰、沈括、司马迁、王贞仪，在大慈恩寺翻译经文的玄奘，等等。
多年前有金基德的《春去秋来又一春》，如今又有了这部《兹山鱼谱》。可惜，都是韩国人拍的。中国电影一百多年了，可真正能够体现中国传统文化和美学的，似乎一部都没有。反而越南裔法国导演陈英雄拍的《青木瓜之味》，比我们更具东方文化的神韵。
“果子好吃，人们普遍认为是种子好，而不会想到土地好”，孩子就像种子，当那么多攀登到顶端的果子都烂了，整片土地的问题该如何处理？此片给出的解释是低头过自己的平民生活，等这个时代过去，当看到整个世界是黑白后，回到偏远渔村才明白色彩与生机
看着韩国人2800万人民币拍出的《兹山鱼谱》，再想想中国电影都在拍什么，心里确实有点难过。
什么是真理？读圣贤之书，做混蛋之事，这就是熟知真理的两班吗？或许为人类知识做出一点点积累的努力是真正圣贤该做的事情。
出世与入世，韩国苏东坡。真的好有魅力的一部剧
世道那么污浊，不如研究一些通透之物。可能对于个人来说确实是最好的选择，但我实在是忍不住要想，如此这般，那些受尽苦难的人要怎么办呀。不过片中好奇开放的态度还是挺好的。
羡慕
以前的海岛是流放之地，现在的海岛是度假胜地。
或许导演也是某种意义上的丁若铨，感谢他拍出这么一部纯粹历史传记电影
除了讲好了一个流放著书的故事，还恰到好处地讽刺了官场厚黑。
所萌生的追求人人平等去王权的勇气。
很多年前和好友们几经周折坐船去黑山岛，岛上人说，这里没有外国人来的啊。看电影知道了，原来是古人流放之地……
丁若铨在黑山岛上著《兹山鱼谱》，真有点像鲁迅先生临摹碑帖，都是在不适合自己的社会环境下做些看似无意义的事情，实在是对现状的不满。
都在浪中海上，学者在钓鱼，渔佬在背书。
长大了才知道怀有好奇心的成年人竟是少数。小时候学的那些郁郁不得志或者隐居的文人故事如今也感同身受...
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