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.
这是克制的复仇，这是文明进攻野蛮的方式。菲尔弹着狂放不羁的班卓琴与罗斯那笨拙的钢琴的对决，前者代表印第安文明，它野蛮音色单一可更流畅，后者代表入侵殖民者，华丽的背后是粗糙的技艺。故事前期在酝酿双方的矛盾，中后期电影故事的张力拉满。菲尔本来想挑拨罗斯和皮特的母子关系，可是他却在皮特身上发现了闪光点，而这闪光点的起因正是皮特为除掉他而生。不戴手套务农与手臂的伤口要了菲尔的命，这是医学常识但皮特自始至终都没提醒他，目的明确且行动果断。电影前期有个反救猫咪，皮特解刨了可爱的兔子，他娘炮的外表下有颗残忍的心，兔子是第一个菲尔是第二个。他深爱着母亲希望她获得幸福与金钱，相对与其新父亲几乎没有交流，说明他不喜欢他但喜欢他的钱与地位，可是那个障碍菲尔必须被除掉。他只需要待在他身旁边扮演着好朋友边等待着时机。
3.0。过度克制导致语焉不详，最喜欢的反而是新婚的杰西普莱蒙和邓斯特在崖边跳舞，跳着跳着普莱蒙流下了眼泪，他说他不再是一个人。他俩诠释了fragile一词 。
不管有多少专业的解读，我觉得这是一部很无聊的片子。
卷福和克里斯汀邓斯特等几位演员为我们贡献了本年度最优秀的表演之一，角色之间的戏剧张力（和性张力）如同绷紧的牛皮绳一般，从始至终勒住了观众的喉咙，亦如身后的犬山一般，表面波澜不惊，实则暗潮涌动。卷福值得一个影帝，他把那个用“真男人“气质包裹起来，实则脆弱敏感且长情的菲儿演绎到入骨，他的爱是私人的，不可公之于众的，隐秘又美好的。相比之下，皮特的恋母则更为扭曲，所以本片完全不能草率的界定为同性题材，这是一部关于爱的故事，私有的、扭曲的爱，跟随电影的尾声，猎人和猎物互换，角色所承担的善恶属性瞬间翻转，观众恍然大悟，原来那副惹人生怜的外表下，竟有如此之残酷的内心，曾经的“作恶”之人终于死去，归于犬山。
伤人的不是枪，是班卓琴和牛仔套索；危难不在荒野，在昏暗阴冷的农场大宅；最关键的人物没出现，是男主深藏心底的幽灵；雄性彪悍由脆弱感滋养，疯邪和清纯犹豫在一念之间。 从断背山、Slow West到The Nightingale，新世纪的新西部片没断过，而且多是非美国影人执掌。Campion的新作潜入新的深度，精彩算意料之中，但依然被其丰满的形式、克制的手法、全方位之杰出所震撼到。top 2021
万万没想到的最后走向，还以为自己误读了，直到最后一个笑容毛骨悚然。可怜的Phil…导演手法非常隐忍，让人想起pta。
章节的递进，人物表现越是微妙细腻，氛围宏大至紧绷。观影状态略显压抑，多给一星缺爷。
谁是犬类呢？是残忍杀死菲尔的彼得，是一再羞辱彼得和罗丝的牧场牛仔、上流社会那些高弹教养风雅的人，还是嘲弄这对母子的菲尔？谁是受害者，谁又是施害者？每一个人都在压抑自己，无论是看似娇弱无力的彼得，还是表面粗旷坚硬的菲尔，他们的残忍冷漠和温柔细腻，都是被扭曲在他们灵魂深处的另外一部分自我。露丝仅仅是一个饱受歧视的弱者、只能用酒精麻醉自己的可怜人吗？她又何尝不是在以另外一种扭曲的方式将自己的痛苦转嫁给儿子彼得，在精神上紧紧捆锁着他呢？每一个人都渴望爱、惧怕孤独，但人类只从自我出发的、自私的、排他的爱最终变成欲望、控制、暴力，吞噬着别人的自由与尊严。真正的犬类，恰恰是这不自知的罪。「但我是虫，不是人，被众人羞辱，被百姓藐视…我的救主啊，求你快来帮助我！求你救我的灵魂脱离刀剑，救我的生命脱离犬类」
太依靠音乐了，镜头和文本没给信息，看的莫名其妙，人物都有点大病
一部控制力杰出的电影，和《钢琴教师》构成对女性与男性欲望与权力世界探讨的两部曲或拱形建筑的两端。表面上看是有惊无险地把注意力集中在彼得的母亲罗斯和她前夫的兄弟菲尔之间。菲尔嫉妒弟媳妇在家庭中的位置，弟媳妇则嫌弃菲尔的粗鲁，就像野蛮人一样（埋怨他上桌吃饭前不洗干净）。但是在谜底揭开的时候，我们发现最汹涌的冲突或情感张力是被掩护在表层之下的，是在菲尔和他的侄子彼得之间。在影片结尾并没有给出一个确切的解释，只是援引法医学的术语，说他很大可能不是死于炭蛆病。那么他可能是被彼得谋杀的。就像菲尔和他的“导师”布朗科·亨利的关系，二人也是师徒，年龄之间的差就像菲尔今天和彼得之间的年龄差，但是在一次夜晚肌肤相亲的意外之后，布朗科·亨利意外逝世。
最凶狠的力量不在于显露出的外形，它不动声色的存在于阴影之中，静候时机，一击致命。导演习惯用符号和象征来进行故事的展开和转折（兄弟合睡的双人床，扼断兔子脖颈的咔哒声，芦苇上的滴滴血斑，留在床下仍静待使命的绳索），用镜头移动和视角变换给观众留下谜面以探究谜底（开头结尾的窥探视角，结尾的俯视掌控视角，走秀看鸟窝的旁观者注视视角，动情时刻的旋转视角，水中的皮绳和破溃伤口的微观视角）所有的起承转折都用镜头展现。配乐及音效紧扣观众情绪发展，靴子在地板上的响声声声叩击心脏，大部分的旋律是属于Peter的，阴柔至极的提琴声。这是一部需要调用全部感官来观看的电影。卷福和科蒂的对戏超精彩，至阴至阳的碰撞，情愫缠绕在来回的烟圈之中，叹服。
# 78 Venezia # 思考了几天，还是觉得如果不二刷会很不中肯，咨询了身边看过的人一半没看懂，一半评价两极，陷入没办法给评价的纠结，等院线上映吧
太失望了。无可挑剔的画面，无聊的故事，只有音乐让螺丝拧紧。不懂为什么要分段。
Jane Campion的回归，仍然觉得她是先于时代的完成意识；在更多聚焦女性议题和辩论的今天- -那是她几十年前就在做的- -所以如今要完成的，是解构与重塑其它类型的故事。看之前两个最大的“担忧”：选择新西兰的取景，以及换角的危险，都得到了远超预期的惊喜。孤独、自我厌弃、伪装、以及身份焦虑…属于每个角色的情绪，都在不动声色的故事进展里暗潮涌动，并等待着燃烧。直到最终幕，Kodi Smit-McPhee证明了自己多么值得一次肯定；他的能量，也并没有随着过早成名和超英片的选角，消失殆尽，而是有种刚好开始的精彩。
Tiff2021。不错的character studies。演员们演得奇好，但感觉剧情上似乎差了一口气，卷福混蛋和mean都不够彻底，弟媳带来的小屁孩儿儿子又不够心理变态阴暗。要是两个角色再极端一点，一个psychobitch mommy dearest mean drama queen、另一个是青年汉尼拔风格的阴冷带微笑的变态虐待杀人狂，不知会不会对戏剧张力有所帮助，而且里面的homoeroticism也是点到为止。感觉简坎萍自≪圣烟≫后的作品越来越妥协安全缺乏玻璃刺了。还有题目与其叫犬之力，不如叫先前的中文标题≪犬山记≫，片中也有交代为什么是犬山 —— 张开狗牙的荒山也更锐利些。
谁会真的跟这种二傻子电影较劲呢，客观一点讲就是自恋且乏味。以后不会再看这类东西是它最大的好处。
6/10。就像主角注视那片伏线深浅不一的群山时，捕获了犬形的雄性符码，又串联起隐秘的爱恋。夜深孤独时拨弄的吉他和浑身淤泥去河中洗澡的情欲宣泄，对菲尔而言像极了掏出来自慰的性器和自我羞辱的快感。在有毒的大男子主义占据绝对权力的牧场上，菲尔是这套秩序最顽固的维护者，聚餐时将手指插入手工花的花芯然后用于点香烟，讥讽和否定了彼得不够阳刚的手工爱好，更为了对体态臃肿、学历较浅的弟弟宣示权威性，言语上针对智力和外貌进行贬低，行为上二人共睡一张床以实施精神捆绑，如此过激的态度背后是对自身破绽暴露的焦虑，从彼得发现他收藏的男色杂志，到林中享受地嗅起印有恩师名字缩写的丝巾，以及野蛮地割掉雄马的睾丸，使劲印证自我的雄性能量，都呈现出主角从自己画地为牢的性向中挣脱的张力。但撑起张力的那种锐气，和犬山一样难被观众看到。
要么是小男主的形象不对，要么是小男主的演技不行，总之，我虽然看得懂，但我大为不解，对小男主的角色，从外形到动机，都没法让人信服。
本尼听墙根那段太过真实，让我想到一个故事，说一个寡妇，每天晚上都会扔一把硬币，再从床底下一个一个捡起来，只有这样才算找点事儿做，才能消解点苦闷。本质上坎皮恩还是在讲女性主义故事，讲在父权制下的人们怎么受到压抑，怎么只能按照父权制的想象去塑造自己，却埋葬自我，缓慢流淌的故事，不能细想，稍多想一点就是无穷无尽的痛苦，“如果不xx，我算什么男人”，菲尔和彼得都这么想，却恰恰因为这样，无法作为一个完整的人生存下去。
也许所有的男性气质都是表演，只是一旦过度了就会暴露出全身上下的缺点。他望着群山的剪影，怀念古早与导师的温存；他蜷缩着宛如婴儿一般睡觉（这是最缺乏安全感的睡姿），弹奏着精细又伤感的歌；他用最明显的肮脏来彰显气质，用最简单的敌意来发泄内心深处早已发酵无数遍的愤怒——哪怕赢了也会更加愤怒。他的苦恼成为了彼此吞噬又养育彼此的永动机，最痛恨的偏偏又是自己。心中的绳子拉太紧了，就给了别人一刀封喉的机会，哪怕只是一只看似完全无害的小兔子，哪怕他已经打算（或许也是因为害怕，更有可能是因为心动，但更多是因为轻视）缓缓绽放内心，当防备开始卸下，一切早已前功尽弃。其余的部分，数线交织，只通过寥寥几笔白描就纤毫毕现，整体又没有显得混乱多余，这是导演功力的体现。葬礼那场戏，老母亲不发一语却似千言，真的好厉害。
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