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.
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」
真是够细腻的，前面差点看睡着……风景真好看，情感够克制
同时也理解了简姨这样的作者导演低产的原因，这样的创作无疑是极耗精力的。
一部极致克制的电影 一部需要静下心来数次屏住呼吸看得电影 配乐 运镜构图真的超赞 整体细腻的描述这个男权 母爱 权利 情感的种种激烈碰撞 那么浓烈缠绵同时却又单纯决绝 每一个人物都很丰满 演员太棒了 克斯汀•邓斯特的演绎真的很赞 逐渐崩溃绝望 她的惶恐及那摇摇欲坠的破碎感很棒 有几次我都觉得呼吸停滞了 卷福我甚至觉得他就是Phil 那个纯情又刻薄 脆弱而孤独 压抑却充满性张力的矛盾的男人 当他第一次脱下牛仔扮相时那种脆弱感 而他身上的破碎感也很 而Peter的残忍冷血 你以为他是猎物 其实他才是猎人 对于Phil的示好仿佛是种怜悯 这种气质疯批病娇气质真勾人啊 而这种残忍也恰恰是种脆弱 整部剧充斥着一种特别的强烈的残酷美令人心醉 而Phil对Bronco的感情真的是令我心碎啊 细节满满的片子
BC现在最大的问题，凡是剧情片角色，他都会用力过猛，这真是一个演员很本质的东西，难调整和改变。当然，这部片所有，都没一个像西部的，大家都在很努力的演出西部牛仔的粗旷和性感，就连大山、蓝天和白云都在努力，但结果不如人意。其实，换个时代、社会背景也许更适合这一群人。这也是整部片看下来，始终觉得有种不协调感的原因所在
这片子和我想得不一样啊！跟同性的关系不大，我以为是美好爱情故事。全程平静又浮躁，其实看到结尾会发现都是伏笔，看似平静其实蠢蠢欲动，结尾很出乎意料，还有点悬疑，没想到这么文静干净的男孩这么狠！本以为卷福不会演悲伤人物，没想到还是…不过Peter真的好帅
人畜无害的“小清新”其实有可能是最最危险的
三十分钟就能讲完的小trick级别的悬疑故事 看了开头还以为导演雄心勃勃要重拍1948年版红河谷或者文艺复兴1960年代西部犯罪片 看了四分之三了还以为是个多角恋狗血感情片 最后发现全是胡扯的烟雾弹？所以吸引了大家去看这部电影的 所谓的“同性” 最后全是噱头？
是同性……还是腹黑？兄弟同床，家庭孤寂，夫妻疏离……感觉讲了很多，又感觉什么都讲了一半，每一次转折都很想去理解，但理解到一半又会被刻意的设计劝退。
原来是悬疑片啊我超，还以为是西部片。两个演员演的太绝了！！！情绪描写和人物刻画一绝...菲尔微微晃动的眼睛是如此不安。从一开始我们就知道会发生什么，但当那一刻来临时还是紧紧屏住了呼吸。
《犬之力》某种程度上来说是一部非典型的反西部片：以微妙而复杂的主人公角色入手，完成了对数十年西部类型片中男性气质英雄的解构。
一开始以为是个「霸道总裁（牧场主）爱上我」的故事，而且以BC的演技，他一旦流露出「我缺爱，我也渴望爱」的眼神吧，还挺让人遭不住的。结果结尾大反转啊（就不剧透了）！但仔细一想，咳，世间的狗屁霸总们，You deserve it！让你们死于爱的幻觉就是导演最大的「妇人之仁」了
女性视角下的男性；英国制片，新西兰拍摄，的美国西部。
简导的女性视角细腻，但又深谙男性的双面性，片子暗流涌动的气氛和伏脉千里的细节令人感叹：这部片没拿bp也太可惜了，学院你们不配
但看一场好戏上演，就像兔子落入少年的陷阱一般。
你察觉不到他的杀气，就像你一眼看不出犬山。
克斯汀迈向4字大关，芳华将逝。
今年看过的最无聊和莫名其妙的片子。钢铁直男内心实际上是个同性恋，女权片无疑。女导演是真不行，决定把导演拉黑。
抛开西部、同志、伦理这些标签先不说，这是一部女性视角的非常独特的黑色电影啊！蛇蝎美人变成蛇蝎小鲜肉罢了，因为大量的留白成分让这个故事和各位角色都有了很多解读的空间，可能甚至太多了吗，我倒是希望要是能多讲点，但是也说不上来哪里需要更多一些，简坎皮恩的确是一个视角和语言都超级独特的导演。里面Rose练琴被人在背后弹一样的调调嘲，完了没练好还让在客人面前表演，我可真是痛苦得感同身受🥲这真的是学乐器之人都会有的噩梦吧啊啊啊
简·坎皮恩的镜头语言正是那冰川脚下的孤峰，在凝结的氛围之上不动声色地泛起流云和涟漪，情不知所起、死亡亦在倏忽之间。
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