The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
6/10。将诺奖作家的骨灰带回故土，棺材当作牌桌、百姓吃瓜憋笑，像更私人的《杰出公民》。后半段黑白转彩色，皮兰德娄的遗作《钉子》，完成双重告别。一阵海风带走剩余的骨灰，真温柔。并不了解这对导演兄弟，所以无感弟弟与哥哥漫长的告别。
叙事够简单，2.5吧，整体是两头不讨好的作品。局部表达可以看出Lowery的作者性很羸弱，而投身产业条线后，反倒让人误以为是文艺大导被商业制作禁锢住表达一般。与其说是惋惜，不如说是心疼，一个有文艺梦但拍不出水平的尴尬导演。
不了解背景看的一知半解，只感受到了一股乡愁，借着一场盛大却不被人理解的告别诉说意大利近代变迁，过程的艰辛和终点的唏嘘让人看到伟大和回忆终会被埋葬。影像质感和配乐真棒
喜欢狗狗的电影，尽管情节很简单，满满的都是爱
最终主旨也就是个成长故事
措不及防的主旋律电影，还升华到有色人种问题～
@Berlinale72 Friedrichstadt Palast @2022.2.29
真的骑士精神。学Sir Gawain and the GreenKnight时很不喜欢Sir Gawain. 电影的结尾愿意多加一星。
以后这样的作品能不能不要再进主竞赛单元啊，够浪费时间的，意大利电影有时候真的很踩雷
【8.0-】诗意般的镜头、宿命感的气质，从头延续到尾。两次环绕镜头的使用呈现出梦的迷离，动摇了时感也动摇了意志。高文的赴约之旅，也是一次充满考验的成人之旅。答应去死是容易的，但真心赴死是极难的。绿腰带上附的不是法，而是始终不肯丢弃的侥幸心理。所有的人都在暗示凯旋，一次次消磨高文早以为自己定下的决心。但哪怕誓言立得再坚决，临阵退缩也是大多庸常人必然会做的选择，舍不得尚未泄尽的欲望，忘不掉尚未实现的畅想。但是，逃避从来不能通向胜利，欺骗换来的荣誉也只是虚伪的荣誉。最终，爱人会抛弃，子女会离开，江山会崩塌，该掉的脑袋还是会掉下来，一切都不会改变。那么，为何还要被害人的侥幸心所捆绑？能面对宿命的人才能真正成长，你若平心以待，也许它就只是一场游戏。慷慨赴死后，才配好好地活。
导演运用了很多视觉上的小心思去诠释这样一个叙事诗的题材，和鬼魅浮生一样，整体调性过于装腔作势，使得虚伪骑士毁灭过程流于表面。
低齡兒童向，典型的美式套路。如果不是被困在斷電斷網的雪夜，大概率是看不下去的。
特别拧巴的一部电影。Lowery为了让当代观众理解角色，把Sir Gawain the virtuous的journey of chivalry改编成coming of age故事。改编很难说成功。一面极力撇清传统saga和coming of age叙事不惜穿插荒诞讽刺，一面不得不忠于原著情节用神秘主义风格把saga情节糊弄过去。最终coming of age变成了一条直到最后一幕通过颅内simulation才能完成的陡峭曲线，路上的道德挑战在乳臭未干的小骑士身上也失去了在原著里与virtuous knight的张力。slow pan再好看也救不回来。
还挺吃导演这一套，算是这种题材里比较看得下去的片儿了
和狗狗说再见那里让我想起了很多次无力痛苦的分别，结尾漫画很温馨很幸福。。。
5.8分左右。
这样一部绝对的形式主义电影以其晦涩的台词、发展缓慢的剧情以及众多镜头所带来的隐喻而很难受大部分观众喜爱，但电影中诸多极其壮美的镜头、具有宗教仪式感的布景、带有宿命感的长镜头和表达时间流逝的伪全景转场都值得细细品味
用最精简的语言讲一出告别，黑白转为彩色的设计饱含着作者的深情，再续未完成的作品。
一出受难诗 故事没有问题 - 所谓若见诸相非相 即见如来；但前1/3我给零分 如果大卫洛维已经完全接棒了A24的空洞美学 我只好替他遗憾
运送作家路易吉·皮兰德娄的骨灰回到他的家乡西西里，只是全片的楔子，陡然变换画风的第二幕小品才是真正的灵魂所在。镜头的轮转间使用了大量历史影像、其它影片的片段，从而产生了奇妙的环境作证。保罗·塔维亚尼用整个过程记述着人们对死者的真实态度，伟大的作家再塑碑立传也不一定会被铭记，而由你亲手促成的坟墓才会一生难忘。整部影片也相当精准地纪录着，二战前夕到现如今意大利人的生活变化。大师级的极简影像之美。
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