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.
新黑色电影与赌片杂糅，鱼眼广角下的战争创伤与幽闭恐惧。保罗·施拉德还是很老派啊，看来年度十佳真是各花入各眼
看评价好像比较两级，但我好喜欢啊。电影的气质非常迷人，从开头就被吸引了，内核还是ptsd反战那一套，但故事营造的氛围和节奏非常好。监狱片段用广角展现有巧思。配乐爱了，我要去找原声了。伊萨克最近出镜率比较高啊，之前一直没get到他，在这部里好像对味了。
从头喊到尾的usa，最后监狱成为归宿，一边反思一边讽刺，像是没有力气了。
选了打德州扑克的作为切入点着实让人迷茫。关塔那摩ptsd，主线隐藏蛮深，最后复仇的结局让人懵逼。不过看完好一会儿，才感到，后劲很大。
后面看进去了感觉还不错
如果集中营里的那些纳粹士兵们呐喊他们也是受害者，反正我是不认的！
ᐈ一个好的牌手能看穿你的想法，无论你是戴上耳塞，穿连帽衫，带上棒球帽，眼镜还是面具，都不能阻挡他看穿你的视线
看守的ptsd和士兵战后ptsd
'You win, you walk away. You lose, you walk away.' 片尾的转折多加1分，本来以为会是个温情故事。
这啥啊，一开始还以为又拍一遍出租车司机，结果差的远了，bgm还可以
770｜不知为何，这种冷峻压抑的风格很吸引我。除去尴尬的情感线，这个故事是施拉德《出租车司机》《第一归正会》的延续，而算牌和白布等设定让整部电影更神秘，更迷人。别人不喜欢就算了，反正我很喜欢。
Wosp 里没人在乎你是谁，只在乎你的手腕上有没有金手链～
个人层面对施虐行为的救赎，国家层面对关塔那摩的反思，还赌上了一个年轻人的前途（输了）。女主的戏份有点莫名其妙。有点真诚的悔罪书，艺术性不太够的电影。
施来德拍的还是很稳，Bill这个有着不光彩过去但是急切想洗心革面的人物塑造的很成功，人物性格习惯设置合理，细节全部到位。虽然是赌场为背景，但是完全跟赌博没关系，赌博完全服务于人物塑造。片子整体有一种七八十年代电影的老派沉稳，但是永不过时的feel。PS，Oscar的屁股也太翘太好看了吧。
Tell和Crik的对白将表达引向了另一种思考，暴力的归因究竟是functionalism还是intentionalism？类似于对纳粹德国和希特勒针对犹太人大屠杀行为研究中的观点，本片中在封闭的监禁过程中发生单向的暴力行为同样也可以从这两方面讨论，即是权力最高层的意识最大化，或者累积式激进下的恶行。作为施暴者去揭开这段心理创伤时的态度与受阴影折磨而选择自杀的施暴者的后代状态去观点对撞，是催生日后一切行为的原点。
这部电影的气质非常迷人，能够让人完全沉浸到保罗·施拉德的故事节奏里，稳、准、酷而且有着足够的沉淀，奥斯卡·伊萨克也是无比正确的选角。四星。
两个以后必得影帝桂冠的男人演了一部什么电影？
以全片做铺垫为了引导别人看爽快血腥的复仇结局。。。结果就这。。。
5.0分，叙事方式以及文本人设的枯燥导致观影感受很无趣。应该有更好的呈现方式。
期待值太高了，结果看了两次也没看进去。放弃了。
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