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.
1、本人复古爱好者，愿意看俩小时安雅跳舞唱歌； 2、这女主不就是《绯闻女孩》里的jenny吗？一样乡土怯懦贫困虚荣＋自己做衣服，向往都市生活却完全无法融入，金发＋超长刘海＋黑眼圈烟熏妆，oh deary你真不是little j二代吗？ 3、想表达的东西太多，无法通过细节铺垫完整展开，导致除了安雅线其他人和事件都巨苍白，安雅线也没啥逻辑，一直连环杀人她老板和警察都毫无知觉吗？看上去杀了得有二三十人，特大连环杀人案凶手在凶案现场逍遥法外五十年，开膛手杰克都想取经啊！江山代有才人出（bushi
视听配乐构图绝佳，就是节奏太快了，慢一点气氛会更强烈些。安雅太美了，眼睛完全离不开她～
复古优雅的视听语言和被反复消费的安雅小11和芬尼克
7/10。不难发现赖特受到了希区柯克、德·帕尔玛的影响，火烧阁楼一幕男性幽灵的镜头中极快速插入凶刀的大特写，想必源于《惊魂记》的著名凶杀剪辑，而珊迪踏足六十年代浮华的舞池时，观众通过银幕看到镜像化的分身和多重空间，艾洛伊斯的真身和珊迪的分身纠缠，剪辑、布景的炫技调度营造入梦/出梦的丰富变化，像德·帕尔玛式的分身电影。相比鸡肋的铺垫情节，闪烁神秘灯光的酒吧、派对、时装秀和唱片机，弥漫期间的女性色情奇观，召唤出了男性荒淫的威胁信号，纯真无邪的艾洛伊斯被侵染成金发、黑眼影和白面妆的浪荡身体，迎接她的是年老珊迪——犹如从地狱闯出的复仇恶鬼。出租屋象征性地打开了一个时间隧道：物恋化的黄金年代与成名欲的幻灭感形成深厚冲突。但影片经典文化的拼贴感，完全是去深度化、原创性缺失的，体现了独立作者向商业片的妥协。
安雅·泰勒-乔伊长得就有恐怖片气质；埃德加·赖特看来已经沉迷“播放列表流”了
悬疑的张力有些虎头蛇尾，有太多支线任务反而失焦
冲着Anya来看这部片，看完粉上了Thomasin……
埃德加赖特大概很喜欢台阶擂台 歪小子最后的boss对决也是这样
这也太好看了吧...没想到现在的retro都是80年代都不够用的，得60年代才能解决问题了。音乐1000分了...奥斯卡不看着办吗？？？
女主的确一比就下去了
1960年代西洋經典匯聚於一場電影，用驚魂迷亂還有託夢的方式來盡情揮霍。
#venezia78 非竞赛展映。Edgar Wright真是一个excellent storyteller，可以把任何故事装在精美的潘多拉盒子里，故事层层推进，高潮时所有evil喷涌而出，打得观众七零八落。前面有一些熟悉的电影的影子，鉴于剧本是他本人写的，我把这看做致敬，因为Edgar绝不是一个缺乏想象力的艺术家。影片直到2/3处Thomasin McKenzie饰演的女主都不讨我喜，尖叫得有点生硬，但鉴于Edgar是个纯直男，在大决战干净利索完美处理并且明确点题后不得不接受他就是要这么简单粗暴直接了当的释放。有时我们对一个导演宽容，除了因为对他的喜爱之外，还有对他稳健自信的倾佩。女性题材以这样一种形式表达，虽不够思想深刻，但足够令人印象深刻。男人们在侵犯女性时，应该思考一下，到底谁之错。
60年代夜巴黎迷恋，恐男与雌竞的凝视，ghg的内核是摆脱悲伤憧憬未来。性剥削的主题，具像化女性视角中的心理恐惧；用众多镜像穿越的迷幻镜头与无缝剪辑，营造虚实难辨的悬念感；加上出色的服化道与配乐，尤其安雅的一首downtown美到窒息
他上一部令人惊喜的作品
这片子让我发觉安雅·泰勒·乔伊好似黄金年代好莱坞的巨星一样，是所有人都热爱的金发美女。突然就认为有些事或许真的会成为命中注定，加上那迷人的外形，就好似未来注定会众人迷恋，最终走向悲剧的结局。希望这一切不要发生！ 作为惊悚，技术足够过瘾。
视听真不错，全程不同歌曲作为背景音乐，各种场景镜头转换无缝衔接，感同身受的经历60年代女主的故事。对称镜子让两个场景重叠，惊悚感很好，特别是睁眼到现实后，一转折原来还没脱离梦境。最后结尾有反转，但略无味。
只有前半段值得称赞，Edgar最让人失望一次。
从女性独自一人所面对的危险出发（不仅来自陌生的男性、甚至来自于身边的女性、这种危险会让人陷入某种被害妄想症，难以建立起正常的亲密关系），最后的反转却完全自我打脸，共情的对象诡异地偏移到了男性一侧，属于是为了情节出人意料而放弃了表意的统一。
体会不了影片所宣传的60年代怀旧感，也体会不了本片所谓悬疑的气氛。。。
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