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.
好漂亮的转场！好厉害的调度！好牛逼的审美！喜欢！
灯灯光布景很有感觉 特别是镜像的处理 音乐也好听 就是故事有点无聊 高潮泄气了
已经是十年前的歪小子了
这部片借着安雅炒作好几个月了，结果呈现的也不过是一部平庸之作。52/100
至于所谓的类型化视听，只能说，无论哪个导演，融梗都不是一个高级的手法。唯一的优点是，安娜泰勒乔伊确实美
反转很Wright很爽但是后半段确实明显心有余而力不足，明明可以好好解密慢慢发掘，结果女主后期除了疯狂幻觉外啥优点也没有，整个乱了阵脚，前期铺垫的现实和梦境的联动也太可惜了。但是歌单疯狂pick，伦敦can be a lot。
艾丽在伦敦/午夜伦敦 的恐男歌舞片 虽然略显廉价 但我还是觉得很不错！安雅这种风格也很好看
前面打开新世界越兴奋 后面会因为越接近真实而不适 这也许就是常说的好看得不真实 真实得不好看
原来他们竟然是……原来她竟然没死……原来……
2021.12.20 in.TOHOシネマズ錦糸町 オリナス
一个比较简单的悬疑故事也可以通过复古风格的渲染、通过霓虹灯光、60年代歌舞的表现变得非常丰满
sandie和jack跳舞那段镜头一绝 各种过渡镜头也是 / 警察好惨 eloise也不问问清楚人家到底叫什么名字 就直接确认对方就是凶手了 / 午夜巴黎恐怖版
前半段很有ALL THAT JAZZ的潜质，且因为前面太抓人导致后面画风转变让人觉得龙头蛇尾。不过Edgar Wright的Visual还是很值得一看，McKenzie和Anya也是双厨狂喜了。
当编剧有个好点子但圆不出一个好故事会做出什么样的电影？——请看本片。
but，导演挺会玩，起码有意思叭，谈不上惊艳但有点惊喜。
第三幕全部崩坏，痛苦面具疑惑脸，反转大可不必，甚至直接导致山姆克拉弗林从帅气酱油变成难顶工具人。。。
电影前半段很精彩，对60年代old fashioned的音乐、服装精彩的生活很带感。
本来都很期待赖导的故事和剪辑，结果就这？以前的灵气去哪了？？？是要和西蒙瘦瘦尼克胖胖合作才有火花吗？音乐本身不错，但后半段剧情垮了……Sam Claflin几个角度神似亨超哎。
绚丽的霓虹灯光和金曲串烧把观众瞬间带回到了如梦似幻的60年代，然而看似美好的过往年代实际暗藏杀机，导演用华丽的镜像电影语言渲染出时空穿插的迷幻气氛，各种精妙设计放大了感官层面的刺激，少女缠绕去世母亲的心头阴影被放置到60年代的显微镜里观察剖析，随着角色去感受恐惧和压迫，却过度依赖于剪辑让天马行空的创意娇柔造作起来，高潮的反转匹配不上迷幻的设定，终究演变为由光影符号构建成的复古仪式。
逐渐不行，一片大火烧个干净。你们伦敦soho区可以少个10001次。
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