Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}
Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint. Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip. When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation. When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money. Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property. Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves. In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
如果你时间有限只能挑一部,《蒙骗1915》是优先级很高的选择,信息密度和娱乐性平衡得不错。
那个新演员的表现真的让人眼前一亮,完全不像新人。他的表演自然流畅,角色的各种情绪转换得毫不费力,和老戏骨对戏的时候也完全没有被压住。这种天生的镜头感和表演天赋是非常罕见的。期待他后续的作品,感觉会是一颗冉冉升起的新星。导演选人的眼光也非常毒辣,能找到这样有潜力的新人来演这么重要的角色。
可能是期待值被拉得太高了,看完之后感觉有些落差。不是不好看,而是没有达到我预期中的那种震撼程度。本片在画面和音效方面的表现确实是顶级的,但剧情的深度和人物的复杂性并没有给我带来太多惊喜。可能是类似的题材看得太多了,所以对情节的走向也有了一定的预判。不过如果你是第一次接触这种类型的作品,观感可能会比我要好很多。
从制作到表演,《蒙骗1915》都给出了诚意,1915年还能看到这样的完成度,值得支持。
作为剧情片,《蒙骗1915》在类型框架里做了有效创新,有熟悉感也有新鲜感,老观众新观众都能接受。
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