Plot Summary:Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec's father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. Alec repudiates his father's attempts for a final reconciliation. David Graham, convinced of his son's innocence and, despite his preoccupation with himself and his own alcoholism, mounts a last-ditch effort to find the true murderer in the 24 hours remaining until the planned execution. Graham encounters the wealthy and famous car manufacturer Robert Stanford, tyrant at home and in the office and an apparent womanizer, Stanford's young, curiously troubled wife Honar, their ill-at- ease son Brian, himself disturbed by his parents' relationship, and Vicky Harker, a young, brainless secretary at Stanford's factory who has been climbing up the career ladder at a rapid pace lately...
罗西讲阶级一般都较为隐晦,故事表面是关于极刑,酗酒和父子情,实际是讲一个工人阶级的父亲在拯救自己临死的儿子过程中是如何碰壁的,如果你看法官和律师的反应,都是较为冷漠的,而其它证人又被金钱封了口。罗西对道具的使用也很值得研究,尤其是电话,镜子和钟表。
案情较简单,凶手在一开头就露出庐山真面目,就差他的身份及动机作悬念引出下文。除却结尾男主出此下策迫使凶手伏法的方式相对罕见,泛善可陈,父亲的角色还勉勉强强,可和儿子根本搭不上戏,二人对戏甚是尴尬。
有些地方略显聒噪,不太喜欢。悬疑片冷静类型的会更好看。
勉强三星,个人觉得Joseph Losey的这部拍得并不好……结局的设计凸显了绝望处境下酒鬼主人公对于自己儿子的爱,主人公David Graham通过牺牲自己来挽救儿子,这一幕的确加深了本片的主题,也最终成就了一个标准的(还不错的)黑色电影结局,但缺点也是让人受不了的,人物关系的设计和处理本身就很狗血很莫名其妙了,控制欲极强有暴力倾向的Robert Stanford作为凶手杀害Jennie Cole的动机也没完全说清楚,以及Brian Stanford这个角色喜欢故弄玄虚,好像有种难言之隐,当David哀求说出真相时,才透露了一个其实不痛不痒的线索,我真想打人了。
Without Pity
2020年1月30日周四于抗击新冠期间。电影一般般。不推荐观看。有点为了黑色而黑色,或者说为了最后一刻或者说最后一天营救而刻意为之。以及电影中人物行为的不合理,还有剧中所有的人都表现出来的一种一点即炸的焦躁感--比如主角、主角儿子、儿子友、儿友爸、儿女友姐、儿友爸秘书及妈,这些人物都是神经质一般,看的人难受。
酒鬼父亲,最后为了救儿子而拼上了自己的生命,这就是父爱
黑白
这是一部让人看了会产生严重焦躁情绪的电影:不好好说话到处走来走去专往别人背后站或背对着人说话的儿子,大喊大叫的父亲,满屋吵的要死的闹钟不停打断别人说话的老太太,有气无力晃晃悠悠慢慢腾腾帕金森的醉鬼主角
3.5。
译名简直...配合这个海报看还以为是什么讲大家庭悲欢的通俗剧。Redgrave演疲惫的酒鬼/无能的父亲很有说服力,结尾挺意外的。
片子本身觉得不那么好看,儿子太莫名,儿子的朋友看起来年纪太大有点违和。。爹当然还是挺好的,但惊喜可能是看到Peter Cushing演律师 >< 对了,女秘书的娘也挺好的。。
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有点拖沓, 电影院旁边是个老爷爷,一阵阵地叹气。
3.5星,这部罗西电影虽然格局较小却有种尼古拉斯.雷+弗里茨.朗的感觉。。。从一开始就向观众揭示了真正的罪犯是谁,这样的叙事方式是非常典型的黑色电影套路,这也使得黑色电影有别于典型的刑侦探案片。。。黑色电影不是让观众在好奇心的驱使下去推理而是让观众在无力感的驱使下一步步的绝望。。。
结尾太好,开枪前先擦指纹!
酒鬼一眼就能认出另一个酒鬼
罗西的黑片从不失望,结尾更是赞啊你想不到!
3.5。好尷尬的結尾!(所以電影開頭要專心看.....)
三星半
叙事流畅简洁,结尾令人惊喜~