New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from "Gabriel" to "Vera." Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.
Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly "Uncle Mac" who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an "emergency rehearsal", called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.
Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to "go home and get Marty." Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new "Uncle Mac."
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精致的手工布景多了几分间离感。魔幻现实主义的《活着》或者黑色幽默的《霸王别姬》。与众不同的体验，华语电影的又一突破与创新之作。#Anthology Film Archive#
#LuciDallaCina2022 毫无发展且裹足不前的电影。
个体的绽放。但视觉世界观逻辑混乱让我无法沉浸在故事里
这好像是一部作为四川人无法客观评价的一部电影。坐在没有空调的闷热影厅里，湿气热浪把我钉在座位上，又把我投掷回遥远的盆地故乡。我日渐退化的四川话使得我甚至需要阅读英文字幕才能看明白好些台词。我在夹缝里，是物理空间上的远离，也是文化意义上的流浪。川剧，乡音，麻将，稀饭，一切的一切，都在我此刻的人生中逐渐退潮，想抓也抓不住。电影的人造布景把整场戏推得很前面，画着白脸的邱福和一众角色，在干冰和白布拟作的水浪里上下漂浮，左右横移，荒腔走板地上演着阴阳两界的种种故事，真的，假的，模模糊糊，辨识不清，我坐在台下，却怎么也不能忘记，我已经不在那里了。
#2022 München Filmfest
想象力和掌控力都让我叹为观止。手工作坊就像舞台，唱着回不到现世的神曲，唱着反复的旧事。他们是舞台上的鬼，我们是银幕外的神，他们装神弄鬼，我们是人非人？到底还是得跨过忘川去，找一下我的密电码。
是佛龛，是教堂彩绘玻璃，是长卷。是过去的电影，是现在的电影，是未来的电影。
看着看着 想到了霸王别姬 又想到了活着，但话剧般的布景走位 放大缩小的镜头 却又独树一帜。能把这么宏大时代叙事架构下，又把nuances拍得出来，又加入阎王地府的元素 真的太棒太棒了 (第一次在纽约看indie film @anthology film archives
33度的纽约 闷热的电影院 在3个小时走过一段历史
和扎导《正义联盟》横向相比，感觉2017年看的是一个假的正义联盟，扎导版删掉了很多漫威式打趣的东西。整个电影只有蝙蝠侠对着闪电侠的名场面这个笑点保留了下来，总体来说其实挺严肃的，以及，它包含了扎导对于家庭的一些个人的执念，角色小传放大令电影更加饱满，尽管这种饱满有些见仁见智。也不难理解华纳当初的决定，要把240分钟的电影放在戏院，这个比外星人入侵地球的概率还要低。慢镜头的Flash back又和闪电侠的“逆转时间”的慢镜头重复，显得有些多余。电影还有不少缺点，比如海王略显沉闷，存在感比较低。因为镜头限制，我也觉得这不是一个最完美的版本，也可以理解评价分化，因为对于路人观众，彩蛋这个加分项也一头雾水，过于正面的价值观也让故事一开始就失去了悬念。 / 2022.3.1 家, Piratic
这个意义上，尽管正义联盟确实表达了不同的态度，说了不同的故事，但并没有比复联走的更远。
没想到看到了目前今年华语最佳，心满意足了~
难以看咽，自认为集中了所有青年导演的问题，各种形式化并且站不住脚，尤其在这种宏大叙事前，实在过于老套。以及，第一次见演员能演的这么尬。
审美的独特性毋庸置疑，但还是形式远远大于内容了。
看完就很想找個四川人說說話，把剷鏟板板錘子格老子的都講個邊
For Autumn
先说不好，四个小时还是太长了，中间差不多塞了一部钢骨solo，实在疲软。剧情的取舍也自然在这种长度里失去了其必要性，常有尾大难掉之感。
蒙尘的都市竖立着牺牲的丰碑，蛮荒的原野回荡着泣血的悲歌，升格的画面挥洒着惊骇的酒神力量，求索的日神信仰被揉进油画的玄黄。破冰的行者击不碎心头的魔障，离群的战士寄不回哀思的长箭，孤独的凡人分不清天谴与神迹，流落的王子寻不到加冕的意义。一介凡人，为父便担起赋予生命与救赎灵魂的重量。救世新神，重生即再踏漫长孤独的苦旅。驰电而行，在过去与未来的撞击中迎来自己的璀璨；直面梦魇，在疼痛和悔恨之间重塑无尽的光荣。
4个小时还是太长了。超人小哥哥太帅了啊。。。
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