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."
绝对五星，名副其实的华语年度最佳！荒诞的艺术，光怪陆离的社会变迁，《霸王别姬》的隔空对唱，模糊舞台和荧幕的扑面而来的丁达尔效应，极具个人色彩和地方特色的空灵的戏梦版的表达
#SGIFF32#形式大胆且光怪陆离。剧情待补（看不太懂某些英文字幕也听不太懂四川话）。
我常常想，电影的结尾有没有一种除了大梦一场之外的形式，但好像也很难。除了写个隽永的结尾带点梦幻，和现实连上，就是告诉观众，这里结束了，你该醒了。本片在它自身是很完整的，只是我一直在期待着更多！更多！小丑戏本身就不承担那么多别的东西。所以唯一一点遗憾，可能就是椒麻于内于外都太完整了。
无惨这个角色还是可以好好挖掘的;原来现在节奏已经比当年好多了,还是一次性看爽
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#
跟《圣母》同为时代剧，免不了正面比较。不光是语言问题，《圣母》用法语讲意大利故事也有点出戏，他们3个太像21世纪的美国人，体态和中世纪法国不搭，很难入戏，表演课还是要上的，好莱坞以前拍外国戏好歹还加点口音。既然最有表达欲的是Nicole Holofcener写的第三章女性受到全方位压迫，第二章略微直给一点教会腐败，那第一章还有什么存在的必要？目前这2个半小时太冗余。巴黎圣母院完工于1345年，故事发生在1386年，片中的巴黎圣母院正在建设/修缮，不知道是不是考证过。
一个自大而虚伪，一个奸诈而虚伪，一个勇敢而美丽
新又新！@ Anthology Film Archives
《痴》是在讲他人，《椒麻堂会》讲的是自己的祖辈，是在写一种影像家史。是在有限的空间里，无限的想象力，重生到毁灭，两条叙事线的自然切换，人生如戏，舞台依旧。
最后一幕是真讽刺哟，大家以为受害者讨回了公道，但她不过是要继续充当人渣丈夫的财产罢了。噢，不对，愚民们压根没有在关注受害者，只记得决斗者胜利的那位“骑士”和他的荣耀，让男性夺走了所有的果实。略显不足的地方在于视听上还可以更细致些，考虑到前两个视角其实融合了两名男子相当程度的美化成分，这两个部分若是能拥有更加主观的描绘，第三个视角则会显得更有力一些。但或许也有可能，主创担心这种做法会激起大面积争议，而不能让观众一边倒地同情玛格丽特，毕竟我们当今仍然生活在一个不断为强奸犯共情的世界。
婚内的n次合法强暴，女主无法反抗。于是将这满腔怨气一并移情到了被歹人的1次非法强暴中。在一个女性只是财产只是生育工具的时代里，父亲打发你，丈夫使用你，那个说“最爱你”的人不但强暴你，还可以在他垂死之时以灵魂起誓玷污你。女性的悲歌，历史的悲歌
大失所望。不敢相信雷公居然用自己曾创造无限辉煌的历史题材和女性主题拍出来这样一部电影。
非常厉害的电影 一个四川人的史诗 虽然有些角色讲四川话讲得太做作 对其余角色刻画也有点弱 但每个角色都能看到四川人的鲜明特点 苦难时可以阴阳怪气无奈求生存 黄泉路上不忘初心三缺一也要搓麻将 用四川人的乐观来描写近代历史变迁的苦难 搞笑中的悲凉感更甚 时代是新了又新 环境是变了又变 没有带走的都是四川
#MoMI First, 很值得回味的电影，越回想越喜欢。喜欢导演从一个一个小的场景讲述时代的漩涡中的故事。很有话剧的特色，但又不会像《驴得水》的转场那么让人出戏。看完得知军阀团长的演员是导演的父亲。特别特别喜欢导演转场字幕背景的pastel，画的太有感觉了。很开心很感动，导演用慢慢的镜头，讲述一个长长的故事。
渐入佳境，重拳出击。没有前两段的对比，就没有最后的重击。自始至终，男人的眼里只有美化的自己。女人，再有才华和抱负，都只是可笑的财产和工具，哪怕是一场付之生命的声讨，也只是男人的手段，别人眼里的一出好戏。从头到尾，只有羞辱，没有正义。看到结尾的那几行字，心里不禁大呼：爽！
片子非常不错，不知道票房为什么那么差，也不知道颁奖季能否有点收获。雷导的电影不管好坏，我都是要看的，毕竟他也拍不了几年了。
三段视角补充完同一个故事后，开场的决斗戏到结尾再看一下变得无比沉重揪心，朱迪科莫的表现很不错。一场发生在中世纪末段的审判决斗，据说也是有记载的最后一场决斗，对今天仍有警示意义，第三段庭审戏简直就是连番重锤，那个黑暗时代好像已经过去了，又好像仍如影随形。喜欢老雷拍的中世纪题材，希望还能看到。
好久没在大银幕看到各方面都这么高水准的片儿了，后半段开始渐入佳境。现在好多导演不知道怎么渲染情绪，烘托氛围，就一股脑地把配乐拉满还很得意，请跟雷老师多学学🙏。
部分剪辑不够用心（采血任务布置了两次），部分低幼笑点有拉低分数。
喜欢就是《罗生门》，讨厌就是《金刚川》，还不错，有表达，有反思，朱迪·科默这两年好火！
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