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.
美则美矣，但几乎毫无必要吧……看预告片我以为要拍得很抽象，当我发现这是真的要把故事原原本本完全过一遍的时候我的内心几乎是崩溃的。
土掉牙的剧情 不过摄影 光影 布景确实是打到你服 整体风格相当冷峻 加上黑白画幅让我想起1948年的王子复仇记/以及演员的台词功底相当扎实 特别是弗兰西斯/对白的也借莎翁之力 相当“醇厚” 不过这也导致长时间聚焦在字幕上而忽略了演员的演绎/是稍微有点哲学味道在里面的：结果对行为产生影响 而行为又导致了结果 我们的欲望 我们的野心所产生的结果或后果到底是不是“命运叫我们这么做”的 难怪米兰昆德拉说历史就是一个玩笑
丹泽尔同志操着一口地道美式英语把麦克白从英武上将到践祚登基到野心覆灭的复杂的悲剧性的心理活动诠释的如同白开水，只在最后十五分钟的末路对决中进入了状态，凭着那个拾起掉落皇冠的动作，原谅这个男主角提名。弗太后的麦克白夫人也只能说是无功无过，出场不过五分钟的女巫令人印象深刻。
科恩在时空接住了莎翁，科恩嫂就是麦克白夫人。
3.5 几位主演表现与建筑布景剪影加分 预感自己会更喜欢ntlive版
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage，
麦克白其实就是一则寓言故事 跟我们解释了什么是self fulfilling prophecy 算是忠实原著了
啊啊，摄影真的牛逼哄哄，但是感觉演员的表演状态和形式都太轻松了（。）普遍配不上这种本来应该神棍兮兮的怪邹邹的风格。。感觉还是导演失策（）果然看莎翁还是在舞台上更合适吗……
让自己尽量不像一出舞台剧是每一部舞台剧电影的宿命。
【明天，明天，再一个明天，日子一天天过，直到时间尽头，我们所有的昨天，不过是替傻子们点亮了通往死亡的路，熄灭吧，短暂的烛光。】悲剧。
m2211：又是摄影美学。莎翁的台词自不用多说。音效也很赞。
7.9 每次dw的电影都会觉得他很厉害，但又喜欢不起来，production design 真的很棒。
癩蛤蟆嘗試吃天鵝肉，最後被蝦兵蟹將鉗死了…
有几个场景我特别喜欢，但是没有英文字幕的情况下看太吃力了。
个人觉得算是莎剧电影里将舞台感和电影感兼容得很好的一版了 尤其是黑白摄影下的舞台化布景与灯光让画面构图十分舒适 好多地方我都想暂停截屏当壁纸 好几次大亮大暗的时候甚至会有舞台灯的声效感觉好奇妙 让我对这部剧情烂熟于心台词仍然不懂的人感觉一点也不疲劳 法鲨马良版虽然两位主角的表演丝毫不输但整体质感还是科恩的新版赢了 当然这版的表演也是可圈可点的 影帝热门丹泽尔一开始我还担心表演节奏和口音会和莎剧的要求违和但是越往后渐入佳境最后一幕我甚至想拍手喊bravo 麦姨不像马良那版蛇蝎美人而是一看就城府颇深诸多心机 个人觉得去年的三封影后给早了 不然今年好多影后热门压根就没戏 再次为去年的柯比和穆里根感到惋惜
【NYFF59 - ACH全球首映】近年在电影里看到过最好的黑白摄影之一，美得毛骨悚然。虽然依旧是麦克白的陈规故事，但是科恩在这部电影里做的aesthetic简直无与伦比，半戏剧半实景式的布景、转场、特写，都精致得每一框都可以当画。Frances McDormand的表演不用说了，Danzel其实也给我点惊喜，有点之前扮演者没有的外化疯癫。4.5，真的太需要在大银幕上感受美感了。
女配真是几句台词和几个肢体动作就秒了Denzel Wanshington和Frances McDormand
卡司没有惊喜，出彩的是舞台化的场景和光影配合
不太欣赏得来这种舞台剧（古典）转换成的电影，不过总算是对《麦克白》这个IP有了一些些了解
画面和风格很不错，但是情节方面可能只适合不怎么熟悉《麦克白》的观众。
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