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.
近乎静止的攻击形态，未见人物动线，唯有场景变换往复；武器来自于观看的权利，而杀伤力则被拥有阐释权的人决定。那些局促但热烈的吻，和急切的告白与质问，不是因为爱慕或渴求，而是极尽空虚后的自怜。蠕动的器官在体内肆意生长，四肢却仍颤动着妄想改造。人物关系的涌动渐渐退居幕后，只剩下绝望自毁的人（器官），被侵蚀仍苟活的人（器官），和尚存旺盛生命力而被剿杀的人（器官）。
故弄玄虚，其实一切都打着“罗生门”的幌子，互相吹牛逼，到头来，全部都是吹牛逼。 PS.电影最后还有个彩蛋竟然，反正我觉得这电影看起来还可以，其实一塌糊涂，就是玩了个“罗生门”而已，很拙劣。
一开始以为是沉浸式卡夫卡，后来发现是真没看懂。。。
这部应该是给个高分的片子了，至少4分。因为是网片能到这个水准，所以我给了5分
怪诞的未来科幻设想，但是还是昏昏欲睡，艺术和哲学内涵也不是我能理解的，就此别过。
用一种超认知的东西，展现一种陈腐的意义。近未来，当处理肿瘤的各种方式成为了一种艺术形式，人们已经不在乎死与生、爱与被爱，性也在变种，所有都在变种，那人类的认知也在变种。
可以说保持了柯南伯格的一贯水准，而且摄影布光好精致啊。对人类自身的思考，虽然算不得多么新的命题，但也绝不是陈词滥调，在这样一个都往“元宇宙”看的时代看到这样的题材还是很质朴很踏实地想讨论些事的。疼痛不再，器官增生，人类的演化造成了一部分人的觉醒、一部分人的不安。新的性也是有一定想象力的。而且呈现得也很有趣，先锋艺术的浮夸玄虚成了片中非常正经的探讨方式，内部纹身、切割、满身耳朵都是挺有艺术家思维的。台词再少一点或者再精准一点可能对于普通观众理解起来更友好一些，现在强加了太多自创的概念了。未来警察连吃喝都要管，只能说“关你屁事”。
延续柯南伯格对身体探索的主题，身体成为进化的载体——“Body is the reality.”身体是物质，是现实，是舞台，是包含未来无数可能的容器；人工的手术进阶为自然的遗传，技术的操作幻化为新型sex，实则是一首人类无可救药的穷途末路之歌。“早餐椅”是身体外部延展/异化的象征，当外向的探索已被阻塞或技穷，当艺术的创造力与想象力已临枯竭，对器官生长进度的自如掌控——转向内里的探索成为一种延伸“永生”之古老梦想的可能；鲜血浇灌出情欲，骨肉与刀摩擦出灵感，死亡的艺术从中古蔓延至今，死神和美神再次相逢在未来的荒原。
Surgery is the new sex.
不错不错，国产恐怖片里难得看的下去的，本来想打三星的，多打一星以作鼓励吧
从生吃，钛到未来罪行，这两年body politics有点多……
A / 将耳朵铺满肌肤就是“外在”修饰吗，取出脏器就是“内在”艺术吗？影片试图抵达的恰恰是：身体之为“现实”，反而在于它是一种无内外之分的超离于精神的深度/平面；要控制身体，便在于给出其空间分配的叙述。因此要用进食器引导不同器官的运动，要用腹部的拉链来标记其隧洞的入口，要把器官编目为科学合法的展示品，要把手术变成一种所谓内向“探索”……但生命的逻辑并非如此，它透过身体的在场无条件地宣示它自身，正如开头：孩童舀起泥石、啃食塑料如摆弄玩具。因此孩童不可逆的死亡标记了解剖-表演逻辑的尽头，它必然重新陷入被诸多权力所争夺的内外划界叙述。这恰恰是结尾未来圣女贞德之面容的坚定宣言：一滴泪所凝缩的身体之深度与粗粝黑白影像平面的合一——而这个镜头外的柯南伯格影像对观众的身体所镌刻的，又何尝不是如此？
把一个个看似无关的狐仙传说串联成一个悲剧的真相。
暮年作者导演甩大词（当然你永远可以相信他的词汇量）反刍旧装置旧画面让评论家精神高潮，好莱坞studio重启重制真人化请前作卡司客座出演让粉丝乖乖掏钱，大家都有光明的未来。（KStew怎么又不会演戏了！
不同于当今多数电影讨论的命题，即肉体终究被抛弃，灵魂是不朽的，本片要在肉体的基础上寻求进化和超脱，一反对于神权造物的崇拜，去破坏神权创造的肉体，破坏人本身的平衡，打破禁忌不去盲目迷信，而在自己的领域建立新的神明
不是对国产电影不支持，都沦为网剧了能不能搞些有意思的东西？我还是喜欢纯鬼神，局中局戏中戏的类型看得很无趣
概念大于情节，心理扭曲的刺激大于视觉观感的刺激；一场身体痛苦的艺术表演
要不是有人强烈推荐，很可能因为名字而错过的电影。算是国产里真的不错的悬疑惊悚了，推荐！
从任何角度来看都是完美的柯南伯格，他应该也是进化了吧？
在同类型电影里算是很不错了，剧本很扎实。挺意外的。
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