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.
看了开头，歌不错，但不知道，就是不想看下去。#20220628
Fear or Love…
就是音乐剧卡司的群星闪耀吧，电影部分其实有点平庸
All I see is a white man whining about his life. :) He treats his girlfriend bad and he treats his gay friend bad.
乔纳森也是幸运的，有流星划过夜空的绚烂。
在得知桑德海姆逝世当天晚上在幕布上看到了60s的桑爷爷，一个暴击。Jon的歌是20岁时最爱，桑爷的则年纪越大越能体会，所以他们一个永远在30+，一个桃李满堂年年大寿。愿天堂永远有波希米亚人和小夜曲。
音乐及演唱是还不错的，接地气，然而电影载体挺不适合这种形式手法的，结构上不断间离，观众不断出戏，没法持续投入情境，另外剧情也是美式套路，梦想现实，爱情友情，无甚新意，还被大段的音乐冲散，老实说，直接编成舞台音乐剧大概效果好得多
又一个Here's to the Fools who Dream，创意产业劝退片，其它行业毕业一直失业又何尝没有共鸣。简单的Teenpop rock和简单的主题、诉求和挣扎，但确实是林曼米三部剧唯一好听的，台上台下剧里剧外的承接也是少有的流畅自然，也真的受不了再看一遍
恐惧还是爱？改变世界！行动远远胜于言语！——
很好看，是我喜欢的类型，LMM再一次正中我口味。马上迎来30岁、“想红要趁早”的焦虑，ddl逼近却写不出歌的崩溃，女友关于要不要搬去另一座城市的逼问，从小一块长大的好基友得了艾滋病的绝望...一切如同火烧眉毛交织在一起，而影片的呈现却并不显得凌乱。舞台与现实的无缝衔接，迸发出很感染人的戏剧张力，这就是天才音乐剧人的故事感和节奏感吧。片子里的歌都好好听啊！！又一张可以加入循环曲目的电影bgm。加菲虽然胶原蛋白流失了，但让我更加刮目相看，好莱坞真心没有花瓶，曾经的偶像小生也这么会唱会演。
（7.0/10）林漫威真是活力四射，他可以说是有韵的索金？但是对我个人来说，他看起来比索金感觉好很多，汉密尔顿、身在高地、倒数时刻中各种形式都好看，也许是音乐本身的感染力使然。可惜的是我这辈子的音乐素养是没法再深入思考了。
男主唱这么多歌都不如女主一首震撼，当然剧情也说了这首是重头戏。
本大杂烩人……看过rent20周年巡演，对Larson略知一二，落实到影像上整个N次泪水在眼眶打转，基本上都围绕在音乐点上。加菲的表演也不蜘蛛侠，很ok！感动蔓延！
以为是故事，其实是哲学，以为是哲学，其实是求索以为是求索，其实是人生指南
林-曼努尔·米兰达确实是有才，这个电影我感触太多了，Jonathan Larson，Respect.
但每当看完这样的故事
有时候觉得电影评论真是残酷，明明是真事但放到电影维度就是稀烂，也跟导演选取桥段有关吧。精彩之处在于用三空间连一个唱段，典型就是与好友离别那段。其实除了最后一首，所有歌我都喜欢，尤其女友吵架的那段声情并茂
无论是情绪还是叙事节奏都乏于变化，可谓扁平
哭崩溃了……对rent无感的我，却在这两个小时里不断被rent的每个人物每个情节冲击。roger，mark，angel，mimi……他纪念了他们每一个人，他们永在。
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