While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
除了《流量地球》的宏大叙事，中国人对近未来的畅想里也需要诙谐。故事一如既往地精巧，完整。喜剧，开心麻花已经玩明白了。
今年的戛纳节刚结束，获奖片一时看不到，先补个去年的威尼斯的金狮奖获奖片《正发生》，女作家自传体小说改编，写上世纪禁止堕胎时期的女性权利问题。视角一直跟着女主，即时感、现场感的拍摄手法，使叙事结构一气呵成。只是内涵及情感部分单一、薄弱了些。在去年法国本土的电影“凯撒奖”上它只得了个新人女演员奖。
“有一天我会有个孩子的，但不是以我整个人生为代价。那样的话我会恨那个孩子一辈子的，我可能永远都不会爱他。”
过去曾发生的，正在发生的，未来也将发生的事情，某种只针对女性的伤害，因为时代的变迁而转换了模样，却恒久存在着。
第78届威尼斯国际电影节最佳影片金狮奖。题材很好，虽然这类题材已经有一些了。但永远也不嫌多。
女全程肚子痛的看完，女主自己把铁签插进肚子，真的小腹绞痛。还有，女主被堕胎时，肚子痛到不行。没有男人有这种感受吧。还有在马桶上剪脐带，完全想象不出，女性的命运真的太悲惨了，女人当然有选择是否做母亲的权利，毋庸置疑！
救市之作，低迷的电影市场需要刺激，开心麻花就是了，故事完整，笑点并不可笑，大多意料之中，仿版《火星救援》非严肃的处理方式，好在观众买账！
ps:选角真的梦幻联动，看着这位波伏瓦出场就很安心
PS:有几个场景是真的膈应人，怪不得据说威尼斯的时候有影评人直接看晕过去了
十分恐怖。一定是性教育的必修影片。如果不是，强烈推荐它是。看过的女孩，意外怀孕率至少低百分之八十。
最近几年，描写女性堕胎的电影很多，但是还都没有《正发生》做的这么极端，将堕胎类比成了一场战争。因为没有人真正理解，所以安妮孤军奋战，争夺自己身体的控制权，甚至以伤害自己为代价来赢得主动，导演也非常私人动情地记录下这一切，仿佛说，它们还正在发生。
尺度有余，张力很短，此类影片的通病就是导演误以为凭借一些或写实或夸张的大尺度镜头就能博得出彩，不过既然本片勇夺金狮子，那么只能说明，评委们很吃这一套，影片就更显得投其所好了。
补标#SGIFF。只有一幕直面的血淋淋但是痛感直冲每一根神经。
除了几处大胆直白的裸露，脱了穿，穿了脱以外，剧情略显无聊，毫无特别看点。只有表演很卖力，可能是太过真实反而失掉了戏剧性，跟《四月三周两天》的差距显而易见。6.6
“流产”两字遁入耳中，手术台上的灯光如阳光般明媚照入女主往后的人生。从怀孕开始一直到流产的时间段组成了电影，在寻求帮助的过程中让人感受到周遭的漠视和恐惧，摄影一直用近特写瞄准女主，把女主的心理状态一览无余。一句“你别无选择”是当下正发生的现象，“这种只会袭击女人的病”把怀孕的果形容成淫乱的始，而这种“病”女人应该有选择治疗的权利。
科幻喜剧，这题材非常出色！！几个硬科幻剧情非常棒，绝处逢生好几次，最大遗憾是英雄最后没能归来，编剧功力还是欠缺一点点
#AFIFEST2021 汗毛竖立！看完像被撕碎了。想起即将把皮肤里的implant拿出来的前一天晚上做的关于怀孕的噩梦，这真的像是只有女性才会感染的致命的病症。摄影机始终在侧后方紧贴着Anne，与其说是陪伴，莫如说是像阴翳一般笼罩着她，在几个瞬间她与性和身体的伤痛对峙，观众得以瞥见她的正脸，一张樱桃似的脸。她常穿蓝色和桃红，在蓝色的空间中穿梭，旅途中遗弃了金项链和书籍。和医生和女友的几个two shot都非常有力，可惜几个正面的关键特写没有那么精确，Anne这个角色也比较空白。可贵的地方是年代感被穿透了，50年代的耻感，在今天仍然正在发生。
我没有孩子我不知道深切感受 但觉得反堕胎法不是保障谁谁谁 根本就是女人们的噩梦
威尼斯主竞赛第十二场，传说中吓昏影评人的超大尺度电影。因为做了心理准备所以觉得还是处于可接受范围内的，但依旧大胆且令人致郁。女主的表演让本次威尼斯影后之争悬念迭起，斯图尔特遇上了对手。我还有个疑问本片能在德州上映吗？🤔️总之这是部杰作，给了死气沉沉的威尼斯中段一剂凶猛的毒药，有望冲击金狮奖。
基本上都是中近景，是为了用画面配合女主在混乱中恐惧茫然的心态吗，视野被高度局限，不知道画框外等待自己的是什么 / “Miss, accept it. You have no choice.” 和善一笑 / 痛感似乎已经成为法国片不可分割的一部分了
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