本片根据史蒂芬·雷贝洛出版于1998年的同名纪实文学改编。
记录了希区柯克(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)为《精神病患者》的拍摄所付出的种种努力。在电影的拍摄过程中,他与妻子阿尔玛(海伦·米伦 Helen Mirren 饰)的关系也变成了大家关注的焦点。
此后《精神病患者》成为了希区柯克经典代表作之一,该片讲述了女演员珍妮特·李(斯嘉丽·约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson)扮演的女秘书Marion,在卷走了老板的钱之后逃到一家偏僻的汽车旅馆,结果被由安东尼·珀金斯(詹姆斯·达西 James D’Arcy 饰)演的有精神分裂症的旅店老板Norman残忍杀死。她在片中惊恐尖叫的场景已经成为电影史上最让人难以忘记的画面之一,她也因此获得了当年金球奖和奥斯卡最佳女配角奖的提名。
At the age of 16, Martha Coolidge was raped by a fellow student. This experience, and in particular the emotions and rhetoric in its aftermath, forms the starting point for this Brechtian film, in which Coolidge re-enacts the event and places the creative process in the foreground.
From the beginning, there is a clear distinction between the fictional scenes, in which the actin...
A criminalist explores the background of a business in which the authorities, with the help of an influential corporation want to evict and demolish part of the city and build a new complex there. The film is about the will and power of the individual; the fight against institutions, the individual's engagement, and the decisions made behind the scenes.