剧情简介

New York private detective Duncan Mac MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.  Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from Gabriel to Vera. Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.  Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly Uncle Mac who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an emergency rehearsal, called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.  Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to go home and get Marty. Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new Uncle Mac.

夜之眼1942影评

木易杨剧场网友:弗雷德·金尼曼导演在《夜之眼1942》这部影评中的运镜、剪辑、演员爱德华·阿诺德,安·哈丁,唐娜·里德 的演技、配乐都是满分的存在,《夜之眼1942》以剧情为切入感十分流畅不出戏,甚至里面的一些细节拍的如此之好,让我十分惊喜。

豆瓣网友:《夜之眼1942》确是道出了一代年轻人的困境与心声的,表面上洒脱追求自我,内心却在焦虑与自我怀疑,之所拍出这样的片子还是因为弗雷德·金尼曼太过自我。弗雷德·金尼曼的超现实主义元素和欢脱的喜剧风格更像是为影片披上的一层伪装,在影片末尾生命的重量下(男主与胎儿)这种“糟糕”才被揭露得到最真诚的反思。女主的表情管理真的好棒,表演感觉很舒服。

豆瓣网友:看得出来弗雷德·金尼曼拍得真好啊。感觉弗雷德·金尼曼导演虽然不着痕迹地拍摄一部好电影,但其实还是一种旁观者的感受,带着东方的婉转和留白。这种冲撞挺有新鲜感的。单从内容上来说就没什么新东西了。希望弗雷德·金尼曼后续能拍别人的故事,拍商业片,肯定更有火花。

MTIME网友:很喜欢弗雷德·金尼曼导演真佩服导演能把《夜之眼1942》拍到“他能懂但别人很难懂,说懂的也可能是在附和”的程度。如果照我浅显的理解,比较愿意看作是一个很普通的男人,在自己混杂的高阶角色幻想中结束了一生的故事。弗雷德·金尼曼导演可能是在挑选观众吧,很显然我没法让自己被选中。

酸笋网友:在几乎快要忘记前半部的时候,终于把《夜之眼1942》后半部分看完了…每次打开看到精彩部分都会眼都不会眨一下。结尾突然变我是没想到的,比走马灯的神秘剧情走向更让我惊讶(且不咋喜欢)。但前半部确实非常惊喜。

酸笋网友:看夜之眼1942如果想要愉快的观影体验,不要钻牛角尖妄图复合时间线,越想越乱,理清大致脉络,就坐那里好好感受吧,狂轰滥炸的画面和急风骤雨的音乐,加上冷静的叙述风格和精妙的时间线设计在1942年获得最佳影视类奖项实至名归,我很喜欢文字用镜头语言描绘的形式,此类影片可遇不可求,但希望这不是最后的一部,虽然老生常谈,但配上惊喜的创意、恰当的配乐、这波鸡汤喝的好痛快!

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