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.
让人想到阿婴。虽然前者是根植于（）贞洁文化的罗生门，探讨的是女性情欲的合理性。本片是在中世纪骑士荣誉文化中，放大了真正受到损害的女性身体从未被看见，而男人以此获得荣誉的荒谬：强奸不是关于受害者，是关于其所有者的财产被损害。妻子可能受到的虐杀和自己的荣誉相比，从来不值得考虑。但是一个母亲，却承认愿意为了孩子放弃真相。人性的光辉高下立见。看得震惊难受到暂停了好几次，喝点水，吃个苹果缓一缓。结局耐人寻味。
电影主题与叙事方式有种神奇的讽刺，故事是“男人强奸女人但与女人无关”，观感是“两个男人决斗但与男人无关”。斯科特驾驭中世纪题材轻而易举，但这次的三个视角至少有两个平庸了，严格的说那是三份分镜头脚本吧。一块儿脏兮兮的遮羞布，也确实剪不出非物质文化遗产来。
电影的结局是圆满的，女主有没有被强暴的真相已经没有意义了，可又有多少女性在这个暗无天日的社会中，被当做战利品斩首、被当做财产买卖、被当做物品揭下一切尊严或是被迫忍气吞声直至死亡？
路途性的消失，动作仅仅是动作的概念和它的结果，也就是场面调度的消失，所以三段叙述理所当然地用上了同样的分镜。在这里，“中世纪”只是一种装修风格。某兔姓友邻嗦得好，“角色不识字，可是导演识字呀”，上一个镜头，发情种马在交配，下一个镜头，Jean扑在Marguerite身上做爱。行吧……拍得很好，下次别拍了。
其实并不如《异形》和《末路狂花》那么有力量，算是借古讽今的作品。朱迪·科默值得一个影后，这片子男主换几个人貌似也差不太多，但女主功力差一点点都不行。一个有意思的点：第三段标题出现后，“The Truth”一个词比其它几个词多停留了几秒钟才消失；结尾字幕也够讽刺：Jean几年后在另一场决斗中丧生。
对Jean，Margerite只是他的所有物；对Jacques，Margerite只是他的被征服物。一群教士以伪科学为标准审判Margerite如同当代键盘侠。《不是中世纪的最后一场决斗，是从古至今的女性哀歌》这篇影评写得很好。
同一事件下不同视角的台词细微差别十分值得玩味。老雷巧妙地用一场中世纪最后决斗，谱写出一首女性主义哀歌。A child needs his mother, more than a mother needs to be right.
成品给我感觉并不是一个罗生门的故事，包括老司机这个角色也承认自己的行为，并没有表现出各执一词的情况，这就使得三段意义不大了，而且诸多重复段落好像在看中世纪版金刚川。最后一段拍得值得肯定，女性被边缘化工具化，正凸显了男权社会，面子和私欲大于人性，最可怕的一幕是jean听到自己妻子遭遇后的反应是立刻行房，因为不能让jacques成为最后占有自己妻子的人。教廷审判反复对女性的质问，以及女性命运掌握不在自己手中的种种控诉时至今日也依然常见。
7/10。斯科特运用展示竞技场全貌的远景跟拍和近景的残酷搏杀，拍摄冲突双方的殊死对抗，驾马迎击的骑士被乡绅打掉手中的长矛，盾牌也被击碎，坠马后他向周围人要斧头与乡绅决斗，力量慢慢消失，乡绅拿起匕首刺伤骑士的大腿，却逐渐遭受压制，拒绝坦白作最后挣扎，骑士用刀穿透了他张开的嘴，可是事关尊严和名誉的大男子主义，性侵受害者的发声却淹没在群众对英雄的欢呼中，她的身体被男性当成了一件非人化的器具，用于传宗接代和打击丈夫尊严。斯科特的复调叙事营造的不是中世纪惯常的恢弘气势，反而一再削弱关于女性启蒙和教会王权的反思，他牵扯出一个庄园的所有权冲突、骑士对领主的抱怨和包庇强暴的神权制度，所有这些琐事不足够使人共情，而发情的劣马强上母马来隐喻性侵害这场戏，结尾女主角在飘着花香味的庄园里看宝宝学步，都稍显浅白和俗套了。
很典型的冲奥电影，而且是奥斯卡一定会获奖的那类片子，各种政治正确。甚至让我这样一个对「女权」没什么好感的人都会不禁感叹，「男人们都是一种自大和自恋的生物」。相比较最后的决斗，法庭责问那场戏才是影片真正的高潮部分，各种来自「男权」的责难与羞辱，威胁与讽刺如排山倒海般的袭来，拳拳到肉的施加到一个女性的受害者身上，那种体验感真的让人难以消逝。而最后的决斗，也都是各怀目的的释放而已，又有谁真的会在意这个可怜的女人呢？在男人的斗争中，女人永远只是牺牲品而已。雷爵爷真的很厉害，他会用这种三段式的叙事方式把剧情走向逐渐推向高潮，看过之后你就会明白，两段男性视角的呈现完全是为了女性视角的惊艳亮相做的铺垫而已。朱迪科默奉献了几近完美的演技，电影无论从卡司到剧本，从结构到制作都堪称后疫情时代的天花板。四星稳稳。
6/10。一个兄弟与爱人的经典故事用不同视角拍了三遍，最传统的方法来凸显最后决战的悲壮。放在三十年前也许可以，但现在已经过时了。发情种马交配后下一场就是强奸戏，有必要这么浅白吗？但这一切都可以用“现在没有这种电影”来辩解，哎，真的没有了。（电影圈一直把老司机当作大帅来用我是真的不理解）
看到第三章才意识到，这是部女性电影啊！渐入佳境，一定要有前两章的铺垫，到第三章，才能跟随女主的视角，去看到她的厌恶与抗争，她的不屈与不易，她最开心的时光，恰好是丈夫离开，她能独自打理庄园的时刻。
依旧是这个时代最难看到的中世纪质感还原，84岁的老雷功底不减当年的《天国王朝》，在罗生门的结构里权力与情欲的较量，真相徘徊于被害者、加害者和受害者之间的利益权衡。
中世纪的外衣，现代化的内核，总觉得有些怪怪的。女主“小变态”的形象太深入，时刻让人觉得要自己拔剑上场砍翻男二
《最后的决斗》采取了多人的视觉和章节式的结构，这样的做法并不新鲜。但是雷德利·斯科特这一次向我们展示了扎实的拍摄技法功底和优越的电影制作水准。虽然三位主角不同的视角存在很多重复的片段和场景，但是《最后的决斗》做到了既能以微小的细节变现说服力，又不会像同样的类型片中以大相径庭的不同视角造成唐突感。虽然改变于真实事件，但是《最后的决斗》仍然能够让当下的观众感受到其中对于中世纪法国王权制度的迂腐和不公的批判，与此同时以一个“开放式”的结局提升了整部电影的魅力。
电影主题与叙事方式有种神奇的讽刺，故事是“男人强奸女人但与女人无关”，观感是“两个男人决斗但与男人无关”。斯科特驾驭中世纪题材轻而易举，但这次的三个视角至少有两个平庸了，严格的说那是三份分镜头脚本吧。一块儿脏兮兮的遮羞布，也确实剪不出非物质文化遗产来。
本想在前两天就完成的，没想到还是成了新年的第一个；是在理斌车上听抓马讲完后半部分内容的；没想到是雷德利斯科特导演的，说是票房惨败，也确实，前三分之一确实挺无聊的；就是服化道依旧挺考究的说是花了不少钱；罗生门式的故事，最后Jodie的部分最精彩；我Jodie的美最终被发现了，从小银屏到大银幕了，早就用于百度头像了。
一般，感觉还行，从不同角度叙述同一件事情，提炼出对女性社会地位的思索。
罗生门的结构多少还是受了当前政治环境的影响，在叙事上意义不大，不过是多了层讽刺意味。。。不过一流导演就是一流导演，掌控力太强了
老套冗长乏善可陈，唯一有看点的就是阿弗莱克与呆萌同框。女人永远是受害者，几千年来男人依然这么幼稚虚伪自大无知兽性
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