这部电影根据真实故事改编,讲述了摩根和罗德尼·梅泽尔的故事,他们是青梅竹马,摩根 21 岁时结婚。这对夫妇的第一个孩子出生后不久就去世了,但一年后他们有了双胞胎,他们欣喜若狂。当罗德尼失业并负债累累时,他们之间的关系开始紧张起来。罗德尼把他们的争吵归咎于摩根的酗酒——即使她只喝过一次酒——并说服摩根,是她在昏厥愤怒中把他推下楼梯的。这对夫妇最终分居,摩根的生活开始好转,直到罗德尼被诊断出患有癌症。不久之后,一个蒙面入侵者闯入摩根家并袭击了她。入侵者离开几分钟后罗德尼就出现了;当当局询问他时,罗德尼的故事似乎说不通。罗德尼真的得了癌症吗?他是他自称的英雄吗?还是他几十年来一直在欺骗摩根?
Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in front of strangers. She lives in terror. When a young woman is murdered, police suspect Oliviero. Things get complicated when his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana, pays an unexpected visit. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming Irina give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan.
1953年的纽约,杀虫人比尔(Peter Weller 饰)进行着孤独的个人写作,只有两个好友知晓他的文学尝试。比尔的妻子琼(Judy Davis 饰)沉迷于注射杀虫粉,比尔为她拜访了戒毒医生班威,不久被麻醉品管理处传讯,在那里他遇到了能说话的虫子,它指出比尔的真实身份是一名间谍,比尔惊慌失措的逃回家,开枪误杀妻子,只得按照怪异生物的指点远赴中东的“区间”避难。当地的黑肉场场主、美国作家和他酷似琼的妻子、同性恋商人、以及集市上的女人看起来无不是一桩阴谋的一部分,比尔在自己那台会说话的打字机“克拉克诺瓦”的帮助下进行创作,并不断接近阴谋的真相,在又一次失去了琼以后,比尔发现了区间同班威医生的联系。 本片获1993年伦敦电影节年度女演员奖,1992年加拿大吉尼奖最佳导演、最佳摄影等多项褒奖。根据威廉·罗伯斯同名小说改编。
The Deadly Companions is a 1961 Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, and Chill Wills. Based on the novel of the same name by A. S. Fleischman, the film is about an ex-army officer who accidentally kills a woman's son, and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory. The Deadly Companions was Sam Peckinpah's motion picture directorial debut.