Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman), a worn-out private detective, is hired to look for a 16-year-old girl who has run away from the luxury home of her mother, formerly a small-time actress in Los Angeles. The more the weary cynic tries to get under the surface of the seemingly simple case, the harder it is for him to find his bearings among the lies and deceptions that surround him. E... (展开全部) 　　Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman), a worn-out private detective, is hired to look for a 16-year-old girl who has run away from the luxury home of her mother, formerly a small-time actress in Los Angeles. The more the weary cynic tries to get under the surface of the seemingly simple case, the harder it is for him to find his bearings among the lies and deceptions that surround him. Eight years after the key New Hollywood film Bonnie and Clyde, Arthur Penn and Gene Hackman reunited to collaborate on what was to become one of the most undervalued films of the decade. Like Polanski in Chinatown or Altman in The Long Goodbye, in his revisionist film noir, Penn also allows the 1940s classic genre to pervade the complex reality of the 1970s. The feelings of bitterness and emptiness in the modern Chandleresque protagonist originate not only in the “public” sphere of the strange, increasingly convoluted case, but in his private life as well (boyhood trauma, a broken marriage). As Moseby remarks of a sporting event, “nobody’s winning … one side is just losing slower than the other.”

看电影是为了体会Gram Parsons的生活环境。影片于1973年开拍，其中的片场之一（技师Quentin的房子，男主在片尾追赶至此，两人一番打斗后Quentin逃跑处）是Gram巡演经纪人Phil Kaufman的家，Gram和他的乐队“飞卷饼”在此排练过。9月26日警察上门逮捕了Phil，原因是他盗掘了Gram的尸体并私自火化了。事件始于当年早些时候Gram和他参加友人Clarence Wh... 看电影是为了体会Gram Parsons的生活环境。影片于1973年开拍，其中的片场之一（技师Quentin的房子，男主在片尾追赶至此，两人一番打斗后Quentin逃跑处）是Gram巡演经纪人Phil Kaufman的家，Gram和他的乐队“飞卷饼”在此排练过。9月26日警察上门逮捕了Phil，原因是他盗掘了Gram的尸体并私自火化了。事件始于当年早些时候Gram和他参加友人Clarence White葬礼时的约定，“死后葬在约书亚树国家公园，决不举行老套的宗教葬礼”。不想Gram即在当年9月19日因长期酗酒和药物服用而去世了。于是，Phil和另一位朋友一起帮Gram实现了愿望。警方把Phil带走后，导演阿瑟走到Phil的伴侣Kathy面前把手搭在她肩上说，“我有个感觉我拍错电影了。” (展开)