Paper Moon

Paper Moon1973

PG Film · Comedy, Crime, Drama · 102 min · May 9, 1973 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress1974 +7 Awards: wins 4, nominations 4
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As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Alvin Sargent
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Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times 100.00/100.00

Tatum O’Neal creates a character out of thin air, makes us watch her every moment and literally makes the movie work.

Morning 4.00/5.00

纸月亮的场景用得好,纯洁、童真,一切美好,但是小女孩独自一人坐在上面,那张厌世脸无论何时何地都奏效,这就是导演的调度技巧。拍得很厉害的一场戏还有跳舞女郎去劝说小女孩快点离开,软硬兼施都不是办法,最后镜头用了小女孩的低角度仰拍,这位俗气的骗男人钱的女郎如同圣女一样进行一番陈词,肃穆又可怜,这一段的文本层面并没有打动人,是摄影术帮助了剧本和表演。这部电影故事层面的好看不必多说,放在如今都是一部值得拍摄的剧本,而在历史价值中更描述了那个时代下的人的精神面貌,奋斗向颓废的转变,流浪但健康的儿童,意气风发的活着,骗人、抽烟、没有严肃死板的道德审判,大家仍然可以自由的去选择甚至放弃自己的生活。

Staff (Not Credited) · Time Out 80.00/100.00

Modern cynicism and efficient acting hold the potential mushiness at bay, and the pair's picaresque odyssey through the Kansas dustbowl, during which they vie for control over their increasingly bizarre partnership, is admirably served by Laszlo Kovacs' marvellous monochrome camerawork.

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