輝煌時代[1988年美國電影]

影片以輝煌的1920年代為全劇的大背景和刨析對象，以人物兩次的真假虛幻的錯位來諷刺、揭示對瘋狂且光彩琉璃的二十年代的思考。

電影劇情

Alan Rudolph's "The Moderns" is a wonderful, funny and twisted film set in 1920's Paris, France. The front burner story is a triangle between Nick, his runaway wife and a cold as ice businessman that wants to obtain a higher social status. Nick(Keith Carradine)and Rachel(Linda Fiorentino)were married years ago and she bails out of the marriage. Years later, she shows up on the arms of Bertram Stone (John Lone). While he deals with her reappearance, he is also talked into making art forgeries by a rather shady behaving gallery owner, Valentin(Genevieve Bujold), as a favor for the wealthy Nathalie De Ville(Geraldine Chaplin). His friend, Oiseau (Wallace Shawn)constantly tells Nick that they should head to a new town called Hollywood to seek their fortune and Ernest Hemingway (Kevin J. O'Connor)wanders around in a state of alcoholic cynicism and making quirky observations.

The story, like the period in which the action takes place, is surreal. One scene has one of the dead characters rise from the grave like Houdini, strait-jack, chains and all. The relationship between Nick and Rachel is the heart of the story: Nick doesn't want to trust Rachel because of what she did, but all of his actions throughout the film are a result of Rachel. When he paints the forgeries, he thinks of Rachel's beauty and puts his feelings on canvas. He loves her, but is fighting with the possibility that if he opens his heart to her again, she will break it again. You can see this conflict when he slaps her in front of Stone, yet immediately becomes apologetic. Should he love her, or should he just back off? He clearly does when they share a sexual romp on the bathroom floor while her husband is downstairs.

The entire cast is great, but the best performance comes from O'Connor, who I think is one of the most underrated actors around.

This is a great movie to have if you feel like having a Paris night movie marathon, or just to have fun.

Stone夫妻是上流場裡一對亮眼的愛侶, Bertie Stone(尊龍飾)是白手起家的暴發戶,非常富有。RachelStone是嬌美的愛妻。Bertie雖然是暴發戶的背景，然而從美國到巴黎，他依然是無數藝術家、畫家競相追逐的藝術商。
在Stone夫妻從紐約到巴黎幾個月後一天，偶遇到貧困落魄的畫家Nick，令人萬萬沒有想到的是Nick竟是Rachel的前夫，二人曾是相濡以沫的貧賤夫妻。這個事情他們沒有告訴Bertie。
與Rachel偶遇後，Nick寄賣畫作的畫廊女老闆Libbly Valentin勸說Nick為一位N女士仿製3幅畫，女士用來離婚分財產時渾水摸魚用。Nick不同意。後N女士不停表示對Nick愛慕並與其發生了關係，Nick開始為女士仿製。 詭異的是，N女士竟然將3幅真跡任由Nick帶回家用於臨摹。
後來N女士突然收到丈夫死訊，面孔瞬變，勒令Nick歸還原畫，亦不再有愛慕之意。然而詭計多端的Nick，早已將真跡藏在家中暗層中，導致N女士派人到他家掃蕩，只把放在暗層外面的仿製品當真跡拿走了。
最後，Nick和畫廊女老闆同心協力，成功的將N女士的3幅真跡賣給了手腕強硬的藝術品商Bertie（尊龍飾），外加一幅Nick的畫。
Bertie的宴會上廣集了上流人士來觀賞他的收藏。此時，N女士卻大言不慚的當著所有人的面堅稱Bertie新買的3幅畫是贗品。萬人眼下，琉璃場中，Berdie不容他人更多的質疑，割裂畫品，扯下畫布，扔進了火爐，保住了自己的聲望。
至此，N女士的假畫成功的永遠的變成了真品，狡猾的Nick既沒有得罪於N女士，又騙得了Bertie的大筆錢財。至於那珍貴的藝術，身為藝術家的他卻並不在乎這些畫品的毀滅。
Rachel自從於Nick再遇以來，已多次與其偷歡，在Nick成功完成偷梁換柱的事情之後，Rachel與Nick準備私奔。Bertie驅車趕來，一身簡單的毛衣，一頭不再那么精緻的頭髮，與他畢生摯愛--Rachel相見與私奔路上。 此時，Rachel和Nick才爆出一個驚天的秘密，二人從未離婚，Rachel仍然是Nick的妻子，與Bertie的婚姻從一開始，就暗藏了謊言。然而這個強硬的富商，卻慢慢的說出了令人動容不已的話，Bertie說他什麼都知道....
最後，Rachel與Nick如願以償，Bertie跳河自盡。
數日後，Rachel與Nick相會於大洋彼岸的紐約展館，二人站在展壁前。展壁上N女士的3幅假畫，和那假畫中人物臉上由N親手畫就的Rachel的微笑，映襯著Rachel與Nick接吻。

演職員表

Keith Carradine

Linda Fiorentino

John Lone

角色介紹

Nick Hart RachelStone
Berdie Stone(John Lone尊龍飾)

影片評價

我喜歡裏面的元素，時代，音樂，每個片段轉接黑白的處理，背景和道具，也喜歡編劇的諷刺小幽默，但其他重要的東西例如故事，演員和演技都很一般，太直白。

不料竟是藝術家逆襲的故事，艾倫·魯道夫似乎也很為勞苦大眾出氣，富人們不是神經病土豪就是虛情假意翻臉不認人，而且整部電影都在黑所謂收藏家和專家的有眼無珠。現在看來，導演的小手段不足為奇，然而，道一代之風流，總是好題材，也造出了幽幽氣氛。配角刻畫並未多深度，但都挺風格也就挺能搶戲的

巴黎黃金時代破有味道啊，但是一想到伍迪艾倫就頓時美感全無啊。。。神神叨叨，故弄玄虛，就跟裡面的海明威一般，跟個自閉症精神分裂者沒兩樣。。。尊龍絕世尤物啊，可惜被殺豬刀和不濟命運狂砍。男主還是在嗜血法醫裡面白髮蒼蒼的更有男人味，女主蠻漂亮，氣質不賴，把一個文藝興盛時期的矯情賤人演絕

兩次弄假成真。二十年代法國風情好漂亮，尊龍和女主角也又美又有腔調，但男女主角的感情戲莫名其妙