While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
老年的佩德罗·阿莫多瓦 风格变平和了。但对于母亲还是有种执念的，还加入了一些关于历史的思考。虽然故事有些平淡，但阿莫多瓦的镜头依然充满人文关怀
母親之所以為母親，不是依附於孩子而天然成為的，就如同Teresa之於Ana，她便不是。本可以拍得非常戲劇化的故事，Pedro Almodóvar卻拍得非常淡然，或許這便是年過七旬之後的灑脫吧，不過他以往作品的攝影總是簡約卻情感充沛，但是這一回的好多處對話時的大特寫讓我滿不解的，還有摳圖痕跡，感覺是補拍的結果，有點遺憾。歷史部分的劇情始終有些游離，就我個人而言，我不太喜歡。PS.乳頭海報連在豆瓣也會被刪除，唉。
剧情 想要谈的内容深度 以及表演 都值得四星 虽然设定有点过于狗血 但是关于拉拉那段还是深深共情了 爱直女的拉拉没有好下场（不是
#Venezia 78# 阿莫多瓦的电影温柔而有力量。空间的重要性越来越让位于「时间」，这种时间的呈现又是断裂的，但其实却拉长了人们对记忆和情绪的思考。「平行母親」
我愿称阿莫多瓦为人类学大师。几十年来一直在探讨人与人的关系的更多可能性，和各种群体间复杂的爱。能够让你喜欢的是因为他对人类的爱，他是真的喜欢人各式各样的人。具体到这一部个人认为没有之前的好看，但还是非常成功的创想和厚度。潘潘的威尼斯影后给的高级。
阿莫多瓦总是真挚。关于新生的白布的意象，各有缺陷但在挣扎中散发人性光芒、相互连结相互救赎的女性角色，好像再悲伤再一地鸡毛的故事到了导演手中都能蒙上一层温情。简单来说就是一部关于真相的片子，无论是血缘真相还是历史寻根，在寻找的过程中达成和解和救赎，生活仿佛就能自然而然地继续。自己还是喜欢导演之前极度私人化的叙事和强烈的感官刺激，但对他创作之路的新探索我也抱有十二分的敬意。看Penelope演戏已经不会意识到她在演了。
全篇流露的女性之殇试图与历史的人文思考相联系，却显得突兀与割裂，狗血的剧情轮番轰炸，使得观感也变得怪异起来。冗余的堆叠失去了强有力的表达，对于两个母亲的交集，孩子的养育，微妙的情愫的升华还是牵强附会了些，不过特别喜欢女主的演绎和最后一幕的设计……
两位母亲的同性之情更是wtf。(朋友说一直想要孩子还40岁才生育的佩内洛普是女同,只是借精生子,还挺有道理哈哈哈.)我还说这俩人搞一起了也好,正好不分彼此一块儿带孩子嘛，结果tm如实相告之后那位立马抱孩子就走,我也是懵逼的,讲真这官司还是可以打几年的吧。
影片最后的政治性冲烂了第二幕的戏剧性；色彩依旧是那么鲜艳；即使是抛除政治性，导演把如此中国戏剧性的梗写的有深度；平行母亲代指的就很多了，女主-女配，女配的妈妈也可以算；女配角莫名超级像《圣母》的女配……
7#一部蛮奇特的阿莫多瓦电影，沉重的历史背景和微观的母女情感在家庭的叙事框架下的结合。结尾很棒。女性视角的家庭和历史观，想法确实十分宏大，但我个人觉得有些割裂。典型的阿莫多瓦配色和情节都在严肃的电影风格中削弱了不少。
满眼的红与黄才不是为了好看，这是西班牙的颜色，两位单身母亲不正是那国旗上的平行红杠。主旋律电影都该好好跟阿莫多瓦学一学，国家的伤痛是如何通过个人生活表现。当两位母亲知道孩子真相时所迸发出的复杂情感，便是我们面对那些被掩埋历史时的心情。真相是痛苦的，它可能是被rape的产物，也可能忽然猝死，但它必须被揭开，国家和个人有义务去面对。阿莫多瓦通过两位本不相干的母亲，以十分离奇的方式相知、相恋、分离，慢慢酿造着观众内心的情感，在两人分别时达到高潮，阿莫多瓦也缓缓将镜头推向女主身后圆镜中的红与黄，其中深意不言而喻。那些由父权掩盖的真相，需要由“母亲”来挖出。如果一个母亲的声音不够，还有千万个平行母亲在呼喊着孩子的名字。
让观众看了至少三次做“核酸”的现场，先呕为敬。更糟糕的是，编剧为了强插同性恋情节，决定不做人了。克婆子承认换手机号码，是为了躲开孩子生母，她为什么不第一时间找对方换回孩子？后来又邀对方做保姆看孩子，难道只为跟拉拉滚床单？结果此时，自家孩子已经死了。后来又莫名其妙向对方坦白，然后眼巴巴地看对方带走孩子，法理上她才是母亲吧？而且，为什么通篇没任何人为一岁夭折的另一个孩子担责？后半段突然把长枪党的旧事拉进来，家里其实知道埋骨地，一直没人去挖，应该有合理的考虑吧？祖辈因为舍不得离开妻女，结果被害；后辈要当孝孙女，却只会找背叛老婆的凯子奸夫去挖坟？难道……佛朗哥当年还是太心慈手软🙄？[ZXZJ]
德瑞克森的恐怖片只看过一部《险恶》，但已经能感觉到他在技法上的自我重复。概念很棒，拍的一般，伊桑·霍克真赞
History of a father-less nation.
之前孩子们试过的逃脱办法，都没有成功就被s了，这个主演搞了4种逃脱办法，结果最后逃出去还是得跟凶手硬碰硬。。。啊这，要是不搞凶手，还是逃不出去。警察到底有啥用，我看不出来也行
金金框架下的儿童冒险故事（简称小丑回魂后遗症），pg13差不多了，还有这么多正能量价值观往上加。一直以为伊桑霍克是双重人格直到那斧头下去，他tm原来真有个弟弟啊！？从《险恶》到这部导演真的很爱录影带惹（r得莫名其妙）
差了点儿恐怖但还挺喜欢这种换个形式的复仇的，会补致命一击很重要。
在没有看之前我以为这部电影是讲的“母亲”这个身份对女性的桎梏，看完发现还是低估了阿莫多瓦，他不会拍一个烂大街的题材。村子挖掘和两个母亲的交集构成互文的两条线索，到结局串联到一起。一个是找孩子，一个是找家人，家庭的母题，放到任何国家背景下都是相通的，再加上中间夹杂着的各种抓马和奇情，节奏拉得飞快，看完会想到阿莫多瓦多年以前的老片《关于我母亲的一切》，拍女性，果然是阿莫多瓦的擅长啊。
布景精致色彩艳丽亦如戏剧性的剧情 配乐情绪也跳跃 双女主能发展出肉体感情在我意料之外 很喜欢这种奇妙的相遇 把人们相连的羁绊 新生命降临是两位母亲不再平行的交叉点 阴差阳错后便有了双倍的爱 真相的声音是亲人的呼唤 终会落叶归根
阿莫多瓦垮的速度比起刘镇伟来说还是慢一点，但是这部故事已经很普通很普通了，还不如空乘情人那么癫狂来的有趣
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