“Matchstick Men tells three stories, each one intriguing enough to supply a movie. It is: (1) the story of a crisis in the life of a man crippled by neurotic obsessions; (2) the story of two con men who happen onto a big score, and (3) the story of a man who meets the teenage daughter he never knew he had, and finds himself trying to care for her.”

2015-01-05 摄影很大胆，就那么赤裸裸展示血腥镜头。

Our politicians lie to the people by saying they were doing good, and then the people lie to the politicians by saying they believe them.

姜文电影最难受的地方莫过于无处不在的隐喻和象征，处处与正统的价值观唱反调，看起来便是艰难晦涩，很多人降其称为装13，也有很多人不明就里便支持其价值体系，实话，我没经历过那个时代，还是用镜头好好面对当下最好。叙事上面用剪辑代替线索，不过魔幻手法实在很吸引人。

3.5 好莱坞拍摄工业水平值得肯定，细节充沛、大气十足。可惜演员表现大多差强人意，文化输出式视角也带来“东方学”问题。第一次在斯科塞斯的电影里感到“冗长却又仓促”的节奏感，坐立难安，更别说还是如此激烈的文化差异冲突题材。上层（本质）冲突也拿“一个丈夫四个妻”的比喻匆匆带过。流于表面。