At the beginning of the 20th century, the Amberson family was a well-known family in the local area. The young Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) pursues the Amberson family's Isabel (Dolores Costello) to no avail. Isabel eventually marries Wilbur Minafer (Donald Dillaway). The two gave birth to a son, George (Tim Holt). George grew up under the doting of his parents. He was an arrogant child since he was a child, and it became even worse when he grew up. George comes home from college and meets Eugene Morgan, who comes to their house as a guest. At this time, Morgan is already a researcher on power cars. His wife died, leaving him a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter Anne Baxter) . George is in love with Lucy, and George's aunt seems to have a crush on Morgan. George's father died soon after, and George began to lead the Amberson family. He heard some rumours about Morgan and his mother, severely stopped its development, and took his mother to travel to Europe. And Morgan's car research is growing, but it has been despised by George. George, ignoring social development, is gradually losing everything he had with the decline of the Amberson family.
The Magnificent Ambersons movie plot
2022-03-13 08:01
Extended Reading
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Raina 2022-03-22 09:02:57
88 minutes is way too fast, especially for a love-hate relationship between two generations and two families. But you can still see Orson Welles' precise control of sound, light and shadow painting in his eyes. If he can control the editing rights, it may be another classic.
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Charlene 2022-03-13 08:01:01
Orson Welles' second film, adapted from Booth Tarkington's novel of the same name, depicts the rise and fall of the Amberson family, and involves the actor intervening between the mother and son of the Amberson family. A series of love-hate stories as the main axis. This "shattered masterpiece" still holds a strong place in film history and in Wells' work, and is widely regarded as a "quasi-masterpiece" second only to Citizen Kane.
The Magnificent Ambersons quotes
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Maj. Amberson: So your devilish machines are going to ruin all your old friend, eh Gene? Do you really think they're going to change the face of the land?
Eugene: They're already doing it major and it can't be stopped. Automobiles...
[cut off by George]
George: Automobiles are a useless nuisance.
Maj. Amberson: What did you say George?
George: I said automobiles are a useless nuisance. Never amount to anything but a nuisance and they had no business to be invented.
Jack: Of course you forget that Mr. Morgan makes them, also did his share in inventing them. If you weren't so thoughtless, he might think you were rather offensive.
Eugene: I'm not sure George is wrong about automobiles. With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization. May be that they won't add to the beauty of the world or the life of the men's souls, I'm not sure. But automobiles have come and almost all outwards things will be different because of what they bring. They're going to alter war and they're going to alter peace. And I think men's minds are going to be changed in subtle ways because of automobiles. And it may be that George is right. May be that in ten to twenty years from now that if we can see the inward change in men by that time, I shouldn't be able to defend the gasoline engine but agree with George - that automobiles had no business to be invented.
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[last lines]
Eugene: Fanny, I wish you could have seen Georgie's face when he saw Lucy. You know what he said to me when we went into that room? He said, "You must have known my mother wanted you to come here today, so that I could ask you to forgive me." We shook hands. I never noticed before how much like Isabel Georgie looks. You know something, Fanny? I wouldn't tell this to anybody but you. But it seemed to me as if someone else was in that room. And that through me, she brought her boy unto shelter again. And that I'd been true at last, to my true love.