3 hours 54 minutes version

Elenora 2022-05-06 06:01:08

The first hour: the main characters debut, the story background and character introduction


Gold mine and hometown scene

People: Mac, Mac parents, old dentist

Incident 1: Mac was in the mine and was beaten because the bird he saved was killed by someone, and was expelled from the mine

Event 2: Mac's father is alcoholic and domestic violence. Mac's mother; mother is a housewife, weak and patient

Event 3: During the gold nugget fever in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, everyone worked very hard to mine. People living in the mining area had backward cultural education. Dentists practiced medicine like magic. Mac was obsessed. Because he was expelled, his mother asked the dentist to use Mac. My apprentice, Mac is young and has left home since he didn't know the world.


Clinics and urban life scenes

People: Mac, neighbor Maria, Mr. Grannis and old lady, good friend Macus, Macus cousin family

Event 1: His mother passed away and left a $250 inheritance. Mac settled down and opened his own dental clinic, and his business was booming.

Event 2: Maria is a casual Mexican woman who often comes to the clinic to steal things, and recalls her old family's gold and silver treasures with the old man who collects tatters, and once sold a lottery ticket to a cousin who came to see her.

Event 3: Mac in the stable living area bought another bird, fell in love with a good friend's cousin, kissed the cousin while the cousin was anesthetized (this is now a serious sexual harassment, and take advantage of the position, 20 Seems to be forgiven at the beginning of the century??)

Event 4: The brother of Macus, who is the number one good man in friendship, handed over his cousin (have you asked your cousin for his opinion...So at the beginning of the 20th century, women and uneducated mothers in the mine were the same as uneducated mothers in the mines. The cousin who lives in the city still has the skills to make small wood carvings to make money.)

Event 5: Mac and his cousin’s family went out on a picnic and played in an amusement park. These were the first times for him. But he came to play with only a dime, and Macus didn't say anything as if he didn't understand the market, but Mac may not understand it, but he was more cautious in money.

The second hour: around the crimes of greed for money, gluttony, and greedy for cheap


Cousin Trina and Mac

Event 1: The relationship between the two is established, but in the eyes of Trina, Mac is stingy and reckless. Trina is forced to marry by the society and her mother, and her opinion is slightly budding

Event 2: Although the two got married, they won the prize because of Trina's money. They spent more and their life became more interesting. Mac felt that his money was his own, and Trina's money was his own, but Trina was still tolerant of Mac

Event 3: The first disagreement was due to a house change. Mac had no life experience but advocated without authorization. Trina began to look down on Mac, but she did not dare to raise it because of the privet

Mr. Grannis old and Ms. Baber old

Event 1: The two have always restrained their love for each other, and finally met for the first time at the wedding of Trina and Mac, and their friendship increased (the two old people's desire for money is not mentioned, but they long for each other's warmth)

Maria and Zervkow

Event 1: The tattered poor ghost marries Maria, and the tattered poor ghost marries Maria the petty theft. What they love most is to imagine the treasure buried by their ancestors together. They love them nakedly. money.

Mac and Marcus

Event 1: Since Trina won $5,000, Marcus has hated Mac. He feels that Mac has gotten a big bargain and regrets that he should not give in. So he often finds the Mac and the two are no longer good friends. Mac is also angry with Marcus. Always underestimate yourself.

In addition, the departure of Trina’s family was also abrupt, and she moved after marrying her daughter. I didn’t understand. Why did the gentleman who announced the winning look like Satan the Devil? Is the rag on his face a wound or something?

Last two hours


Maria's child died within two days, and then Zerkow killed Maria at home. Zerkow also committed suicide because he was stimulated by finding a pile of scrap iron.

Mr. Grannis and Mrs. Baker got married. The two converted their rooms into one room. Every day they went for a walk outside and drank tea at home. Grannis sold antique books for $5,000, but the pace of their lives was still Likewise, they are the only ones who will be happy.

The relationship between Trina and Mac has been deteriorating. Trina saves food and drinks and deducts money from the Mac’s family to save; Mac, because of Marcus’s complaint, can’t work as a dentist, and does odd jobs everywhere. He also drank and beat his wife like his father, Trina. As long as you don't talk about money, it's easy to say, but Mac found out that she was saving money and only had money in his eyes, and finally took Trina's deposit and ran away. Trina went to work as a cleaner, and Mac was eating, drinking, and having fun everywhere. Trina was also a little nervous, taking all the money from the previous lottery to sleep on her pillow, which also caused a murderous disaster. Mac found her and killed her and escaped to the coal mine. The life that Mama wants him to live on Mac. After the notice of the reward was known by Marcus, due to the holiday between the two, he chased the desert alone. At the last moment, he was killed by Mac because of his strong body. Mac was dragged and detained in the desert with no drinking water. The corpses together couldn't move forward... At the end a set of texts appeared to warn people about the end of their greed and thirst for money, and the movie ended.

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Greed quotes

  • McTeague: [after Trina pockets his $1 and buys a 15 cent old mutton chop] Where's my change?

    Trina: It takes money to live, Mac.

  • McTeague: The part I liked best was the guy that played 'Nearer My God to Thee' on the beer bottles.