无间归途

　　This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be on TV again. I had never heard of anybody in it except Armand Assante. At first I had a hard time getting into the story, because the first part of the movie is a jumble of images-- and it doesn't make much sense. It is only later in the movie that it all comes together. The scene-cutting- if that's what it's called, is a bit jarring-- it sometimes looks as if a few frames have been cut out of each scene, and the scenes are jerky--but I guess that was done to add to the unusualness (if that's a word). The story veers here and there, and just about the time you have it all figured out, everything turns upside down and you have to readjust your thinking as to who is the bad guy and who is not. Or bad woman. The acting is very good-- I kept thinking how much Norman Reedus looks like Leo Decaprio. The ending was a real twist, totally unexpected, which I liked. A good show.

　　狂风暴雨的夜晚，一身穿校服的女生死于天桥之上，不久之后，同班同学亦坠楼而死。这一切是巧合还是有人蓄意而为？一个条名为“六月的日记”的线索的出现将这几出命案联系到了一起。巡警秋子英（申恩庆 饰）首先发现了其中的蹊跷，可此时命案已被判为自杀。顶着巨大的压力，秋子英执着的继续 着自己的调查。
　　另一方面，与秋子英水火不容的同事金东旭（文政赫 饰）在法医处也得到了惊人的消息——凶手竟然通过日记预告了下一次的杀人行动。为了找到真相，秋子英和金东旭决定暂时放下曾经的恩怨，联手破案。而事实并没有表面上所显示的那么简单，随着调查的深入，更可怕的事情发生了。

　　香港庙街，鱼龙混杂。自幼在这里长大的阿庙（郑伊健 饰）见识生活的残酷种种，父亲在他很小时被人当街砍死，母亲靠唱黄色歌曲养活儿子。年轻帅气且重义气的阿庙拥有诸多追求者，更有螃蟹（葛民辉 饰）这样一个好朋友。阿庙生日那天，他在深圳放烟火时结识了美丽的富家女小篆（吴倩莲 饰）。当晚，小篆被流氓骚扰，阿庙出手相救杀死流氓，因此入狱四年。
　　四年后，阿庙出狱，此时小篆已经成为电台的DJ。通过电波，这两个互有好感的年轻人重新取得联系。然而他们毕竟身份悬殊，阿庙在小篆父亲的公司谋得一分职位，却无法适应这种所谓上流社会的生活。小篆的父亲为了让女儿和这个“小流氓”分手，不惜采取陷害的手段。阿庙因此被俘债务，甚至因此与庙街的黑道发生冲突。

　　在这个世界上，总有一些人因为他们的特立独行而被人铭记。杨（马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰）和伊娃（丽芙·乌曼 Liv Ullmann 饰）是一对个性独特的音乐家夫妻，战争的到来摧毁了他们赖以生存的家园，为了躲避战乱，两人乘船来到了一座小岛之上，在那里，夫妻两过上了日出而作日落而息的田园生活。
　　好景不长，战火很快就蔓延到了小岛上，军队和紧接而来的游击队打得不可开交，杨和伊娃好不容易得来的平静生活再度面临巨大危机，好在有好友雅克比（甘纳尔·布耶恩施特兰德 Gunnar Björnstrand 饰）慷慨地出手相救，他们才得以脱离险境。然而，令杨无法接受的是，雅克比在身为恩人的同时竟也是他的情敌，他和伊娃之间并不纯洁的关系令杨心中妒火中烧。

　　讲述远在辛巴诞生之前，他的父亲——年轻的木法沙与亲如兄弟的塔卡（刀疤），如何邂逅一群个性迥异的卓越伙伴，并共同踏上寻找荣耀王国的冒险征程。影片将逐一揭开两位狮兄弟与睿智的山魈巫师拉飞奇、自信勇敢的母狮莎拉碧、以及爱唠叨的红嘴犀鸟沙祖各自的起源故事，展现他们如何迎接来自敌人、同伴以及内心的重重考验。这场穿越广袤草原的命运抗争之旅，注定将成就一代伟大的狮王，亦将见证一对兄弟反目的悲剧宿命，最终谱写出荣耀大地生生不息的传奇，再次叩响生命循环的永恒主题。

　　马吕斯（豪斯特·巴奇霍兹 Horst Buchholz 饰）是一个十九岁的年轻人，这个年纪的人往往会对未来充满了期望和希冀，但是马吕斯和他们不同，马吕斯的父亲经营着一家咖啡馆，而马吕斯之后的人生，几乎都被他的父亲给规划好了。
　　马吕斯渴望大海，希望能够做一名自由自在航行的水手，经历了种种的波折和挫折后，马吕斯总算即将实现他的梦想了。可是，在出海的前一天，一个名叫芳妮（莱斯利·卡伦 Leslie Caron 饰）的女孩向马吕斯吐露了爱意，马吕斯也同样非常的喜欢芳妮，在这个女孩和自己的梦想之剑，他必须要做出选择。而芳妮同样也面临选择，她是否该放弃自己的爱情，成全所爱的男孩呢？

　　《孤狼之血》的故事背景为1988年施行《黑社会对策法》之前的广岛。被派到当地警署的日冈秀一，与传闻中跟黑社会有勾结的刑警大上章吾一起，负责调查金融公司员工失踪案。日冈因为大上异于常人的调查手段困惑不已。而同时，以失踪案为开端，对立的黑社会团体之间的抗争激化了，此时大上却 想出了一个大胆的计划……
　　《孤狼之血》的原著作者柚月裕子曾获得第69届日本推理作家协会奖，这部小说则被业界评价为“警察小说x‘无仁义之战’”。戏骨大叔役所广司和人气小生松坂桃李在片中分别饰演大上和日冈，一老一少的警探组合颇具看点，配角阵容中还不乏江口洋介、真木阳子等大腕。

　　在乡下宁静的小镇里，人们辛勤耕作，享受宁静而安详的每一天。这天是秋分之后的满月，镇上的人们举办了篝火晚会，准备狂欢一整夜。日落时分，年轻人逐渐聚集在此，Hank是Abe的兄弟，他桀骜不驯，带着自己火辣的女友来到这里，Abe带着朋友Carter也随后出现，Hank和Abe随着年龄的增长互相变得不信任彼此，正是这个夜晚，他们之间的关系爆发了，当矛盾冲突到达顶点，这群年轻人将要何去何从，一切还能回归往日的平静吗？

　　比利（茱莉亚·路易斯-德瑞弗斯 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 饰）和丈夫皮特（威尔·法瑞尔 Will Ferrell 饰）结婚多年，两人共同养育着两个孩子艾玛森（阿蒙·雅各布·福特 Ammon Jacob Ford 饰）和芬（朱利安·格雷 Julian Grey 饰），这一家四口俨然是旁人眼中模范家庭的典范。
　　这一天，一家人决定前往位于阿尔卑斯山的滑雪胜地度假，事故发生的时候，他们正在露台享用他们的午餐。雪崩就这样以迅雷不及掩耳的速度袭来了，露台上的所有人都成为了它想要吞噬的目标，在这个生死攸关的节骨眼上，皮特第一反应竟然是拿上自己的手机，一个人逃命。幸运的是，比利和孩子们并无大碍，但对于皮特来说，这也许并不是一件幸运的事情。

　　In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil.
　　The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vlá?il, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vlá?il made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968).
　　Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace.
　　As expected from Vlá?il, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery.
　　Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door.
　　The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more.
　　Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains: Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village.
　　The film also features the evocative music of Zden?k Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vlá?il, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act.
　　The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vlá?il's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.

　　沙漠里一所小学拥有的唯一一个水缸被打破了，于是喝水成了迫在眉睫的问题。为了解决水缸问题，校长使用了许多办法。先是说服一个家长来修理，却因为修理材料要用到鸡蛋而搁浅，原因是家家都舍不得贡献出鸡蛋。终于把鸡蛋问题解决后，修好的水缸很快又出现了裂缝。无奈之下，校长把求助的目光投向了政府，等待政府伸出援手是一个漫长的过程，在缺乏水喝的时间里，有学生跑到远处的小河解渴，事故发生了，有个学生不小心掉到水里。在这种情况下，村里一个泼辣的妇女发起了募捐活动，终于凑够了买水缸的钱。大家把钱交给了妇女的侄子到城里买水缸，然而侄子拿了钱，迟迟未归。村里顿时谣言四起，怀疑有人贪污吞钱。终于，侄子把水缸背回来了，沙漠里又回复了平静。

　　2003年的大学生梓希（孙艺珍饰）一天收拾房间，无意中发现一个神秘的箱子，里面满载着母亲珠喜（孙艺珍饰）留下的情书，在阅读中她重温着母亲的初恋回忆。1968年的珠喜，是一个清纯可爱的少女，与穷学生俊河（曹承佑饰）一见钟情，由于珠喜显赫的家世，令两人的恋爱陷入俗套的门不当户不对的痛苦纠结中。2003年的梓希爱情同样坎坷，她暗恋着戏剧学会的尚民（赵寅成饰），却一直难以表白自己的爱意。
　　而巧妙的是，梓希发觉母亲的初恋故事跟她自己遭遇十分相似。自己能得到幸福吗？还是如母亲一般曲折难求？