海怪来袭

　　Lynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it. She does not have any precise aim in life, but manages to awaken the interest of many people with her direct and spontaneous character. Her boyfriend David is very different: he is entirely engrossed in his very disciplined swimming training for the world championships. David does not intend to allow himself to be distracted by the complicating factors of a relationship with Lynn. When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.

　　《海边的李尔》故事讲述日本国宝级演员兆吉，在步入高龄、被怀疑患有失智症后遭到长女和弟子遗弃，被迫写下遗嘱并送入老人院。某天，兆吉逃出老人院，独自于海边徘徊，遇见许久未见的小女儿，仿佛看到李尔王最疼爱的小女儿寇蒂莉亚的影子，惊觉自己的遭遇竟与李尔王如此相似……故事以莎士比亚悲剧“李尔王”为基底展开，细腻刻划出兆吉的最后光辉。

　　故事从3名小区保安夜晚巡逻时突遇楼道滴血进而发现灵异事件展开。影片以林紫凝、林勇（龙馨悦 饰）为这对双胎姐妹为主线，林紫凝因受他人设套被偷拍不雅视频并传到网上，在极度崩溃下选择了自杀。东海市公安局刑警支队重案队队长陶明（梁辰羽 饰）查阅了案发现场资料后断定，这起案件的背后肯定隐藏着惊天秘密。林勇为 得知姐姐死讯后，火速赶到东海市，老同学陶明赶到火车站接站，并转交了其姐姐林紫凝的遗物，林勇为深知姐姐性格刚烈，坚定姐姐是被人陷害，并暗自下定决心要亲自查个水落石出，是苍蝇还是老虎，是真的有鬼还是人为作怪……

　　她寻找故园，她寻找爱情。她面对种族隔离和监管传媒的父亲，一直不断斗争。南非领袖尼尔森曼德拉曾在他第一次对南非议会的演说中朗诵她的诗作：《尼昂加死去的孩子》，并称赞她是南非最优秀的诗人。
　　奥斯卡女导演葆拉凡德奥斯特最新力作，描述南非女诗人英格丽琼蔻（Ingrid Jonker）在种族隔离时代对抗体制的传奇一生，也带出她与情人（尼恩康尼翰 饰）和父亲（鲁格豪尔 饰）之间的爱恨恩怨。英格丽琼寇是南非著名的女诗人，她的童年坎坷悲惨，却在写诗创作方面具有惊人的才华。由于丈夫任职南非旧政府，两人因对种族隔离看法分歧、导致婚姻破裂，并进而使抑郁的她最后选择了投海自尽，年仅32岁。
　　英格丽琼蔻身后留下了一个7岁女儿及诸多感人作品，其中最负盛名的即为诗集《黑蝶漫舞》。1994年，当南非总统曼德拉自监狱获释时，他在全世界瞩目的就职典礼上，就高声朗诵了深得他心的英格丽琼蔻所作的一首感人的诗，终使英格丽琼寇在死去30年后、扬名全球…

　　康沃尔渔村的风景明信片田园诗误导了人们。虽然过去钓鱼是一种养家糊口的方式，但如今富有的伦敦游客纷纷下山，取代了当地人，当地人的生计因此受到威胁。史蒂文和马丁兄弟的关系也很紧张。马丁是一个没有船的渔夫，因为史蒂文开始用它来为一整天的游客提供更赚钱的旅游。他们卖掉了这座家庭别墅，现在看来，最后一场战斗是和新主人在海边的停车位上展开。然而，情况很快就失控了，而不仅仅是因为车轮夹钳。
　　Bait是一种黑白，手工制作，16毫米胶片制作的电影。许多关于鱼、网、龙虾、长靴、绳结和渔篮的特写镜头让人想起了蒙太奇景点的理论。对不同社会阶层的描述——可以说是阶级关系——也让人想起了英国电影中的社会现实主义传统。然而，最重要的是，在影像中不同层次的电影历史参考文献之下，当前许多政治关联正在等待被发现。
　　The picture-postcard idyll of the Cornwall fishing village is misleading. While fishing used to be a way of supporting oneself, wealthy London tourists have now descended and are displacing the locals, whose livelihood is thus threatened. The relationship between brothers Steven and Martin is also strained. Martin is a fisherman without a boat, since Steven started using it for far more lucrative tours for all the day-trippers. They’ve sold the family cottage and now it seems that the final battle to be fought is that with the new owners over the parking space next to the sea. Yet the situation soon gets out of hand, and not just because of the wheel clamp.
　　Bait is a black-and-white film shot on hand-processed 16mm. Numerous close-ups of fish, nets, lobsters, wellington boots, knots and catch baskets bring to mind the theory of a montage of attractions. The depiction of the different social strata – one could speak of class relations – is also reminiscent of the tradition of social realism in British cinema. Above all, however, a whole lot of current political relevance is waiting to be discovered beneath the different layers of film historical references contained in the images.

　　陆野和席娟已离异，各自又有了新的选择，他们的儿子陆一和耐克公司经理陆建国的儿子陆依在同校同班学习，而且都穿耐克广告衫。刚从监狱获释的魏文彬，为了给狱中的哥儿们出气，敲诈陆建国不成，就纠集歹徒去绑架陆依，不料他们误绑了陆一。陆野、席娟寻子不见即向公安局报案。陆建国接到歹徒要赎金的电话，后又知陆一失踪，方知歹徒是冲着他来的，就将错就错，准备交赎金以图安宁。刑警队长石伟和助手先以夫妻离异、家庭解体和孩子可能出逃的线索去查找，后发现陆建国从银行提取三万元现金，而陆一的广告衫又是他送的，便推测陆建国的行动与失踪案有关。这时，魏文彬到海滨浴场来取赎金，偶然发现寻找陆一的启事，方知绑错了人，但又怕其中有诈，就让其情妇亚丽看住陆一。亚丽有意让陆一逃跑，夜料孩子刚到家又被魏文彬等人掳走。石伟、陆野、席娟从陆建国那儿得知真情后，陆野救子心切，独自行动。石伟获得的线索，又因陆野的莽撞而打乱了计划。魏文彬发现他已被公安人员盯上，就派歹徒杀人灭口。在混乱中，歹徒杀死了席娟。陆野欲与魏文彬拼命，这时石伟干警赶到与众匪徒激战，终于击毙了魏文彬。陆野与儿子团圆了。然而，这仍是一个不完整的家庭。

　　安德烈（皮亚托·杰米 Pietro Germi 饰）是一名火车司机，他个性古板脾气火爆，常常对妻子茱莉亚（西娃·科丝西娜 Sylva Koscina 饰）大发脾气，对女儿萨拉（路易莎·黛拉·诺斯 Luisa Della Noce 饰）也没有好脸色。终于，茱莉亚再也忍受不了安德烈的脾气了，她带着女儿离开了家。
　　之后，安德烈又在工作上和同事发生了激烈的纠纷，一怒之下，他辞掉了工作，在街头过起了流浪汉的生活，这段放纵的生活彻底毁掉了安德烈的健康，虽然最终，他的妻子和孩子都回到了他的身边，他和同事之间也和解了，但留给安德烈的时间已经不多了。

　　Arick是一个在迈阿密工作的实习律师,为了给主管留下好印象,他接了一份自己难以胜任的工作--开车送主管的侄女和她的宠物猪去洛杉矶,一路上他们遇到了搭便车的人,汽车故障和许多印象深刻的当地人,总之各类事件层出不穷,经过这一旅程后,ARICK明白了,其实世界上还有很多比当一个成功的律师更加重要的事情...

　　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.

　　They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common: The Foreign Legion, their new family. The film tells their stories: of women struggling to keep their love alive, men who leave for battle, and couples forming on hostile ground.

　　《红磨坊》《了不起的盖茨比》殿堂级导演巴兹·鲁赫曼掌舵，《好莱坞往事》新一代男神奥斯汀·巴特勒，联同奥斯卡影帝汤姆·汉克斯，将已故摇滚传奇天王“猫王”埃尔维斯·普雷斯利（Elvis Presley）的一生，震撼而感动地重现大银幕。
　　籍籍无名乡村男孩，摇身一变成为叱咤风云的摇滚之王，猫王精彩一生，由他站上舞台那刻展开。猫王被经理人Tom Parker上校（汤姆·汉克斯 饰）发崛，助他走上国际巨星之路，但前所未有的名与利，加上社会与文化变迁，令猫王一度迷失自我，二人在20多年之间发展出一段充满矛盾的复杂关系。这段华丽星途里，猫王也遇上了影响他最深的女人Priscilla Presley（奥利维亚·德容格 饰）。多首经典金曲伴着慑人舞姿，歌迷影迷无不着迷。

　　阿沙（Ondas Besikbasov 饰）由海军退役后回到草原，寄住在姐姐一家的帐篷里，姐夫将他介绍给附近最后一位待嫁的姑娘图潘，阿沙只顾将海上的见闻在对方二老面前聊得性起，岂料帷幕后的姑娘嫌他耳大。姐夫对阿沙相亲失败大感懊恼，羊群中的母羊频频难产，无法成家的阿沙却一时不能担负牧人的职责。难耐姐夫冷脸的阿沙再次登门求亲，虽然又被拒绝，但阿沙从门缝偷窥图潘以后，真的爱上了这位姑娘。
　　草原上的生活艰辛寂寞，收音机广播内的消息和好友托尼经常扮演着外界的诱惑。牧民迁徙的时节快要到了，阿沙与姐夫大吵后愤而出走，但他却被一只难产的母羊阻住了……
　　本片获2008年戛纳电影节“一种关注”单元奖，东京电影节金麒麟奖。