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　　Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

　　《对局》是由北京东方飞云国际影视公司投资制作的数字电影，剧情简介：柳如云是洛城大财主柳家的千金，她刚刚重返故土，满心期待着同自己的男友、身为滇军第三十八路军机枪大队的大队长戴天德重逢，却不料大孤山的土匪闯入洛城，混不知情的柳如云被土匪头子贺子龙抓上山陪自己下棋。贺子龙答应柳如云，只要柳如云能够赢自己十盘棋，贺子龙就放她下山回家。然而贺子龙把柳如云带上山的事却在土匪中引起了轩然大波，尤其是二当家何芳和三当家赵婉儿……

　　A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.

　　从马来西亚移居新加坡的阿玲在一间高中担任中文老师。她的家庭生活让她倍感沮丧：公公因为瘫痪无法说话，丈夫对她也日趋冷淡。夫妻二人多年来一直尝试怀孕，但情况一直没有得到好转，丈夫的不闻不问更让她感到孤独。伟伦是阿玲的一位学生，他通过中文课对老师产生了某种不可名状的情愫，两人的关系随着阿玲给伟伦的课外辅导产生了变化……

　　The lines start with “O Somma Luce” which is the title of the film and also the 67th line of the 33rd canto in “Paradiso” of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” to the end of “Paradiso”.  The film is completed with music and lines instead of emotions and narrations.  This is a recent attempt to combine film with literature.
　　The film begins with a black screen and the music of Edgard Varese. The BGM is “Deserts” that was recorded in 1954. After some moments of darkness, the music ends and a middle-aged man sits on a hill, reciting something. He is Giorgio Passerone, an Italian literature professor, and he is reading out of the last part of ‘Paradiso’ of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Jean-Marie Straub expressed how he thinks of Dante through a subtle accent and dialect. The director who had encoded many great artists and musicians including Bach, complete the combination of Dante and Varese, which could seem strange. (Lim Kyung Yong)

　　高肖梅《跑道終點與不敢跟你講：不該被遺忘的兩部影片和一個導演--牟敦芾》

　　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.

　　Nina和Madeleine是两位退休老人，也是深爱彼此数十载的恋人。在外人眼中，她们只是普通邻居，直到女儿无意中发现了她们的秘密……对于Nina和Madeleine来说，爱情是生活必需品，是野性的，是冲动的。年龄没有扑灭她们炽热的爱情火焰，或许正相反。
　　本片以老年拉拉这个经常被忽视的群体为着眼点，以情感的方式探讨在生命的尽头，她们如何面对疾病、家庭和、

　　亚历珊德拉·达达里奥([海滩游侠])加盟惊悚片[我非笼鸟](I Am Not a Bird，暂译)，威廉·奥尔森执导。影片根据凯瑟琳·哈格拉汗所著小说《失踪女孩与情人酒店》改编。故事围绕在东京买醉快活的姑娘玛格丽特展开，其与日本黑帮小混混Kazu坠入爱河，而两人的风流韵事，则触发一连串危机事件。WME Global负责影片发行。

　　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.

　　信浓有一座楢山，附近山村的人到了七十岁就得进楢山。树桩家六十九岁的阿玲（坂本澄子 饰）还有三件事放不下：一是四十五岁的长子辰平（绪形拳 饰）去年成了鳏夫；二是二十岁的长孙袈裟吉（仓崎青儿 饰）总是在村里人面前嘲笑自己牢固的牙齿；三是三十五岁的次子利助（左顿平 饰）还未与女人性交过。一年一度的祭祀日，等来了新儿媳阿玉（竹城明 饰）的阿玲狠下心在石臼上磕掉了两颗门牙。割稻子的时节，袈裟吉将雨屋家的阿松（高田顺子 饰）领进了树桩家，可是阿松却将树桩家的粮食偷运至雨屋家。辰平抓住了阿松，但并未张扬，只是私下教训了事。可是雨屋家世代偷盗，终于引发众怒。村里人不仅抄了雨屋家，为绝后患，还将雨屋全家活埋，阿松也不例外。阿玲打定主意冬天进楢山，但是利助的事该拜托谁呢……

　　因为一次意外，身经百战的杀手弗兰克（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）失手被抓，然而，在被押解的途中，弗兰克一行人竟然遭到了同伙的袭击，重伤的法警和弗兰克一同掉入了河中不知去向。
　　雷（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）带着儿子克里斯（Jamie Anderson 饰）准备进行一场有趣的野营，没想到河流中竟然飘来两名男子，正是法警与弗兰克两人。法警告诉雷，弗兰克是一名重刑犯，他嘱咐雷务必要将弗兰克送至法院。而弗兰克是一个有原则的杀手，他的原则就是无论如何一定要将目标置于死地。一边是执着正义的雷，一边是老奸巨猾的弗兰克，在这两人之间，一场没有硝烟的战争拉开了序幕。