不速之客

　　畅斯（彼得·塞勒斯 Peter Sellers饰），一位头脑简单的老园丁。他一直生活在华盛顿的一间老房子里，从未离开过。他全部的生活就是看电视，看电视成了他唯一与外界沟通的途径。在长期的累积之下，他的整个思想行为和世界观已完全电视化。然而他的雇主突然去世，畅斯一下子变得无处可去，孤苦无依。面对陌生而又新鲜的世界，他顿时乱了方寸。在一场突如其来的车祸后，畅斯居然成为富有的华盛顿商人伊芙（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine饰）和本（茂文·道格拉斯 Melvyn Douglas饰）的座上宾。他凭借在电视上学来的“广博”知识，技惊四座，甚至当上了政客们倚重的智囊。
　　本部享誉70年代末期影坛的政治讽刺喜剧《富贵逼人来》，是笑匠彼得·塞勒斯的最后遗作。本片荣获1980年第52届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角并获得最佳男主角提名，入围1980年第33届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-金棕榈奖。

　　故事的主人公比尔是一位残障人士，他患有先天性脑瘫，但比尔并不甘心成为一个失败者，他希望能通过自己的努力，在生命中获得成功。从1955年起，他开始尝试做上门推销员，起初他四处碰壁，并且经常遭到“正常人”的白眼。但是，他并不气馁，继续着自己的事业……

　　For the first time ever, two junior Elves have to leave home after losing an entire town's letters to Santa. While attempting to blend into small town life, they set out to retrieve every missing wish before Christmas Eve

　　The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was. Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde). To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home. At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another. She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform. If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey's later Harold Pinter adaptations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

　　罹患精神疾病的白人青年马修（马特·狄龙 Matt Dillon 饰）失去了栖身的破败公寓，而母亲离开本地将他抛弃，无家可归的马修只好选择收容单身汉的华盛顿居住地暂住。在战地医院一般混乱的收容所中，马修邂逅了越战黑人老兵杰瑞（丹尼·格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰），杰瑞曾经幸福的家庭因卷入赌马而解体，美国梦碎，如今杰瑞白天在街头擦车赚钱，晚上在收容所度过，希望有朝一日攒到足够的钱搬入公寓。马修善良的心灵和畏怯的眼神引起了杰瑞的注意，他把这个不同肤色的青年视为儿子，把他拉上街头与自己一起工作，在龙蛇混杂的收容所中保护他不受侵害。这对无家可归的人相互支撑着抵御命运的折磨。

　　18世纪的路易斯安娜州，丧失妻女痛不欲生的庄园主路易（布拉德·皮特 饰）遇上了吸血鬼莱斯塔特（汤姆·克鲁斯 饰），被其施法变成吸血鬼。路易心存人性，不愿意吸血杀人，靠吸食动物的血为生，而莱斯塔特则一心要把路易斯教导成一个真正的吸血同类。
　　在新奥尔良，路易禁不起诱惑吸了小女孩克萝迪娅（克尔斯滕·邓斯特 饰）的血，而莱斯塔特则不顾路易斯的反对把克萝迪娅也变成了吸血鬼。三个人组成了一个奇特的家庭。
　　几十年过去了，克萝迪娅开始怨恨莱斯塔特剥夺了他真正的人生，她设计杀死了莱斯塔特，和路易周游世界，过着既像父女、又像情人的生活，寻找同类，也寻找着自身存在的意义。
　　在巴黎，他们遇上了以阿蒙（安东尼奥·班德拉斯 饰）为首的一群吸血鬼，聚居在剧院地下，过着和他们迥然不同的生活，阿蒙给了路易许多教导，想成为路易的新伙伴，为此，路易和克萝迪娅之间出现了裂痕，最终，酿成了无可挽回的悲剧。
　　1988年，路易斯返回了新奥尔良，向一个年轻记者马洛伊（克里斯琴·斯莱特 饰）讲述了自己的经历，讲述了吸血鬼长生不死背后的哀伤，不料，马洛伊在听完之后却被深深地吸引，一个新的吸血鬼的故事，将由此开始。

　　二战中德军节节败退，但战事的失利没能阻止德军在他们的法国殖民地的大屠杀，相反德军开始了更加疯狂的屠杀。巴黎的医生于连（菲利浦•诺瓦雷 Philippe Noiret 饰）由于感到城里日渐紧张的气氛，他怕家人遭遇不测，于是安排了他的妻子和孩子回乡下暂避风头。
　　于连送了妻子回乡不觉已过一段时间，他决定回乡探望家人。孰料他回到乡下，看到的只剩斑斑血迹，残忍的德军对这条小村庄进行了屠杀。
　　愤怒的于连在村里的老屋内找到了一杆老枪。于连决定向德军举起复仇之剑！

　　罗伯特·德尼罗、Machine Gun Kelly、约翰·马尔科维奇将主演新动作惊悚片《河水冲洗我》(Wash Me in the River，暂译)，Migos的Quavo也在商谈，有望出演。据称这是一部《老无所依》风格的片子，讲述一个鸦片药物成瘾者正在戒断中，并想找致使自己未婚妻死亡的药贩子复仇，而两个警察紧跟在他身后。
　　资深制片人Randall Emmett执导，这是他的第二部导演长片作品。

　　年轻女孩贾桂琳用脚踏车快递来赚取她的生活费，某日一件重要的包裹失踪，包裹的主人黑帮老大以为她偷走，便派手下将她抓走，贾桂琳开始捲入纠纷…

　　转眼间已经是1979年，第二代教父麦克•柯里昂（阿尔•帕西诺 饰）到了垂暮之年，为了灵魂的救赎，麦克慢慢结束家族的黑道事业，转投正当生意。
　　麦克的儿子托尼酷爱艺术，无意接手家族事业，迈克尔决定让大哥逊尼的私生子，火爆好色的文森（安迪•加西亚 饰）继承家业，当第三代教父。麦克的爱女玛丽（索菲娅•科波拉 饰）和文森相恋，遭到父亲的反对，父女渐渐疏远。
　　为了使家族资产合法化，麦克通过在梵蒂冈教廷的关系网，准备投资“屹立”集团，却遭到敌人的暗中阻挠，教皇的去世也让事情更加扑朔迷离。
　　麦克无奈之下，只能重新选择用暴力解决问题，他的亲人也被卷入了这场血雨腥风。

　　和贺英良（加藤刚 饰）是业内闻名的钢琴家，年纪轻轻就取得了崇高的成就，事业前途一片大好。某日，英良遇见了名为三木谦一（绪形拳 饰）的老人，让英良感到震惊的是，这位老人竟然知道自己隐藏了多年的秘密和一直想要舍弃和埋葬的过去。 惊慌而又愤怒的英良选择杀死了三木，之后，三木的尸体被发现了，警部今西荣太郎（丹波哲郎 饰）和吉村弘（森田健作 饰）是负责调查此案的警官。敏感而又聪慧的今西通过缜密的调查和取证，渐渐将目标锁定在了英良的身上，挖掘出了这位天才音乐人不为人知的黑暗一面，最终，今西和吉村逮捕了英良，为这悲剧性的案件画上了终点。

　　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.