破冰2023

　　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.

一场围绕巨额赌资展开的惊心动魄的故事。多方势力为争夺这笔钱在山庄内展开激烈而残酷的战斗，山庄众人利用仓库工具设陷反击。众人每一刻都命悬一线。好在正义终是冲破阴霾，伴随着呼啸而来的警笛声，这场充满血腥与贪婪的纷争终于落下帷幕。

　　映画の原作はたじまことによるBLマンガ。一軒家でルームシェアをするアキとハルという2人の大学生が、仲良くごはんを作って食べるだけのほのぼのとした日常を描いている。

　　故事发生在风景如画的西班牙巴塞罗纳。茱莉亚（凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰）是一位修复名画的专家，十分热爱自己事业的她常常沉浸在古老绘画所描绘的场景之中。一次偶然中，茱莉亚得到了一副失传已久的名画，在修复名画的过程中，她意外的发现了一行被隐藏的文字。
　　这发现令茱莉亚确信这幅画中隐藏着一个秘密，她找到了名画的收藏家唐（迈克尔·高夫 Michael Gough 饰），哪知道唐竟然死于非命。之后，茱莉亚又找到了象棋高手多米尼克（Paudge Behan 饰），希望多米尼克能够破解画中出现的象棋迷局，在此过程中，围绕着茱莉亚和名画，恐怖残忍的谋杀接连发生。

　　二十世纪初，大英帝国殖民官员爱德华被派驻遥远的东方，他从仰光搭火车前往曼德勒，等待未婚妻莫莉搭船到来。孰料蒸汽船即将靠岸之际，他却丢失了勇气，跳上前往新加坡的船仓皇离去。即便如此，爱德华的懦弱之举，并未让莫莉却步，反倒上演一场你跑我追之旅，也借着横渡暹罗、西贡、马尼拉、大阪、上海、重庆、成都，在陌生的远东大陆上，展开一连串的探索与追寻。

　　帝国珍珠公司的镇店之宝，一粒名为“金星”的天然珍珠被盗。这粒“金星”的价值据说足以买下位于纽 约的一整栋办公大厦。案件曝光之后，帝国珍珠公司的股价暴跌。由此，帝国珍珠的会长岩仓寿三郎（西田敏 行 饰）和他的同父异母妹妹现任社长恒子（财前直见 饰）为了争夺社长之位展开激烈斗争。通过媒体 报道得知岩仓家庭内部矛盾的泽口信子（米仓凉子 饰）用散乱的头发和黑框眼镜隐藏了自己的美貌，以家政 妇的身份潜入岩仓家…
　　信子潜入岩仓家的目的非常明确。此前她去商场观看展出的“金星”时，曾遇到一个神秘男子。他似乎与 “金星”和岩仓家都有某种渊源，看到信子美得如同从荷兰画家弗美尔笔下的《戴珍珠耳环的少女》，就劝信 子把“金星”戴上试试。考虑到周围有很多其他顾客和记者，信子不假思索地拒绝并离开现场，但她珍视的珍 珠耳环却不翼而飞。据售货员说，珍珠耳环被神秘男子拿走了。怀疑神秘男子与“金星”被盗案相关的信 子认为，神秘男子一定会出现在岩仓家，而岩仓家居然也有一幅与神秘男子十分相似的肖像画。这名神秘男子 到底是什么人？
　　随着会长和社长的明争暗斗进入白热化，帝国珍珠的股价莫名地持续上涨…“金星”到底是在哪里被盗？又是如何被盗？窥探到大家庭的秘密和阴谋的信子又将如何行动呢？

　　21岁的美丽女售票员贞子（南野阳子 饰）被嗜赌成性的父亲卖到妓院阳晖楼。身为妓院中介的岩佐（西田敏行 饰）虽然干着下九流的工作，但为人正直善良，他自始至终关心着贞子的成长。花名“牡丹”的贞子天资聪慧，很快成为阳晖楼的头号花魁，为上流社会竞相追捧。
　　黑道小人物仁王山偶然邂逅牡丹，既同情她的命运，又深深为之所吸引，因此分外憎恨岩佐。彼时牡丹将被纨绔子弟多田宏守（白龙 饰）赎身，万般无奈的仁王山劫持牡丹逃到小渔村。岩佐救出牡丹，却发现牡丹喜欢的人正是自己。而另一方面，嫌弃牡丹的多田宏又蓄谋将其卖至满洲，可怜女孩的命运随着黑暗的时代颠沛流离……
　　本片根据宫尾登美子原作改编。

本片讲述了富井宏人（清水寻也 饰）和金森（高杉真宙 饰）是幼驯染、共同度过青春时代的伙伴，但因为某个事件，两人开始了各自不同的人生，描写的是一群脱离社会的年轻人，时而群殴，时而拼命寻求“容身之处和存在”的矛盾姿态。

　　电影讲述了一个鲜为人知的故事。1933 年，一位野心勃勃的威尔士年轻记者加雷斯·琼斯（Gareth Jones）来到苏联旅行，发现了共产主义乌托邦神话后骇人听闻的现实。由此他开始进行一项常规新闻调查，但试图在政府掩盖下挖掘乌克兰饥荒的真相很快变成了生死攸关的探索。
　　他的努力不仅受到苏联审查机关的挫败，而且受到对斯大林政权抱有好感的西方记者的阻挠，这其中最有名的就是时任《纽约时报》莫斯科分部的总编辑沃特·杜兰蒂（Walter Duranty）。
　　在现实生活中，琼斯是第一个在西方媒体报道苏联 1932-1933 年大饥荒的记者。但由于很多知识分子对苏维埃政权持同情态度，他的报道并不受欢迎。当时隐瞒了大饥荒事实的杜兰蒂也在此后招致批评，他因对苏联的持续报道而获得的普利策奖也被《纽约时报》称为是“我们为之感到惭愧但可以做出解释”（Guilty With an Explanation）的一个奖项。

　　在某间加油站的便利商店，每隔一段时间就会发生凶杀案，这是随机事件？还是神秘的巧合？在又一次凶杀案发生之后，一位天才数学家终于发现反转命运的秘密，竟然藏在一串数字里。他依循神秘的数字线索发掘真相，试图挽救下一个受害者，一个十岁小男孩的生命，但随着警告信的日期接近，他还有机会拯救人命吗？

　　2001年震惊世界的911事件后， 美国发动追捕和猎杀行动，目标是基地组织头号人物——奥萨马·本·拉登。玛雅（杰西卡·查斯坦 Jessica Chastain 饰）是美国中情局一位干练坚韧的女探员，她被派赴美国驻巴基斯坦使馆工作，唯一的任务就是寻找到本·拉登。尽管对当时局内使用酷刑审讯恐怖分子感到不忍，但她坚信获得重要信息的前提高于一切。她将人生的10年锲而不舍的投入到一件事上：从浩如烟海的反恐情报中寻找到一根稻草，然后用它压死一只叫做本·拉登的骆驼。最终她的努力获得回报——2011年5月1日，美国海豹突击队根据她的情报潜入巴基斯坦展开斩首行动，成功击毙奥萨马·本·拉登。而在这一切结束后的玛雅却不知道该何去何从……
　　由影史唯一一位奥斯卡女性导演凯瑟琳·毕格罗执导的《猎杀本·拉登》汇集前作《拆弹部队》的原班底，聚焦美国反恐十年，讲述世界上有史以来规模最大的一次追捕和猎杀行动。

　　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.