开罗,黑名2013年夏季,黑名埃及革命爆发两年后。随着总统穆尔西被革职,一辆载满因政治分歧和宗教背景而被拘的示威者的警车从暴乱的抗议人群中呼啸而过。他们可否克服分歧来争取一线生机?
开罗,黑名2013年夏季,黑名埃及革命爆发两年后。随着总统穆尔西被革职,一辆载满因政治分歧和宗教背景而被拘的示威者的警车从暴乱的抗议人群中呼啸而过。他们可否克服分歧来争取一线生机?
回复 :电脑公司技术顾问埃利奥特·理查森(布兰登·费舍 Brendan Fraser 饰),老实又愚笨。对于感情他更显得呆头呆脑,虽然爱上公司漂亮的女同事爱莉森(弗兰西丝·奥康纳 Frances O'Connor 饰),却一直羞于表达。直到一晚,埃利奥特在酒吧终于在同事的怂恿下,鼓起勇气向爱莉森求爱,然而却以被拒绝和讥笑收场。此刻,一位神秘而妖艳的红衣女人(伊丽莎白·赫利 Elizabeth Hurley 饰),出现在失魂落魄的埃利奥特的面前。原来这名女子正是魔鬼的化身,她诱惑埃利奥特只要他交出自己的灵魂,就可以帮他实现七个愿望。为了娶爱莉森为妻,埃利奥特很快便答应了魔鬼的条件。随即埃利奥特真的如愿抱得美人归,并成为了南美洲大富翁。正当埃利奥特沉浸在无法自控的喜悦中时,才猛然间发现自己竟然是个被人追杀的大毒枭。埃利奥特在接下来的许愿中,先后变成了摇滚歌星甚至七英尺高的NBA篮球明星,可每当愿望达成,魔鬼都会跟埃利奥特开一场让人欲哭无泪的玩笑。
回复 :在以色列港口城市海法的一家俱乐部里,五名迥异身份的女性相遇。她们中有以色列人,也有巴勒斯坦人,但她们的交往却抛开了身份标签。《莱拉在海法》通过戏剧性的幽默讽刺,为观众展现了以色列人和巴勒斯坦人交流碰撞的当代日常。本片入围第77届威尼斯电影节主竞赛单元。
回复 :“Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” ( “Song Of The Scarlet Flower” ) was a recent and remarkable silent surprise for this Herr Von; the oeuvre is an excellent Herr Stiller silent film that this German count watched in a newly restored and tinted copy. It combines the well-known aesthetics, technical improvements and artistic merits for which the Nordic director was known and praised since those early silent times till today. The film tells of the merry and carefree love life of young Olof ( Herr Lars Hanson ) a woodsman who during his search for true love, seduces many frauleins ( just like this German aristocrat… well, not exactly because the purpose of this Herr Von’s seduction of rich fräulein heiresses are their great fortunes… ). He will suffer disappointment and deception, all those problems that turn up in any loving relationship. Finally he will find responsibility and maturity, learning during his particular quest that his actions always have consequences in different degrees to the people around him. This Herr Von can describe “Sangen Om…” as a kind of coming of age film, the special introspective growth toward maturity of a free and easy youngster. As this German count said before, the film displays Stiller’s characteristic artistic virtues. ; in the first part of the film, we can see elements of comedy, not exactly like the comedy of intrigues in other Stiller films, but humor of a more cheerful sort, highlighting the self-involvement of our hero. Olof ‘s frivolous flirtations with the different girls eventually turn romantic and then turn into drama. There is conflict in the troubled relationship between Olof and his father and later with the father of his beloved. The beautiful and wild natural landscapes of Norrland and northern Sweden lend the tale a certain power and is characteristic of Herr Stiller’s other silents where Nature emerges as an important character in the story. This is strongly reflected throughout the film but especially during the frantic scene wherein Olof descends into the troubled waters of a river, a beautiful metaphor for the hardships that our hero has to endure until he finds himself. “Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” is an excellent, beautiful film, a solid, technically perfect and intricate production of 1919 that demonstrates once again the importance of Herr Stiller for silent film history.