The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert area covered with ant hills prior to a possible uranium extraction. His work is impeded by some aborigines who explain that this is the place where the green ants dream. Disturbing their dreaming will destroy humanity they claim... 电影讲述某矿业公司在澳大利亚内陆沙地采矿,在一次堪探过程中被当地土著用静坐方式阻止。土著说,脚下是绿蚂蚁做梦的地方,如果吵醒了它们,它们就会出来毁灭人类。采矿公司当然如听天书,然而土著视死如归的信仰力量不可小视,于是公司高层邀请土著代表进城谈判,许诺给土著利益,结果土著代表喜欢上了一架绿色的小型运输机。于是公司买下飞机,并替土著修建了一条飞机跑道。飞机飞来了,为防止被土著点火引燃,汽油被抽走,只留了一点。飞机只是公司示好的礼物,官司还是诉至联邦法院。在法庭上虽然法官能够尊重土著的文化,听取他们讲述的传说,然而裁判依据是英联邦法律,土著被判败诉。沉默的土著坐在跑道边,其中两个土著人坐上飞机,竟然起动飞机,飞翔而后消失在地平线。警察来寻找,难以找到,有两个异邦土著来访,以歌为话,说一只绿蚂蚁飞到他们那里,结果翅膀断了。公司地质学家Lance Hackett在整个事件过程中心态发生变化,最后决定离开公司,在沙漠里成为一个环保主义者。电影至此结束。
《今宵多珍重》是一部台灣新加坡驚悚片以1960年新加坡為背景。彭文淳執導,電影描述一名約三十歲的醫生(Chuando Tan 陳傳多) 陷入了一場欺騙、性愛與謊言的迷網中。這部電影圍繞著一名出診醫生給一戶神秘並富有家庭看診的故事。
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.
艾伦·艾克哈特([决战中途岛])将主演动作惊悚片[伏击](Ambush,暂译)。Mark Earl Burman自编自导。影片根据真实故事改编,讲述越战期间,德拉蒙德上尉(艾伦饰)率领精英部队收集高度机密的情报信息。影片将于2020年1月开拍。
1964年的秋天,美国俄勒冈州。心怀远大理想的作曲家格兰·霍兰为了挣钱完成他的事业,在一所中学谋到了一份音乐教师的工作。他这么做完全是退而求其次的无奈之举,家庭生活的重担使得他不得不面对现实。他到学校上课的第一天,音乐基础级差的学生们便给了他一个难堪的下马威。他们在弹奏乐器时不但走调,甚至连大名鼎鼎的古典作曲家巴赫都没有听说过。霍兰的信心遭到了打击,女校长杰克布也多次向他提出善意的批评。在丈夫的工作遇到挫折时,从事摄影工作的妻子在一旁耐心地劝解和宽慰他;好友体育教师比尔·梅斯特也用自己从教以来的亲身经历,向霍兰证明教导学生需要无私的爱心和充分的时间。 在霍兰的悉心培育下,原本对音乐一窍不通的白人学生格楚特·兰和黑人学生路易斯·鲁斯,分别学会了单簧管和大鼓这两样乐器。就在霍兰醉心于教学生活的时候,他的儿子降生了,谁知却是个先天性的失聪患儿。这一重创使霍兰对家庭的重心有所转移,消极彷徨中和漂亮的女学生露韦娜·摩根有了一段朦胧的恋情。妻子察觉到了丈夫的细微变化,但并没有点破。摩根去纽约深造后,霍兰便将全部的身心转移到了儿子和教学上,和妻子的关系也冰释前嫌。之后的30年间,霍兰不但提高了学生们的音乐素养,而且还用爱心、信任和理解赢得了大伙的尊敬和爱戴。在他退休前,深怀感激之情的历届学生们欢聚一堂,为老师开了一场盛大的欢送会,管弦乐队奏响了一支激昂雄壮的“美国交响曲”向霍兰表示了最崇高的敬意。
艾米鲁是一个身体瘦弱的小男孩,他和街上别的男孩一样,整日在波斯湾海滩上拾甁子、捡破烂,来换取生存所需。在他们生活的这片沙漠里,有火车通过。追逐火车成了这些孩子们的一个共同的游戏。他们听到火车到来的声音,就会放下手中的东西,奋力去追,追过火车,追过同伴。艾米鲁在很小的时候就已经懂得了生活的意义,他知道,如果想要生活得好,就要努力奋斗。这种生活的感悟就是来自于他追火车的乐趣中。整个过程就是赛跑,和火车赛跑,和别人赛跑,追逐并且超越了,就可以获取更好生活的能量。为了达到这种目标,艾米鲁努力学习知识,在艰苦的生存环境下奋力挣扎。逆境求生和学习成长成为了他最熟悉的两种比赛。
该片改编自同名小说,素材取自于2011年发生的加湿器杀菌剂事件,通过这个事件来讲述有些事情必须有人去做,还没有结束的我们所有人的故事。 金相庆饰演因不明的肺部疾病而失去了妻子,儿子的生命也受到威胁的外科医生“郑泰浩”,徐英姬饰演他的妻子“韩吉珠”,李先彬饰演曾经在地方检察院担任检察官,但因为姐姐吉珠的死亡成为律师的“韩英珠”,尹京浩饰演加湿器杀菌剂制药公司的科长“徐宇植”。
改编自藤泽周平的同名小说。主人公佐之助,混迹于江户时代的黑暗世界,一日在常去的酒亭,他结识了伊兵卫。在伊兵卫的怂恿与自己渴求过上美好生活的双重诱惑下,他最终同意,和一群陌生男子搭档,合伙抢劫商家七百两的巨款……
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honor - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.