该剧基于休·豪伊所著同名畅销科幻系列小说改编,设定在被破坏、有毒的未来,数百层楼深的一个巨大地下筒仓中存在一个 社区,男人和女人生活在一个充满规章制度的社会里,凡是和“出去”有关的一切都成为致命禁忌。
ThelasttimeBritainwasamajorforceinworldcinemawasinthe1960s;adocumentaryofafewyearsbackonthesubjectwasentitled’HollywoodUK’.ThiswastheeraoftheKitchenSink,socialrealism,angryyoungmen;aboveall,thetheatrical.Andyet,ironically,thebestBritishfilmsofthedecadeweremadebytwoAmericans,RichardLesterandJosephLosey,wholargelystayedclearoftheperiod’smoretypicalsubjectmatter,which,likeallattemptsatgreaterrealism,nowseemscuriouslyarchaic.’KingandCountry’,though,seemstobetheLoseyfilmthattriestobelongtoitsera.Like’LookBackinAnger’and’ATasteofHoney’,itisbasedonaplay,andoftenseemscumbersomelytheatrical.Like’Lonelinessofthelongdistancerunner’,itsheroisanexploited,reluctantlytransgressiveworkingclassladplayedbyTomCourtenay.Like(theadmittedlybrilliant)’ChargeoftheLightBrigade’,itisahorrified,near-farcical(thoughhumourless)lookatthehorrorsofwar,mostparticularlyitsgapingclassinjustices.PrivateHampisayoungvolunteersoldieratPachendaele,havingservedthreeyearsatthefront,whoiscourt-martialledfordesertion.Increasinglyterrorisedbytheinhumanpointlessnessoftrenchwarfare,thespeedy,grisly,violentdeathsofhiscomradesandthemedieval,rat-infestedconditionsofhistrench,heclaimstohaveemergeddazedfromonegruesomeattackanddecidedtowalkhome,toEngland.HeisdefendedbythearchetypalBritishofficer,CaptainHargreaves,whoprofessesdisdainfortheman’scowardice,butmustdohisduty.Heattemptstospinadefenceonthegroundsofmadness,buttheupper-crustofficershavehearditallbefore.Thisisaverynice,dulyhorrifying,liberal-handwringing,middle-classplay.ItpanderstoalltheclichesoftheGreatWar-thedisgracefulworking-classmassacre,whiletheofficerssupwhiskey(Haig!)-figuredinsomecharminglyobvioussymbolism:Hargreavesthrowingadyingcigaretteinthemud;Hamphystericallyplayingblindman’sbuff.Thesetsarepicturesquelygrim,medieval,amoderninferno,asthesemenlietrappedinanever-ending,subterraneanlabyrinth,litbyhellishfires,withratsforcompanyandtheconstantsoundofshellsandgunfireremindingthemoftheoutsideworld.Theplay,inaverymiddle-classway,isnotreallyabouttheworkingclassatall-Hampismoreofasymbol,anessence,lyinginthedark,desolatelyplayinghisharmonica,anoteofhumanityinascoreofinhumanity.Hedoesn’tdevelopasacharacter.TheplayisreallyaboutHargreaves,hisrealisationoftheshabbyinadequacyofnotionslikeduty.Hedevelops.Thisrealisationsendshimtodrink(tastierthandying!).Likehisprolesubordinates,hefallsinthemud,justasHampissaidtohavedone;heevensaystohissuperior’Weareallmurderers’.Thisisallveryeffective,ifnotmuchofadevelopmentofRCSherriff’screaky’Journey’sEnd’,filmedbyJamesWhalein1930.Itsearnestnessandverbositymayseemalittlestiltedintheageof’PathsofGlory’and’Dr.Strangelove’;wemayfeelthat’Blackaddergoesforth’isatruerrepresentationoftheGreatWar.ButwhatIhavedescribedisnotthefilmLoseyhasmade.Heistoosophisticatedandcannyanintellectualforthat.ThefilmopenswithalingeringpanoveroneofthosemonumentalWarmemorialsyouseealloverBritain(andpresumablyEurope),asiftosayLoseyisgoingtoquestionthereceivedideasofthisstatue,thehumancost.Butwhathe’sreallyquestioningisthisplay,anditswoefulinadequacytorepresentthemanifoldcomplexitiesoftheWar.ThisisBrechtianfilmmakingatitsmostsubtle.Weareconstantlymadeawareoftheartificeofthefilm,thetheatrical-thestilteddialogueisspokenwithdeliberatestiffness;theatricalritualsareemphasised(theinitialinterrogation;thecourtscene,whereactorsliterallytreadtheboards,enunciatingthepredictablespeeches;themirror-playputonbythehystericalsoldiersandtherats;thereligiousceremony;thehorriblefarceoftheexecution).Prosceniumarchesaremadeprominent,audiencesobserveevents.Thisisaplaythatwouldseektocontain,humanise,explaintheGreatWar.Thisisahopelesstask,asLosey’sprovisionalapparatusexplains,’real’photographsofharrowingdetritusfadingfromthescreenasifeventhesearenotenoughtoconveytheWar,nevermindawell-made,bourgeoisplay.Losey’svisionmaybeapocalyptic-itquestionsthepossibilityofrepresentationatall-thevarioustagsofpoetryquotedmakenoimpactonhardmenmenwhorattledthemoffwhenyoung;theShakespeareandualityof’noble’dramacommentedonby’low’comedy,effectsnotranscendence,nogreaterinsight.Losey’scameraworkandcompositionrepeatedlybreaksourinvolvementwiththedrama,anywishwemighthaveformanlysentimentality;inoneremarkablesceneanofficertakesanAubreyBeardsleybookfromthecameraman!Thisideaofthetheatricalevidentlymirrorstherigidclass’roles’playedbythemaincharacters(Hamp’sfatherandgrandfatherwerecobblerstoo;presumablyHargreaves’werealwaysSandhurstcadets).Loseyalsotakesasideswipeatthekitchensinkproject,byusingitstools-historyhasbornehimout.
一个时尚编辑和一个模特儿到另一座城市出差,两人各自发生艳遇,但春梦一觉醒来,才得见内心的惶恐。上世纪50年代的伯格曼作品经常有强迫深刻的意味,如本片对女性梦想、痛苦、挣扎等跟男人的关系作了探讨,虽然是部讽刺喜剧,但有一种焦距不准的模糊。
“捷克新浪潮电影的黑暗、诡异的奇葩”捷克奇幻电影杰作选之《魔格亚纳》风靡全球的捷克奇幻电影魅力!导演:乔拉.赫兹影片简介:一个家庭因为财产分配上的矛盾,姐姐购买了使人产生幻觉的毒药,给妹妹使用了,可是并没有使自己得到需要的东西,幕后隐藏的黑手到底是谁呢?
捷克“胜利二月”后的一处废铁回收厂里,因宗教信仰不愿在周日工作的厨师帕维尔(VáclavNeckár饰)与检察官、哲学教授、奶牛场主等人组成的一只劳动小组正在罢工,昔日工人、如今他们的头头奉命带领一支剧组来这里拍摄宣传电影,导演获悉罢工后拂袖而去,但这次拍摄却把帕维尔和在附近劳改的美丽女犯基塔(JitkaZelenohorská饰)的手牵到了一起。贸易协会派人劝解罢工,反被奶牛场主反诘,而奶牛场主也至此不知所踪。同时看管女犯的法警结婚了,而工人们只能唠着哲学与艺术的话题偷窥女犯人们。不久少先队员来访,教授质问带队的辅导员,结果他也不知去向了。基塔终于答应了帕维尔的求婚,两人进行了一场缺席婚礼,最后大领导视察地区工作,帕维尔向他提出了跟教授一样的问题……本片遭禁21年后获1990年柏林金熊奖、国际影评人费比西奖。
玛丽(珍妮弗·琼斯JenniferJones饰)在意大利度假时邂逅了名为乔班尼(蒙哥马利·克利夫特MontgomeryClift饰)的男子,两人之间相互吸引,很快就走到了一起,相互陪伴度过了快乐的两天。然而,快乐的日子都是短暂的,玛丽即将离开意大利前往巴黎,乔班尼劝说玛丽留下来,留在他的身边,可是固执的玛丽却去意已决,这让乔班尼非常的愤怒,他失手打了玛丽。悲伤的玛丽准备搭上前往巴黎的火车,就在火车快要开动的时候,乔班尼出现了,他不顾危险穿越轨道来到玛丽的身边,他的举动感动了玛丽,两人重修旧好。虽然错过了这一班火车,但下一班火车很快就来了,留给两人的时间越来越短了。
BBC续订《年少轻狂》第四季。
BBC续订《年少轻狂》第四季。
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改编自William Kamkwamba所著自传《驭风男孩》(The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind),讲述一个改变人生的故事:Kamkwamba本人在13岁那年,以小块金属废料、旧自行车零件和木材修建了风轮机,拯救了自己的村庄。