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　　德国移民的名导演埃里克．冯．施特罗海姆花费了一百三十万美元和十一个月的时间摄制而成的超级文艺片，原拷贝长达五小时，公开上映时浓缩成三小时半。由于耗资惊人，好莱坞大亨本来对埃里克颇有微词，后因本片获得意外的卖座成功而作罢。故事以1919年的蒙地卡罗为背景。埃里克扮演一个欺骗美国外交官女儿的白俄亲王，靠着剥削他的情妇----一个貌丑的女仆为生。由于性虐待狂的驱使，他强奸了一个不幸的白痴女子。最后，他被人杀死，他的尸首很有象征意义地被扔在臭水沟里。埃里克对自然主义情有独钟，希望把一切情史都在画面中表现出来。他特地在加州海边搭建起蒙地卡罗的赌场和雄伟宫殿的布景，并且在采光上有十分大胆的处理方式。影像上也富于感官刺激的煽情暴力场面，甚至劳烦电检单位剪掉了其中的一些镜头。在片中，埃里克用一种辛酸的悲观主义眼光来观察人类，对上层社会的腐朽和封建作出激烈的抨击，流露出一种愤而感伤的怜悯色彩。而对低下层的人物和被骗上当的女子，则寄予同情的关注，表现出独特的“埃里克式人道主义精神"。

　　山崎（堤真一饰）打算抢银行，他盘算了一通十全十美的计划。正当他打算行事时，突然从银行中走出了装束一模一样的另一组劫犯。但一不留神劫犯被汽车撞飞，装满现金的皮包无意中落入山崎手中。
　　山崎被误认为是劫犯同伙受到追捕，好不容易逃离追捕的山崎刚想松口气，手中拿着的刀子却不小心刺死了一名女美容师。他开始承受恐惧和自我谴责，后来又离奇地环境评估会上发表了一通长篇大论。
　　同时，他丢弃的头套引发了黑帮老大的死亡，失去组长后黑社会村田组势力削弱，三名成员无意中杀死了敌对派系的年轻头目。倒霉的山崎和黑帮分子们将如何解脱呢？

　　新宿歌舞伎町を舞台にした東京アンダーグラウンド系アクションエンターテインメント作品。2部作で公開する。まだどことなくあどけなさが残る少女、千鶴と美音が「解決屋」の事務所へとやってきた。千鶴は援交グループ「JKC」のリーダーで、援助交際をする少女たちを束ねて大金を稼いでいた。しかし、街のチンピラにみかじめ料を要求され、脅されているという。「250万円の解決料」が払えるんだったら依頼を受けてもいいと言う黒斗。「たったそれだけで助けてくれんの？」千鶴が美音の背負っているカバンを開くと、一千万円以上の大金が入っていた。即金で250万円を渡す千鶴。呆れながらも千鶴の依頼を引き受け、みかじめ料を要求してきたチンピラたちの調査を始める解決屋。簡単に依頼を解決したかと思ったが、事件の裏には思いもよらぬ事実が待ち受けていた…。

　　戴茜（杰西卡·坦尼Jessica Tandy 饰）小时候在贫民地方长大，丈夫生意的崛起才让他们家过上富足日子，所以戴茜非常节俭。现在她年事已高，不能自己开车了，儿子为她请来黑人司机霍克（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman饰），但是戴茜却十分不喜欢。她起初逃避出行 ，因为不想让霍克当上司机，后来她才觉得，儿子付了钱却不用他干活，似乎太不划算，于是终于给了霍克第一次为自己开车的机会。
　　霍克是一个非常善良淳朴的男人，他知道自己不被接受，并没有把不快放在心里。相反地，他处处关心戴茜的生活，也慢慢了解戴茜坚守原则的执著性格。戴茜对霍克的排斥开始慢慢消融，直至几年间她终于发现，霍克是一个很值得信赖的朋友。
　　于是，戴茜教会不识字的霍克传授认字，霍克也成为了戴茜晚年最贴心的朋友。

　　著名的希腊神话故事，特洛伊城的巴利斯王子，爱上了美丽非凡的海伦，并不顾一切的将她带回了特洛伊城。谁知海伦本是巴斯达国王的爱妃，愤怒的巴斯达下令向特洛伊城发起进攻，一场残酷的战争拉开了序幕。英勇的希腊士兵如潮水涌向特洛伊城，结果无功而返，慌乱中，遗留下一匹巨大的木马。兴奋的特洛伊城士兵只顾高兴地庆祝着希腊士兵的撤退，对希腊的木马却完全视而不见。夜幕降临了，许多全副武装的希腊士兵悄悄地从大木马的腹中钻出来，向特洛伊城大举进攻……

　　Two differences between this Austrian version and the generally available American version are immediately obvious: they differ both in their length and in the language of the intertitles. The American version is only 1,883 metres long - at 18 frames per second a difference of some 7 minutes to the Austrian version with 2,045 metres. Whereas we originally presumed only a negligible difference, resulting from the varying length of the intertitles, a direct comparison has nevertheless shown that the Austrian version differs from the American version both in the montage and in the duration of individual scenes. Yet how could it happen that the later regional distribution of a canonical US silent film was longer than the "original version"?
　　The prevalent American version of Blind Husbands does not correspond to the version shown at the premiere of 1919. This little-known fact was already published by Richard Koszarski in 1983. The film was re-released by Universal Pictures in 1924, in a version that was 1,365 feet (416 metres) shorter. At 18 frames per second, this amounts to a time difference of 20 minutes! "Titles were altered, snippets of action removed and at least one major scene taken out entirely, where von Steuben and Margaret visit a small local chapel." (Koszarski)
　　From the present state of research we can assume that all the known American copies of the film derive from this shortened re-release version, a copy of which Universal donated to the Museum of Modern Art in 1941. According to Koszarski the original negative of the film was destroyed sometime between 1956 and 1961 and has therefore been irretrievably lost. This information casts an interesting light on the Austrian version, which can be dated to the period between the summer of 1921 and the winter of 1922. Furthermore, the copy is some 200 metres longer than the US version of 1924. If one follows the details given by Richard Koszarski and Arthur Lennig, this means that, as far as both its date and its length are concerned, the Austrian version lies almost exactly in the middle between the (lost) version shown at the premiere and the re-released one.A large part of the additional length of the film can be traced to cuts that were made to the 1924 version in almost every shot. Koszarski describes how the beginning and the end of scenes were trimmed, in order to "speed up" the film. However, more exciting was the discovery that the Austrian version contains shots that are missing in the American one - shots/countershots, intertitles - and furthermore shows differences in its montage (i.e. the placing of the individual shots within a sequence). All this indicates that Die Rache der Berge constitutes the oldest and most completely preserved material of the film.

　　A man comes into possession of an ancient Aztec doll. However, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, which takes over his body.

　　居住在亚利桑那州凤凰城的年轻女秘书玛丽莲·克雷恩（Anne Heche 饰）与来自加州的男子山姆·卢米斯（Viggo Mortensen 饰）相恋。他们的爱情道路并非一帆风顺，玛丽莲梦想和爱人结婚，但山姆却必须将收入用于前期的赡养费，美好的婚姻遥遥无期。某天，玛丽莲受老板之托携带四十万现金去银行存款。难耐生活的压抑，她携款逃离，准备用这笔钱与山姆展开新的生活。玛丽莲一路驾车逃亡，终因恶劣天气而暂停脚步。她来到一家汽车旅馆休息，受到年轻的男主人诺曼·贝茨（Vince Vaughn 饰）的接待，却不知一场噩梦才刚刚开始……
　　本片荣获1998年波士顿影评人协会最佳男配角奖（William H. Macy）。

描述生活在同一小区的已婚妇女和年轻男子的性行为的性电影

　　The film (and the acting) is superbly done, but the story is intense. I like it for its&♯39; dark, thick, "Cul du Sac" psychology but it is certainly not for everyone for that very reason. Set in isolated, rural France makes this film all the more desperate.
　　The film is about strenuous relationships, loyalty - and despair. It is about accepting hardships without really understanding them. It is also about pity and how it is to be distinguished from love and admiration. I&♯39;ve seen many French films with the same intensity and I&♯39;m guessing that it will be mostly the French who will enjoy this film.
　　The acting is superb in this film – if you&♯39;re in the right state of mind and don&♯39;t loose your concentration. Jean-François Stevenin ALWAYS impresses me. He doesn&♯39;t disappoint me here either. For general audiences, however, I&♯39;d recommend his performance in "Deux Lions au Soleil" which is much more easily palatable than "Peux de Vaches".
　　Despite the fact that I like "Peux de Vaches", I have difficulties recommending it to anyone other than French audiences and perhaps someone with a morose demeanor.

　　魔鬼出租车司机达尼埃尔（萨米·纳塞利 Samy Naceri 饰）依旧每天在公路上风驰电掣，这天他因为开车运送临产孕妇而一举夺得赛车冠军，同时也耽搁了和女友莉莉（玛丽昂·歌迪亚 Marion Cotillard 饰）父母见面的约会，但达尼埃尔很快用速度帮助了接见日本防卫部长的未来将军岳父。与此同时，考驾照再次失败的埃米利安（佛瑞德瑞克·迪分索 Frédéric Diefenthal 饰）奉命一同迎接日本部长，与达尼埃尔在机场重逢。警察局长在车队行进途中安排了反恐演习向日本客人展示法国的先进技术和干练部队，而暗处的一股日本黑帮正计划劫持部长。达尼埃尔和埃米利安联手为国家尊严而战……

　阿寅听信了算卦人的指点，去九州碰运气。昔日矿山兴旺时热闹的剧院，现在门可罗雀，一片荒凉。他去寻找刚刚故去的剧团团长中村的家，遇上了他的女儿美保。美保认出来人是与父亲一起喝酒的阿寅，当晚，阿寅在她工作的小店留宿。
　　阿寅离开小镇，信马由缰，四处游荡，直到回到阔别已久的家。在这期间，家里接到几次美保的电话，她离开家来找阿寅，而阿寅人在旅途，无助之中得到了画广告谋生的小伙子的帮助，带生病的美保回他的住处休养。在阿寅家人的介绍下，美保到上海轩食店帮工，送外卖，因为她漂亮而勤快，吸引了许多客人光顾小店，生意红火起来。原先因为父亲去世孤苦伶仃无人照顾的她，在阿寅家里重新找到了家的温暖，也找到了爱的归宿。