弦子
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:Salomé (1923), a silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokaanan) at the request of his stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after.Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S.[citation needed] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting (even for the period), minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.Despite the film being only a little over an hour in length and having no real action to speak of, it cost over $350,000 to make. All the sets were constructed indoors to be able to have complete control over the lighting. The film was shot completely in black and white, matching the illustrations done by Aubrey Beardsley in the printed edition of Wilde's play. The costumes, designed by Natacha Rambova, used material only from Maison Lewis of Paris, such as the real silver lamé loincloths worn by the guards.No major studio would be associated with the film, and it was years after its completion before it was released, by a minor independent distributor. It was a complete failure at the time and marked the end of Nazimova's producing career.A longstanding rumor, which seems to have started while the film was still in production, suggests that its cast is comprised entirely of gay and bisexual actors in an homage to Oscar Wilde, as per star and producer Nazimova's demand. It is, of course, impossible to say, but one of the extras in Salomé reported that a number of the cast members—both featured and extras—were indeed gay, but not an unusual percentage of them, and certainly not all of them. What can be said is that Nazimova herself was a lesbian, the two guard characters (who, next to Salomé, have the most screen time) are at least played very stereotypically gay, and several of the female courtiers are men in drag.Salomé was screened in 1989 at the New York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay films and in 1990 at the New York Gay Experimental Film Festival.In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
许飞
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:A hit man in black struggles into an apartment complex. It turns out that the apartments are hosts to a cornucopia of characters. A couple are about to separate or play baseball. A woman maintains a schedule of screaming in order for the neighbours to ascertain that she is alive. A mother just wants to have fun. A daughter just wants to obtain high marks and then someone walks on the roof looking for a UFO to act as a taxi.
火星人
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:本片根据美国小说家托马斯·科布(Thomas Cobb)的同名小说改编。拜德·布雷克(杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰)是一名酗酒成性的落魄蓝调乡村歌手,在新墨西哥州州府圣菲市表演时,认识了圣菲报的记者琴(玛吉·吉伦哈尔 Maggie Gyllenhaal 饰)。濒临破产的拜德赶往凤凰城为自己的旧时学生,新晋乡村红歌星汤米·斯威特(科林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰)的演唱会开场。演唱会后在从凤凰城到圣菲市的路上拜德出车祸,在琴家养伤,二人情愫渐生。拜德重新开始写歌,并向多年好友韦恩(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰)倾诉心声,一切似乎都在向着好的方向进行。但在琴携四岁的儿子来休斯顿探访拜德的过程中,一件意外却让拜德真正意识到自己的人生路在何方……本片荣获第82届奥斯卡最佳男主角(Jeff Bridges)、歌曲2项大奖,并获得最佳女配角提名(Maggie Gyllenhaal)。英国学院奖最佳男主角提名和最佳原创音乐提名,以及获金球奖最佳剧情片男主角奖及剧情片最佳原创歌曲奖。