胡瓜
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:本(尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰 )一个是贫困潦倒的编剧,终日借酒消愁,被公司开除后,郁郁不得志的他变卖了所有的家当,前去拉斯维加斯开始了他慢性自杀的计划。他打算在几周的时间内,喝酒至死。在光怪陆离的拉斯维加斯,醉醺醺的他遇见了妓女莎拉(伊丽莎白•苏 Elisabeth Shue 饰)。莎拉过着同样不幸的生活:被皮条客控制自由,屡次出逃不遂。本和莎拉共度了一夜,这夜他们互相倾诉,同是天涯沦落人。二人很快同居,但莎拉并不阻止本继续狂饮。本在自己的世界里沉溺得越来越深,直到有一天和另一个女人躺在莎拉床上,莎拉怒不可遏,将本赶出家门。本在酒精的折磨下奄奄一息,他打电话给莎拉,能否让生命和感情重生。
黄俊郎
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:Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.Roger Philip Mellor