縱一直飽受病魔煎熬,安東尼奧尼對電影的執著與熱情卻從未消減過。中風令他失去說話與書寫的能力,拍攝時只能以不熟練左手繪畫的草圖與雲溫達斯溝通,歴盡艱辛精鍊而成的,統統是他畢生沉澱出來的深厚哲思。改編自他的故事筆記《The Bowling Alley on the Tiber》,大師以尊麥高維治的導演視角漫遊人間,發掘出四段如夢如詩的愛情短篇,其大膽而細膩的風格真箇已成絕響。難得可在大銀幕重溫安東尼奧尼遺世名作,各影迷豈能錯過?
Antonioni, who bade the world farewell last year, insisted on making films for as long as he could. When filming Beyond the Clouds, he had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. As a result, this star-studded film was completed with help from Wim Wenders, who wrote its prologue and epilogue and worked on the screenplay. Adapted from short stories in Antonioni's book “The Bowling Alley on the Tiber”, the film shows in vignettes characters caught up in romantic obsessions, with a brooding director played by John Malkovich as the connection. In the classically Antonioni way, the impact of these stories is not in the words but in the way the mood, texture and the acting build each situation into a visually intense parable.
意大利Italy/ 1995/ 112mins/英、法、意語對白,
中英文字幕 In English, French and Italian with Chinese and English subtitles
導演Dir: 安東尼奧尼 Michelangelo Antonioni
演員Cast: 尊麥高維治 John Malkovich、蘇菲瑪素 Sophie Marceau, 艾蓮謝歌 Irene Jacob、芬妮雅頓 Fanny Ardant、尚連奴Jean Reno.
Anna, a photographer; Dan, an obituary writer; Alice, an American stripper freshly arrived in London; and Larry, a dermatologist. Four beautiful people doing horrible, ugly things to one another – that is Closer in a nutshell. Mike Nichol’s adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play questions the nature of relationships and fidelity. From a physical standpoint, Closer is not a violent film. From an emotional one, it's brutal. What drives someone in a perfectly good relationship to cheat and risk losing the one that they love and that loves them? Is it possible to love more than one person at the same time? You may not get the answers by the end of the film, but you will not forget the strong performances and on top of it all, Damien Rice’s “Blower’s Daughter”.
美國USA/ 2004/ 104 mins/ 英語對白,中文字幕 In English with Chinese subtitles
導演Dir: 米克尼高斯 Mike Nichols
演員Cast: 祖狄羅 Jude Law、茱莉亞羅拔絲 Julia Roberts、基夫奧雲 Clive Owen、妮妲莉保雯 Natalie Portman
Extending his 2004 Oscar-nominated short film into a feature, Sean Ellis’ Cashback is a film characterized by its very likeable characters. Heartbroken Ben suffers from insomnia and decides to work at a grocery store to pass the night hours. Ben imagines that he can freeze time, and in his imagination, he can also undress all the female customers and use them as models for his portraits! In reality though, Ben has cute co-worker Sharon. They spend a lot of time talking, and Ben gradually realizes that the path to emotional healing and a good night's sleep may lie in connecting with Sharon…
英國UK/ 2006/ 102mins/ 英語對白,中文字幕 In English with Chinese subtitles
導演Dir: 辛艾利斯 Sean Ellis
演員Cast: 尚碧加斯達夫 Sean Biggerstaff、艾美莉亞霍絲 Emilia Fox
Written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and the late, legendary director Krzysztof Kieslowski, Hell is the second installment of a trilogy by the duo that began with 2002's Heaven. Set in Paris, the film follows the lives of three sisters Anne, Celine, and Sophie. Sophie thinks her husband might be cheating; Anne has an affair with a married man; Celine is the sole caretaker of their ill mother. The siblings have grown so far apart that they do not even know each other's exact whereabouts, but when a handsome stranger begins making inroads into each of their lives, it gradually draws them together again, and back into their shared past. Like Kieslowski’s Red, the film is structured as a kind of puzzle box in which there are no such things as chance encounters and history is forever verging on repeating itself.
法國France /2005/ 102mins/
法語對白,中英文字幕 In French with Chinese and English subtitles
導演Dir: 丹尼斯泰諾維 Danis Tanovic
演員Cast: 艾曼妞琵雅 Emmanuelle Béart、嘉蓮維雅 Karin Viard、瑪麗姬蘭 Marie Gillain