简介:A rich but lonely woman, Frances Austen, one day invites a boy from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him live there. Robert Altman's sadly neglected film that, along with his later "Images", fits into the unconventional psycho-thriller mold. A bizarre story with Sandy Dennis as a spinster who takes in a handsome young man (Michael Burns) who is pretending to be mute. She imprisons the boy and supplies his every need, including a prostitute (Luana Anders), whom she goes out and brings home for Burns' pleasure.
简介:Here Herzog sets out to document a small group of British physicians who provide medical supplies and aid to the vast undeveloped interior of tribal eastern Africa. Werner's fascination with these "flying doctors" seems genuine though comes across as exploitive and poorly realized. He focuses primarily on the indigenous tribes' primitive conditions and quirky cultural differenc...
简介:The issue of War widow representation in Israeli cinema is one of the most complex for the local industry for it seems to be unique and with a very local and specific iconography. The war Widow is a difficult character to digest. Because this is an especially painful topic in Israel, its mode of representation is almost always problematic. Gila Almagor in Tofano's "siege" is one of the first characters of the "modern" war widows to appear on Israeli cinema screens. The human and social complexity of the status of widows was not represented adequately and personally until her complex and fine appearance in this film. It was mostly Preceded by cliches of heroic women who have sacrificed for the nation with characters to which it was very difficult to get attached, nor to their personal grief. "Siege" was directed by an unknown Italian director of that period. Although Gilberto Tofano was brought as a professional director on the wings of inspiration made by the French New Wave of those years, he managed to turn out a very exciting work which has caught the Israeli warmth and sense of social siege which surrounds the Israeli widows, including the great expectations from them and the social stigmas. Tofano wrapped his leading lady with lots of warmth and gave a place of honor to Almagor's impressive presence in the film. This is without a doubt one of Almagor's best and most accurate performances. The restraint in her performance plus the shooting and expressive use of angles by Tofano and his soft European touch which was far off from the aggressive local product managed to produce a sense of documenting an authentic tragedy with a tangible personal touch that minimized the national dimension. The result stands the test of time proudly several decades after its creation.
简介:二次世界大战,希特勒妄图入侵英国本土,摧毁英国研发的雷达系统和空军基地指挥部。英军陆军上尉保尔(弗雷德里克·斯塔福德 Frederick Stafford饰)发现德国特工可能冒充英国士兵潜入英国,因此奉命搜捕这群德国特工。与此同时,德国特工人员已在克鲁格(路易吉·皮斯特李 Luigi Pistilli饰)的率领下,在英国展开了秘密活动。
简介:改编自Luis de Castresana的同名小说。影片以纪实手法记述发生在1936年战争时期的真实事件。一批儿童被送往国外,远离亲人和硝烟中的西班牙。桑迪带着妹妹贝戈妮娅去了比利时,分别寄养在两个家庭中。但他不肯认领养人为父母,重新被送入寄宿学校,在他心目中,父母是无人可以替代的。校园中的一棵大树,被这些远离祖国的西班牙孩子命名为“格尔尼卡之树”,他们看见它就仿佛在家一样……