床 B·E·D

 改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。

　　A comedy about two people with different world-views, from different places, whose fate, with the help from a bull Garonja (a name given to the black bulls in villages of Croatia), intertwine. Ante (Goran Bogdan) is a peasant from Dalmatian hinterland, a son of an bull fights organizer, and skilled insurance salesman. He is known by his powers of persuasion. At the voting for the Law for animal protection, biggest controversy is considering bull fights. Sonja (Judita Frankovic) is from Zagreb, an inveterate activist fighting for animal rights. In Dalmatian hinterland nobody can understand her attitude. They conclude that Sonja, regardless of the declared intense love of animals, would not dare stand in front of a bull. About Sonja and Anthony , the central pair who in his romantic comedy game going a little farther - a little back, a series of actions is carried out in the style of a wild untamed satire at the expense of local "yellow" media and important institutions such as the ...

　　四名富家子为了营救其中一人被绑架勒索的妹妹，竟然合谋绑架了当地的黑道老大，将他放置在另一不知情好友父亲的渡假别墅中，然后肋迫他运用黑道力量打听到绑架的歹徒，并付出二百万美元赎金。不料整个绑架事件竟是一个精心圈套，真相在最后才揭穿。类似本片的剧情架构在美国的独立制片中常被采用，但本片编导仍成功地掌控了老大与富家子之间的心理角力游戏，利用“绑架案有内奸”的秘密信息引起几个好友之间的互相猜疑，从而使后半段的发展显得峰迥回路转。而老大的手下和绑匪这两组黑道搭档则明显有昆汀泰伦提诺式的饶舌和搞笑作风。克里斯多夫毕肯演出处变不惊的老大游刃有余，几名富家子则由亨利汤玛斯领军。

　　看不到一点绿色的荒漠中央，一辆越野车载着数名全副武装的人类疾驰而过。他们来到了那座早已成为废墟的大都市，寻找各种可以回首的有用材料，同时执行这一项极其危险的秘密任务。他们的举动很快就被对手发现，那是一辆战争时期遗留下来的智能战车，它可准确感知对手的存在，并第一时间发动毁灭性的攻击。战士们按照原定计划展开合围，可是根本抵挡不住机器战车的猛烈炮火。　　死一般沉寂的都市，人和机器的战争逐渐升级。可叹的是，人类制造出如此精良的武器，却用它来毁灭了文明，毁灭了自己……