葡萄牙电影入围2017悉尼电影节幽深的失魂森林是葡萄牙的自杀胜地某天一个想要自杀的老人遇见了同样求死的女孩老人和女孩各自敞开心扉在赴死的边缘犹豫接着画风骤转女孩把老人切腹大开杀戒贯穿全片的一句话是梵高的悲伤永驻
本片被很多人认为是莎士比亚戏剧改编中成就最高的一部由莎士比亚的五部戏剧浓缩而成讲述英国国王亨利四世即位后全国叛乱不止形势动荡王子却熟视无睹与其密友胖武士弗斯塔夫终日豪饮作乐弗斯塔夫是喜欢吹牛而无所不为之辈他向亨利四世进谗言说王子平叛不力把所有功劳归于自 己后来亨利四世驾崩王子继位为亨利五世弗斯塔夫以为自己能加官封爵岂料被昔日旧友一脚踢开原来亨利五世力图振作那段放荡日子从此不复返弗斯塔夫只得郁郁而终导演用自己的方式重新诠释了这个小丑故事但对他持同情态度因为导演指出弗斯塔夫的行径正是他对抗日益改变的世界的护身符从他与王子之间的友谊变化影射出这个世界早已今非昔比往日的骑士精神也因为强权政治的诡诈绝情而荡然无存
影片是根据谢尔盖·卢科扬涅科的三部曲中的守夜人改编 光明军队与黑暗军队签订了一项为期一千年的免战合约一千年后两支军队的首领格谢尔符拉季米尔·门少夫 Vladimir Menshov 饰和扎乌龙维克多尔·维尔热宾茨基 Valeri Zolotukhin 饰生活在今日的莫斯科守夜人跟踪黑暗的异己势力维持善与恶之间的平衡；而守日人则是监视光明力量的活动一旦善恶比例失衡就会引起战争革命毁灭甚至全世界的灾难菜鸟守夜人安东·格洛节茨基康斯坦丁·哈宾斯基 Konstantin Khabenskiy 饰的监视对象是吸血鬼科斯佳阿雷克西·查多夫 Aleksey Chadov 饰小男孩叶戈尔出现了他拥有着打破光明黑暗两派平衡的力量谁得到他都会取得最后的胜利为了争夺终极力量的人魔大战开始了自此世界开始崩溃…… 叶戈尔将走向光明还是走向黑暗
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
