山海巨兽

　　一位报社编辑每晚会在广播节目中讲一些报纸故事这次他讲的故事是一位警探虽然深爱着妻子和儿子却和一个交际花有染一天他俩将车停在偏远的路边正巧目击了一起谋杀案警探由于做贼心虚没有去抓杀人嫌犯也没有报警后来警局让他负责这个案子她发现他只有自己直面作证才能抓住杀人嫌犯也才能不然无辜的人蒙冤

　　Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other Written by Will Gilbert

　　影片主角是一个78岁的英国著名作家他身患重病却仍然酗酒成性口不择言夜晚不时陷于噩梦的缠绕中令他想入非非一边琢磨着他最后一部作品的情节构思一边回忆着他的往事于是噩梦他的想象加上往事的回忆相互混淆在一起共同构成了他作品的故事框架
　　影片将文学创作的过程跟幻想愤怒等融为一体制造了一个精致的弗洛伊德哑谜这是雷奈的用英版拍摄的影片剧本比较拗口罗嗦有较重的文学味影片被认为是雷奈的杰作博加德的演出尤为精湛但一般观众可能会觉得单调乏味
　　Clive Langham Sir John Gielgud spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives He is a bitter man and he shows, through flashbacks, how spiteful, conniving and treacherous his family is But is this how they really are or is it his own vindictive slant on things,