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春暖Cherry Healey and Simon Lycett tell the story of how the flowers we buy travel across the world via Aalsmeer Flower Auction in Holland to reach us every day in pristine condition.We reach for flowers to express...
回复 :Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
回复 :一双又一双女人的腿,从墓地上走过,他们纤细、美丽而动人,散发着芳香、温柔和女性特有的娇柔。一个男人的葬礼竟能吸引这么多女人的到来,那么他究竟是怎样的一个男人呢?新浪潮大师特吕弗的《痴男怨女》带我们走进一个偏执的男人的世界。这是一个关于爱的故事,也是一个关于征服的故事,又或者是一个关于男人嗜好的故事。莫伦是一个接近中年单身男子,在他平常的外表下隐藏着一颗对女性博爱的心。无论老少,他都会尽自己的一切能力去关心,他对女人的偏爱由他们的玉腿而起,当他看到令他动心的女子时,他会不顾一切地去追求,而最终他因为追逐一双美丽的玉腿而命丧轮下。影片在莫伦追逐第一双玉腿的时候已经为我们展现出这个浪漫故事的构架。莫伦在一家小店里被一双女人的玉腿吸引着,他在匆忙中只记下了那个女人的车牌号,通过一起伪造的交通事故,他要求警方为他找到车主。然而警方告诉他,该车是从德国租来的,根据条例是不能公布车主地址,莫伦以自己的魅力征服了一个女警察,从她那里得到了车主的地址,然后又大胆地在电话中告诉车主,他为了她已经远涉重洋,而那位漂亮的女人也因他的神秘和执著而感动,如期赴约。莫伦对女性有着特有的敏感和细致入微的那种关怀,而这正是许多男性身上所不具有的,莫伦是一个懂女人的人,而他超越常规的那种偏执更是对女人有着十二分的吸引力。对于他来说,所有他追逐过的女人他都是真心爱着的,这种爱不同于夫妻之爱,或许是一种对女性本身的爱,对女性美的热爱。也正因为莫伦懂得欣赏女性的美丽,才使他能在女人的国度里游刃有余。他将自己所有的故事以回忆录的形式写成书稿,一个女儿国的故事,即单纯又富有传奇色彩。莫伦以自己的一生来完成对女性的热爱,而在这背后隐隐透射出男女两性的个体差异。在爱着莫伦的每一个女人的背后,都是一段浪漫而富有刺激的故事。莫伦对女性的征服并不是单纯的通过肉体来实现,或者说与女人睡觉只不过是证明自己征服对方的途径,在他身上他更注重的是对女性心灵征服的过程,他迷恋于给女性激情,意外的惊喜,不确定的飘忽的浪漫,或许这也正符合了女性对感情的飘渺的追逐感。男性与女性,从诞生之初就互相厌恶又互相吸引。从本质上说,男人更注重生理的快感,但这并不代表男人不注重感情。“当你只想和一个女人肩并肩睡觉,想和她厮守一辈子而不是占有对方身体,即不是那种对女性群体的占有欲的时候,那代表你深爱着她”而对于女性来说,只有在深爱着的人面前,才会把自己展露无疑,并把自己的一切都给对方。男性在情感和欲望上的割裂与女性在这两个层次的融合恰恰是男女社会关系微妙的地方。而在思维上,男性更注重理性思考,善于冷静判断,推理,并以此作为结果陈列。女性则通常依靠自己的感觉行事,他们的感性成分具有比较大的神秘与不确定性,但或许也正式这样的差异才使男女能互相依靠、吸引。男女之间永远说不清楚,互相厌恶又互相追逐。彼此可以找出千万个错误,却是五十步笑百步”。男和女的故事永远不会结束,而那些追逐和伤痛也在一代又一代中以不同的形式演绎着。
回复 :刚从国际电影节获奖归来的陈婷婷,在机场平静地向簇拥着她的记者们宣布,她将从此退出影坛。她的决定使记者们深感意外。当年,还是个小姑娘陈婷婷怀着当电影演员的梦想,只身来到了这座大城市报考电影学院,却因没有高中文凭而失去了机会。这时,她与热情的郝建新相遇,并一见钟情。郝建新将婷婷接回家中,为她的工作四处奔忙。不料,在一个风雨之夜,郝建新的父亲残暴地夺去了这个少女的贞操……婷婷离开郝家,在歌厅找到了工作。郝建新终于通过正在走红的电影演员尚晓彬,使婷婷步入了电影圈。婷婷从替身做起,一丝不苟地完成着每一个动作,却没有被一个导演注意,婷婷失望地回到歌厅。后来,影片《小白屋》的导演徐志凡发现了她,大胆启用她取代尚晓彬扮演该片女主角。婷婷果然一炮打响,并因此获了大奖。从此,各厂竞相约她拍片。外籍华人立华甫了约她到海外拍片,被婷婷婉言谢绝。在徐志凡的帮助下,婷婷进步很快,二人合作拍摄了许多部影片。看到妻子与徐的密切接触,郝建新醋意大发,经常以各种方式刺激、折磨陈婷婷,最终导致夫妻感情破裂。心灰意冷的婷婷向郝提出离婚,并毅然决然地退出了给过她欢乐又带给她痛苦的影坛,然后找到立华甫,来到了机场,与此同时,愤怒的郝建新狂躁地驾驶着摩托车冲向大街,最后坠入河中。