我的情人是条狗

　　一群好友決定在萬聖節的夜晚前往郊外的鬼屋景點試膽，鬼屋內的工作人員不僅舉止怪異，而且全戴著陰森駭人的面具，隨著他們漸漸深入鬼屋內部，屋裡各種凶險的殺人機關也開始啟動，原本看似無傷大雅的嚇人把戲也變得越來越真實…

　　出演 : 高倉健／池部良／三田佳子／松方弘樹／梅宮辰夫／菅原謙二／室田日出男
　　監督 : 佐伯清
　　終戦直後の浅草。戦地から戻った神津組の寺島は、露天商街の縄張り争いから新誠会と対立。やがて縄張り争いは激化し、寺島は客人の風間と共に新誠会に殴り込みをかける…。
　　高倉健の主演で人気を博した「昭和残侠伝」シリーズの第1作目。敵方の青年との対立と不思議な友情を交え、若き熱血親分の活躍を描く娯楽任侠映画。瓦礫だらけの街から、悪を根絶やしにするため、熾烈な戦いが繰り広げられる。ヒロインは三田佳子。シリーズに欠かせない池辺良もいい味を出している。殴り込みのシーンで流れる、高倉健自らが歌う「唐獅子牡丹」も大ヒットした。

　　法国人自己拍摄的关于18世纪法国文豪巴尔扎克的生平传奇，由大鼻子扮演的巴尔扎克是本片最大的看点，电影围绕着这位桀骜不驯的怪才不平淡的一生，把他的婚姻、爱情、小说创作和家庭关系一一进行剖析，突破了过往对巴尔扎克的完美塑造，将他描绘成一个性格古怪、脾气暴躁、风流倜傥、最后因痴肥而卧床不起的失败男人--也许事业上是成功者，但生活上他是个地地道道的失败者。
　　阿尔当扮演的女子是巴尔扎克在生命弥留时的最大安慰，整部戏很有文艺味道，影片将那无可奈何式的人生落幕表现得很哀惋。

　　年近七十的本（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）曾经是一位精明强干，事业有成的商人，最终，他还是和大部分老年人一样开始了平淡的退休生活。本对忙碌而又充实的过去无比怀念，孤独与内心里蠢蠢欲动的渴望让他做出了重回职场的决定，成为了年轻的朱尔斯（安妮·海瑟薇 Anne Hathaway 饰）手下的一名小小员工。
　　朱利安年纪虽轻却是一家著名时尚购物网站的创办人，为了事业，她牺牲了自己全部的业余时间和感情生活，这份事业带给了朱利安荣耀，却也成为了她肩上沉重的负担，更糟的是，公司董事会已经开始怀疑，朱利安是否能够胜任她目前的职位了。起初，朱利安并没有将年迈又落伍的本放在眼里，然而，随着时间的推移，这位慈祥的长者渐渐成为了她生活中最真挚的友人。

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley'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 (e.g., 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 ("I'm a mechanic"), 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 . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood'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 "unbelievable truth" 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.