剧场灵

 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。

　　伊莎贝尔（拉蒂西亚·多瑞拉 Leticia Dolera 饰）是一名非常有才华的脱口秀演员，虽然这份工作并不能够给她带来太多的财富，但却给她带来了真正的快乐，伊莎贝尔可以说是真的成为了自己生活的主人。
　　一天，伊莎贝尔邂逅了名叫罗伯特（哈维尔·雷伊 Javier Rey 饰）的男子，这个男人是衔着金汤匙出生的千金大少爷，家财万贯风流成性。罗伯特有一个妹妹名叫丹妮拉（阿玛雅·萨拉曼卡 Amaia Salamanca 饰），她是一个脾气非常古怪而且异常的难以取悦的女人。让罗伯特没有想到的是，伊莎贝尔竟然只是动动嘴，就逗笑了难搞的妹妹，于是，他决定雇佣伊莎贝尔，利用他带给丹妮拉快乐。

　　Gabrielle is writing an illustrated guide book on sex called 'How To Do It.' At a book signing she meets Saul, an established male writer who is straight. She both loves and hates his work which has seeped into her secular Jewish life from childhood. The more Gabrielle tells him about her book the more he wants to know about her life; the relationship with her younger girlfriend Olivia and her determination to "stop using my penis in sex". As her book takes form, is Saul jealous or desirous? Their friendship is tested as is Gabrielle's relationship with Olivia. The film muses on how we write, how we draw. And the nature of "story" and what it makes us do.