The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna.
　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator,
　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination.
　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

　　一个资产阶级作家没有随家人撤离，而是满怀喜悦要目睹革命后的古巴现状。他流连于哈瓦那的街头，沉思并观望着这个国家的变化，然而他也不自觉地因为自己的好色风流而陷入道德危机之中。

　　重犯越狱后即犯下滔天罪行，有众多目击者见过其人，警方却仍束手无策，逃犯犹如鬼魅般穿行于城市之中...

　　ユダヤの伝説「巨人ゴーレム」にヒントを得て製作した大映のSFXスペクタクル時代劇シリーズ第3弾。荒川飛騨守は近隣諸国を侵略しようと、村人たちを捕え武器作りに酷使していた。残された子供たちは、“魔神の山”を越える決死の旅立ちを決意するが…。

　　戦国時代、名越一族と千草一族は、八雲の湖をはさんで平和に暮らしていた。ところが彼らは思わぬ侵略にさらされることになる。隣国の領主御子柴弾正は、まず千草一族、続いて名越一族を倒し、その領地を手に入れる。さらに両家を守り続けてきた武神像を破壊し、湖に捨ててしまう。そして邪魔になった十郎と早百合を処刑しようとする。絶体絶命と思ったその時、湖がまっぷたつに割れ、巨大な魔神が現れた……。

　　A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
　　If you're wondering about this film and why it's dubbed in Italian, then read the following comment from IMDb:
　　I have always wondered about the disappearance of "Deluge". Why for so many years, seemingly since it's release in 1933, this film vanished from the face of the earth. After seeing it, courtesy of the efforts of Mr. Wade Williams & Co., I'm still puzzled, but I have a theory. In 1933, "the code" was enacted that pretty much took care of sex and violence in Hollywood. While not an explicit film by any means, "Deluge" does deal fairly frankly with sexuality, lust and rape. I wonder if RKO discovered they had a film that they could not re-release, much like the fabled lost Warner Bros. comedy "Convention City". It's a shame for, while it is a dated film, I find it quite unique and surprising for it's era and a fairly successful attempt to create something different in an era when films were already becoming cookie cutter by-products of the studio machine (not that many of those cookies aren't tasty, mind you). And even though the only available copy at this writing is dubbed into Italian, I don't find that a hinderance. An excellent job was done in subtitling the film, and much of the film is visual anyway.

　　Loosely based on Kathryn Forbes' book -Mama's Bank Account-, this film actually contains richer detail and more intricate character- izations. In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, young Katrina Hansen chronicles episodes of life with her extended family, who combine traditional Norwegian values with "modern" American ways. So successful that it became a popular radio show, and then a TV sitcom, both with Barbara BelGeddes and Irene Dunne from the film.

　　The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the Professor, businessman Olsen, has money and lots of food, while the Griggs have hardly any. Both Peter Olsen and Reverend Gates are taken by the beauty of young Amelia Griggs. When rich son Phil West falls for Amelia Griggs and befriends the poor Reverend Gates, he finally sees the difference in his life and theirs and tries to do something to change that.

　　为了摆脱贫穷的生活，清冈球江（冈田嘉子 饰）抛弃了丈夫渥美俊荣（奈良真养 饰）和尚在襁褓中的女儿滋子，只身远赴好莱坞影视圈发展。在此后的岁月里，渥美投资渔业公司，生意越做越大，与此同时还迎娶温柔贤惠的真砂子（筑波雪子 饰）为妻。真砂子视滋子（小岛寿子 饰）若己出，滋子也深爱这个美丽的母亲，一家人的生活何其幸福。
　　某天，功成名就的球将返回阔别已久的日本，此行的目的只有一个，那便是找回失却的女儿。就在此时，渥美的公司陷入财政危机，球江希望借机注资以得到女儿，却遭到前夫的拒绝。不久，公司倒闭，渥美一家的生活充满困顿。而两位母亲针对女儿的争夺也渐渐激烈……

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　　一个法国少年和一个阿拉伯少年自幼便是街头的混混，他们缺乏家庭的温暖和社会的关注，以偷窃为乐，但当他们自认为最愚笨的同学摇身成为大富翁时，他们目瞪口呆，习惯了街头恶习的两人在辞工后不久，又陷入了爱情的困惑，最终都被警察带走，但他们对生活已经绝望，剩下的是两人间不变的友谊。
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　　本片属于波尔电影，也就是反映在法国的阿尔及利亚后裔人的电影作品。导演沙里夫是阿尔及利亚后裔，本片根据他的自传体小说改编，非常直白地将当时法国社会的阴暗现实反映出来。影片最后点出主题，渴望拆除种族的藩篱，超越肤色和种族和平友好地生活下去。整部电影的叙事手法平平，只是倒叙一段类似“戏中戏”处理得较有复古味道，不失讽刺韵味，人物的心理描写也细致准确，属于一部表现社会底层青年生活的社会写实作品。

　　Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
　　YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
　　1969 Won Grand Prize
　　Dusan Hanák
　　A government official in Czechoslovakia mistakenly believes he has cancer. He reasons his involvement in clandestine activities during the Stalin administration have fated him to die from a dreaded disease. He searches for inner peace as he feels the guilt of his past transgressions. This film tied for the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival in 1969.
　　Slovak director Dusan Hanak was one of Czech cinema's brightest and best talents of the '60s and '70s, but because of censorship this was not manifest until the late '80s. Dusan made an impact on the film world with his auspicious debut 322 (1969). Though banned until 1988, when it was finally released, it earned international acclaim and the Grand Prix award at the Mannheim Film Festival. Hanak's sophomore effort, the documentary Obrazy Stareho Sveta/Image of an Old World (completed in 1972), was also not released until 1988 and neither was his 1980 film Ja Milujem, Ty Milujes/I Love You, You Love. Only Hanak's 1976 film Ruzove Sny/Rose-Tinted Dreams passed muster with censors and saw a timely release.

　　Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used.

　　Simon arrives in Lund full of anticipation and ready for his life to really begin; but is quickly disappointed by law school. During a violent protest march he meets the anarchistic young woman Max and falls in love. She dazzles him with a world of excess, lies and huge risks and when he realizes the damage that's done, it's already too late to escape

　　人类可能相信自己是世界上最伟大的探险家，但事实并非如此。每天有数以百万计的动物沿着已经使用了几个世纪的路径在全球范围内迁徙。它们翱翔、飞行、游泳，从南极洲到非洲大草原，从太平洋到阿拉斯加。这个系列让观众沉浸在动物冒险中。 与忠诚的座头鲸妈妈一起照顾她的小牛犊、小粪甲虫、帝王蝶、顽强的家燕和许多其他物种。这些勇敢的旅行者在一生中利用地球磁场、恒星、月球、洋流以及他们对陆地和海洋的自然感官迁徙了数千英里。与杰瑞米·雷纳一起讲述最极限的冒险经历。

　　Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.

　　音乐家夏日为了寻找灵感，与好友波手，猪扒赴海南岛渡假。夏日被mini（陈松伶饰）错认为未婚夫森，原来mini曾被逃婚抛弃而弄玫精神错乱，常把别人误认为森，渴望着完成她那未完的婚礼。夏日被mini深深吸引而决定追求她，mini哥哥man为免妹妹再被愚弄，极力阻挠。波牛与猪扒发现man暗恋自己的妹妹，二人以此威吓man。猪扒是同性恋者，为讨好夏日，化妆成女人来勾引他，结果被他赶走，事后猪扒被人以利刀割喉而死，波牛在猪扒手的手中发现一束头发，令她知道真凶是谁??

　　首部电影以校园故事为主：莉萨（Lissa）是吸血鬼家族的纯血公主，她拥有极罕见且强大的魔法。她就读于名为圣弗拉米尔的吸血鬼学院，在这里她要时时提防莫里（Moroi）家族的袭击。当然莉萨公主并非孤身一人，她有好朋友萝斯·海瑟薇（Rose Hathaway）和监护人迪米特里（Dimitri）助阵，后者还和她发生了一段浪漫的爱情故事。

　　音乐给人精神愉悦的同时，常常会成为人生的支点，这一点对于青年琵琶演奏家、音乐学院硕士研究生季静来说尤为重要。年轻而又美丽的女琵琶演奏家季静正在准备她的琵琶音乐会，这场音乐会对于季静来说不是一场普通的音乐会，这是她生命的最后重彩，是她生命的总结。季静痛苦的秘密，连她的导师雷德清先生和恋人阿桂都不知道。季静正在研读明清著名音乐家汤应曾的音乐古谱《十面埋伏》，这是汤应曾用毕生坎坷重新演绎的汉代古曲，里面包含着汤应曾对死亡的蔑视与崇敬。由于音乐会经费不足，季静不得不疲于奔命。同明朝的汤应曾一样，在世情与音乐间徘徊。汤应曾以生命为代价，重新写出《十面埋伏》，在《十面埋伏》的琵琶曲中，汤应曾在对一个一个死亡的追忆中，悲然死去。季静不愿死去，但死亡不以人的意志为转移。在最后的日子里，她几乎是在与汤应曾的交流中度过的。她在冥冥之中感受着汤应曾的每一次死亡和每一次死亡感受到的精神力量，这种精神力量让季静把自己对这个世界的最后一点爱溶入到个人独奏音乐会中，并献给她深深依恋的这个世界。从迷惘到坚定，一个美丽的弱女子用琵琶歌唱她的真善美，用琵琶演绎生命的辉煌与创造力以及对生命的珍惜。季静从中寻找到人生的最高境界——生命永存！

　　克里夫（张智霖 饰）是一个游戏人生的纨绔公子哥，他甚至将同女友泰瑞（李绮红 饰）求婚的事情也当成了一场结局未定的游戏。然而天有不测风云，一场意外夺走了克里夫的生命，让泰瑞陷入了痛苦之中，泰瑞将克里夫的死之责任全都归结到了自己的身上，因此自责不堪，她甚至不愿意相信克里夫已经离开了自己，总是幻想着他还在自己的身旁。
　　一次偶然中，泰瑞邂逅了名为艾德（黄贯中 饰）的男人。温柔体贴的艾德不离不弃的陪伴在泰瑞的身边，渐渐抚平了她内心里的创伤，随着时间的推移，泰瑞渐渐走出了旧日的阴云。可就在这个节骨眼上，克里夫的鬼魂回到了泰瑞的身边。

　　二战时期，英国皇家空军Peter（大卫·尼文 David Niven 饰）驾驶的飞机即将坠毁，他的战友Bob已经死亡。他联系上了美国波士顿的军事电台，向电台的女兵June（金·亨特 Kim Hunter 饰）交代了他的遗言。随后Peter在没有降落伞的情况下跳了机，落在了一个海上，意外活了下来。更在醒来的海滩上遇到了June，两人坠入爱河。而死去的Bob则去了天国，一直等不到Peter。天国派出了71号管理员来人间找回Peter，而Peter则不想死去。为了活下来，他必须在天国打赢一场官司，他可以挑选一名律师，这些律师都是那些死去的人，例如柏拉图、林肯等人，Peter能否赢得这场官司从而留在人间和June长相厮守呢？

　　根据导演自述本片是最“自传的”的作品。影片背景是20世纪30年代，人物包括温尼伯曲棍球队中一群好色淫荡的队员，另外还有一间“美容/堕胎沙龙”里的雇员。曲棍球员盖尔神魂颠倒地迷上了拥有美貌的梅塔和她的母亲。梅塔一开始压抑着盖尔的情欲，直到一位医生将梅塔死去父亲的双手移植到盖尔手臂上，他的激情才得以...

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