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主演：约翰·特拉沃尔塔 斯嘉丽·约翰逊 盖布瑞·马赫特 黛博拉·卡拉·安格
导演：珊妮·盖博
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：母亲去世的消息传来，令女孩帕斯林（斯嘉丽·约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰）回去乡下老家，没想到在母亲留下的旧屋住着两个古怪的人，一个是落魄文学教授鲍比·朗（ 约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 饰），是个衰老、邋遢的酗酒男人，和打算为他写传记的学生兰森（盖布瑞·马赫特 Gabriel Macht 饰）三人暂时居住在一起，从鲍比·朗的口中，帕斯林听到许多母亲的过去，也让她找到母亲曾经的情感——这个始终写歌、最终吸毒过量去世的母亲，生命中的情歌都是写给谁的。新奥尔良乡下的悠闲足以让时光静止，这个老男人身上已经看不到将来，年轻的帕斯林渐渐不堪忍受这一切，也慢慢发现自己和鲍比·朗真正的联系……
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类型：剧情片
主演：Jerome Pradon Glenn Carter Fred Joh
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：这部音乐剧DVD取材于耶稣的生平事迹，韦伯创新地将严肃的宗教故事和前卫的摇滚音乐联系起来，是一部艺术表现非常大胆、思想性也极为深刻的作品。如果说《约瑟夫与神奇彩衣》是对圣经故事的图解，那么《万世巨星》从表面上看简直就是对传统的颠覆与反动：上帝的儿子耶稣不再时刻带着圣哲的光环，他有软弱，有动摇，更多的人性代替了神性；犹大卖主也不是出自贪婪，而是出自上帝安排的命运，自杀后的犹大穿着白袍带领一个天使唱诗班向耶稣提出几个哲学问题，耶稣竟然也不知道答案。细心的读者不难看出这样的情节安排和电影《耶稣基督的最后诱惑》的相似之处，与后者一样，该剧刚一推出，便遭到了正统宗教人士的强烈抗议，这反而增加了它的知名度，其插曲《我不知如何爱他》(Idon\\'tknowhowtoloveHim)、《万世巨星》(Superstar)长时间徘徊在各大唱片排行榜上。\r笔者感觉此剧的本意和《耶稣基督的最后诱惑》一样，并不在于离经叛道，而是通过曲折的形式表现殉道者对神的服从，因为在该剧的最后，耶稣依照神的安排为人类的罪舍身又复活，并在原谅了他的敌人后升天而去。如果你对基督教有较深了解的话，相信该剧还是能够给你一些不同角度的思考。当然，撇开背景不谈，即便单单作为一出摇滚音乐剧来欣赏，这盘DVD也是不容错过的。该剧的另一个版本是1973年由环球影片公司出品的同名电影。\r式圣经片给人更亲切的感觉。安德鲁．莱特韦伯创作的插曲优美动听，全片摄影和剪接都具一流水准。
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主演：Anna Neagle Anton Walbrook C. Aubre
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far. The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939). The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff. The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man. Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'. Roger Philip Mellor
