This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing. Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity. One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
斯坦利是个活泼开朗,招人喜欢的小男孩。多才多艺,古灵精怪的他在学校有着不错的人缘。但斯坦利有个最大的特点,那就是他从来不带便当来学校。午休的时候他总是以各种借口避开同学们的午餐时间,去街上闲逛打发时间,饥肠辘辘的喝凉水来饱腹。他编织着各种理由来应对伙伴们对此的疑问,而乐于助人的同学们决定和斯坦利分享自己的午餐便当来帮助他渡过难关。然而学校的大魔头卡多老师也是个从不带盒饭的家伙,因为斯坦利的缘故他无法分享学生们带来的美味午饭,勃然大怒的他,破口大骂羞辱斯坦利一番后,更是勒令斯坦利不带便当就不可以来学校。令人吃惊的是,斯坦利果然很多天都没有再出现在学校,随着时间一天天的过去,大家都越来越担心他,对卡多老师的不满之情也越发高涨。其实,斯坦利不带便当是有着他不愿意与人诉说的苦衷…
To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Soon, both are in deadly danger from the ringleader, sinister rancher Owen Parkson, and find night on the farm to be full of shadowy film-noir menace...
改编自埃德加·爱伦·坡的短篇小说《贝蕾妮丝》(Berenice,1835),由侯麦本人出演男主角。
1950年代,北方某农村。黄土屯土地贫瘠十年九旱,农业社成立后,吴大成(王琪 饰)任社主任兼支书,他决心带领乡亲们打井抗旱,改变家乡面貌。村里坏人钱三泰(李保罗 饰)趁机搞破坏,使大成的努力前功尽弃,加之养子小旺(孙水平 饰)的突然出走,使本来眼睛不好的妻子银花(秦怡 饰)双目失明。深明大义的银花为了不拖累大成的工作,强忍失明痛苦,不断为丈夫出主意想办法。大成深感自己在工作中的急躁情绪影响了大伙,他努力克服着缺点,并及时向上级组织汇报情况以讨得解决问题的方法。通过发动群众,他们终于揪出了暗藏的阶级敌人,受蒙蔽出走的小旺也回到了黄土屯......
本片根据真人真事改编,开创了歌舞片全新的表演艺术形式——花样游泳。女主人公安妮·凯勒(埃丝特·威廉斯 Esther Williams饰)是一名普通音乐教师的女儿。本想用游泳来治疗从小患上的腿病,没想到练就了一身游泳绝技。因为父亲调任工作的关系,安妮随父亲前往伦敦。在船上遇到了江湖卖艺的詹姆斯·苏利文(维克多·迈彻 Victor Mature饰)。他想利用安妮穿着泳装的表演来宣传造势,不料却使安妮意外的成为了媒体焦点,名声大噪。随后安妮的水上芭蕾舞表演就一发不可收拾,轰动一时。 本片荣获1953年奥斯卡(美国电影学院奖)最佳摄影(彩色片)提名。
A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.
Gwen Cummings is a successful New York writer living life in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl. She shares this roller-coaster lifestyle of hopping from dance club to bar to hangover with boyfriend Jasper-handsome, magnetic and equally attracted to life on the wild side. Life is just an exercise in debauchery-until Gwen's ungraceful display at her sister Lily's wedding, when she gets drunk, commandeers the limo and earns herself a DUI and 28 days in court-ordered rehab. There, Gwen comes face to face with a unique set of rules (like no cell phones) and rituals (like chanting) embraced by an assortment of fascinating fellow re-habbers: Eddie, Gerhardt, Oliver, Andrea, Roshanda, and Billie Jean. A jaded city girl to the core, Gwen is determined not to conform. Then she meets Counselor Cornell, who begins to break through her carefully constructed defenses and force her to take a closer look at who she really is. Ultimately, through the companionship of! her group as well as a devastating loss, Gwen gradually loses her cynicism and begins the long struggle to take back her life. Maybe, she discovers, your insides can match your outsides.
影片讲述了没赶上电影场次的张九声与刘闺女因一场电影结下了不解之缘的故事。故事灵感来源于张艺谋导演早期经历,是其一贯对文化展开追忆和寻根的风格。
弯弯是一个出身市井酷爱赌牌的疯丫头,在一次赌牌时意外得知男友出轨,赶去宾馆找男友算账。而此时,拥有最高赌术奥秘的大叔战胜了心狠手辣的同门师弟大飞哥后摆脱了追杀却阴差阳错被本来准备砸出轨男友一板砖的弯弯砸晕。醒来后的大叔已失忆,弯弯不得已把大叔养在身边,由此发生了一系列啼笑皆非的故事。黑社会小混混缠上弯弯讨债,机缘巧合之下弯弯发现了大叔的赌技,自此之后,弯弯佯装成“赌神”带着大叔横扫各大赌场。曾被大飞哥坑骗过的张兰兰注意到了“赌神”弯弯,她邀请弯弯替自己上场与死对头大飞进行世纪之赌,贪财的弯弯一口答应。大飞哥慕名前来拜访赌神却意外发现了失忆的大叔将其带走,软硬兼施想套出最高赌术的奥秘,但除了戒指一无所获,大飞哥下令除掉大叔。赌场决战之际,大飞哥丝毫不把弯弯放在眼里,自以为胜券在握,却不料已被铲除的大叔出现在赌局现场,将计就计替弯弯换了牌战胜了大飞哥,原来大飞哥早已掉入大叔的局中局,同时大叔也向世人道出了最高赌术的奥秘——赌的最高境界就是戒赌,只有不赌,才是最大的胜者。
美女赌神罗丹妮在完胜死对头天爷后,遭到了天爷手下的追杀,意外从楼上摔落在落魄经纪人鲁哥三人面前。失忆的罗丹妮成了一个爱吃包子的吃货,鲁哥无奈只能重操旧业训练她演戏,结果在片场,吃货罗丹妮闹出无数笑话。跳跳因赌债被抓,鲁哥扮赌神赶去救跳跳却被大佬要求赌一把。吃货罗丹妮撞进来意外帮鲁哥赢了赌局。鲁哥发现罗丹妮拥有神奇牌技,大喜。在赌界已小有名气的鲁哥引起了天爷的注意。天爷来到鲁哥家中邀战却意外的发现了罗丹妮。当天爷得知罗丹妮已经失忆并且正在当演员时,心生一计……在拍摄现场,扮演美女赌神的罗丹妮误入剧情圈套,天爷假戏真做要剁掉罗丹妮一只手,鲁哥死命阻止却被痛殴,罗丹妮头部被撞后恢复记忆,力挫众打手,却被天爷瞄准,鲁哥为保护她而中枪,天爷再次将枪口对准罗丹妮却被阿瓜制止,原来阿瓜另有身份。昏迷已久的鲁哥醒来,阿瓜抱怨获得大奖的罗丹妮又是个忘恩负义的人,此时门被敲响,罗丹妮一袭红袍出现……
一名科学家指责一家大型公司的负责人该为发生在南美的生态灾难负责。但是当一座火山显现出喷发的迹象时,他们必须联合起来阻止灾难的发生。