It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of the history of Europe. Why so few realise the importance of Ottoman history in today's Middle East. And why you have to know the Ottoman story to understand the roots of many of today's trouble spots from Palestine, Iraq and Israel to Libya, Syria, Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo.
本片讲述了1970年代德国极左恐怖组织“红军支队”的兴衰史。由安德里亚斯·巴德尔(莫里兹·布雷多 Moritz Bleibtreu饰)和乌尔丽克·迈因霍夫(马蒂娜·戈黛特 Martina Gedeck饰)领导的德国无政府主义组织“红军支队”,从1972年开始一直从事极左的恐怖活动。在标榜以德国“国家道德腐败”的名义下,该组织试图创建一个更加人性化的社会体制。然而他们正是用以暴制暴的方式,犯下了多起暗杀、爆炸攻击以及绑架的罪行,所谓的人性在嗜血成性的恐怖事件当中消失殆尽。 影片根据记者斯特凡·奥斯特80年代的畅销书改编而成,荣获2009年第81届奥斯卡金像奖最佳外语片提名,2009年第66届金球奖电影类-最佳外语片提名,2009年第22届欧洲电影奖最佳男演员提名等多项大奖。
Hungarian Rhapsody (Magyar Rapszodia) is the first chapter of director Miklos Jancso's two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II. The story is told from the vantage point of Gyorgy Cserhalmi, the son of a wealthy landowner. During World War I, Cserhalmi is instrumental in quelling an army mutiny. Upon realizing that he has been responsible for the deaths of several peasant conscripts, Cserhalmi vows to be a "man of the people" when hostilities cease. He joins a communist cell, but finds he is woefully out of place. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Cserhalmi's political viewpoint is governed almost exclusively by his vacillating emotions. The film is enhanced with a "Russian Roulette" leitmotif, not unlike the fatalistic throughline of Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. Director Jancso followed Hungarian Rhapsody with Allegro Barbaro; both films were originally released in tandem, then redistributed as separate features. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
《一代骄马》根据真实的故事改编。 潘妮·切纳里(黛安·莲恩 Diane Lane 饰)原本是一个普通的家庭主妇。对赛马几乎一窍不通的她,却在哥哥和丈夫的反对声中,从患病的父亲手中接管了位于弗吉尼亚州的养马场。尽管其时马场已亏损多时,但她依然不得不在居家的科罗拉多州和马场所在的弗吉尼亚州之间疲于奔命。为了觅得良马,潘妮特地找来告老还乡的驯马师路西安(约翰·马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰),这个总是诸多抱怨的老头却对门外汉潘妮另眼相待。潘妮一眼相中马场里一匹一出生打个滚居然就能站立的栗色小马驹,起名为“秘书”。在路西安的个性训练下,“秘书”初出茅庐就一鸣惊人。它快如闪电、奔跃如飞,像个战士一般,甚至会为了赛场地面的震动而兴奋不已。终于到了决一胜败的时刻,“秘书”会顶着所有压力,不辜负潘妮的期望,成为25年来第一匹赢得美国三冠大赛的赛马么?
西哈诺(杰拉尔•德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰)生性狂野不羁,心地善良,他默默地爱慕着表妹罗克珊(安妮•波诺什 Anne Brochet 饰),但是他生来长着一个丑陋的大鼻子,纵使自己才华横溢,也不敢对表妹表明心迹。一天晚上他狠狠地嘲讽并且击败一个富家子之后,罗克珊约他次日见面。西哈诺写好情书后准备表明情愫之时,罗克珊却告诉他自己爱上了英俊的新兵克里斯蒂(文森特•佩雷斯 Vincent Perez 饰),并嘱咐在同一兵队的西哈诺保护他。克里斯蒂也喜欢着罗克珊,西哈诺便将自己对罗克珊的爱慕付诸笔端以克里斯蒂之名送达罗克珊之手,并且巧妙地安排了两人的婚姻。谁知早就对罗克珊心怀不轨的军官见此情景愤恨难忍,将克里斯蒂调去了阿拉斯作战……