后孟买时代 22 hours ago Read More
孟买的恐怖袭击事件,让我再度想起了安全这个议题。
在印度及东南亚工作的时候,进入任何公共设施通常都需要搜身安检。车辆进入酒店要检查。当地人习以为常。我最初颇为讶异,社会的安全感便如此低吗?
北京奥运前夕,地铁线路全面展开了严格的包裹安检。这些安检到今天也没有取消,乘客如今也非常适应并合作;而那些球状的警用防爆装置(直径约1米,金属制成,内空)亦成了北京地铁的镇站之宝。
我曾经对地铁的安检有些...
Love Actually (2003) 2 days ago Read More
Richard Curtis’ directorial debut, Love Actually, offers more of the elements (romantic comedy with British characteristics) that made his earlier screenplays Four Weddings and a Funeral and Nottin...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) 3 days ago Read More
What words can begin to describe Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s 1949 classic novel of a dystopian society? If anything, the sheer amount of popular references to this book, from “Big Brother...
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 3 days ago Read More
Kevin Reynolds, who is perhaps most noted for bringing us one of the biggest flops in movie history - Waterworld, delivers a competent adventure film in his adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo....
汉江怪物 (2006) 5 days ago Read More
昨天晚上在央视的佳片有约看了韩片《汉江怪物》。这部影片前两年刚出来的时候便听说过,那时似乎在韩国着实火了一把。
这部片子集结了几个不同的要素。情节的主线是一个对抗怪兽的恐怖故事;同时,不时的插科打诨体现了典型的韩式喜剧风格;再者,许多场景和情节带有讽喻意味。因此可以说,这是一部颇有些野心的商业电影。
从执行来看,恐怖与喜剧的结合有些生硬,或者说,在许多时候我都需要揣摩,这里到底是严肃还是搞笑...
The Verdict (1982) 7 days ago Read More
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The Verdict, directed by Syndey Lumet and starring Paul Newman, is a top notch courtroom drama, which despite not breaking much new ground in terms of the genre, offers a fascinating story and on...
Thoughts on recession 9 days ago Read More
有一些想法在脑子里绕了很久了,一直没有成形。
这两年奔波于亚洲诸国,看到了很多不同的生态。当时对于中国形成了这样几点对比:
中国的基建,在东部沿海已经非常先进了,并且效率非常高。可以对比中国的机场和印度、印尼的机场
中国的社会,虽然深层次存在很多问题,但总体治安等等尚好,至少在东部重点城市是这样的,而在我所去过的几个国家,社会问题都是非常尖锐的直接摆在你的面前的——赤贫,腐败,治安问题,都是...
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) 11 days ago Read More
Most directors have a specialty, the talent that distinguishes them from the rest of the pack, and which gives their films a trademark quality. Spielberg knows how to bring childhood fantasies to l...
In Bruges (2008) 12 days ago Read More
In Bruges is a frustrating film. It has many good things going for it, but never cumulates into a coherent story. Instead, the end result is a confusing film that’s too slow to be a thriller and to...
Wall-E (2008) 12 days ago Read More
Every now and then you come across a film that is truly magical. It’s often difficult to define what that magic is, but you know you’ve been deeply moved by the genuine emotions and vivid imaginati...