在蜿蜒流长的亚马逊河流域的雨林深处，日本生活着古老而神秘的舒尔族。他们与世隔绝，日本以食人蛇为叩拜图腾。围绕着舒尔族人的传说和秘密让雨林之外的人们振奋不已。人类学家史蒂文•凯（埃瑞克•斯图尔茨 Eric Stoltz 饰）对舒尔人颇感兴趣，他和纪录片导演泰莉•劳瑞（杰妮佛•洛佩 兹 Jennifer Lopez 饰）组成一个七人摄制组，前往雨林为这神秘的部族拍摄纪录片。路上，他们搭救了一个名叫保罗•沙龙（琼•沃纳 Jon Voight 饰）的男子，保罗自告奋勇带摄制组寻找舒尔人，却不曾想这个男人的真正目的竟是寻找一条恐怖的食人巨蟒。蒙在鼓里的史蒂文等人就次踏上一条充满血腥的不归路……本片荣获1998年ALMA拉丁媒体艺术奖最佳女主角奖（Jennifer Lopez）、1998年BMI百代最佳电影音乐奖、1998年世界动画庆典最佳3D制作。
回复 :假期之所以令人嚮往，是因為你知道會有回家的一天。如果假期之後回不了家，你會怎麼面對這段假期呢？氣質歌手萬芳突破溫婉形象扮演會罵街的清潔潑婦玫瑰，只是罵的都是自己的兒子：一個8歲，另一個則是只會賭博耍嘴皮的老公，就像她的第二個兒子，不過老了37歲。劇中主人翁玫瑰為了照顧家計辛勤工作，卻不幸罹癌即將辭世，生性樂觀的玫瑰微笑面對自己的死亡，當成去度一段再也無法返家的假期，設法在度假前完成對丈夫和兒子的心願，好讓自己無牽無掛地離開，笑中帶淚地描繪了台灣女性隻手撐起半邊天的堅強韌性與善良幽默的民族性。萬芳雖然是芋仔蕃薯，可是平常還是以說國語為主，為了＜長假＞這部片，萬芳勤練台語，把劇本裡的台詞說到溜得不行，不過在拍戲現場導演一要加戲或加台詞，她就緊張地舌頭打結，台語都可以講成阿拉伯語！所幸身旁有一位台語指導，就是飾演她老公的澎恰恰澎哥，陪著導演糾正她的發音...
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回复 :The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
回复 :故事发生在1957年的法国巴黎，安妮（贝蒂·施奈德 Betty Schneider 饰）在哥哥的带领下参加了一个聚会，在聚会上，她邂逅了特里（弗朗索瓦丝·佩武 Françoise Prévost 饰）和戏剧导演杰拉德（贾尼·埃斯波西托 饰），杰拉德正在排演一出莎士比亚的戏剧，剧组遭遇了经济困难，为了帮助杰拉德攻克难关，安妮决定加入剧组。 特里的男友胡安前段时间遭遇了不测，虽然表面看来他是自杀身亡，但特里和安妮都觉得其中必有蹊跷。菲利普（Daniel Crohem 饰）从美国逃亡到法国，他告诫特里和安妮，让她们注意自己的人身安全，不要重蹈胡安的覆辙。在排演的过程中，安妮一直试图寻找着胡安自杀的真相。
