黑暗之中：人妻彩乃的不贞妄想

等待方舟

　　Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.

未来学大会

　　曾经名噪一时的女明星罗宾·怀特（罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰）早已过气，45岁的她因为执拗和任性毁掉的很多机会，也让公司老板杰夫（丹尼·赫斯顿 Danny Huston 饰）渐渐失去了耐心。杰夫逼迫她签下演员生涯最后一份合约，从此罗宾的名字和三维扫描后的虚拟 形象只能出现在公司的展示墙上和数字时代的电影中。罗宾起初极度抵制，但在经纪人艾尔（哈威·凯特尔 Harvey Keitel 饰）的竭力劝说下，同时考虑到儿子亚伦（柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲 Kodi Smit-McPhee 饰）的状况，这个倔强的女人选择妥协。20年后，罗宾驱车前往亚伯拉荷马参加未来学大会，而那里是一个全动画封锁区。以动画形象示人的罗宾将经历一次难忘的旅程……　　本片根据波兰科幻、哲学、未来学作家斯坦尼斯拉夫·莱姆的短篇小说改编。

梅根失踪

　　梅根斯和艾米性格迥异，却成为了最好的朋友。一天梅根在网络聊天室里遇见男孩乔希，两人一投即合。然而，梅根在去见乔希后神秘消失，艾米于是竭尽全力寻找好朋友。(文/life_is_good@YDY)

大佛普拉斯

 菜埔（庄益增 饰）是一家雕塑厂的夜间保安，家中有一位重病的老母亲需要照顾。肚财（陈竹昇 饰）是菜埔唯一的朋友，菜埔经常在值夜班的时候把肚财叫过来和他作伴。一天，两人突发奇想决定看一看菜埔的老板黄启文（戴立忍 饰）的行车记录仪里记录了哪些影像，希望向来风流的老板能够贡献出一些精彩的片段以解两个独身男人内心里的寂寞之苦。行车记录仪所记录的影像果然没有让菜埔和肚财失望，但与此同时，两人也发现了黄启文的许多不可告人的秘密。实际上，菜埔和肚财的一举一动皆没有逃过黄启文的眼睛，为了保住自己的地位和名声，他决定采取一些必要的行动。

岳家小将

 公元1126年，北宋靖康元年。漠北女真人以4万铁骑入侵中原。由于太上皇宋徽宗的昏聩以及军备疏散，金兵长驱直入，如入无人之境。一路烧杀抢掠，直攻到东京汴梁。城破之日，金兵虏徽、钦二帝，是为靖康之耻。此后钦宗之弟赵高继位，是为高宗。一代英雄岳飞护佑高宗，被困牛头山。为迫岳飞投降，金将兀术派二太子金弹子（张成忠 饰）、三公主银铃子（张希玲 饰）和张兆奴（张跃宁 饰）前去偷袭岳家庄，欲虏岳母以作要挟。岳飞之子岳云（寻峰 饰）自幼喜好舞枪弄棒，一双银锤使得风生水起。他闻听父亲被困牛头山，计划偷偷前往助阵，却被几个兄弟掣肘。牛皋之子牛通（刘卫民 饰）偶然遇见伪装后的金弹子等人，无意中得知偷袭计划，于是连忙赶往岳家庄报信。得知消息的岳家小将们整饬装备，等待即将到来的一场大战……

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