前身是皇軍軍港的吳港,戰後成為船塢工人的生活煉獄。在資本家剝削和枯燥生活的雙重煎熬下,躁動的年輕生命,一頭栽進暴力漩渦,延擱成長,終日在打鬥、賭博、酗酒中尋找暫時的麻醉。吉田喜重通過工頭之眼,對不合理的社會現實作出欲迎還拒的批判,被視為日本新浪潮代表作之一。香山美子飾演純真的酒館女待,同情工人卻慘被強姦,正與負的能量,在大時代中比拼互滲,可有超越對與錯,是與非的位置?片末火車站送別一場,在家和社會之間,吉田喜重作出了左翼的選擇。 One of the key films ushering in the Shochiku New Wave era, this raw tale of migrant laborers at a post-war naval base simmers with youthful outrage. Responsible shipyard worker Shimazaki (Hayakawa) is put in charge of new recruits from Osaka. The immature gang quickly finds trouble drinking, gambling, and fighting, and eventually trespassing against what Shimazaki holds most dear - local bargirl Nobu. Revenge, honor, and loyalty are all called into question. Yoshida's groundbreaking film portrayed real social issues in an unromantic light, and paved the way for all the cinematic roughs to come. - SummerIFF 2007
故事发生在纽约,一个专业棒球队里两个球员的故事。Henry是明星投手,Bruce Pearson是普通投手,Bruce和其他球员十分友好,但与Henry投手却十分隔漠,这甚至开始影响球队的命运…… ◎简 介 Henry Wiggen是纽约长毛象队( New York Mammoths based on NYY)的明星投手。 (那是自由球员制还未施行的年代,球员的薪水并不高,即使像Henry Wiggen这种明星球员,还得兼营一些副业。在电影中,可看出他还是保险经纪人,而且对理财颇有一套,另外,他还是曾出过书的作家——这就是他 Author 这个绰号的由来。) 而他的室友——也是他保险的客户—— Bruce Pearson,则和他刚好相反。他球技普通,生活习惯又差,平时一副蠢样,在队上根本没人理他。(Henry 本身也很讨厌他,有一次,Henry 逮到Bruce在洗手檯便溺,气得向总教练Dutch投诉。) 但,就在这一年春训之前,一切都改变了。 因不幸而变成好友 Bruce感到身体不适,经医师诊断是何杰金氏淋巴瘤(Hodgkin's disease, or Hodgkin's lymphoma),这在当时是绝症。Bruce的保险是向Henry投保的,在Henry 的陪伴之下,他们一起到专门的医院做进一步诊疗,并得到医院的确认。 Henry听从Bruce的要求,保守著这个秘密。两人回到春训集训地,当时 Henry 和球团的谈薪陷入僵局,Henry 正在「罢训」。但不久他得到消息,球团打算要释出Bruce,於是他接受球团提议的薪资,只不过要加入一条附加条款——他的命运必须和Bruce绑在一起,球团不管要交易还是释出Bruce,都得连他一块送走。 球团答应这个条件。但总教练觉得事有蹊蹺,如之前所述,Henry曾向他抱怨Bruce的不良生活习惯,但怎么突然间,又像是情人一样不可分离呢?总教练私下想尽办法要查个水落石出。 总教练一直找线索,想要知道之前Henry和Bruce到了什么地方、做了什么事,而 Henry就不断扯谎,想出各种理由来掩饰他和Bruce去过医院。 脱胎换骨的表现 Henry还以他的理财知识当条件,和一位老爱奚落Bruce的队友达成协议,希望他不要对Bruce那么刻薄。Henry告诉这位队友Bruce罹患绝症的秘密,并要他守口如瓶。 但这种「秘密」,很快就在队友之间秘密流传,没多久,大多数球员都知道了。忽然间,大家对 Bruce 都特别包容,人人都愿意与他交友。原本这支球队,充满了球技一流的球星,但人人各自为政,谁也不服谁,现在因为Bruce的不幸,球队的向心力竟因而凝聚了起来,此后球队连战连胜。 Bruce原本只是替补捕手,上场机会不多,表现也不理想;因为队友的接纳,他开始有了自信,各项表现都创下生涯新高,到了七月,他已是主战捕手了。 球队最终拿下第一,季后赛一路横扫,夺得世界大赛冠军。而Bruce在球季结束前,就因病重离队,於不久后便病逝了。 电影在Henry的旁白中结束。Bruce的丧礼,球队只有送花,没有代表到场。 ◎幕 后 Bang the Drum Slowly ,中译名为「战鼓轻敲」。不过首先要说明的,这个Drum,并不是战鼓,而是送丧时的哀鼓;Slowly,也非「轻」敲,而是「慢」敲。这个鼓声,就像是丧鐘,沉重地、缓慢地敲击著,像是死神逐渐走近的脚步…… 本片改编自 Mark Harris 的同名小说 Bang the Drum Slowly 。Mark Harris 总共写了四本棒球小说,这「四部曲」分别是:The Southpaw (1953)、 Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)、A Ticket for a Seamstitch (1957),和 It Looked Like For Ever (1979),书中的主角,都是投手 Henry Author Wiggen。 Bang the Drum Slowly 这个书名,是从一首美国的传统牛仔歌曲 Streets of Laredo (或称为「牛仔悲歌」 Cowboy's Lament )中的歌词改编而来,这首歌,唱的是一位垂死牛仔的临终遗言,原先的歌词,有些用语比较古老一点,而在电影里,歌词有小小的更动,以下是和书名有关的副歌部分: O bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, Play the dead march as they carry me on, Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the clods as they fall 啊,哀鼓慢慢击,横笛低声奏, 当他们抬我灵柩时,演奏那送丧曲, 在我棺木上,覆满成束玫瑰, 让那玫瑰,舒缓落下的土块。
Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry
Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nations blue bloods and they became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.
每个人在某个地方总有一个属于你的人存在。“我心狂野”就是让这种信念实现的故事。它讲述的是拉忽尔,一个不相信爱情的人的故事。拉忽尔不太理解人们是如何能够在一起相处一生,难道真的有人是属于他的吗?这又是关于坡佳,一个相信一定有人是属于她的,而且她一定能遇上那个人的女孩的故事。这还是关于妮莎,一个认为爱情就是友谊,终有一天她的梦想会实现的故事。这部电影还有出色的音乐献给那些有梦想而充满热情的人们。他们的梦想能实现吗?他们能找到他们的真爱吗?影片将让我们相信每个人在某个地方总有一个属于你的人存在。 Dil to pagal hai is a fantastic film. Its my all time favorite.I love to watch Yash Chopra films and among them its the best one. Since the year it released i.e 1997 no other film has touched me like this.My extreme love for DTPH is because of following reasons.. -Its tag line touches me i.e someone somewhere...is made for you. -Its story line and Yash Chopra's perfection as a director. -Its superb music by Uttam Singh and above all LATA MANGESHKAR's melodious duets with Udit Narayan.I love its songs; and in them, Lataji's voice (even more than old songs of Lataji) -Uttam singh's background instruments rock me whenever i listen to the numbers. -Shahrukh Khan's first performance in which he didnot deliver dialogs in the way like he earlier used to.He was very serious and his acting was quite,calm and mature.For the same reason he got several awards for this film. -Madhuri's performance was great and so was of Karisma.Both got awards and Karisma also got her first National Award. -I love its screenplay specially in the shots having an acting stage within the film.(See its climax to confirm what i said.) MUST SEE IT AFTER READING MY COMMENTS IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH ME. I AM SURE YOU WILL ALSO BECOME A DTPH FAN LIKE ME.