The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.

一部“心理杀手”类的恐怖电影

米哈伊尔·阿法纳西耶维奇·布尔加科夫1891年生于基辅，1940年逝世于莫斯科。世界文坛称他是一位思想深邃、以大无畏精神向一切邪恶挑战的文学大师。其代表作《狗心》、《白卫军》、《大师和玛格丽特》等曾被苏联当局查禁没收，或“默杀”。作家死后恢复名誉、苏联文坛两度掀起“布尔加科夫热”。现在他的作品进入现代经典之列，被誉为20世纪最伟大的文学珍品之一。　　《狗心》作于一九二五年初，在文学圈子里获得一致好评，人们发现它确实尖锐地抨击了现实，但它抨击的是现实中的粗野、愚昧和荒廖。小说写一条狗因为做了人的脑垂体移植手术，突然成了有人外表的流氓，致使流氓习气随着脑垂体分泌的激素，渗入了取名沙里科夫的实验室怪物的每个细胞。沙里科夫的可怕不公在于他身上那些流氓无产者的劣性，并且在于他对社会主义的庸俗化.表面上看来，《狗心》很像一个科幻故事，但是实际上却有着反乌托邦小说的关于哲理和社会的深邃思考。　　国际知名的医生菲利普·普列奥布拉任斯基教授，为了进行改善人种的优生学试验，把一个刚刚死去的行窃的酒鬼的脑垂体和睾丸移到一只叫沙里克的狗身上。沙里克竟变成了“还处于最低发展阶段的”人——沙里科夫。　　这个能讲人言、衣食如人的衣冠禽兽，一天天显示出是一个怀着“一颗最为卑鄙龌龊的心”的败类：酗酒、偷窃、说谎、告密、无耻下流，直至栽脏陷害、用手枪威胁要强占教授的住宅。更有意味的是，这个狗“出身”的沙里科夫竟然被政府赏识而任命为莫斯科公共卫生局清除流窜动物科科长。他穿上了皮夹克(这是当时文学作品里革命者的形象模式)，出入有专车——尽管是卡车。幸而两位“造物主”普列奥布拉任斯基教授和博尔缅塔尔大夫及时用手术把沙里科夫还原为沙里克，才没酿成惨祸。　　在这篇小说里，布尔加科夫力究天人之际，思考着人与自然、人与社会的关系、人的能力限度以及人对于整个自然界的责任。实际上，布尔加科夫继续阐释着一个重大的主题：人不应该僭越，不应该觊觎全能的上帝的位置。这个上帝便是自然、社会的客观法则。试图超越社会、自然的进程，把科学变为破坏客观规律的迷信，狂热蛮干地“创造历史”，是不能不受到惩罚的。正如小说《不祥之蛋》中，佩尔西科夫教授虽然掌握了科学，却缺乏对人类社会的责任感，最后死于疯狂的群众的乱拳之下；而给人类社会带来可怖的厄运的洛克，急功近利而智力低下到根本谈不上什么责任感问题，却“带着官家的公文”，则是更为可怕的。　　而在《狗心》中，国际首屈一指的名医菲利普·普列奥布拉任斯基教授空前绝后的完美手术只能创造出险些置其于死地的社会败类。普列奥布拉任斯基教授经受了自作自受的“科学实验”之后，终于觉悟道：“看吧，如果一个研究者不是摸着大自然的脉搏，与之共进，而是想加速问题的解决，揭开那神秘的帷幕，那么，就给你个沙里科夫尝尝，还让你吃不了兜着走。”　　看来，人要充当上帝——造物主的角色，结果只能是对上帝的讽刺性模拟。干扰世界的客观进程最终只能落得搬起石头砸自己的脚的下场。

　　"The Witch Burnt Alive"　　After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous.　　"Community Spirit"　　Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through.　　"The Earth Seen from the Moon"　　The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific.　　"The Sicilian"　　Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories.　　"A Night Like Any Other"　　Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.

　　

　　讲述一家玩具制造商(惠特克饰)努力使他的神奇新发明能在圣诞节前发挥作用，永远改变生活的故事。

爱丽丝（艾伦·波斯蒂恩 Ellen Burstyn 饰）是一名全职太太，多年在家相夫教子，过着平静幸福的生活，然而，某日，她的丈夫在一场意外中去世了，带着十一岁的儿子汤米（阿尔弗雷德·卢特三世 Alfred Lutter III 饰），这对母子不得不步入冷酷的社会，开始为两人的未来打拼。

The definitive biography of the group's fall from grace after they made it to SHEA Stadium USA and were on their way being a smashing success in the world

　　By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, confesses her love for Kean and decides to become an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's profligate ways, decide to boycott his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not recover from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.

西雅图发生一宗商店杀人案，曾被告谋杀亲妻的法医大卫前往勘验。 无意中却在凶案现场发现与妻子遭谋害时的相同线索，于是他决定展开调查。 然而调查工作始终毫无展获，直到他在募款晚会中结识一位美丽的神经学教授玛莎。 玛莎正研究某种特殊配方药剂，可将老鼠的记忆力进行移植。 这使得大卫突发其想，偷走药剂并将死者的记忆力注入自己体内进行人体试验，好一睹凶案经过，找出凶嫌破案。　　就在大卫一心想帮助警方破案的同时，凶嫌却在与警方对峙时中枪身亡。 失去唯一线索的大卫，只能借用已死凶嫌的记忆找出下一步线索。 原以为到此即将结束的凶案及往日冤屈，却在大卫亲身体验已死凶嫌的记忆过程中全面翻转。 他发现了攸关自身的天大谎言…