The time for this sleepy village to awake and face its demons has firmly landed on its doorstep. The transformation of idyllic rural Englishness has to be tested to its limits, on their own and with time running out, even the softest of hearts have to lea
英国20年代默片,美国华裔演员黄柳霜主演,她在片中表现不俗,把那个爱算计的小女人演得入木三分。电影上视觉上很有追求,拍摄的美感在当时很有超群精神。
查尔斯·巴顿导演的一部恐怖影片。故事讲述两名铁路工友负责运送一些大木箱,后来打开一看,里面装着的赫然是科学怪人的怪物、吸血僵尸,以及狼人。本片的恐怖气氛处理得相当出色,贝拉·卢高西扮演他一向擅长的德古拉伯爵,小朗·钱尼扮演狼人,都有精彩演出。虽然片中笑料不多,但本片却是两傻片集中拍摄最好的一部。
希区柯克又一部经典的悬疑惊悚片,讲述女主角正当防卫杀人后被人敲诈的故事,影片拍摄到后期时老板要求希区柯克把它改成有声片,希区柯克对部分场景进行了重拍加入声音,影片也因此成为英国第一部有声片,因此时大部分影院无有声设备,因此以默片和有声片双版本上映。多年来音像制品中常见的都是有声片版,而其实默片版成就更高,对于如何处理画外音上,更有独门绝技。
希区柯克曾两次执导《擒凶记》故事,本片是在三十年代于英国拍摄的黑白片版本。描述一个英国家庭到瑞士度假,从一名垂死的间谍口中知悉一位驻伦敦的外交官将在他出席音乐会时被人暗杀。为了让这对夫妇守口如瓶,暗杀者绑架了他们的女儿作为人质,然而他俩还是去了音乐所。全片混合了间谍片、警匪片、喜剧片等多元化的素材,拍成一部内容丰富剧力强烈的作品,并且微妙地反映了当年一触即发的欧洲政治局势。
This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid He