《天梯：幼儿园的姨蔡国强的艺术》是当今世界最重要艺术家之一蔡国强的首部电影纪录片。既是一个从中国出发、幼儿园的姨成为具国际影响力艺术家的励志故事，也体现着新时代中国人的追求和精神。本片由奥斯卡金奖导演凯文·麦克唐纳（Kevin Macdonald）耗时两年，从纽约、布宜诺斯艾利斯、上海、北京、浏阳到家乡泉州，遍访艺术家的工作现场及其亲友、工作伙伴和专家，无限度深入蔡国强的工作和生活，并从数千小时的珍贵历史影像素材撷取精华，讲述蔡国强 80 年代从泉州出发，30 年来在五大洲不同文化间成长，并走向国际舞台成为享誉全球的爆破艺术家。纪录片中也揭露他壮观艺术背后的另一个真实—内心的脆弱、挣扎、妥协，和对家人、故乡、祖国土地深厚内敛的家国情怀。影片主线《天梯》—— 一座500米高的金色焰火梯子嘶吼着拔地而起，与无垠宇宙对话。这是蔡国强少年时代仰望天空、摸云摘星的梦想，二十多年来在世界不同地方屡试屡败，却从未放弃。2015年6月黎明，泉州小渔村惠屿岛海边，在国内技术专家和当地数百村民的帮助和见证下，他再次一搏，把《天梯》作为献给百岁奶奶和家乡的礼物……
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回复 :19世纪的瓦德马尔公馆，因一次神秘的降灵仪式而蒙上危险与神秘的面纱。它的影响直到21世纪仍分外强大，继奥利西亚和露易莎·劳伦特（希维亚·艾巴斯卡 Silvia Abascal 饰）相继失踪之后，地产评估公司的老板马克西米连（欧塞维奥·庞塞拉 Eusebio Poncela 饰）派出下属爱德华多（Rodolfo Sancho 饰）和安娜（Norma Ruíz 饰）再次赶赴瓦德马尔公馆，二人却在半路遭到伏击，下落不明。另一方面，私人侦探尼古拉斯（Óscar Jaenada 饰）和塞尔维娅（Ana Risueño 饰）继续进行对露易莎及瓦德马尔历史的追查。在塞尔维娅的叙述下，神秘之书与邪恶魂灵的传说以及人类最丑恶的罪行相继浮出水面……本片荣获2011年国际奇幻电影节最佳特效奖。
回复 :莎拉（伊丽莎白·奥尔森 Elizabeth Olsen 饰）和父亲来到了空置已久的湖边小屋，因为这里即将被出售给他人，所以父女两人决定先过来把卫生给打扫打扫，也算是一种告别的仪式。时间一分一秒的流逝着，夜幕渐渐降临，黑暗和静谧笼罩着湖面，亦覆盖了小屋。一声异响之后，萨拉呼唤父亲的名字，却得不到回应，她搜寻整个小屋，却发现父亲竟然从这件屋子里凭空消失了。夜越来越深，恐惧慢慢充斥了萨拉脆弱的心灵，在这个完全与外界隔绝的小屋周围，很显然潜伏着一些莫名而未知的危险。如今，萨拉只能靠自己的力量，走出这间小屋，然而，当她每迈出一步时，她离这间小屋的秘密就更近了一步。
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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
