"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

一名神秘的教师来到了一座外省小镇的学校教书。但这名老师并没有老师的样子，他对事物的看法过于现代和自负。但整座小镇都很喜欢他，喜欢到超乎他的想象。

In Theme Song, Acconci uses video as close-up to establish a perversely intimate relation with the viewer, creating a personal space in which to talk directly to (and manipulate) the spectator. He is face to face with the viewer, his head close against the video screen, lying cozily on the floor. Acconci writes, "The scene is a living room — quiet, private night — the scene for a come-on — I can bring my legs around, wrapping myself around the viewer — I'm playing songs on a tape recorder — I follow the songs up, I'm building a relationship, I'm carrying it through." Smoking cigarettes, he begins a seductive monologue as he plays "theme songs" by the Doors, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson and others on a tape recorder. The songs are a starting point for his come-ons; the tenor of his monologues shifts with the lyrics. "Of course I can't see your face. I have no idea what your face looks like. You could be anybody out there, but there's gotta be somebody watching me.

13:00 - a woman dancing alone in her studio. it starts off very slow and becomes somewhat hypnotic. as the music speeds up, so does the dance, the length of the shots, which ultimately leaves you slightly dizzy and feeling off centered. It begins to slow down again, along with everything else, and the shades of the black and white film begin to change.

保罗（西恩•潘 饰），一位大学数学教授，患有严重的心脏病，生命垂危，幸运的是，成功的心脏移植手术使他死里逃生，可是，他和妻子的关系并没有因此而重获新生。 　　杰克（本尼西奥•德•托罗 饰），曾经是酒鬼和犯罪分子，在一名牧师的帮助下，他重建了自己的生活，不仅成为青少年咨询顾问，还是正直善良的好父亲，可他的妻子有时候却暗暗期盼他能保留一点过去的性格。事实上，杰克对往事充满愧疚，背负着沉重的心理负担，努力寻找新生活的希望。 　　克里斯汀（娜奥米•沃茨 饰），她曾经沉溺于毒品和派对，生活一塌糊涂。当她幡然悔悟，改过自新后，却因一起灾难性的事件，生活发生可怕的逆转，重新陷入了困顿。她经受不住这样的打击，回到了过去，并且拒绝改变。 　　一桩交通意外将这三个人的生活联系在了一起，随着而来的，是苦难、复仇，还有爱和救赎。

保罗（西恩•潘 饰），一位大学数学教授，患有严重的心脏病，生命垂危，幸运的是，成功的心脏移植手术使他死里逃生，可是，他和妻子的关系并没有因此而重获新生。 　　杰克（本尼西奥•德•托罗 饰），曾经是酒鬼和犯罪分子，在一名牧师的帮助下，他重建了自己的生活，不仅成为青少年咨询顾问，还是正直善良的好父亲，可他的妻子有时候却暗暗期盼他能保留一点过去的性格。事实上，杰克对往事充满愧疚，背负着沉重的心理负担，努力寻找新生活的希望。 　　克里斯汀（娜奥米•沃茨 饰），她曾经沉溺于毒品和派对，生活一塌糊涂。当她幡然悔悟，改过自新后，却因一起灾难性的事件，生活发生可怕的逆转，重新陷入了困顿。她经受不住这样的打击，回到了过去，并且拒绝改变。 　　一桩交通意外将这三个人的生活联系在了一起，随着而来的，是苦难、复仇，还有爱和救赎。

一群爱好飞车的青年，因一次冲突中将一名西人打死，众人大惊下将尸体埋在郊外，并相约暂勿集会。 梁文斌、周国良及冯志力三人欲逃亡外国，但事机不密被众人发觉，挟持大厦天台，被斥责不够义气而发生冲突。