20世纪90年代初的俄罗斯，在后苏联时代的混乱局势中，才华横溢的年轻人瓦迪姆·巴拉诺夫规划着自己的人生道路。他先是一名艺术家，后来成为真人秀制作人，最终成了一位崛起中的克格勃特工——弗拉基米尔·普京的舆论操控者。身处权力核心，巴拉诺夫塑造着新俄罗斯，模糊了真相与谎言、信仰与操控之间的界限。唯有富有魅力的克塞尼亚不受他掌控，诱惑着他脱离这场危险的游戏。多年后，隐于沉默、笼罩在神秘之中的巴拉诺夫终于开口，揭露了他协助建立的政权所隐藏的黑暗秘密。

The story opens in Russia, in the early 1990’s, in the aftermath of the USSR’s collapse. In a new world that promises freedom and flirts with chaos, a young artist-turned-TV producer, Vadim Baranov, unexpectedly becomes the spin doctor of a promising member of the FSB (ex-KGB), Vladimir Putin.

Documentary which tells the extraordinary unknown story of how the Beatles helped to destroy the USSR. 　　In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world. 　　Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life. 　　The Soviet authorities were alarmed by the seditious potential of rock and roll, with the Beatles a special target and denounced as 'bugs' in official papers. Their smuggled records were destroyed and their music was banned, but the myth blossomed as bootlegs and photos were covertly traded and even rented amongst fans. 　　Soon there were thousands of rock bands across the USSR, trying to make music with crude home-made guitars. Speakers on lampposts installed to broadcast propaganda were grabbed by rock hopefuls, while reports that an electric pickup could be cannibalised from a telephone led to phone boxes being raided and disabled. 　　Millions of young people fell in love with the Beatles and the culture of the Cold War enemy, and defected emotionally from the Soviet system. The Beatles prepared the cultural way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately helped to wash away the foundations of that system.

Documentary which tells the extraordinary unknown story of how the Beatles helped to destroy the USSR. 　　In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world. 　　Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life. 　　The Soviet authorities were alarmed by the seditious potential of rock and roll, with the Beatles a special target and denounced as 'bugs' in official papers. Their smuggled records were destroyed and their music was banned, but the myth blossomed as bootlegs and photos were covertly traded and even rented amongst fans. 　　Soon there were thousands of rock bands across the USSR, trying to make music with crude home-made guitars. Speakers on lampposts installed to broadcast propaganda were grabbed by rock hopefuls, while reports that an electric pickup could be cannibalised from a telephone led to phone boxes being raided and disabled. 　　Millions of young people fell in love with the Beatles and the culture of the Cold War enemy, and defected emotionally from the Soviet system. The Beatles prepared the cultural way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately helped to wash away the foundations of that system.

1900年，科学的发展还未能遮盖魔术的神秘感，维也纳的人们对艾森海姆（爱德华·诺顿 饰）的魔术更是达到了痴迷的状态。这个神奇的魔术师总是能把现实和虚幻的东西混为一体，让人坠入云里雾里，怀疑他是否真的具有超能力。而台下的乌尔侦探，更是想从艾森海姆每一场的表演里看出幕后的真相...

1900年，科学的发展还未能遮盖魔术的神秘感，维也纳的人们对艾森海姆（爱德华·诺顿 Edward Norto饰）的魔术更是达到了痴迷的状态。这个神奇的魔术师总是能把现实和虚幻的东西混为一体，让人坠入云里雾里，怀疑他是否真的具有超能力。而台下的乌尔侦探，更是想从艾森海姆每一场的表演里看出幕后的真相。 　　一天，一位上台接受挑战的女子令艾森海姆大为震惊——她就是自己往日的恋人苏菲（杰西卡·贝尔 Jessica Biel 饰）。他们曾经因为等级门户之故被迫分开，而如今，苏菲将成为王储的妻子。尽管这样，二人还是旧情复炽，无法自拔。当苏菲打算放弃一切跟爱森海姆私奔时，悲剧却发生了,她离奇死去，所有证据都表明凶手就是由爱生恨的王储。真相似乎已经大白，但是魔术师的世界亦真亦幻，实情也随之扑朔迷离。

20世纪50年代末期，曾经风靡一时的剧场风云变幻，人们迷恋电视、迷恋摇滚，对于曾经伴随他们长大的各种杂耍则不再关注。他是一个经验丰富的魔术师，舞台上得体从容，现实中却不得不为了可怜的生活费而流转于各个表演场所，上至华贵的音乐厅，下至破落偏僻的小酒馆，不变的是他对魔术的执着。在苏格兰某个乡间逗留时，魔术师结识了一个小女孩，她感叹于那些神奇的魔法，于是偷偷离开故乡，转而追随魔术师的脚步。

20世纪50年代末期，曾经风靡一时的剧场风云变幻，人们迷恋电视、迷恋摇滚，对于曾经伴随他们长大的各种杂耍则不再关注。他是一个经验丰富的魔术师，舞台上得体从容，现实中却不得不为了可怜的生活费而流转于各个表演场所，上至华贵的音乐厅，下至破落偏僻的小酒馆，不变的是他对魔术的执着。在苏格兰某个乡间逗留时，魔术师结识了一个小女孩，她感叹于那些神奇的魔法，于是偷偷离开故乡，转而追随魔术师的脚步。他们辗转来至爱丁堡，生活变得愈加艰辛，而为了满足女孩对魔法的信任和对繁华世界的向往，魔术师不得不想各种办法去赚钱…… 　　本片荣获2010年欧洲电影节最佳动画片奖、2010年纽约影评人协会最佳动画片奖。

Star Film 153

Star Film 153