John Adams - El niño 　　 　　La Nativité 　　The World Première Production, Libretto by John Adams, Peter Sellars 　　From the Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet 　　Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Conducted by Kent Nagano 　　Directed for the stage by Peter Sellars 　　Cast: Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Willard White 　　 　　Running Time: 147 min (Opera: 119 min; Documentary: 28 min) 　　Recording Date: 2000 　　Menu languages: PAL GB, D, F, SP / NTSC GB, JP, F, SP 　　Subtitle languages: PAL GB, D, F, SP / NTSC GB, JP, F, SP 　　Picture Format: 16:9 　　Sound Format: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0 　　Region Code: 0 　　Sel. No. 100 220 PAL / 100 221 NTSC 　　 　　The most recent composition by American minimalist composer John Adams is his take on the "Christmas Oratorio": a large-scale music theatre work entitled El niño. How does one actually celebrate Christ's birth in a land where palm trees and race conflicts flourish - in sunny California? Perhaps the way composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars portray it at the beginning of El niño (La Nativité), which was first performed nine days before Christmas 2000 at the Parisian Théâtre du Chatelet: with a tree and festoons of lights. This symbol projected on the stage as a hazily poetic yet realistically blurred video is telling in more ways than one. This fourth joint stage work by Adams and Sellars - which unlike the two operas Nixon in China (1987) and The death of Klinghoffer (1991) turns to a Biblical rather than a contemporary theme - uses musical elements we are already familiar with from these two artists' three "worldly" pieces. An extended documentary on the making of this piece contains many interviews with Adams, Sellars and Dawn Upshaw. The DVD was recorded in outstanding DTS sound.

A country girl goes to Paris to work as a chorus girl and becomes involved in dope-peddling. Finally tiring of her sordid life, she returns to the country to marry a milkman.

一位面目丑陋不堪的老妇生下了一个相貌标致、拥有天使面孔的男婴。然而男婴的姐姐（朱丽娅·奥蒙德Julia Ormond饰）却声称孩子是自己的。处女生子的荒唐前提一旦成立，一连串不可思议的玄虚之事便相继发生，整个世界的秩序将不复存在。她先是宣称男婴为神之附体的圣婴，后是以圣母玛利亚自称，靠圣婴赚取钱财。当姐姐与主教的儿子（拉尔夫·费因斯Ralph Fiennes饰）相恋时，却遭到了圣婴的阻碍，主教的儿子惨死在牛角之下。 　　姐姐为了报复，杀死了圣婴，闻讯赶来的人们要求严惩这个触犯天条的女人，于是她被判处了死刑，由于当时法律规定，处女是不能处死的，所以教皇命令208名士兵强奸她。姐姐在强暴中死去，人们欢快地将圣婴肢解后分掉，希望可以得到圣婴的庇佑。

一位面目丑陋不堪的老妇生下了一个相貌标致、拥有天使面孔的男婴。然而男婴的姐姐（朱丽娅·奥蒙德Julia Ormond饰）却声称孩子是自己的。处女生子的荒唐前提一旦成立，一连串不可思议的玄虚之事便相继发生，整个世界的秩序将不复存在。她先是宣称男婴为神之附体的圣婴，后是以圣母玛利亚自称，靠圣婴赚取钱财。当姐姐与主教的儿子（拉尔夫·费因斯Ralph Fiennes饰）相恋时，却遭到了圣婴的阻碍，主教的儿子惨死在牛角之下。 　　姐姐为了报复，杀死了圣婴，闻讯赶来的人们要求严惩这个触犯天条的女人，于是她被判处了死刑，由于当时法律规定，处女是不能处死的，所以教皇命令208名士兵强奸她。姐姐在强暴中死去，人们欢快地将圣婴肢解后分掉，希望可以得到圣婴的庇佑。

Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for...

Baby Adrian is now all grown up and separated from his mother, wrestling with the occult influences that plague him, and trying to outrun Satan himself.

凯有着一个外表单薄脆弱的妻子罗斯曼丽，自从他们搬到新公寓后，凯就和邻居一对老夫妇相谈甚欢。而罗斯曼丽却并不特别喜欢这对邻居，令她感到不适的，还有接下来的一连串怪事。 罗斯曼丽看到了自杀的女人，在日渐诡异的生活气氛下，她还做着毛骨悚然的梦。梦中，有一个长毛怪物侵犯自己，罗斯曼丽从噩梦中醒来不久，竟得知自己已有身孕的消息。邻居老太前来照顾罗斯曼丽和腹中婴儿，然而，罗斯曼丽却渐渐怀疑，一切的古怪事情，都来自于这个表面和善慈祥的邻居，甚至还有自己的丈夫！他们正在合谋计算罗斯曼丽的婴孩。到底是罗斯曼丽的幻觉还是确有其事？当她看到出生的婴儿眼中竟无瞳孔时，罗斯曼丽知道，魔鬼的气息近在眼前。

Leo is a successful author of mystery novels, who writes under a pseudonym. While penning his next book in an isolated chalet, he receives a strange visit from Jota, a somewhat troubling character, who claims to be a journalist.

Leo is a successful author of mystery novels, who writes under a pseudonym. While penning his next book in an isolated chalet, he receives a strange visit from Jota, a somewhat troubling character, who claims to be a journalist.

这部Erskine和McCullough合作的首部作品是恐怖片，用灵活的手法交织出了一个发生在城市中的神秘故事 - 　　从偷肾到外星人劫持，然后到操纵药品公司；这里是偏执狂的天堂。与令人回忆的《天梯》(Jacob's Ladder)和比较阴暗的《死亡幻觉》(Donnie 　　Darko)一样，故事结构依然保持了这一风格，仿佛魔方一样，把观众带向令人满足，又峰回路转达到故事的高潮... 　　故事情节险恶，令人惊奇和震惊。影片刻划了一个令人怜爱的无助的英雄角色，EMR是一部令人精神一震的英国惊悚电影，它会令你在下次吃阿斯匹林时，再好好想一想。