陆景明赴战场前，曾嘱咐妻子，若他战死，可改嫁村中那位以凶狠闻名的猎户。那猎户虽腿有残疾，却力大无穷，传闻甚至打死了前妻。三年后，陆景明战死的消息传来，陆家奶奶却收了猎户的二十两彩礼，强行将儿媳送嫁。在严寒腊月，娘在冰冷的河水中洗衣，被刻薄的奶奶视为“贱蹄子”，连生火的柴火都被抢走。在绝望之际，她唯一的念想就是带着年幼的女儿一同离开，然而，奶奶的冷酷回应，让母女俩的未来笼罩在更深的阴影之中。

Perhaps the most enjoyable Oliveira film I've watched so far also proved to be the most frustrating experience (through no fault of the genial Portuguese director, whom I saw at the 2004 Venice Film Festival): unfortunately, the copy shown on late-night Italian TV was of an atrocious quality – with intermittent picture loss, rampant pixellation and considerable stretches where the dialogue was so low and muffled as to be barely audible (thankfully, the movie was presented in its original language accompanied by Italian subtitles), despite the volume of my TV being practically set at its maximum level! The irony is that this was scheduled again on the very same channel just the other week and, had I known of the poor state of my copy, I'd have tried to record it again…though, of course, I would've had no guarantee that they were able get hold of a superior print unless I went through the whole thing over again! 　　Anyway, having seen it, I'm now able to understand how Oliveira felt so completely at home making that Bunuelian tribute BELLE TOUJOURS (2006); in fact, this has much the same aura of elegant surrealism evident in the Spaniard's contemporaneous masterpiece THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972), while throughout Oliveira displays an admirably Ophulsian propensity for intricately mobile camera-work. The premise is original and quite delightful: a woman has lost a husband and remarried; she used to despise the former but, now, she realizes how much she actually loved him and, consequently, starts to neglect Spouse No. 2. Also, the first husband had an identical twin brother – so the wife feels closer to him than her current husband; the latter, humiliated by this awkward situation, commits suicide! Then, the sibling of the deceased confesses that he's actually the man she married and that it was his twin who had died (he just had the inexplicable urge to exchange identities with him!); so, the ex-bride and groom go to court to make their re-union legal…except that, by this time, it dawns on her that Husband No. 2 is the one she truly loves! 　　Amid all this, their close circle of friends try to make head or tails of the woman's whims and quirks; further complications, however, arise out of the subplot involving a man who makes passes at two of the women (one's married, the other happily cohabiting with her divorced ex!). The latter turns him down flat, while his affair with the former proves no less volatile than the leading lady's roundabout ways; the man, then, deliberately picks a fight with his lover's husband – who had earlier also exchanged harsh words with the heroine's cynical second husband. Though lacking perhaps the cheerful mockery that Bunuel managed to bring to this essentially staid environment (even if the Mendelssohn score still lends it undeniable irony), Oliveira's script is both intelligent and witty – to which his small cast of unknown actors (to me, at least) respond extremely well. These extend to even the minor roles of butler and maid: apart from indulging in their own romantic dalliances from time to time, the butler is visibly annoyed in having to attend to the mansion's gates after every vehicle that calls at the premises (in fact, apart from a brief flashback and the church finale, we're virtually stuck on the grounds of this single location). He also witnesses the second husband's fatal leap from the window as well as the wife's escape from the very same room (in which she's been locked by Spouse No. 1 after her passion for his replacement is re-ignited), while the maid has no qualms about spying on her masters' violent squabbles through a keyhole. 　　The ironic ending sees all concerned attending the wedding ceremony of a young bride and groom – with the central couple entering the church together but then taking separate seats away from one another because of lack of room; the emphasis placed on the newlyweds' promises of lifelong devotion obviously ring hollow at this point while, seemingly on a whim, Oliveira decides to end the film on an amusing shot of the church organist (sporting the somewhat clichéd unkempt appearance of the typical musicologist). It should be said here that PAST AND PRESENT is the first entry in the director's so-called "Tetralogy Of Frustrated Love" along with BENILDE OR THE VIRGIN MOTHER (1975), the five-hour TV serial DOOMED LOVE (1979) – both of which I own and intend to check out presently, as part of my ongoing retrospective honoring Oliveira's 100th birthday next month – and the as-yet unavailable FRANCISCA (1981).

Perhaps the most enjoyable Oliveira film I've watched so far also proved to be the most frustrating experience (through no fault of the genial Portuguese director, whom I saw at the 2004 Venice Film Festival): unfortunately, the copy shown on late-night Italian TV was of an atrocious quality – with intermittent picture loss, rampant pixellation and considerable stretches where the dialogue was so low and muffled as to be barely audible (thankfully, the movie was presented in its original language accompanied by Italian subtitles), despite the volume of my TV being practically set at its maximum level! The irony is that this was scheduled again on the very same channel just the other week and, had I known of the poor state of my copy, I'd have tried to record it again…though, of course, I would've had no guarantee that they were able get hold of a superior print unless I went through the whole thing over again! 　　Anyway, having seen it, I'm now able to understand how Oliveira felt so completely at home making that Bunuelian tribute BELLE TOUJOURS (2006); in fact, this has much the same aura of elegant surrealism evident in the Spaniard's contemporaneous masterpiece THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972), while throughout Oliveira displays an admirably Ophulsian propensity for intricately mobile camera-work. The premise is original and quite delightful: a woman has lost a husband and remarried; she used to despise the former but, now, she realizes how much she actually loved him and, consequently, starts to neglect Spouse No. 2. Also, the first husband had an identical twin brother – so the wife feels closer to him than her current husband; the latter, humiliated by this awkward situation, commits suicide! Then, the sibling of the deceased confesses that he's actually the man she married and that it was his twin who had died (he just had the inexplicable urge to exchange identities with him!); so, the ex-bride and groom go to court to make their re-union legal…except that, by this time, it dawns on her that Husband No. 2 is the one she truly loves! 　　Amid all this, their close circle of friends try to make head or tails of the woman's whims and quirks; further complications, however, arise out of the subplot involving a man who makes passes at two of the women (one's married, the other happily cohabiting with her divorced ex!). The latter turns him down flat, while his affair with the former proves no less volatile than the leading lady's roundabout ways; the man, then, deliberately picks a fight with his lover's husband – who had earlier also exchanged harsh words with the heroine's cynical second husband. Though lacking perhaps the cheerful mockery that Bunuel managed to bring to this essentially staid environment (even if the Mendelssohn score still lends it undeniable irony), Oliveira's script is both intelligent and witty – to which his small cast of unknown actors (to me, at least) respond extremely well. These extend to even the minor roles of butler and maid: apart from indulging in their own romantic dalliances from time to time, the butler is visibly annoyed in having to attend to the mansion's gates after every vehicle that calls at the premises (in fact, apart from a brief flashback and the church finale, we're virtually stuck on the grounds of this single location). He also witnesses the second husband's fatal leap from the window as well as the wife's escape from the very same room (in which she's been locked by Spouse No. 1 after her passion for his replacement is re-ignited), while the maid has no qualms about spying on her masters' violent squabbles through a keyhole. 　　The ironic ending sees all concerned attending the wedding ceremony of a young bride and groom – with the central couple entering the church together but then taking separate seats away from one another because of lack of room; the emphasis placed on the newlyweds' promises of lifelong devotion obviously ring hollow at this point while, seemingly on a whim, Oliveira decides to end the film on an amusing shot of the church organist (sporting the somewhat clichéd unkempt appearance of the typical musicologist). It should be said here that PAST AND PRESENT is the first entry in the director's so-called "Tetralogy Of Frustrated Love" along with BENILDE OR THE VIRGIN MOTHER (1975), the five-hour TV serial DOOMED LOVE (1979) – both of which I own and intend to check out presently, as part of my ongoing retrospective honoring Oliveira's 100th birthday next month – and the as-yet unavailable FRANCISCA (1981).

荫餘堂... 荫求祖荫﹐餘祈富餘﹐三个字里包含了多少世代相传﹐生生不息的想望。 　　荫餘堂是一栋典型的徽州建筑。徽州位於安徽南陲，地处黄山白岳之间﹐所耕地有限﹐百分之九十的居民远走外省市从商。1127 年南宋迁都临安(今浙江杭州)，兴土木，筑宫殿，引发了徽州商人从事竹、木、漆的建筑营业，也培养了许多徽州工匠。徽商致富还乡，在家乡兴建住宅﹐形成有徽州特色的建筑风格。 　　徽州建筑的特色﹐一是外围东西两面有高过屋脊的马头墙﹐用意在防火及护瓦﹔但是墙的设计﹐或见人字形斜下﹐或见山字形高突﹐层层仆落﹐次垒分明﹐簷角青瓦飞扬﹐衬落著白墙﹐跌宕有致。图见黟县西递村鳞次櫛比的屋脊﹐西递村建於北宋元丰年间，有保存完好的124 幢明﹑清建筑，代表了徽州建筑艺术的典范。 　　徽州建筑另一特色是四水归堂的天井。经商人怕财源流失，建造天井，一来可以透光及通风﹐二来可以防止屋脊的雨水流向屋外﹔雨水导入天井之中，图它财不外流的吉利。一座天井院落﹐是一个自然单元。进大门有前庭，两侧有厢房﹐中设天井，后设厅堂。厅堂以中门隔开，设一堂二卧室，是为一进。豪华的民宅可以有十二﹑二十四﹑甚至三十六个天井。 　　徽州建筑还有一个小故事﹕相传当年宋太祖御驾徽州遇雨，在一家民宅的屋簷下避雨，但是屋簷短小 - 请参考附图太祖的驾式 - 太祖被淋得浑身溼透，居民发现当今天子竟在自家门口，慌忙开门请罪。太祖问他屋簷为什么造得这般短小？居民答说是祖上沿袭下来的风俗，太祖便建议：祖传旧制不便更改，但可在屋簷下再造一个屋簷，以利行人避雨。皇上既开金口﹐小民自然遵旨，当即请人在门、窗上加修了一道屋簷﹐称为短簷。世代相袭﹐也成了徽州建筑的特色。 　　徽州建筑内部更是令人嘆为观止。讲究的﹐在天井院落中设置假山﹑挖掘鱼池﹑追逐园林奇趣。厅堂内门槛﹑樑柱﹑窗框上处处有木雕装饰﹐取材於山川日月﹑松鹤云涛﹐力求精美繁复﹐与外部的简洁形成鲜明的对比，徽派建筑中著名的三雕 - 木雕、砖雕、石雕在徽州建筑里表现得淋漓尽致。 　　荫餘堂是徽州黄村黄氏商人於 1800 年所建﹐黄氏子孙在这栋祖传的楼房里居住﹐历经八代﹐将近二百年。1996 年﹐第三十四代的黄 Zhenxin 决定将荫餘堂出售﹐正逢 Nancy Berliner ﹐一位东方艺术学者﹐也是 Peabody Essex 博物馆的收藏负责人之一﹐在徽州探访古蹟﹐更逢黄山市的古蹟保护局想借用美国文教机构的影响力﹐来推广国际人士对徽州传统建筑的认识﹐於是一拍三合﹔黄山市与 Peabody Essex 博物馆签定文化交流计划﹐将荫餘堂一砖一瓦小心拆除﹐搬到 Peabody Essex 博物馆重建。 　　荫餘堂特展将於今年六月揭幕﹐有机会到麻州波士顿一行的人﹐何不将 Peabody Essex 博物馆列入活动项目﹖当然﹐真要看徽州建筑的精华﹐恐怕还是得跋涉千里﹐去安徽黟县看个仔细。 　　若是公务繁忙﹐无暇出门旅游﹐却也无妨﹐Peabody Essex 博物馆为了这一个徽州建筑特展﹐聘请专家精心设计了荫餘堂网站﹐介绍特展的缘起﹐荫餘堂的历史背景﹐黄家的家族佚事﹐以及荫餘堂详细的建筑构造。这是一个设计绝佳的网站﹐不论你是否打算去参观荫餘堂特展﹐都应该先上网流连。

荫餘堂... 荫求祖荫﹐餘祈富餘﹐三个字里包含了多少世代相传﹐生生不息的想望。 　　荫餘堂是一栋典型的徽州建筑。徽州位於安徽南陲，地处黄山白岳之间﹐所耕地有限﹐百分之九十的居民远走外省市从商。1127 年南宋迁都临安(今浙江杭州)，兴土木，筑宫殿，引发了徽州商人从事竹、木、漆的建筑营业，也培养了许多徽州工匠。徽商致富还乡，在家乡兴建住宅﹐形成有徽州特色的建筑风格。 　　徽州建筑的特色﹐一是外围东西两面有高过屋脊的马头墙﹐用意在防火及护瓦﹔但是墙的设计﹐或见人字形斜下﹐或见山字形高突﹐层层仆落﹐次垒分明﹐簷角青瓦飞扬﹐衬落著白墙﹐跌宕有致。图见黟县西递村鳞次櫛比的屋脊﹐西递村建於北宋元丰年间，有保存完好的124 幢明﹑清建筑，代表了徽州建筑艺术的典范。 　　徽州建筑另一特色是四水归堂的天井。经商人怕财源流失，建造天井，一来可以透光及通风﹐二来可以防止屋脊的雨水流向屋外﹔雨水导入天井之中，图它财不外流的吉利。一座天井院落﹐是一个自然单元。进大门有前庭，两侧有厢房﹐中设天井，后设厅堂。厅堂以中门隔开，设一堂二卧室，是为一进。豪华的民宅可以有十二﹑二十四﹑甚至三十六个天井。 　　徽州建筑还有一个小故事﹕相传当年宋太祖御驾徽州遇雨，在一家民宅的屋簷下避雨，但是屋簷短小 - 请参考附图太祖的驾式 - 太祖被淋得浑身溼透，居民发现当今天子竟在自家门口，慌忙开门请罪。太祖问他屋簷为什么造得这般短小？居民答说是祖上沿袭下来的风俗，太祖便建议：祖传旧制不便更改，但可在屋簷下再造一个屋簷，以利行人避雨。皇上既开金口﹐小民自然遵旨，当即请人在门、窗上加修了一道屋簷﹐称为短簷。世代相袭﹐也成了徽州建筑的特色。 　　徽州建筑内部更是令人嘆为观止。讲究的﹐在天井院落中设置假山﹑挖掘鱼池﹑追逐园林奇趣。厅堂内门槛﹑樑柱﹑窗框上处处有木雕装饰﹐取材於山川日月﹑松鹤云涛﹐力求精美繁复﹐与外部的简洁形成鲜明的对比，徽派建筑中著名的三雕 - 木雕、砖雕、石雕在徽州建筑里表现得淋漓尽致。 　　荫餘堂是徽州黄村黄氏商人於 1800 年所建﹐黄氏子孙在这栋祖传的楼房里居住﹐历经八代﹐将近二百年。1996 年﹐第三十四代的黄 Zhenxin 决定将荫餘堂出售﹐正逢 Nancy Berliner ﹐一位东方艺术学者﹐也是 Peabody Essex 博物馆的收藏负责人之一﹐在徽州探访古蹟﹐更逢黄山市的古蹟保护局想借用美国文教机构的影响力﹐来推广国际人士对徽州传统建筑的认识﹐於是一拍三合﹔黄山市与 Peabody Essex 博物馆签定文化交流计划﹐将荫餘堂一砖一瓦小心拆除﹐搬到 Peabody Essex 博物馆重建。 　　荫餘堂特展将於今年六月揭幕﹐有机会到麻州波士顿一行的人﹐何不将 Peabody Essex 博物馆列入活动项目﹖当然﹐真要看徽州建筑的精华﹐恐怕还是得跋涉千里﹐去安徽黟县看个仔细。 　　若是公务繁忙﹐无暇出门旅游﹐却也无妨﹐Peabody Essex 博物馆为了这一个徽州建筑特展﹐聘请专家精心设计了荫餘堂网站﹐介绍特展的缘起﹐荫餘堂的历史背景﹐黄家的家族佚事﹐以及荫餘堂详细的建筑构造。这是一个设计绝佳的网站﹐不论你是否打算去参观荫餘堂特展﹐都应该先上网流连。

We pick up the story on our main character's bus ride home. He sits alone, looking content, trying to pass the time. Then, something seems to get in his eye, because he rubs it and then closes the buses window. Something changes about him. He looks around and feels a strange disgust in the bus filled with quiet strangers also trying to get home and minding their own business. Pavel-Ivanovich is so disgusted that he gets off the bus several stops before his home and walks, arriving at dark. From here his story begins, and we go along for his sad ride. From that evening on he sees only sadness and wrong in everything. He can't respond to kindness, and scolds those closest to him. He offends everyone. At his work he tries to go against as many people as possible, and hurt ordinary citizens too. He also feels that everyone is against him. His condition seems to worsen. How will all this end. Sure this can't be the end for Pavel-Ivanovich, a good man somewhere deep inside. 　　The brilliance of this film lies in the main character's deep state of mind. His suffering. The fact that he hurts everyone around him, feels horrible about it but still does it until he almost loses everything. If you like film's where you feel that you can relate or feel the character's emotions, you might like this film. An incredible pressure is built up throughout the film, and the last scene, for me at least, magically lifts it, if only for a couple of seconds. 　　This is a strange film, and I don't say that a lot. It is very hard to describe, but the main elements that drive the feel of this film are the main character's state of mind and the music (more than half of the film has incredible original music playing in the background). Daneliya's films have incredible music like in Autumn Marathon, Kin-Dza-Dza, and Thirty-Three. Daneliyaa was into jazz and played drums in a band way back before he started making film so his films are very rich in music. Also this film is sad, but is also a comedy. All these elements mix to make an incredible movie

Ⅰ. "Sleepy" On the way home from work, the fierce anger of the road rage transformed into a huge monster, devouring the roads and buildings. Hurry home. Ⅱ. "Forgotten" Forget. Here. There. Everything. People, like ants, circulate endlessly.

《昔归轶事》以世界茶树起源地之一的临沧市临翔区昔归茶山为背景，讲述一位台湾青年远赴临沧茶山，寻找那个用文字叩响他心门的女孩。通过茶为媒，信传情，家为归的情感主线，展现了“茶暖人，家聚心”的温情叙事,传递“茶和天下，家国归心”的深意。

纽约出现了一群绑架恶魔，他们也是残忍而手法多变的杀手，专门以那些做不法生意的商人家属为猎捕对象，因为这些人不会去向警察求助。Matt Scudder接手调查。他并不喜欢需要他帮助的那些毒贩子，但他决心找出这些凶残的勒索者，不能让他们再用无辜的人来维持他们的魔鬼行当。