伊莱是芝加哥的一名游泳教练，然而父亲去世的噩耗让他不得不回到祖国以色列。他打算联系一位儿时好友，这一举动引发了一连串事件，给每个人的生活都带来了深远且持久的影响。这不仅是对六七十年代电影的深情致敬，更是一个关于爱情与友谊的动人故事，而这恰恰体现了美国的精髓。

时代背景是十九世纪末的土耳其，年轻的希腊男孩在康士坦丁堡为富商辛勤工作，但生活却充满了难堪与迫害。当他知道美国这块梦幻中的乐土之后，便千里迢迢移民美国追寻梦想。

A song sets the tone, followed by an animated collage in which Super 8-film, photographs, drawings, slides, detritus and fragments from music and popular culture are used and processed. A mobileand intense portrayal of a changing country, America, America was Åsa Sjöström’s exam film at Royal College of Art in London in 1972. (Filmform)

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This Czech drama is the first film version of Kafka's unfinished novel. The film has a theatrical feel as it follows protagonist Karel Rosmann from Europe to America where stays with his Uncle Jacob, an industrialist. Karel has many experiences there that leave him beginning to feel paranoid; especially after he becomes victim to the sexually forward daughter of a business associate of his father. In disgrace he leaves his uncle's and takes up with Topic, an alcoholic hobo, and a barmaid, Klara. Topic pushes Karel into a fight and Karel, believing he's killed him goes into hiding where he is protected by Green, a nasty old man, and Mack, a punk. His two protectors are literally the death of him.

友禅染（Kata - yuzen）是一种京都友禅染色方法，完成一匹和服面料有时需要多达100个模板。这种方法的发展为染色工节省了大量时间，并实现了大规模生产。最考验技艺的任务是雕刻和纸（washi paper）来制作模板。手工难以实现的精致图案和清晰线条都能……

《美国工厂》是一部 Netflix 原创纪录片，由 Higher Ground Productions 和 Participant Media 出品，荣获奥斯卡金像奖®提名并斩获艾美奖®的朱莉娅·赖克特和史蒂文·博格纳尔（《最后一辆车：通用王国的破产》《A Lion in the House》《正观“红色”》）打造。这部广受好评的电影深入研究了后工业时代的俄亥俄州，一位中国亿万富翁在当地一家废弃的通用汽车工厂中开设新工厂，并雇佣了 2000 名美国蓝领工人。随着高科技中国企业与美国工人阶级产生冲突，最初的希望和乐观遭受了挫折。

影片改编自菲利普·罗斯的《美国三部曲：美国牧歌》，讲述了一个生活看似完美的犹太企业家塞莫尔·利沃夫因女儿在反越战浪潮中的恐怖主义行为而遭遇毁灭的故事。