In a snowy landscape, the camera pulls back slowly to reveal Yoko Ono and John Lennon in the square of a little rustic town; it continues retreating and simultaneously rising into the sky,mounted on a balloon that remains invisible throughout. Dogs bark, there are voices. The surroundings of the town come into view, then a panorama of the entire region; suddenly, blankness for five minutes -- an unbearably long period in the cinema. When all hope is gone, the screen bursts into a pink explosion of sky, sun, and cloud tops; the camera had risen (in real, not screen time) through an enormous cloud band, and had passed, by means of minimal art, from separateness to oneness with theworld, "rising into heaven" in a beautifully romantic, purely visual metaphor of spiritual ascension. 　　---- Amos Vogel “Film as asubversive art”

毛毛虫尼克振翅化蝶，追寻传说中栖息万彩蝶灵的翡翠圣树——穿越毒藤雨林、智斗机械瓢虫，在爱与友情的催化下，完成从蠕行到翱翔的生命史诗

陈七（陈百祥 饰）和肥猫（王晶 饰）是一对江洋大盗，除了从来不使用暴力伤人外几乎干尽了坏事。某日，陈七在偷车的过程中遇见了名为张曼珠（张曼玉 饰）的女子，美丽的张曼珠立刻吸引了陈七的注意，令陈七坠入了情网，可惜落花有意流水无情。一次偶然中，陈七得到了一枚钻石，这枚钻石带来的财富，却也令陈七成为了黑道暗杀名单上的首当其冲。于是，陈七将钻石藏在了一只高跟鞋里，没想到，这双高跟鞋正巧被张曼珠买下，准备去参加舞会......

在片中，陈百祥饰演一个职业惯匪，偷呃拐骗无所不无，唯一可取是从不使用暴力；張曼玉饰电影台新晋演员，收入微薄，生活拮据；一天，陈偷车時，被张的脚踏车撞伤，陈对张一见着迷，但张未稍予詞色；未几，陈意外得巨钻，往找卖家脱手，卻途遇杀手追杀，陈情急下将巨钻藏于某鞋店的一只高跟鞋內，后此鞋刚好被张买去参加舞会……