"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

在數百個故事和壓倒性數據的支持下，導演湯姆唐納修透過鏡頭帶出了幾十年來好萊塢女性在鏡頭前後遭受到的歧視及排擠。梅莉史翠普／娜塔莉波曼／潔西卡崔斯坦……等眾知名女星／女性導演／製片紛紛現身說法，大談光鮮亮麗後的潛規則。她們攜手挺身而出，但世人是否能正視問題所在？是否能因此改革好萊塢？

在數百個故事和壓倒性數據的支持下，導演湯姆唐納修透過鏡頭帶出了幾十年來好萊塢女性在鏡頭前後遭受到的歧視及排擠。梅莉史翠普／娜塔莉波曼／潔西卡崔斯坦……等眾知名女星／女性導演／製片紛紛現身說法，大談光鮮亮麗後的潛規則。她們攜手挺身而出，但世人是否能正視問題所在？是否能因此改革好萊塢？

在數百個故事和壓倒性數據的支持下，導演湯姆唐納修透過鏡頭帶出了幾十年來好萊塢女性在鏡頭前後遭受到的歧視及排擠。梅莉史翠普／娜塔莉波曼／潔西卡崔斯坦……等眾知名女星／女性導演／製片紛紛現身說法，大談光鮮亮麗後的潛規則。她們攜手挺身而出，但世人是否能正視問題所在？是否能因此改革好萊塢？

一名神秘的教师来到了一座外省小镇的学校教书。但这名老师并没有老师的样子，他对事物的看法过于现代和自负。但整座小镇都很喜欢他，喜欢到超乎他的想象。

Chicago, 1920: Gangster Sam Dunleavy has just returned to town, and is visited by Al, a former childhood friend who is now a police officer. Al knows that Sam's girlfriend has just dropped him, and he warns Sam not to try anything violent. But Sam does plan to kill his ex-girlfriend, and he knows he needs an alibi. He sees his friend Barney, who promises to give him a perfect alibi for $2500. They work out the details, and Sam returns to Barney's place later to put the plan into action. But Al also shows up, so Sam knows that the plan must work perfectly.

Rosana是一家之主，为了照顾生病的母亲，她拼命工作赚钱。尽管竭尽全力，她还是遭到了解雇。绝望之下，她愿意付出任何代价换取母亲的生活保障，甚至同意假扮成富豪失散多年的女儿以继承遗产。在这个陌生的家族中，她不得不面对权势滔天的继承人Korn，他步步紧逼，誓要揭穿她的真实身份……

Rosana是一家之主，为了照顾生病的母亲，她拼命工作赚钱。尽管竭尽全力，她还是遭到了解雇。绝望之下，她愿意付出任何代价换取母亲的生活保障，甚至同意假扮成富豪失散多年的女儿以继承遗产。在这个陌生的家族中，她不得不面对权势滔天的继承人Korn，他步步紧逼，誓要揭穿她的真实身份……

In Theme Song, Acconci uses video as close-up to establish a perversely intimate relation with the viewer, creating a personal space in which to talk directly to (and manipulate) the spectator. He is face to face with the viewer, his head close against the video screen, lying cozily on the floor. Acconci writes, "The scene is a living room — quiet, private night — the scene for a come-on — I can bring my legs around, wrapping myself around the viewer — I'm playing songs on a tape recorder — I follow the songs up, I'm building a relationship, I'm carrying it through." Smoking cigarettes, he begins a seductive monologue as he plays "theme songs" by the Doors, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson and others on a tape recorder. The songs are a starting point for his come-ons; the tenor of his monologues shifts with the lyrics. "Of course I can't see your face. I have no idea what your face looks like. You could be anybody out there, but there's gotta be somebody watching me.