天才反击
Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked. I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.  This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).  It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the girl-nerd who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes really now, what's there to be embarrassed about
童年过后一百天
盛夏。一个古老的庄园。14岁的米佳在这里的夏令营度过了告别童年的100天。集合号、升旗仪式、懵懂的初恋、幻灯片上蒙娜丽莎的微笑、到邻近的集体农庄参加劳动、把莱蒙托夫的《假面舞会》搬上夏令营的舞台,这些便是米佳在“森林岛屿”夏令营中的主要生活。在感受大自然的美好和文学丰盈滋养的同时,米佳也经历着单相思的沮丧和对童年即将过去的怅惘。影片按11个标题划分出段落,每个段落衔接自然。影片内在的韵律节奏推进着情节的发展。  导演谢·索洛维约夫天才地将绘画、文学和音乐贯穿在本片中。用美和智慧拯救心灵似乎是他一贯表达的主题。本片也不例外。少年纯净天真的气质、内心尖锐的疼痛、自我意识的雏形都得到了完好的呈现。在镜头描绘大自然、光与影的细微图层的同时,索洛维约夫捕捉着人物转瞬即逝的情绪变化,就是在这样一个孤立的岛屿和人生必经的一段旅程上,主人公内心的力量慢慢积蓄。  无论是《童年过后一百天》,还是之后的《白夜的旋律》、《阿萨》、《黑玫瑰——悲伤的象征,红玫瑰——爱情的象征》、《星空下的房子》等,几乎所有索洛维约夫的影片都涌动着喷薄而发的激情,充满着无尽的魅力。  本片获1975年柏林电影节银熊奖,1977年苏联国家奖金。
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