A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. Forgetting about his tour, he goes to one of these cities, where he meets the captain of "The Waverunner"... The famous bard Alexander Galich wrote the script to this film -one of the 1960s best motion pictures. The film features his wonderful songs as performed by Galich himself: "A ship was sailing from faraway Australia...", "Things will straighten out, there's nothing to worry about..."... In the 21st century, the cinema will be different; perhaps it's natural. And yet, it's a pity...
史蒂芬(德克·博加德 Dirk Bogarde 饰)出生在一个非常普通的家庭之中,凭借着自己的智慧和能力,他不断的向上爬,并且最终成为了英国牛津大学的教授,可以这么说,史蒂芬现在所拥有的一切,都是他一点一点亲手为自己挣来的。一次偶然中,史蒂芬撞见了自己的同事查理(斯坦利·贝克 Stanley Baker 饰)和一个名叫安娜(雅克利娜·萨萨尔 Jacqueline Sassard 饰)的女生之间的私情。
安娜的身份十分的尊贵,是一国之公主,并且已经有了未婚夫威廉(麦克尔·约克 Michael York 饰)。一场车祸中,威廉不幸去世,史蒂芬救了安娜一命,出于报复的心理,他强行占有了安娜。
比利(丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 饰)和怀特(彼得·方达 Peter Fonda 饰)用一次毒品交易的钱骑着他们的机车上路了,他们的目的地,是新奥尔良的狂欢节。在路上,他们经过了离群索居的波西米亚人群落,短暂逗留的数天里目睹了他们自由放浪但也贫穷困苦的生活。在德克萨斯州,他们仅因为行为举止诡异就被警察关进了监狱,在那里,他们遇见了律师汉森(杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰),汉森帮助他们逃离了牢狱之灾,他们怂恿汉森同他们一起上路。抵挡不住内心的骚动,汉森同意了。三人来到一个保守的小镇,在那里受尽了居民的白眼。不受欢迎的三人只得露宿荒野,夜里,当地的居民乔装袭击了他们,汉森被打死。比利和怀特虽然震惊,但这一切都没能阻止他们前进的脚步。到达目的地的两人并没有感到喜悦,有的只是无尽的空虚,沮丧的两人打道回府,但令人意外的是,一个卡车司机和他的双杆猎枪使得他们的行程截然而止。
这是影史上最伟大的公路电影,也是为数众多的公路电影的鼻祖。
一直作為米路斯.科曼劇本鐵三角(另一位是帕培錫,也是本片編劇之一)成員的艾雲.巴薩,當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢,生活狀況大不同,你有伴侶我有家庭,然而都有說不出的不明朗,唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的,只在剎那間的意圖,行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧,卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思,叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力.盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影,古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪,難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。
康城影展青年評審團獎,美國全國影評人協會特別獎
這部1966年的珍品,是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學,舊同學是個窮音樂教師,有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡,變出風趣復罕見的旋律,一部憂鬱的喜劇,或灰色喜劇。
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight.
Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards
Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair.
- Elliott Stein, Village Voice
Source: HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006
Mother, father and sister visit the adult son in the family in his small apartment for a dinner. The father gives one critical view after the other about his sons life.
A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.