The Architects (2014)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 33分
演出 : Amie Siegel
シノプシス
Amie Siegel’s film installations often reveal the hidden narratives behind architecture and design, investigating the mechanisms by which objects, materials, and spaces accrue meaning and value. The Architects examines the processes of architectural creation, using the artist’s signature slow, parallel tracking shots to offer insight into the inner workings of multiple architecture firms, slicing through them laterally like an architect’s section plan... Siegel not only punctures the myth of the singular “master architect” but also poses questions around creative autonomy, the sociopolitics of labor, and the circulation of capital. (Source: MoMA)
イギリス。バクスター夫妻は、突如として愛娘クリスティン（シャロン・ウィリアムズ）を水難事故で失ってしまう。 数ヶ月後、ジョン（ドナルド・サザーランド）は妻ローラ（ジュリー・クリスティ）を連れ、教会修復の仕事でイタリアのベニス（ヴェネツィア）へと赴いていた。ある日、夫妻は年老いた姉妹と邂逅する。姉ウェンディ（クレリア・マタニア）曰く、盲目の妹ヘザー（ヒラリー・メイソン）には霊感があり、赤いレインコートを着た亡き娘さんの姿が視えるというのだ。その後、姉妹と再会したローラは、亡き娘の言葉を借りたヘザーから「ベニスを去らなければ、ジョンの身に危険が降りかかる」と忠告される。ジョンはその警告に取り合わず、ローラは不安になるのだった。
著名な建築家ロイヤル（ジェレミー・アイアンズ）が設計を手掛けた高層マンション群、ハイ・ライズがロンドン近郊に完成。豪華な内装が施され、スーパー、プール、学校、レストラン、医療施設なども完備したそのマンションに、医師のラング（トム・ヒドルストン）が入居してくる。毎晩のように隣人たちの開くパーティーに参加するうちに、彼は低層階と高層階の住民の間で階級をめぐるあつれきが起きているのを知る。ある日、停電を機にハイ・ライズの内部はすさまじい混乱に見舞われ……。
海辺の別荘に2年前に投函された手紙が届く。手紙のやり取りを始めると、男は時間軸が違うと気づく。そして未来では男が死んでしまい、女はそれを回避するために行動する。男の死は免れ、2人は出会うことができた。
夏休みを利用しておばちゃまの羽臼屋敷を訪れる“オシャレ”と6人の友人。だがおばちゃまはすでにこの世の人ではなく、戦死した恋人への思いだけで存在し続ける生き霊だったのだ。そして若返るためには少女を食べなければならない。ピアノや時計が少女たちを次々に襲い、羽臼屋敷は人喰い屋敷と化した……。
他人の夢に潜入してアイデアを盗み出す企業スパイのコブは国際指名手配犯であるが、それと同時に妻モルを殺した容疑もかけられていた。そんな彼に日本人男性サイトーからある依頼が。それはこれまでのように思考を盗み出すのではなく、標的にした人物の潜在意識に、あるアイデアを移植する“インセプション”という仕事だった。コブはサイトーを含むスペシャリスト6人を集め、標的の男性ロバートの夢に潜入しようとする。
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
銃の開発によって膨大な富を築き上げたウィンチェスター一族の女性で、娘と夫に先立たれたサラは、銃で死んだ人々の怨霊から身を守るため24時間365日、とりつかれたように屋敷の増改築を繰り返していた。狂気にとらわれたサラを診察しに屋敷を訪れた精神科医のエリックは、ある部屋に違和感を抱く。
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ハンナ、ホリー、リーの芸術家三姉妹と、二人の男性の恋愛関係を絡めながら、“人生のほろ苦さ”を描いた感動作。シニカルなのにコミカルで、でもその視点は終始温かいというアレンならではの作品。
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