The Great Library Misery (1938)
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 12分
演出 : Lloyd French
シノプシス
A man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library.
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance. He is prepared for the nostalgia of the dining halls and dorm rooms, the parties and poetry seminars; what he doesn’t see coming is Zibby – a beautiful, precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby awakens scary, exciting, long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection that Jesse thought he had buried forever.
本が大好きな中学生の少女・雫。彼女はある時、図書カードに何度も連ねられた男子の名を見つける。その男子・天沢聖司の名に、淡い恋心を抱く雫。だが実際の天沢は、ぶしつけで粗野なヤツだった・・・。
1930年代、戦火が忍び寄るイギリス。政府官僚の長女セシーリアは、兄妹のように育てられた使用人の息子、ロビーと思いを通わせ合うようになる。しかし、小説家を目指す多感な妹ブライオニーのついたうそが、ロビーに無実の罪を着せ、刑務所送りにしてしまう。
人間の夢で作られた不思議な世界ファンタージェン。だが、今やそこは"無"を操る悪の女王ザイーダの侵略の危機にさらされていた。本の中から発せられる幼ごころの君の悲鳴!その助けを求める声に導かれるようにファンタージェンへ戻った少年バスチアンは、戦士アトレーユと再会。ファンタージェンを救うべく彼は今、新たな冒険の旅へ出る!"思い出マシン"により、願いごとをするたびに思い出を失っていくバスチアン。その彼が悪との戦いの最後に願ったものは?
世界中の希少本を探す、書籍の探偵コルソ。彼はある富豪の依頼を受け、世界に3冊しかないという伝説の悪魔の祈祷書を探していた。ニューヨークからスペイン、ポルトガルと祈祷書を追って旅するコルソ。だがそんな彼の周囲では、不可思議な殺人が続発してゆく。<禁断の書と言われる“悪魔の書”を手にした書物ブローカーに起こる迷宮的恐怖を描く。ロマン・ポランスキー監督作。>
ミヒャエル・エンデの名作ファンタジー小説を映画化。いじめっ子たちに追いかけられた少年バスチアンが、逃げ込んだ古本屋で手にした『はてしない物語』。読み進めるうちに、彼は不思議な小説の世界に引き込まれていく……。
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イタリア、ナポリに浮かぶ小さな島に、チリ政府に追われた世界的詩人パブロ・ネルーダが亡命し、滞在することとなった。彼だけに郵便を届ける配達人となった村の貧しい青年マリオは、ネルーダとの交流の中で、少しずつ詩の世界に触れ、恋を知るのだった。美しい風景の中で切ない愛と友情を描く感動作。
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