Industrial Britain (1931)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 21分
演出 : Robert Flaherty
シノプシス
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
西暦120年、名将アクイラ率いるローマ帝国最強の第九軍団の兵士5000名がカレドニアへと侵攻。しかし、同軍団は霧の中で忽然と姿を消し、再び故国へ戻ることはなかった…。それから20年後、アクイラの息子マーカスは、ローマ軍の立派な武将に成長したものの、戦闘中に重傷を負い、軍人生命を絶たれてしまう。絶望に沈む中、ある噂を聞き込んだ彼は、父と軍団の名誉を回復すべく、北の荒野へ向けて危険な旅に出発する。
A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
近眼で運動音痴でありながら、オリンピックに憧れていたイギリス青年がスキージャンプに出会い、驚異的な負けん気で不可能を可能にしていく姿を描く。実在のイギリス人ジャンプ選手の半生を描いた、感動の実録ドラマ。製作をマシュー・ヴォーンが務めた。
1928年、イギリス北東部にある邸宅ダウントン。グランサム伯爵ロバート(ヒュー・ボネヴィル)らは、他界した三女の夫トム(アレン・リーチ)とモード・バッグショー(イメルダ・スタウントン)の娘との結婚を祝福していた。一方、長女メアリー(ミシェル・ドッカリー)は傷みが目立つ屋敷の修繕費に苦慮していたところ、屋敷で映画撮影をしたいとのオファーを受ける。さらにロバートは、母バイオレット(マギー・スミス)が南フランスの別荘を相続したことに驚き、そのいきさつに疑問を抱いた彼は家族と共に別荘へ向かう。
物語の舞台は1958年のアメリカ合衆国。大学を卒業したばかりのノーヴィル・バーンズは、ニューヨークに出て職探しに励む。経験の無さからなかなか仕事が見つからなかったが、ようやくハッドサッカー社の郵便室に職を得た。一方、ハッドサッカー社の社長ウェアリング・ハッドサッカーは、何を思ったのか会議中に重役室の窓から身投げをしてしまう。取締役シドニー・J・マスバーガーはこれを好機と見て会社の買収に動き出す。会社の株価を下げるため間抜けを社長に据える必要の出たマスバーガー。そんな彼が新社長に選んだのは、青二才のノーヴィルだった。
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
日系の英国作家K・イシグロのブッカー賞受賞作を基に、侯爵に忠実な執事として徹底的にストイックに生きた一人の男の悲哀を描いた物語。恋を知らぬ彼は安っぽい恋愛小説に慰めを得、それを女中頭に見つかり頬を赤らめる。互いに愛情を感じながらもその感情を抑えこんでしまう彼に、彼女は待ちきれず、彼の友人と結婚し町を去る。戦後、侯爵がこの世を去り、ようやく自由を感じた彼は女中頭を訪ねるのだが……。
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結婚にも仕事にも行き詰まった平凡な会社員モーガン・サリバンはついに会社を辞め、刺激を求めてハイテク企業デジコープ社の産業スパイとなる。彼はジャック・サースビーという名と偽のIDを与えられ、早速ある企業のコンベンションに潜入、情報盗聴を開始する。モーガンはかつてないスリルとサスペンスに興奮を覚え、任務を成功させるたびに自信を付けていった。しかし同時に、激しい頭痛と奇妙な映像のフラッシュバックに度々見舞われるようになる。そんな時、謎めいた女性リタが現われ、モーガンに驚くべき事実を伝えるのだったが…。
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