Introduction to Another Life (1992)
ジャンル : サイエンスフィクション, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Miloš Radivojević
シノプシス
A writer with a writer's block is tormented by his lack of inspiration. His girlfriend shows up and talks to him about his writing and her father. After she leaves, her father, an ex officer of the military and ex communist party member, rings the doorbell. After a tense introduction, the father starts to retell his life in order to try to explain why he did things that his daughter hates him for. It is not clear if writer's girlfriend and her father are part of writer's fiction, memories or reality.
Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.
Set in the privileged beach community of East Hampton, New York and chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole and his wife Marion. Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. Her resulting despondency and his subsequent infidelities have prevented the couple from confronting a much-needed change in their relationship. Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant, is the couple's unwitting yet willing pawn - and, ultimately, the catalyst in the transformation of their lives.
“ゾーン”と呼ばれる謎の立入禁止区域。その奥にある部屋ではどんな望みも叶えられるという。“ストーカー”と呼ばれるゾーンの水先案内人は作家と物理学者を連れて、その禁断の地へ足を踏み入れる。
害虫駆除を仕事にしている小説家志望の主人公ウィリアム(P・ウェラー)。彼は寸暇を惜しんでタイプライターに向かっているが、その分、本業がおろそかになっている。妻(J・デイヴィス)は麻薬に手をだし、廃人の一歩手前。そんな中、かつては中毒者だった彼自身、自分の売る怪しげな殺虫剤を試して、恐ろしい幻覚と溢れる想像力を交互に得るようになる……。W・バロウズの有名な同名小説を「ザ・フライ」「戦慄の絆」のD・クローネンバーグが監督した問題作。
脚本家チャーリー・カウフマンは「マルコヴィッチの穴」の成功で、一躍次回作を期待される存在となった。そんな彼のもとにある日、仕事の依頼が舞い込んでくる。それは、作家スーザン・オーリアンがフロリダで蘭を不法採集した栽培家ジョン・ラロシュを描いたノンフィクション『蘭に魅せられた男』の脚色。だが、チャーリーはさっそく作業を始めるものの、全然アイデアがまとまらず悶々とした日々が続く。一方、彼とは対照的に陽気な双子の弟ドナルドも脚本家めざして養成セミナーに通い始め、あっという間に脚本家デビューを果たす…。
スティーブンキング小説に基づいたスリラー。 デップは悪い時代を経験している作家です。創造的な干ばつは、彼の妻 からの分離のプロセスによって悪化します。 このような状況では、奇妙なキャラクターが彼の人生の中で登場し、彼が彼の物語の1つを盗用したと非難します。
NY。メルヴィン・ユドールは人気の恋愛小説家だが、普段は毒舌で友人が少なく、しかも気難しくて潔癖症という中年男性。ある日、同じアパートに住むゲイの画家、サイモンの飼い犬を預かることになり、それから心を少し外に開くように。メルヴィンはサイモンの帰省旅行に付き合うが、行きつけのレストランでウェイトレスをしているシングルマザー、キャロルも同行することに。道中、メルヴィンはキャロルに愛を告白する。
ウォーターゲート事件で辞任に追い込まれたニクソン元米国大統領。彼が77年に行なった、イギリスの司会者デヴィッド・フロストとの伝説的な単独インタビューをもとにした実録ドラマ。舞台裏で繰り広げられた熾烈な駆け引きと緊迫のトーク・バトルを描く。
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あれもダメ、これもダメ。何をやっても失敗ばかりの不細工主婦ルース。愚鈍な妻に愛想を尽かした会計士の夫ボブは、美人小説家メアリーと不倫関係に! 家族を捨て、メアリーのもとへ向かうボブに「シー・デビル(女悪魔)」とののしられたルース。その時、彼女の瞳には復讐の炎がメラメラと燃え盛っていた…!!
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