Symphony of doom (2007)
An urban symphony of disgrace
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
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演出 : Bruno Gomes Guimarães
シノプシス
An urban symphony about all the evils that affect contemporary societies.
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
メイソンは、母オリヴィアと姉サマンサとテキサス州の小さな町で生活していた。彼が6歳のとき、母は子供たちの反対を押し切って祖母が住むヒューストンへの引っ越しを決める。さらに彼らの転居先に、離婚してアラスカに行っていた父が1年半ぶりに突然現れる。
マイケル・ダグラス主演、不条理なユーモアとアイロニーが劇中の至るところに散りばめられたサスペンス。厳格で生真面目な男・D-フェンスは、ある日渋滞に巻き込まれると、突如として車を乗り捨て黙々と歩き始める。
都市伝説について研究している大学院生のヘレンは、黒人居住区に伝わる「キャンディマン」の伝説を調査していた。「キャンディマン」とは、鏡の前でその名前を5回唱えると現れ、名前を呼んだ者を右腕に取り付けた鉤爪で殺害するという、伝説の殺人鬼であった。 その伝説に懐疑的だったヘレンは、面白半分に鏡の前で「キャンディマン」の名前を5回唱えてしまう。それを境に、彼女の周囲で奇怪な殺人事件が次々と起きるようになる。
NYのラジオの人気DJ・エリカは、ある晩、挙式間近の婚約者デヴィッドと公園を散歩中、3人組の暴漢に襲われ、デヴィッドは亡くなり、彼女自身も瀕死の重傷を負う。絶望の底に沈んだエリカは、ふと衝動に駆られて1丁の銃を手に入れるが、そんなある日、コンビニで偶然、強盗の現場に遭遇する。再び命の危険にさらされた彼女は、とっさに相手を撃ち殺してしまうが、以来、彼女の中でもうひとりの新たな自分が目覚めていき…
『ゴッドファーザー』3部作などの巨匠フランシス・F・コッポラが、幻想文学の鬼才ミルチャ・エリアーデの原作を映画化。人生をやり直す機会が与えられた老齢の言語学者が、切なくもまか不思議な魂の旅を繰り広げる。主演は『神に選ばれし無敵の男』のティム・ロス。共演は『コントロール』などで注目を集めるアレクサンドラ・マリア・ラーラ。正式な新作発表は10年ぶりとなるコッポラの新境地ともいうべき作品世界が楽しめる。
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic comedy that rides roughshod over the City of Light. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, the audacious Zazie dans le Métro, made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave, is a bit of stream-of-consciousness slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects.
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: Mei, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity - despite the open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split, her gut starts to tell her something different. At age of 18, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth: her biological father was not the man who raised her, but a black man named Rodney with whom her mother had had an affair.
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Adi and Tara move to Bombay to pursue their dreams. A chance meeting sparks off a heady, no strings attached romance until their careers pull them apart. Will ambition prevail over matters of the heart?
50 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues due to our way of life. But why? The Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl has studied human behavior in cities through 40 years. He has documented how modern cities repel human interaction, and argues that we can build cities in a way, which takes human needs for inclusion and intimacy into account.
資料探しに古書店街へ出向くうちに親しくなったフリーライターの陽子（一青窃）と、古書店二代目の肇（浅野忠信）。肇は陽子に想いを寄せているが、その気持ちを伝えられずにいた。ある日、高崎の実家に帰省した陽子は両親に妊娠していることを告げる。
Genuine connections between children and nature can revolutionize our future. But is this discovery still possible in the world's major urban centers? The new chapter of "The Beginning of Life" reveals the transformative power of this concept.
