A satellite view of the earth is the first camera shot of this film then it plunges down to the island on which Crusoe (O'Toole) is stranded.A quick and direct start to a film. Every now and again I expected John Cleese to be playing a piano on the beach.There is a scene when the two characters are on a podium after racing, it's straight out of Monty Python. There is definitely something about this film even though there are some cringe worthy singing scenes that, I think are a little ludicrous.It delves into religion, class,education, race, the idea of money and the general cultural relativism that exists between the proverbial "savage" and "civilized" man. Although people have said that Crusoe is the fool in this version, I do tend to see some sense in the things he does, like the need for money in order to keep a work ethic and a civilized notion of transaction of possessions.However his religious spin on everything is a little monotonous and self deceiving. He is put into context of his origin when some Brithish missionaries arrive on the island.He is actually not that bad a fellow at all.Friday (Rountree)is a bit of a hippy in this really and overly idealistic.Some where in the middle of the two characters is the sort of person you could live on a desert island with!I thought Crusoe's shooting himself was a wonderfully dark ending.从星期五的角度出发讲述的鲁宾逊漂流记。
早川猛(小田切让饰)在大城市里事业顺利,是名年轻有为的摄影师,其兄早川稔(香川照之饰)则在家乡继承父业,经营一家小加油站。在母亲的周年忌日,猛从东京回到老家探亲,昔日情人智惠子(真木阳子饰)在加油站工作,她感叹当年没跟猛离开。年轻气盛的猛和传统而顽固的父亲动不动就起冲突,而身为大哥的稔却顺从父亲。之后兄弟二人和智惠子去附近溪谷游玩,不料智惠子从古老破旧的吊桥坠下身亡。当时唯一在她身边的稔成了杀人嫌疑犯,猛为了帮助兄长四处奔走,力图证实这是一起意外。然而在开庭过程中,稔突然一反常态……