四虎家庭影院

本片为侯孝贤向法国导演艾尔伯特•拉摩里斯（Albert Lamorisse）拍摄于1956年的短片、在电影史上有重要地位的《红气球（Le Ballon Rouge）》的致敬之作，也是他继《咖啡时光》之后拍摄的第二部致敬外语片。Suzanne（朱丽叶•比诺什 Juliette Binoche）每日为一出筹备中的改编自中国元曲的木偶剧《求妻煮海人》中角色的声音演出以及其它琐事忙得焦头烂额，加上丈夫Pierre远在加拿大蒙特利尔写小说，儿子Simon（Simon Iteanu）成了“累赘”，无奈，她请了在巴黎念电影的中国女孩Song（宋芳 Song Fang）照料Simon。与Simon在一起时，Song双手始终不离摄影机，并向好奇她在拍什么的Simon提及《红气球》。Suzanne的房客Marc（Hippolyte GirardotLouise）仗着是Pierre的朋友，时常做出一些令她愤怒的事，而房租更是借口生活贫困已经好几个月未交。Suzanne有心接在布鲁塞尔的女儿Louise（Louise Margolin）回巴黎念书，决定赶走Marc，却不得Pierre理解。将一切看在眼里的Song没有参与类似琐事，她与Suzanne保持着淡然的朋友关系，多数时间想的只是她的电影：Simon发现一个无人理会的大红气球，拉着它穿越巴黎的大街小巷的过程，被她记录在摄影机里，成了一部电影中的电影。之后，该红气球也似有生命般，始终在Simon出现的地点上空飘来荡去。

暴风雪之夜，乡村医生（茂山千作 配音）必须冒雪去十英里外的村庄给一个重病患者看病，但是他的马死了。漫天大雪，无法前行。医生美丽的女仆罗莎（金原ひとみ 配音）四处借马，却无人应答。这时一个陌生的男人（茂山七五三 配音）答应借马给他，而交换条件竟是罗莎。医生无暇他顾，匆忙赶到病患家中，发现只是虚惊一场，而这家人的态度则让医生心中发起翻天覆地的变化。本片根据弗兰茨·卡夫卡著名的短篇小说改编，并荣获2008年广岛电影节大奖和2008年每日电影大藤信郎奖。为医生担任配音的是有国宝之称的狂言师茂山千作。

An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday, the professor does not feel like going to his weekend golf game, but his wife packs him off anyway. So he leaves his bag at the apartment of his student Okada, and goes to a bar with a friend. Setsuko traces him there, and insists that he take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada to take her home, while he sleeps at Okada's. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home, and also of her husband when she discovers that he did not go golfing.

In this extensive review of the work of Werner Herzog, I examine the philosophy beneath his unique approach to filmmaking, and explore the significance of the many stories he brought home from faraway lands.Sources:Paul Cronin – Herzog on HerzogRoger Ebert – A Letter to Werner HerzogWith the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union