宣告黎明的露之歌

这个不言而喻的体系塑造了美国，并记录了当今的生活是如何由人类划分的等级制度定义的。

《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰．卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪．格蘭，於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜．羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心，將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。都市人面對種種生活壓力，大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時，主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對，而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放，以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀，甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題，而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面，廣泛引起主流社會討論。卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演，游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間，利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式，注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一，其寫實性令人嘆為觀止，創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境，打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品，我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.source: Hong Kong Arts Centre

克里斯托弗·沃尔兹和威廉·达福将主演西部惊悚片《一元换命》(Dead For A Dollar)，这也是沃尔兹在《被解救的姜戈》后首次出演西部片，他将再饰一名赏金猎人。该片将由传奇电影人沃尔特·希尔(《十字街头》、《战士帮》《四十八小时》导演&多部《异形》编剧)执导、编剧，设定在1897年的美国新墨西哥州和墨西哥奇瓦瓦一带，讲述著名的赏金猎人Max Borlund被雇佣去寻找并带回圣达菲商人Nathan Price那政治态度激进的妻子Rachel Price。Max被告知：Rachel被一个名叫Elijah Jones的黑人逃兵绑架，在墨西哥押为了人质。当Max南下穿过美墨边境，他遇上了死对头——美国在外侨民、职业赌徒、不法分子Joe Cribbens(达福饰演)，数年前正是Max将Joe捉住并送进了监狱。而此后，Max深入墨西哥荒漠寻找Rachel和Elijah，却发现前者是自愿逃离她虐待成性的丈夫，而后者跟她相爱。这下Max进退两难：是把Rachel按照契约抓回美国，送回雇主身边，还是帮助Rachel获得自由，并且要对付追杀而来的雇佣bing和自己的长期敌人？

作品は、東京で暮らす主人公が、実家の母親の部屋で見つけた回数券を手に、大晦日の日に40年ぶりに銭湯を訪れる。近所の人が集う場で再会や別れ、そして、家族、孤独といった懐かしい日常に出会う物語だ。