楼顶上的大象

电影制片人詹姆斯（James Spader 饰）沉迷于性事，在女友凯瑟琳之外尚有不少情人。一次开车回家的路上他与另一辆车相撞，詹姆斯腿部重伤，对面车中的夫妻两人则丈夫死亡妻子海伦（Holly Hunter 饰）负伤，詹姆斯在报废车场偶遇海伦，两人由此结识，不久海伦带他参观了由医生沃甘主持的撞车活动，这些爱好者热衷用真实的撞车还原某些事故，詹姆斯进入了一个匪夷所思的圈子。沃甘身份神秘，宣扬撞车是释放自我的有效途径，为此不惜以身犯险。随着詹姆斯与沃甘的交往不断加深，两人终于在车上发生了关系，而随后沃甘驾车撞击詹姆斯与凯瑟琳却致使自己死亡。詹姆斯大难不死后又驾驶者一辆废旧汽车撞向了凯瑟琳……本片获1996年加拿大吉尼奖导演奖等多项褒奖。

在一个弥漫着不祥气息的夜晚，约翰（彼得·穆尼 Peter Mooney 饰）和莎拉（泰勒·席林 Taylor Schilling 饰）迎来了家庭的新成员，与此同时在世界的另一个角落，某个冷血杀人狂遭受警方枪击，倒在血泊之中。此后不久，莎拉发现她这个有着异色瞳的儿子迈尔斯具有远超出同龄人的智慧，她为此兴奋不已，一门心思以天才的方式培养儿子。可是随着儿子年龄的长大，种种异相接二连三在迈尔斯的身上发生。他会在梦中用匈牙利语咒骂他人，会以残酷凶狠的手段殴打同学，他眼神中透露出来的冷酷凶残令约翰、莎拉夫妇站立不安。从他人口中得知，迈尔斯体内有可能住着另一个人的灵魂，而那个灵魂以残杀嗜血为乐……

传说中，16世纪日本大阪的统治者丰臣秀吉的成功源于7个吉祥物。末流古董商人小池则夫被要求策划一个以丰臣秀吉为主题的展览，并且找到最后一块幸运物——刻有中国凤凰的茶碗。但与此同时，另一家可疑的艺术基金会也在寻找它。而穷困潦倒的陶艺家野田佐助则被要求制作这件瓷碗的仿品。

Deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation, 20 January 2007Author: TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA"Wild in the Streets" comes from the same school of film making that spawned other attempts to connect to the counterculture such as "Skidoo" and "Candy". The difference between this and the aforementioned films is that "Wild in the Streets" is reasonably clever and well-made. It isn't sympathetic to the counterculture and will likely offend those with fond memories of the time. Surprisingly, it was a big hit when released and appealed to the youth whom it ridiculed so much. Unlike "The Trip" and "Psych-Out" (two other AIP films), its not an accurate representation of the movement at all. However it does work as social satire.The direction by Barry Shear is good and makes innovative use of split screen photography. Plus, he keeps everything moving at a quick pace. In its funny moments, the film works well. In its attempts at drama, its helplessly dated and just as funny as the humorous moments. Christopher Jones underplays his role and Shelly Winters overacts. Hal Holbrook offers the best performance and Diane Varsi achieves the right note of "grooviness". The script by Robert Thom has its moments, especially the ending (easily the most ingenious part of the film). "Wild in the Streets" isn't perfect, but deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation. Those into this kind of kitsch will enjoy it the most. I'd rather watch "The Trip" or "Psych-Out" however. (6/10)-from imdb