《温彻斯特,73年》是50年代由詹姆士·斯图尔特与安东尼·曼合作颇负盛名的5部西部片中最棒的一部(其余4部依次是《蜿蜒的河》(Bend of the River)、《来自莱若迈的男人》(The Man From Laramie)、《赤裸裸的刺激》(The Naked Spur)、《远乡》(The Far Country),被认为是刺激西部片票房回升的主要功臣。该片还开了一道历史的先河:由该片起,明星们不再靠领取薪水(尽管高得让人咋舌)过活,而趋于影片票房利润分成。这招儿让詹姆士·斯图尔特挣了大钱,也永远地改变了好莱坞的交易方式。 影片本身也令人印象深刻。安东尼·曼手法尖锐而富于心理剖析,刻画了一位陷入扑朔迷离中的强悍男人。牛仔林·麦克达姆(詹姆士·斯图尔特饰)为找回一支宝贵的温彻斯特1873年造连发步枪,一路追踪,由此开始了一连串的历险。最后一幕极其壮观:悬崖绝壁间,两人拔枪对射,壮阔山色也每每令人流连不已。《温彻斯特,73年》使詹姆士·斯图尔特名列十大票房榜,而此前电影公司竟怀疑他的表演才能。就像真正的1873年造温彻斯特步枪,《温彻斯特,73年》也是“千年之唯一”。
Fleeing from their violent father, siblings Lucía and Adrián take refuge in a remote mansion. With the help of a hidden micro-camera on a cat, Lucía uncovers a terrifying secret: their neighbors are part of a criminal network that kidnaps teenage girls to make snuff films, and they intend to get rid of the siblings. As Lucía fights to protect her brother, she must face a dark family curse that follows them into their newfound sanctuary.
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk. But compelled, he was. He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked an...
Calvin Trask lives in a dead end Arctic town on the fringes of society, until mysterious stranger Lucas Wade arrives, turning his solitary life upside down. Calvin's curiosity gets the better of him and is quickly pulled into Lucas' dangerous world. As secrets slowly unravel, Calvin realises just what kind of jeopardy he's put himself in, a place where murder and betrayal are a...
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk.
But compelled, he was.
He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked any meaningful cartilage, a blister the sight of which would make a grown man weep, and shin-soreness that felt like his lower limb had been split with a mountain axe wielded by a demented troll.
Arriving at the end of the Camino, the majestic cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, he expected an epiphany – an answer to the question he’d been asking himself every day: Why am I doing this?
But no answer came.
So when he got home he wrote a book, hoping the answer would reveal itself in his scribblings. The result was The Way, My Way, a humourous and self-deprecating book that many consider the best memoir ever written on walking the Camino.
The book has now been made into a film, and it’s an extraordinary account of a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning and finding himself undergoing a fundamental transformation so profound that he now divides his life into “Before the Camino” and “After the Camino.”
It’s a story particular to one man, yet of appeal to anyone seeking a greater meaning from life.