SUDDENLY THIS SUMMER LU NAM ANH Trainspotting Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when youve got heroin? Renton (Ewan McGregor) "l s" nh th trong phn m u ca Trainspotting (Miramax Films, R, 94 pht), phim bn x c s thu cao k lc ng hng th hai t trܧc ljn nay ti Anh quc sau Four Weddings and a Funeral v ܮc khn gi ti i Hi in nh Cannes nm nay ng dy v tay nhit lit tn thܪng trong hn 10 pht. Trainspotting m t cuc sng dܧi chn tng a ngc ti Edinburgh, T Cch Lan, ca Renton v ng bn, nhng thanh nin l mang vo thn bnh ghin ma ty "heroin". Hu hiu hn vn li h ho "Just Say No To Drugs", Trainspotting ܮc trnh chiu vo thi im ny tht l ng lc, v hin nay phong tro "chch choc" ma ty "heroin" bng dng tr thnh rt thnh hnh trong gii ngh s v thanh thiu nin. Mt cnh siu thc trong Trainspotting m ti ngh khn gi rt kh qun l khi Renton ln hp trong cu tiu Nj tm ma ty. Ti cht nh thm nu bn nhc njm bt h ca Michel Legrand trong The Thomas Crown Affair mang tn "The Windmills of your Mind," nhc njm trong Trainspotting t ra cng phi c mt bn mang ta NJ "The Toilet of your Mind"!
The Trigger Effect Trong The Trigger Effect (Gramercy, R, 93 pht), tc phm u tay vi t cch l o din, David Koepp - tc gi phim bn ca Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible v Carlitos Way - quan st mi lin h gia ngܩi v ngܩi, gia v chng, bn b, v gia nhng ngܩi khc mu da vi nhau trong nhng iu kin khc nghit bt thܩng. T nhng xung Ƕt cn con nh "x hng" khi ch Ǯi mua thc gii kht ti rp ht hay ni chuyn n o khi phim ang chiu, The Trigger Effect cho ta thy lp sn bng long bn ngoi ca vn minh, lch s khng che du ܮc tnh tham lam v ch k, vn tim n trong con ngܩi, nay li c c hi bc pht trong nhng hon cnh kh khn. Tuy nhin, mt iu lm ti tht vng v cng l s xung Ƕt tnh cm gia cp v chng Matt (Kyle MacLachlan ca Blue Velvet v chng trnh TV "Twin Peaks" ca o din David Lynch) v Annie (Elisabeth Shue, ngܩi ܮc NJ ngh gii "Best Actress Oscar" trong Leaving Las Vegas) khi Joe (Dermot Mulroney ca Kansas City), mt ngܩi bn c, gh thm vi ngy v li gi tr tn tnh Annie, khng ܮc gii quyt tha ng. Thm vo , kt cuc m thm theo kiu "happy ending" ca The Trigger Effect khng khi lm khn gi cm thy b ht hng nh qu bong bng ang cng cng li b x hi v c inh ninh nhng c "twists" gay cn s xy ra vo pht cht.
Courage under Fire Courage under Fire (20th Century Fox, R, 117 pht), phim u tin vi bi cnh Chin Tranh Vng Vnh, a ngܩi xem tr li vi th gii m h ca Rashomon ca o din Nht lng danh Akira Kurosawa. Khi iu tra v ci cht ca i y phi cng Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) Nj quyt nh xem b c xng ng ܮc tuyn dng Huy Chng Danh D ca Quc Hi (Congressional Medal of Honor) hay khng, Trung T Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) - bn thn ang b giy v v vic bn lm mt trong nhng xe tng trong on v git cht ngi bn thn nht ca mnh - nghe nhng li khai hon ton tri ngܮc v nhng gi pht cui cng ca i y Walden t cc nhn chng may mn cn sng st. Tri vi Rashomon trong bn nhn chng k li v n git ngܩi v hip dm t nhng gc cnh ch quan khc nhau, cc li khai trong Courage under Fire li phn ngܮc nhau ch v cc nhn chng "du u li ui" khi c tnh ng la che du s tht. Chnh v th, sau khi suy i ngh li, ti cm thy qu tht mnh qu "b lo" khi c gan so snh Courage under Fire vi Rashomon bi v bn cht ca Courage under Fire ch l mt phim gii tr bnh thܩng m thi.
Independence Day Tht l kh tin khi mt phim khoa hc gi tܪng pha ln "action" tm thܩng nh Independence Day (20th Century Fox, PG-13, 137 pht) li c th tr thnh phim "ht bc" nht trong ma H nm nay, vi s thu sau su tun trnh chiu ring ti Hoa K ln ljn hn 250 triu M kim. Tht vy, vi ct truyn tht gin d v cuc tn cng ca "aliens" t hnh tinh khc nhm tiu dit tt c nhn loi trn Tri t trong ngy l c Lp ca Hoa K, Independence Day gn ging nh mt "video game" cho tr con hn l mt phim khoa hc gi tܪng ng ngha, nht l nhng mn phi c ca hai phe rܮt ui bn nhau ch cho. Vi phim di hn hai gi ng h, ti c ngi thp thm ch mong hng ch "The Game Is Over" xut hin trn mn bc. Enough Said!
Khi cc bn džc nhng dng ch ny, c l ti ang trn ܩng sang tham d i Hi in nh Quc T Toronto. i Hi in nh ln th 21 ny s ܮc t chc t ngy 5 ljn ngy 14 thng Chn, 1996. c bit nm nay, ln u tin .H..A.Q.T. Toronto t chc mt chng trnh mang tn "National Cinema Programme Honours Vietnam" nhm gii thiu phim nh Vit Nam, t trong cng nh ngoi nܧc, ljn vi khn gi quc t. Hy vng trong nhng s bo sau, ti s c dp tܩng thut y cng cc bn v chuyn i ny. |