SUDDENLY THIS SUMMER

LU NAM ANH
"y l qun, tha h mun khch ljn
y l vܩn chim nh ht mܩi phng"
(Xun Diu)
Hn cc bn qua tui trung nin vn cn nh mt phim tht xa mang ta NJ Suddenly, Last Summer phng theo mt v kch ngn ca Tennessee Williams vi Liz Taylor, Katharine Hepburn v Montgomery Clift trong vai chnh. Li v thp nin 80, mt trong nhng ban nhc "punk/new wave" tin phong ti Los Angeles, The Motels, vi c ca s ct tr Martha Davis, sinh trܪng v ln ln ti vng Bay Area, ܮc khn thnh gi ti Hoa k, ǥc bit nht l ti c, mn m qua nhng bn nhc "top hits." Trong cc nhc phm y, ti khng lm sao qun ܮc bi nhc "Suddenly Last Summer" vi ip khc One Summer never ends, one Summer never begins. It keeps me standing still. It takes all my will. Then suddenly last Summer... By gi, trong nhng ngy cui ca thng Tm khi ma H sp sa tn, ti xin mi cc bn cng im qua mt s phim ܮc trnh chiu... "suddenly this summer."

Trainspotting
Din vin: Ewan McGregor, Kelly Macdonald
o din: Danny Boyle
nh gi: 3/4 (trn )

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
Din vin: Elisabeth Shue, Kyle MacLachlan, Dermot Mulroney
o din/ Phim bn: David Koepp
nh gi: 1/2 (trn )

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
Din vin: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips
o din: Edward Zwick
nh gi: 1/2 (trn )

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
Din vin: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
o din: Roland Emmerich
nh gi: 1/2 (trn )

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.

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