黑色饼干
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:在美国职业棒球大联盟MLB中,比利(布拉德•皮特 Brad Pitt 饰)所属的奥克兰运动家队败给了财大气粗的纽约扬基队,这让他深受打击。雪上加霜的是三名主力纷纷被重金挖走,未来的赛季前途渺茫。在管理层会议上,大家一头雾水,只有他暗下决心改造球队。一次偶然的机会,他认识了耶鲁大学经济学硕士彼得(乔纳•希尔 Jonah Hill 饰),两者对于球队运营的理念不谋而合。凭借直觉和经验,他仿佛找到了破解金元棒球的钥匙。他聘请彼得作为自己的顾问,一起研究如何打造最高胜率的球队。他们用数学建模的方式,逐渐开始挖掘上垒率的潜在明星,并通过软磨硬泡将他们招致麾下。他们不在乎高层的冷嘲热讽,只是专心地为球队寻找信心和实力的根源,终于新的赛季开始了……影片改编自迈克尔•刘易斯的《魔球—逆境中致胜的智慧》(Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game)。
张雨生
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:What could the fate of the Villa Empain, Baron Empain’s crazy project in Brussels, which has gone through a long and eventful journey since its completion in 1934, possibly inspire? Katharina Kastner’s challenge was to draw the portrait of the place, keeping in mind the work of time, like in a human existence. Shot in 16mm, her film appeals to the senses, it captures the stirring of leaves undulating in the garden light, the movement of iridescent pearls, or the colourful games of
a piece by Daniel Buren. Without a word, but with a caressing camera, she pays close attention to the hidden patterns on the gorgeous marbles, or to the veins in the most precious types of wood used to decorate the rooms. In slight touches, regardless of the monumental aspect of the 27.000 square-feet villa and the pool that so impressed its first visitors, Katharina Kastner o ers an organic vision of the place, which has been marked by the trials and tribulations of life, and used successively as a museum, an embassy and a squat, until its final renovation. The clever editing makes furtive connections, underlines colour associations, mixes up times and tactile sensations, while the spaces we explore keep rustling. The film takes us on a reminiscing journey, with slices of Empain’s life, from the family archive here on a holiday, there playing on the beach, images from a distant past that keep haunting the premises. The film reveals to us this living space that was designed like a piece of art, but it does so in a wandering way. This dream vision guides us through the villa like an echo of foregone fantasies, a mental space, but also a welcoming backdrop for the work of time. A bit like the fingerprint work we see in the film, or the slight touch of a pencil on a blank sheet.