An expert at sleight of hand and with a keen eye for identifying charlatans and tricksters, our story begins as Harry has fallen on hard times in recent years, professionally and ethically losing his way. He’s resorted to making his living as a fake medium and fraudulent ghost hunter, conducting séances for unsuspecting families who think their lives have been made a misery by ghostly mischief making. Harry’s duplicitous lifestyle has also had serious consequences when after leading a séance for a tragic soldier a young man commits suicide on the doorstep of Harry’s home. A couple of months later, Harry is offered the chance to investigate the haunting of a local MP’s home as the case threatens to ruin the politician’s reputation. With the prospects of leading his political party, Edward Curtis can ill-afford the scandal as his wife Grace begins to hallucinate and act bizarrely and very much out of character as she believes their family home to be haunted. There’s a possibility Grace may be committed to an asylum in scandalous circumstances if Harry doesn’t take on the investigation. Ghosts from Harry’s past influence his decision to take the case and he begins to think it might be time to take a new path. Together with the Curtis family maid, Sarah Grey, whose own mother has fallen prey to con artist mediums in the past, their detection and investigative skills complement one another and they make a formidable partnership. Smart, driven and open-minded, Sarah is a strong-minded woman who can handle herself when unravelling the mysteries behind the hauntings, which are seriously affecting Grace’s health and well-being. Harry also calls on the services of his old friend, Albert, during the investigation. An African pharmacist with a sideline in voodoo con-artistry, Albert has a keen interest in medical and scientific discoveries, which Harry exploits to the maximum. Journalist Vernon Wall also finds himself in Harry’s orbit. Cynical and hard-bitten, although clever at winning the trust of the people he’s interviewing, Vernon is keen to learn about Harry’s techniques and sensing a political scandal sets out to inveigle his way into his life by extracting information from Sarah.
1953年的纽约,杀虫人比尔(Peter Weller 饰)进行着孤独的个人写作,只有两个好友知晓他的文学尝试。比尔的妻子琼(Judy Davis 饰)沉迷于注射杀虫粉,比尔为她拜访了戒毒医生班威,不久被麻醉品管理处传讯,在那里他遇到了能说话的虫子,它指出比尔的真实身份是一名间谍,比尔惊慌失措的逃回家,开枪误杀妻子,只得按照怪异生物的指点远赴中东的“区间”避难。当地的黑肉场场主、美国作家和他酷似琼的妻子、同性恋商人、以及集市上的女人看起来无不是一桩阴谋的一部分,比尔在自己那台会说话的打字机“克拉克诺瓦”的帮助下进行创作,并不断接近阴谋的真相,在又一次失去了琼以后,比尔发现了区间同班威医生的联系。 本片获1993年伦敦电影节年度女演员奖,1992年加拿大吉尼奖最佳导演、最佳摄影等多项褒奖。根据威廉·罗伯斯同名小说改编。
Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in front of strangers. She lives in terror. When a young woman is murdered, police suspect Oliviero. Things get complicated when his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana, pays an unexpected visit. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming Irina give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan.
影片以主角 Marco 的视角展开,他曾误入歧途成为黑帮成员,但内心深处一直保留着善良的本质。故事中,Marco 所在的城市出现了一系列危害社会安全的恶性事件,警方在调查过程中发现这些事件与黑帮的非法活动有千丝万缕的联系。Marco 在经历了一些事情后,开始反思自己的生活和选择。当他发现黑帮的阴谋可能会给城市里无辜的人们带来巨大灾难时,他决定挺身而出。他利用自己对黑帮内部情况的了解,开始暗中协助警方收集证据。在这个过程中,Marco 遭遇了来自黑帮内部的怀疑和追杀,那些曾经的 “兄弟” 对他反目成仇,给他设下了重重陷阱。但 Marco 没有放弃,他与警方紧密合作,同时也在努力保护那些被黑帮威胁的普通市民。强调了正义和救赎的力量。
男女之间的色情漫画的制作始于漫画市场上的销售,他们成为恋人,第一次发生性行为,并因为漫画素材而花了半年的时间练习各种东西。漫画市场那天,漫画终于完成了。结果只卖了3本,是一次巨大的失败,两人在酒店里发生了争执,泪流满面的和解性爱与他们郁闷的心情相反,几次猛烈的高潮