双面媚娘

　　Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.

　　三国志の天才軍師・諸葛孔明が、なぜか現代の渋谷に転生。　　アマチュアシンガー月見英子の歌声に心奪われた孔明は、英子とともに音楽の力で＜天下泰平＞を目指す。そんな中、日本を代表する3大音楽レーベル、KEY TIME、SSSミュージック、V-EXが頂点を競う、史上最大の音楽バトルフェスの開幕が決定。　　各レーベルから多彩な強者アーティストが集結する中、孔明と英子も参戦することに。　　だが、そんな二人の前に三国時代の孔明の最大のライバル司馬懿の末裔・司馬潤、shin兄妹が立ちはだかる。　　果たして、孔明と英子の運命は──？

中元鬼节，阴间大门洞开！滔天鬼气喷涌，无数怨灵哀嚎爬入人间！凶神恶煞的五猖兵马手持染血铁链，当街撕扯活人魂魄，惨叫声撕裂夜空！修罗城瞬间化成鬼域！阴阳师叶无双与厉飞云临危受命踏入死地。然而，他们遭遇的，是远超想象的极恶凶灵：红嫁衣纸新娘！夜半三更，回魂之夜，四名惨白纸人，脸颊涂着诡异腮红，嘴角裂至耳根，关节咔咔作响，抬一口薄皮棺材，脚不沾地，直扑国舅府。翌日，国舅仅剩一张人皮，被折成纸偶塞进棺中。红嫁衣所过之处，寸草不生，活物绝迹！街坊邻里，前日犹在寒暄，一夜之间，整条街住户尽化僵硬纸人，脸上凝固着死前极致的恐惧！孩童捡起一张飘落的红纸钱，当晚全家七窍流血，身体在惨叫中干瘪脆裂，化作纸屑！纸新娘索命降临，无人生还！修罗城，这座活人之城，被无法抗拒的怨气拖向无间鬼蜮深渊………

 这部电影是伍迪·格斯的优秀传记，他是美国最伟大的民谣歌手之一。他在上世纪30年代离开了自己位于得克萨斯州的家，去找工作，发现了美国工人阶级的苦难和力量。