更好的世界

　　目前蘇導演規劃中的首部劇情長片，是以1994年文化大學美術系罷課事件為背景的《青春並不溫柔》，該提案入選2018年台北電影節與法國南特三洲影展合辦的南特國際提案工作坊（Produire au Sud）及東京新銳營(Talents Tokyo)，正積極籌製中。

　　10年前，白兰（宋佳 饰）女儿铃铛被绑架并意外身亡，重案组警官陈浩（王千源 饰）许诺孩子母亲一定将凶手绳之以法。无奈经过漫长的追查却一无所获，陈浩带着遗憾离开警队。10年后，陈浩偶然间发现新线索，身患绝症的白兰重拾希望，决心为女寻凶，两人展开调查并发现了罪犯留下的蛛丝马迹。与此同时，李爱军（冯远征 饰）外孙女也遭人绑架，绑架手法跟10年前如出一辙，面对狡猾的嫌犯，陈浩和白兰能否抓到凶手，一偿夙愿…

　　剧情灵感来自戴维森的真实生活，包括他那在911事件中去世的消防员父亲。主角为二十多岁的男子Scott，他跟妈妈住一起，梦想是当纹身师，但每天除了吸麻和朋友鬼混、暗暗勾搭青梅竹马之外无所事事。而妈妈找的新男友却引发了一系列事件，迫使开始Scott正视自己的人生。

　　師出台灣國寶級燈光大師李龍禹,曾與侯孝賢、陳國富等影人合作,賴國安人到中年對電影仍念念不忘,交出揉合神秘、憂傷、同情與懸疑元素的首部長片。以輪迴轉生為題,解開人倫共生的結,帶出雙薪家庭面臨的問題。鄭人碩、曾珮瑜飾演一對上班族夫妻,不僅要照顧年老失智的父親,二人五歲的兒子竟然直吵著要「回家」!兒子一心只想找尋前世父母,夫妻二人努力營造的幸福家庭,變得一堪不擊。年僅八歲的台日混血童星白潤音首挑大樑,戴上面具避世演出惹人憐愛,前世與今生並存一身,演出收放自如備受讚賞。

　　朱莉·哈特回归执导，格蕾丝·万德沃尔回归主演，迈克尔·潘操刀续集影片的原创音乐，哈特与约旦·霍洛维茨共同操刀剧本。续集影片将围绕星星女孩进入一个更大的充满了音乐、梦想和可能性的世界展开。瑟曼将饰演洛葛仙妮·马特尔，星星女孩在她的旅途中遇到了马特尔，并对其非常欣赏。

　　影片由 悬疑推理大师Patricia Highsmith（海史密斯.帕特里夏）1962年的小说改编而成，Considine在片中饰演的男主角搬到Stile所在的郊区小镇上，并开始暗中监视她。Speedman在片中饰演Stile被甩的前男友，他谋划报复Stile时发现事情变得越来越复杂……

　　故事发生在两伊战争期间，业已成家生子的Shideh（Narges Rashidi  饰）渴望回到大学校园完成学业，然而历史问题使她的学业之梦彻底破灭。她的丈夫Iraj（Bobby Naderi饰）是一名事业有成的医生，Iraj不久前接到征兵通知，这让本来心情烦乱的Shideh愈加焦躁不安。令人不快的争吵过后，一家三口凄凄诀别。他们的小女儿Dorsa（Avin Manshadi 饰）夜晚无法安然入睡，Dorsa从小伙伴那里听说了巨灵的恐怖故事，这让她心有惴惴，时刻担心恐怖降临。
　　战火里家门口越来越近，死亡时刻威胁着这对孤单的母女，而超自然的现象也相继在风雨飘摇的家中发生……

　　上世纪60年代，在密西西比州，黑佣艾比里恩（维奥拉•戴维斯 Viola Davis 饰）勤勤恳恳照顾女主人的女儿，后者因产后抑郁症只顾与闺蜜贪欢。密西西比大学毕业生斯基特（艾玛•斯通 Emma Stone 饰）在报社负责家庭主妇信箱，并由此开始黑佣的生存状态。其中，希利（布莱丝•达拉斯•霍华德 Bryce Dallas Howard 饰）无疑是反面教材，她态度傲慢，对黑佣米妮（奥克塔维亚•斯宾瑟 Octavia Spencer 饰）抱有偏见，并力主黑佣不能与主人共用厕所。最终因不堪受辱，米妮愤然离去，并以牙还牙，假借道歉之机让她蒙羞。斯基特开始采访艾比里恩和米妮，希望了解黑佣的生存状态，并为自己的新书积累素材。与此同时，马丁路德金领导的平权运动正在如火如荼地开展，而斯基特所在的密西西比州正是斗争的前沿，因为黑人遭射杀的血案，种族隔离开始，一场肤色之争在所难免……

　　《豪勇七蛟龙》系列压轴最终篇章。小镇警长基斯决心不再沾染江湖事，与新婚妻子过着平凡安逸的生活，然而树却静而风不息，他妻子被先奸后杀弃尸荒野，迫使他再披甲上阵。当基斯路过一条小村落，赫然发现全村男人均被杀害，女人惨被集体轮奸，他的正义之心再度燃起。在追杀杀妻凶手的同时，他联同六个曾被他关进牢狱的昔日死敌组成七侠，一同抵抗墨西哥土匪头子狄多鲁。

　　珍珠港事件后为了鼓舞士气，美国时任总统下令轰炸东京。在任务完成后，由于燃油耗尽，杰克·特纳上尉以及他的队员迫降在中国浙江省境内。英子和她女儿无意中发现了昏迷的杰克，尽管冒着极大的生命危险，英子依然没有放弃这位需要救助的美国人。尽管他们语言不通，但这段感情注定将会影响他 们一生。
　　影片通过中国军民用自己的生命救助美国飞行员的过程，再现烽火岁月下人性真善美的故事。

　　本片荣获第69届威尼斯电影节最高奖金狮奖，是金基德的第18部电影。
　　李江道（李廷镇 饰）是一个十恶不赦的高利贷收账者，他没有家人，也没有恋人，生活的重心就是每天上门向欠债人讨债。他生性冷酷，手段残忍，常常用暴力威胁对方，甚至还把欠债人人打成残废。那些被江道追讨过债务的家庭，从此都过上了丧失尊严的破碎生活。可是突然有一天，一个名叫江美善（赵敏秀 饰）的中年妇女来到了江道的面前，并声称自己就是他的亲生母亲，而江道就是自己那个走失已久的儿子。渴望亲情的江道在半信半疑之下和这个女人开始了一段特殊的“母子关系”。渐渐品尝到亲情温暖的江道却不知道，一场阴谋正等待着他......

The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family__APOS__s history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it__APOS__s the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family__APOS__s world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe__APOS__s clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.